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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For a logged-out user, disabled “Add comment” link no longer annotated
Previously, when the "Add comment" link was disabled for a logged-out or low-rep user, it carried the notice "Requires an account with 50 reputation". There was some discussion on improving the ...
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How should this 15 year old poster be helped? [duplicate]
I am concerned about how the poster of this question has been treated.
The guy is 15, and has been treated appallingly. Is this how our SO community wants to be seen?
His questions as stated don't ...
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What to do when a comment is added as an answer in “First Post” or/and “Late Answer”?
While reviewing I came across this post. It was actually my Late Answer post review, but it is not only a Late Answer review but also a First Post review for the same post since the reputation of user ...
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Comments are still extremely rude. How can we get more people to flag these?
Edit:
Okay, I think I get the point. I just got over 20 notifications overnight about this. You can stop commenting and answering now - I think I get the point that I may have made the question a ...
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Why do I get déjà vu reading StackOverflow questions? [closed]
I keep seeing a strange pattern. A user on StackOverflow will post a question that has been asked before, but will ask it in a slightly different way such that a close-with-exact-duplicate is not ...
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Link to review on post is gone [duplicate]
Quite few months ago I used to review first-posts and late answer post through review link on Stack Overflow.
But now the review link is gone.
Is there any reason why the review link is gone?
Any ...
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How do users know where to ask their questions?
How do users know which site to post on?
I think a site-wide search may help. EG: I'd type a word in the search box, and the return would include sites that have tags for that term, or questions for ...
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Wrong welcome notification
Being a Stack Exchange evangelist, when my grandma had a cooking question, I signed her up for Seasoned Advice. She got the following joining notification:
Notice the "Welcome to Stack Overflow!" ...
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Make community less hostile for beginners [duplicate]
Honestly,
How many times do I see the true value of coming to stackoverflow only to ask a beginner question or something I am new at and literally get run off the site by rude and hostile users.
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Commendation system for new users
TL; DR
Create a new badge, or a few new badges, which could be awarded via voting by high rep (3k+) users to recognize a particularly good first question.
Consider our "new" on hold system. High ...
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Why does stackoverflow limits the number links per message to 2? [duplicate]
I like SO/SE, since I often find very good answers that are nowhere else. So, from time to time, when I encounter unanswered questions, I take the time to log-in and write a correct answer, in order ...
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Reasons to not answer follow-up questions asked in comments [duplicate]
I'm often helping new users with problems they have while getting started with a particular software. After having solved one problem, it is not unlikely that they run into another problem. The ...
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A new user seems to have accidentally registered twice - What to do?
While reviewing suggested edits, I came across this edit were a new user proposed an change in a way that made me think that he is actually editing his own post. But the proposing user was different ...
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How does a new user begin using Stack Overflow/Stack Exchange?
As a new user, I find it impossible to contribute to the community or to even begin contributing. I know why the reputation system is in place and I respect it, but at the same time it is too hard on ...
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Have first posts include more than just the first post [duplicate]
So I saw this post (which is, to say the least, way off topic). The user who posted it has 1 reputation with no questions or answers, so I assume one or more of his/her questions has already been ...
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Direct notification mechanisms?
While doing a review of Suggested Edits today on SO, I noticed that a certain low rep user was adding the text "Thanks in Advance..." to the end of every single question he edited.
In my opinion, ...
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Give low-rep users a way to communicate with moderators
When I delete a not-an-answer that seems like the poster could eventually improve it into a proper answer, I usually leave a line in my comment suggesting a way they could do so, and tell them to flag ...
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1answer
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If a question is tagged [stackoverflow], propose to directly post it on meta instead
Some new users seems to have trouble grasping the idea of meta.SO vs SO itself and post questions about the site on SO using the tag stackoverflow. Sure, its tag wiki excerpt has this disclaimer
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Is gaining reputation the only way to gain privileges?
I'm a relatively new user here on StackExchange, and I really like the concept and the implementation. My first question was on Stack Overflow, but it turned out to be a dud with hardly any views and ...
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Allow anyone to comment but hide low-rep users' comments until reviewed
I've seen so many should-be-a-comment "edits" or "answers" in the review queues by new users, and it's pretty obvious that to them this was the only way to somehow interact with a question due to ...
