This tag is for questions specifically about the process of asking questions on a Stack Exchange site.
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Two similar questions, surprising difference in upvotes
This keeps nagging me. The other day, this question was asked and in no time it had 10 upvotes. Same for the most upvoted answer.
I was surprised. For a first question it's a relatively good ...
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2answers
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Why questions asking for benchmarks are considered non-objective or “not constructive”?
I had asked for benchmarks of certain type of software, and my question was closed and deleted. The same happened to a few similar questions asking for benchmarks.
Could anyone explain what's wrong ...
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Why was this question pertaining to clockwork and Amazon AWS Elastic Beanstalk closed as Not A Real Question?
The following question just got closed for lack of realness:
How to use clockwork with Amazon AWS Elastic Beanstalk?
I'm stumped. What makes this question less real than any of the non-closed ...
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1answer
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General questions of curiosity [duplicate]
Would it be appropriate to post a message in stackoverflow asking about specific resources one might recommend for learning/tutorials or even game-related methods to learn a subject? (or, is that out ...
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Why not restrict questions to some max length?
Is there is already such restriction?
If no, why not restrict questions to some max length to avoid too long questions?
Such questions are usually difficult to read and too vague.
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5answers
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Why does it keep saying my post is mostly code?
I'm trying to post a sample of code that looks like this:
Look at all of those comments, and it still won't allow me post! What am I doing wrong?
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1answer
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Update the Don't Ask page to prevent barely researched questions (NARQing the turtle)
The Help Center > Asking > What types of questions should I avoid asking? should (but as far as I can see does not) provide guidance that barely researched (A.K.A. simple) questions are no longer ...
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2answers
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Ban user for continuously asking questions which show no effort
I come to understand that there is some policy regarding users who repeatedly show little effort on their part when asking questions.
My questions
Is it correct? If so, what are the parameters by ...
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1answer
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Add a timer to the rate-limiting messages for asking questions [duplicate]
I'm getting this message:
You can only ask 6 questions in a 24-hour period
Could you add a timer, so that I know how much time I have to wait?
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2answers
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Change “You can only ask 6 questions in a 24-hour period” to non-positive scoring questions only
I'm getting this message:
You can only ask 6 questions in a 24-hour period
I understand we don't want users flooding the stack. However, when these 6 questions are good, then why not allow the ...
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1answer
78 views
Why does my question not meet your quality standards? [duplicate]
I want to ask a question on Stack Overflow, but when I post the question I get this error in a red box:
This question body does not meet our quality standards. Please make
sure that it ...
2
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1answer
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How to ask SQL questions with table definitions and example code?
I am always struggling when asking SQL questions. How are we supposed to ask questions related to SQL including table definitions and code examples? Is there a jsfiddle.net equivalent for sql that ...
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2answers
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Setting per-question criteria users have to meet to answer a question [duplicate]
I have had a very bad experience with some newbies in different areas which clutter my question with invalid answers and comments on an expert topic, then start a useless discussion, and vote down in ...
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2answers
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How do I ask a good question on Stack Exchange site 'Programmers'? [closed]
Recently, I posted questions on the Programmers Stack Exchange site. But every question whichever I asked was closed. Why? How do I frame questions and post?
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1answer
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How to increase page views [duplicate]
My questions tend to get very few views, and even less answers (obviously).
One problem, is I always spend hours trying to solve the problem, and typically only post if I run into a true corner case, ...
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1answer
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Can I ask if a quote can be beaten?
I have received a quote for a spectrometry kit. The kit includes 10+ items, and if I buy the items individually, I may be able to reduce the overall price of the kit. Am I able to ask a question ...
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0answers
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Getting opaque submission error when putting a `mailto:` in code part of question
My question I had problems submitting is here:
What are the valid characters in the domain part of e-mail address?
The submit button gave me an opaque error when I had this line in my question:
...
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0answers
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Banned for ask question [duplicate]
When i try to ask question in stackoverflow.com.
"Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions from this account. See http://goo.gl/C1Kwu to learn more."
Please help me to ask question.
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0answers
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Notify another user when a question is posted [duplicate]
Ok, this is my scenario, I have a question regarding a plugin and I posted in Stack Overflow and I know a user who can answer this because he is the author of the same plugin. Is there any way I can ...
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3answers
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How should we treat answers that ignore the premises of the question?
A considerable portion of the questions asked on Stack Overflow are beginner questions. Often this makes the answerers considerably prone to underestimating the asker's capacity to understand their ...
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0answers
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How do I provide a reproducible example in big data & machine learning situations?
I work with big data and machine learning and when I have a question for the stackoverflow community, I am often unsure of how to tractably provide a reproducible example.
With a big dataset, ...
2
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1answer
107 views
Not able to ask question in Stack Overflow [duplicate]
After pressing "Post your Question" button getting this error:
You can only ask 50 questions in a 30-day period.
on a red background.
However without asking a single question in Stack Overflow.
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1answer
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Why my question is it became community wiki? [duplicate]
I asked a question on Stack OverFlow, but after a few days it became community wiki, why?
I think it is related to the number of editions of the question but I'm not.
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1answer
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Why can I no longer ask questions when all I did was ask some simple questions? [duplicate]
I have asked the three questions below, one of which I deleted myself. How can Stack Overflow block me from asking further questions? It seems Stack Overflow is not for beginners, but just for people ...
2
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2answers
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Where should I ask a question about the name of an algorithm?
