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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 tried?" to improve question quality isn't working, this seems like a viable alternative.

The nice thing about this is that it will allow the community to create standards (or a "tag-tip" wiki) for what each tag should say.

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Did you really just invoke Clippy? (Now I'm going to start having the nightmares again.) –  Al Everett Apr 29 at 18:57
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Upvoted for "help the helpless " - This is what we're here for. Thank You Very Much –  Adel Apr 29 at 18:58
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This is the first implementation of the "show tag-based info" idea that I actually like. –  perhaps Pekka Apr 29 at 18:59
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This really should be a unicorn assistant, though.... –  JNK Apr 29 at 19:01
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Who creates/edits the tag tip wiki? Anyone? People with a certain number of answers in that tag? –  Martin Smith Apr 29 at 19:20
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At the risk of appearing too dorky even for Meta, I vote we twist Clippy into the shape of the Angel Investigations logo. (Can also be used to dust help vampires.) –  Bill the Lizard♦ Apr 29 at 19:21
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Memories of clippycorn –  Oded♦ Apr 29 at 19:33
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@MartinSmith If this feasible, I would suggest the same rep privileges apply for tag-tips that do for tag edits. –  FreshPrinceOfSO Apr 29 at 19:38
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For clippy's sake, can this just stay closed or open? –  FreshPrinceOfSO Apr 30 at 13:23
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wtf. This was reopened by 5 community members, why did it have to be closed again unilaterally? Please reopen - it is distinct from the other suggestion in that it has a concrete suggestion with a screen shot. –  perhaps Pekka Apr 30 at 13:32
 
I'm hoping for an answer from @Shog9 along the lines of "we're working on implementing this request as we speak." –  FreshPrinceOfSO Apr 30 at 13:58
 
You mean this one has an image to trump the other, which lays out logic and triggers @pek –  random♦ Apr 30 at 20:12
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Clippy? That's ridiculous, it'll turn people off immediately. Try this –  Ben Brocka Apr 30 at 20:29
 
@Pekka웃 It's distinct because it uses clippy and the other one didn't? I'm pretty sure that wasn't a serious part of the suggestion, but it was apparently clever enough to get a post from a year ago closed as a duplicate –  Michael Mrozek Apr 30 at 20:36
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@BenBrocka Navi, clippy etc... Are you guys kidding ? You all know what we need –  ʞunɥdɐpɐɥd Apr 30 at 20:41
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