New users are those users who may be new to the Stack Exchange Q&A; format, and generally have a low reputation score.
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A sincere request for help in earning my “question asking privileges” back [closed]
Really quickly, this question is about being banned from asking questions on StackOverflow and my earning those privileges back.
I'm a high school technology teacher. I primarily teach 'software' ...
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'Consider leaving a comment' on close votes for new users
I'd like to suggest that similar to the 'consider leaving a comment' on down votes, that for close votes on posts by new users - those voting to close be more strongly encouraged to leave a comment. ...
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How to unblock user of stackoverflow? [duplicate]
at once I asked some kind of poor question on stackoverflow.com and my reputation started to reduce. then I decide to delete this question.
I did this kind of job for two different questions!
When I ...
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StackOverflow problem: Moderator's prejudices [closed]
The big problem with this over-moderated, over-edited website is that moderation is biased by user's reputation. "Are you a new user? Probably you are a novice.". "No reputation? Maybe you're a ...
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New user experience in IE ends at “third-party cookies” [duplicate]
When you are new user trying to ask your first question, you'll get stuck after 5 steps:
Go to http://stackoverflow.com
Click ask a question
Click click here to sign up
Wait +/- 15 seconds
Enter a ...
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1answer
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How to ask OP a question rather than provide answer as new user
How do I ask the OP a question? I have just signed up and wanted the OP to clarify a question they had. However the only option was to "Answer Question"
*edit
Thanks for answering this for me. I ...
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Make users pass a review assessment as final stage before question ban
A different proposal in response to the problem documented in Warn new users when they ask a question after a previous question is closed, downvoted, or deleted.
After a user has had a first or ...
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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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How does “proof of effort” make a question better?
It seems like many questions by new users are downvoted immediately. Sometimes there is a comment to the tune of "lacks research", "we're not here to do your homework", or "show us some effort".
Now ...
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Stack Exchange is too harsh to new users—please help them improve low-quality posts and avoid being uncivil
Note
Please see my answer below. I am deeply sorry for having strayed so far from the principles of Stack Exchange. I have edited the post to remove the "wait before voting" text.
I've asked a ...
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1answer
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Was I Being Too Mean This Time?
I'm aware that some of my answers and comments "back in the day" (2009) were a bit mean-spirited. Sorry, I was in a bad mood. I got over it, and have actually deleted many of those.
But I was just ...
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How to deal with questionable quality self-answer while being encouraging?
This question was asked a week or so ago and wasn't particularly clear in my opinion. The OP suggested they were trying to provide their own answer for the purpose of sharing knowledge.
The OP has ...
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Best way to inspire new users to improve the formatting of their posts
It's my habit to edit and improve the formatting of any post which is not formatted well. Specially I edit new users' posts so they can inspire from that and format their future posts well.
I just ...
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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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New guests should be seriously prompted about accepting answers [duplicate]
When a new users posts a question, the "Post Your Question" button should be disabled by default, and around it there should be a prompt like:
Thank you for taking part in the Stack Overflow ...
