Canonical question for Cartesian product
I just came across several recent questions asking variations of "how to find all possible combinations of multiple lists", and I regularly see similar questions. The reason that people post new...
View ArticleWhy doesn't the user card have a blue background when a question asker edits...
Since question askers have a blue background in their user card for answers and comments they author on their own questions, as a matter of consistency I assume they should also have it on the user...
View ArticleRecent flood of very low quality questions and non-questions with the Python...
I am wondering if Stack Overflow has been compromised by spammers. Within a few minutes, I have flagged a lot of questions which are either non-questions or low-quality and they all have the python...
View ArticleWhen did questions generated by AI become allowed?
I recently raised a flag on a Question that's generated by an LLM (quoted at the end). The signs are clear, including the fact that the "Copy" sections remained, there are sections for the user to fill...
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While unsaving a question, I get an error message saying "An error occurred"...
Since last couple of days, I am facing an error while unsaving a question.On question, if I try to unsave a question by clicking a bookmark like button below downvote button, it does not work and shows...
View ArticleWhat should I do about typo answers that did not solve the question?
A reasonably common occurrence is someone asks a question about their code not working, and then there is an answer like:You made a typo, change mispelled to misspelledAnd the answer gets a comment...
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How can someone else post my Staging Ground question?
How can a question I created be posted by someone else? I'm new to the platform and I'm not fully familiar with how it works. The question might seem silly to you, but I couldn't find an answer. Is...
View ArticleNeed help improving/rephrasing a question on Docker and certificates
I got -3 on a question and need help understanding why. As far I understand, I provided all the steps required to replicate the issue. I pointed out where the problem gets me stuck, as well as where...
View ArticleProbationary period for Questions to be Answered to encourage better...
An idea that was formed from some discussion:More effective closing / downvoting of junk questions to help with the signal-noise ratio?How about a waiting period for Questions to be Answered:You have...
View ArticleStop redirecting everyone with a follow-up question to discussions [duplicate]
Currently, as part of a Commenting experiment, users who click that they have a follow-up question are sent to discussions.This is generally wrong. Most of the time follow-up questions that that button...
View ArticleWhy was my question closed? Reason is incorrect, I think
How to generate a random array from the values of another array, the sum of whose values are within a pre-determined range?This question is seeking recommendations for software libraries, tutorials,...
View ArticleHow to filter out a specific user in search?
Tags can be filtered out as Questions filter "not" keyword does with not.Is there a similar, or any other way to do that for user id search, i.e., filtering out those questions asked by someone? For...
View ArticleBug report: tags not remembered by question filters
I am not interested in questions that are not in my watched tags, but currently the tags are the only thing not remembered by question filters.Repro steps:Go to https://stackoverflow.com/questionsIn...
View ArticleAre Code Dump +"What Happens?" questions closable?
If a user posts a question, that simply provides code and asks "What happens?" are these questions considered to be good enough to not be closed, such as for being unclear or not focused?The length of...
View ArticlePopular JS-related question asks contradictory things in title and body
Consider this question:How to check for an undefined or null variable in JavaScript?The title seems pretty straightforward, but the body of the question asks for a less verbose form for the following...
View ArticleThe workflow for salvaging a question
I ask a poorly received question, which then gets deleted by the Community bot. I later decide I could have asked the question in a better way, so I edit the question and request undeletion via a mod...
View ArticleIs requiring users to include code *in the question* for debugging questions...
I promoted this question out of Staging Ground, because the question was clear and well-stated, and they included a GitHub repository link that included a minimal but functional reproducing case, along...
View ArticleWhat is the problem with my question? How can I improve it? [closed]
What is the problem with my question How can I unit test the thread-safety of method? that it has been closed?How can I improve it?At some point it reached 4 downvotes with 0 comments from the downvoters.
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Why is the total number of questions on Stack Overflow shrinking lately?
On February 3, 2025 there were 24,248,034 questions on SOOn March 3, 2025 there were 24,254,223 questions on SOOn April 3, 2025 there were 24,241,364 questions on SOOn April 21, 2025 there were...
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Why did my question have to be deleted?
This is a follow up to a previous meta-question I posted.That meta-question was too broad was closed.Now I see that my main question was deleted as if it was a post that should be removed and also not...
View ArticleSuggesting to delete downvoted question and create it again
It's easier for a low-quality new question to get downvotes than to be restored, especially for niche tags.Most voters don't follow the questions they downvoted, with the result that an edit that makes...
View ArticleWhy was this question closed and not reopened?
Two months ago I ran across Stack Overflow question Find the intersection of two parallel (collinear) line segments that addressed a problem I was facing. There were 6 answers, many of them good, which...
View ArticleHow can my DTrace question get undeleted after deletion by a moderator?
I had my question (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79611623/dtrace-equivalent-for-perf-record) deleted by a moderator.The reason cited is -We don’t allow questions seeking recommendations for...
View ArticleQuestion list always filters for No Answers
When I go to https://stackoverflow.com/questions, the list only shows questions without answers.Clicking on "Filter", then unchecking "No answers" doesn't help, because the checkbox is reset to the...
View ArticleQuestion popping up with a choice "Yes, I can help"/"No, I can't" and...
I opened a StackOverflow question (this one) from a search engine, and a different question popped up in front of the subject, with a mention asking whether I feel I can help the person and two buttons...
View ArticleWhy was my question about customizing a UI element in the IDE closed?
I asked a question. I wanted to know how to customize the order of items in the "Create New File" menu in Android Studio.I didn't receive a single answer, not a single comment, but the question was...
View ArticleWhen I google SO answers, I mostly get very outdated results. How could this...
I suspect, that the concept of closing duplicates might be a big part of the issue.Take for example, the question "Can framework X do Y?", asked in 2012. Back then the answer was "No", and since this...
View ArticleHow should a question be closed if the answer is given in documentation?
Since documentation is in public beta now, what close reason should be used for a question whose answer is given in an example of a topic in documentation? The example uses the same language/technology...
View ArticleQuestions closed as Opinion-based in accessibility topic
I regularely answer questions about accessibility. Since a few weeks, I have the impression that quite a lot of accessibility related questions are closed very quickly as "opinion-based".Quite a lot...
View ArticleQuestions on home page are not refreshing to show different questions anymore
I have to admit, I don't peruse Stack Overflow much anymore to answer questions. I don't have the free time like I did in the past.With that being said, I do try to answer questions that I happen to...
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