I need to know the English name of an algorithm. I can describe the algorithm in details and I also know the name of the algorithm in my mother tongue, but I don't know how to translate that name in ...
2
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2answers
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May I re-ask my closed question, and answer it myself?
Is it OK to re-ask question which has been closed for not being real question, if it's formed properly this time? (I'd prefer it over editing the original question, which might create confusion, ...
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3answers
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Dealing with “I need code” people [duplicate]
Sometimes, people like these come up in StackOverflow (Not me, but the OP and how he replies to the comments). I have placed MDN links and support tables, as well as a demo of how to get the length of ...
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5answers
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Why do I receive downvotes when I am genuinely trying to learn? [closed]
Why when I try to learn something about programming on SO do I get down voted? Out of all the stack sites this one is the most un-welcoming to people trying to learn. There was a post where a guy ...
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2answers
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How can I ask a question when I have a poor grasp on English?
I am a little upset with what has happened with my previous post - "Uninstall Internet Explorer".
It seems to me that one particular user has some problem with my posts and always posts negative ...
3
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1answer
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Should I ask a question about XYZ on a StackExchange site, or on XYZ home?
I often wonder whether a question should be asked on an StackExchange site or on the home site of the object of my question.
For example, I have asked a question about a library called Cucumber on ...
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0answers
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What can I do to improve my question?
Can I ask for your feedback on how can I improve the question: What design technique is appropriate for creating a webapp with interactive popups? ?
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1answer
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Same question as another user, answer didn't work for me [duplicate]
What is the best way to add a question to an existing question?
That is, a question was asked and answered, but the solution either didn't address the whole issue, or didn't work for me.
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2answers
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How to reference my last question?
I have an old question, it has a sample of code. If I want to reference this code in my new question, how should I do ?
Should I add a link to old question in my new question or comment ?
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Warn new users when they ask a question after a previous question is closed, downvoted, or deleted
Another "miséricorde": Can you please review my ban?
Consider this comment (emphasis added):
I think its okay, please dont take any efforts for me. I personally do not feel the system helps ask ...
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0answers
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How did this user pass the quality filter by using the same title twice?
Just see these two questions:
First: How to retrieve yahoo contact in Android?
and
Second: Retrieve yahoo contact in Android
A same user asked two questions with the same title.
Title of both ...
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2answers
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Require a minimum normal site rep (5, 10, …) to ask questions on a meta site?
I think I may have found a solution to the stream of questions that belong on SO that arrive here: why don't we require a (low) minimal reputation on StackOverflow to allow posting on meta?
I think ...
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1answer
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How to recover Ask Question functionality on stackoverflow account [duplicate]
Hi when i click on Ask Question it shows following message
Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions from this account. See http://goo.gl/C1Kwu to learn more.
for this i google it i get this at
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0answers
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Help the helpless with how-to-ask tag tips
After adding a particular tag, such as
this super helpful assistant will pop-up to suggest what their question should contain:
Since forcing users to get badges or asking them "what have you ...
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0answers
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Require analytical badge before asking questions [closed]
Every day we have new users posting questions like this (10k required, or soon to be). These are not questions that will ever help the site in any way and, as more and more of them show up, more and ...
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1answer
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How can I attract users' attention to my question? [duplicate]
I am not getting as many visits as I'd like for one of my questions. What is the proper way to attract attention to my questions? How can I improve my questions on Stack Overflow so that they get a ...
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1answer
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Separate “Ask question” page for new users?
It seems that the more new users ask questions on SO, the more "bad quality" questions are asked as well. While I welcome new users, I think their questions should have a minimum quality standard as ...
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1answer
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How do I ask a question related to someone else's post?
I'm new to this forum and I'm reviewing the following post:
AS3 using PrintJob to print a MovieClip
I want to ask a question specific to this post… how do I do that? All I see here is "Post your ...
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0answers
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New users should guess why they can't proceed to asking their first question… not the best experience
I just noticed that new users are redirected to "How to Ask" page when trying to visit http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask.
So far so good, it's important they will read and who knows, maybe even ...
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3answers
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It does not meet our quality standards
For the first time on Stack Overflow, I have encountered the
It does not meet our quality standards.
problem when posting. The only thing I have to change is to add an "is" in my post title ...
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3answers
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Why not show the FAQ on user sign up?
I have recently noticed in increase in "how do I make an app that does this", which invariably yields comments like "go read the FAQ!"
I've been thinking about this issue, and think I have the ...
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0answers
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Feature Improvement-Proper suggestions while asking question?
When we click on Ask Question button and try to type something in title, we get similar questions asked but many times these suggestions are not relevant.
Please filter unnecessary words from ...
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3answers
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Users asking too many questions?
I've not been using Stack Overflow for very long (around 3 months).
I have noticed a particular user who asks a lot of questions, sometimes 5 a day. Some of these questions are very similar in that ...
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2answers
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How could I improve this question?
Recently, I've asked a question:
Programming language implemented both in Java and Java Script
It got 3 downvotes really quickly (I think the first downvote happened even before anyone had a time to ...
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0answers
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Problem submitting questions
I am getting "an error occurred while submitting the question" whenever I try to submit questions today. I checked the whole, there are no specific errors in any of my question area. Otherwise it ...
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1answer
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“Questions that may already have your answer” on Ask Questions page is no longer very useful?
I always glance through the "Questions that may already have your answer" section on the Ask Question page before posting since it frequently contains a post that already answers my question, and is a ...