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Does a Question with Poor-Quality Code Count as a Low-Quality Question?
Sometimes, users post code that is a bit messy and does not follow clean coding principles. Additionally, the code might include comments in a language other than English. However, this might be a ...
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What can I learn from the downvotes to my question?
My question "sh: 1: !: not found" in GitHub Actions is getting downvoted, but I can't think why. It's dispiriting, and it would be nice to get some idea of what I've written that's ...
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Are there circumstances when flagging a non-rude/non-spam but hopeless question on Staging Ground is warranted?
I came across this question on Staging Ground, and I saw that a reviewer had diligently and politely made 3 relevant comments asking for improvements. And this actually troubled me, because the ...
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Staging Ground post-launch insights and understanding question quality
TL;DR: In this post, we will recap the launch of Staging Ground and share updates, bug fixes, and early metrics. We will also discuss the topic of question quality, where we want to head, and how you ...
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How can I ask a "good question" and not get flagged? [duplicate]
I am trying my best to ask my questions in a format that is acceptable on this platform. I've used the wizard and searched extensively for documentation that gives direction. However, I keep getting ...
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What should we do with questions from users that didn't even try to learn the language? [duplicate]
Today I saw this question about Rust (now deleted, screenshot attached for <10k). The problem in the question is that the variable is declared incorrectly (like C/C++ Type name; instead of Rust's ...
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Question Quality Control
NUMEROUS Python questions are of extremely poor quality. It's a pandemic of barely decipherable posts. One of the driving factors are users that have some arbitrary file format that they want to ...
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How to encourage people to use linebreaks and periods?
I wonder why people do not use line breaks and periods. I see many long paragraphs and sentences using commas.
Some posts are really hard to follow and require (lots of/some) post-editing to ...
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Is there a minimum length to consider a question as 'a good one'?
I stumbled upon this question
Is there a minimum length to consider a question 'a good one'? This question seems... fairly self explanatory as it is, but my first reaction was to think of it as an ...
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Questions with simple syntax errors
The following question is asking "How to specify multiple conditions in an if statement in JavaScript".
if (Type == 2 && PageCount == 0) !! (Type == 2 && PageCount == '') {
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How should I handle questions which show the desired output in code, but not in writing?
I was watching python and saw this post (revision referenced in this meta post), titled "Complex dictionary construction" (there are many similarly structured questions about regex and list ...
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Post quality? Site etiquette?
I'm a long time lurker, a very recent poster. I've been active in other forums and feel like I generally have a really positive experience. But here, it seems that I'm off the mark a bit somehow and ...
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Why do people answer inscrutable questions?
Consider this question:
Members of a class in C++
In object oriented programming is objects are member of a class in
C++? If not classes member of what?
class Name{
public:
private:
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Why are vague pleas for help still allowed in the question title?
Take a look at the heading of this question (screenshot for the < 10K and the full revision history and timeline). The heading includes phrases like:
'Please someone help me;'
'Please help me'
How ...
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The highest voted questions do not have research effort; this is a bad role model for new users [duplicate]
Many top-voted questions with hundreds of votes do not have any research effort:
How to manually send HTTP POST requests from Firefox or Chrome browser?
How do I undo the most recent local commits in ...
