Etiquette is the norms and standards of accepted behavior and politeness in our community. The golden rule is "Think before you post."
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How to deal with malicious edits [closed]
So I was answering this question:
How to convert a child class into a parent class for saving in NHibernate?
someone else answered it. I wanted to clarify something. He wasn't getting it, I felt ...
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Why is “plz” considered offensive? [duplicate]
Someone mentioned in a post I was reading that it is advisable to remove the word "plz" because it is offensive. Other posts here on meta seem to suggest the same thing, but I'm not entirely sure why. ...
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Should we flag questions which are not been followed up?
Sometimes people ask questions and does not come back. Other people answer their questions, post comments to ask for other related things. But no reply from OP. If a question is asked and other people ...
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Is it bad form to answer a jquery question with a plugin?
When a question is asked relating to to jQuery to begin with, is recommending an existing plugin that does exactly what the OP is trying to do appropriate?
Why re-invent the wheel for basic stuff?
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Accept an OK answer or write more complete answer?
I have a question over at Server Fault and it was been answered to my satisfaction. And I have two options as I see it
Mark the given answer by David Schwartz as "the answer"
Write up a summary ...
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Are code-only answers a good thing? [duplicate]
I just stumbled across this question. While the question itself is not perfect, both the answers to date have just been blocks of code.
When I reply to a question, I usually (admittedly, not always) ...
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Is swearing in chat OK? [duplicate]
According to Jeff Atwood, "Expletives are not acceptable behavior on meta or any other Stack Overflow site."
My question is: to what degree (if any) does this apply in chat as well as on meta or ...
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Is it good etiquette to use bounty to 'raise awareness'/'advertise'?
I'm the author of a new open-source tool which disrupts the previous best answer to several StackOverflow questions (specifically, the author of The BFG, a faster & simpler alternative to the ...
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Policy on potential troublemakers, nonconstructive or disruptive members? [closed]
community. I searched on the background of troublemakers and found the following questions so far:
Add a moderator ability to watch troublemakers
What's the SO policy for swearing?
Bill the ...
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Is my CMS question appropriate for SO? Perhaps too localized
I'm not sure if this question is appropriate for SO, or if asking which questions are appropriate is bad form on Meta, but here it goes.
My CMS seems to think that my front end: HTML, CSS, ...
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Etiquette for removing questions which turn out to be bugs
I asked a question on StackOverflow but after researching it further I've found out that the problem is caused by a known bug (now resolved but not yet publicly). Should I delete my question or leave ...
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Is it bad etiquette to downvote a competing answer? [duplicate]
I answered a question second. I think the first answer is wrong - it will not misguide the OP, but it won't help either. Is it bad form to downvote said answer?
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Cross-posting to external sites? [duplicate]
I've just flagged this question for cross-posting (to/from an external site, not within the SE-framework), and indicated in a comment that I'd done so.
I got a comment back, that there was nothing ...
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Is it considered in poor taste to post an entire short program to get feedback?
Is it considered in poor taste to post a short program in it's entirety to stackoverflow to get feedback from those with more experience?
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Should I delete my heavily-downvoted question?
I previously asked a question that got a lot of negative votes. I've read about rules on deleting posts, and it seems reasonable that I should delete my question since it is probably not useful to ...