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Provide link to meta for new users
Can we give an easier path for new users to find meta? I feel like it is a little obscured.
Visiting as a new user
I happened to go to stackoverflow on a computer which did not automatically log me ...
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Stack Overflow - a debugging platform?
A lot of the current questions from new users on Stack Overflow ask for debugging.
The problems are as follows:
Most of the time their code is not clean and is not readable.
The problems ...
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Wording of “at least [n] reputation points to post images” is misleading [duplicate]
I wanted to post a picture with my question on Stack Overflow, but an error message came up saying "You need at least 10 reputation points to post images" yet I have exactly 10 rep.
Is this a bug or ...
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What to do when a new user makes a post with a helpful link
Today I failed a test when reviewing late answers from new users. The user made a post with a single link and I didn't do anything with it.
The answer was useful, but it should have been a comment ...
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Answers: When to flag, what to flag and leniency towards new users?
I came across an answer from a new user to an old post. (I would have thought I got it through the review queue, but the log doesn't support that).
I flagged the answer for moderator attention, ...
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Low-rep users posting comments as answers
Low-rep users are getting around the 50 point minimum by posting their comments as answers. Comment-answers are pretty common (example from a few minutes ago), so is there any way to deal with them ...
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What is the best way to ask “Experience Specific” questions over SE?
I regularly see guys pops up confused and frustrated with something that is purely based on someone's experience. for example, people usually ask "What is the best way to..." kind of questions.
This ...
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Guide new members with less than 100 rep when posting new questions
There has been a lot of discussion in the past about ways to possibly "guide" new users. Some of these ideas consist of "Welcome Tours," shoving the FAQ/Help section down their throats, etc. Just the ...
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Why don't we allow low reputation users to insert more than two images in their posts?
I was searching for privileges one can get after a certain amount of reputation, and I ended up with this question in my mind: Why don't we allow users with low reputation to insert more than two ...
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Who is considered to be a new user for review queues?
There are review queues for posts from new users (First Posts & Late Answers). Who is considered to be a new user for these queues? This question mentions new users as those below 100 reputation ...
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How often should I ask a question on Stack Overflow?
I'm a daily user of Stack Overflow and it really is an amazing source of knowledge. However, after discussing with some colleagues, I'm wondering how often one should really ask a question at Stack ...
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Prohibiting upvotes from newbies makes Stack Exchange miss valuable feedback
I'm taking up a new programming language, and I'm stumped on a daily basis.
Then I go on a Google-guided tour of dark recesses of the Web, where something useful may have been written about my ...
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I was down-voted by 6 pts, then they were restored extremely quickly. Why?
I understand there are similar questions here, I am asking specifically about the issues of this one.
Just want to know what exactly just went on. I DID lose my cool. I have an idea why my rep was ...
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We need to be a little less hostile
I've noticed a distressing tendency for questions that seem basic or overly short to be immediately closed and downvoted into oblivion.
Case in point: Check if element is visible using JavaScript
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1answer
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What if I can't answer?
Recently, I was banned for asking new questions on Stack Overflow. I can understand that my questions were probably wrong and I would have been search Google before I ask (even though I did it all the ...
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FAQ section for program execution problems
A lot of times, in the questions that I browse on Stack Overflow, new users complain about execution problems with their programs, being it errors, or exceptions. Yet, rarely they provide the error ...
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Should this question have been deleted so quickly?
This new user just asked two (poor quality) questions about selecting a random image with PHP. The second was pretty much a duplicate of the first and the first, in its current state, deserved to be ...
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How to find interesting questions without any idea
When we read any question it shows the related questions in the right side.
How do I find the related questions if I don't have any idea/question to search?
We know every question is related to ...
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Displayable metrics for all SE sites
Is it possible to run weekly queries (through SEDE)on
proportion of questions asked by freshly registered users during the previous week that are downvoted without comments, but not closed;
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Allow new users to support an existing question [duplicate]
This is in response to To This Question(now deleted)
Here is the question
I need answer of this question:
Razor sharp annotation by imagemagic
Most people's initial reaction might be to ...
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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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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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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 [duplicate]
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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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 ...
