How do I make the asker understand that edits that change the whole question...
I recently answereda question about Tkinter, and the OP accepted the answer. I don't think the OP understands SO's system. I know I can roll it back to one of the good revisions, but I don't have...
View ArticleWhat should I do if the issue I asked about was actually not the actual issue?
I had an issue with my code and decided to ask someone for help. With the help of other users (who wrote valid answers to my original question), I found out the issue was being caused by another,...
View ArticleEdit a previous question to make a quicker bounty [duplicate]
If one has lots of older questions and wants to make a bounty for a new question, can one completely edit an old question to be totally new, so one can make a bounty without the time limit?
View Article"Mostly code" is rejected but "mostly screenshots" goes through
According to its author, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72928402/referenceerror-jsondata-is-not-defined was at first rejected for containing mostly code. The author then replaced the code with a...
View ArticleWhy does the first line of a code block often get an extra level of indentation?
See the code block in this questionHi! I am learning c and I don understand why this code doesnt work.Notice that the first line #include <stdio.h> is indented an extra 4 characters. This is not...
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What's with the Stack Overflow UNIKONG game?
What's the deal with this new UNIKONG game on Stack Overflow?Is it some sort of ad? Is it just for fun?
View ArticleI suggested an edit to an existing unclear question instead of asking a...
Background information: Recently I encountered an issue with UITextFields freezing, and of course, the first place I came looking for an answer was Stack Overflow.I expected to find someone's answer to...
View ArticleWarn before post that includes image but no code [duplicate]
Can we have some kind of confirmation warning before posting that only includes images and not “significant” code? This may help posters include code as text and not as images
View ArticleWhy would I get threats of a question ban?
I made the following questions on Stack Overflow and noticed when trying to post a new question a yellow notice about risk of question ban.Questions:...
View ArticleHow can I improve this seemingly good question?
MSVC 1 bit enum type equals -1 and equality test failsThis question looks fine to me. It's detailed, specific, clear. Elicited a good answer. Yet it's voted down, with no comments explaining why.What...
View ArticleQuestions 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 == '') { PageCount=...
View ArticleHow can I delete a question that I posted anonymously? [duplicate]
I accidentally added information that I did not intend to and would like for it to be deleted. Could you help me please?upgrading to sprinboot 2.5.12 and my Junit tests are throwing this error
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Why is almost every Go question downvoted?
What is the difference between Go developers and other developers that makes so many Go-tagged questions to be downvoted?Are Go-tagged questions less on topic, or do the Go language moderators have a...
View ArticleQuestions get deleted very fast [duplicate]
I have noticed for a while that questions posted on Stack Overflow get deleted very fast (minutes) to the point that we can not edit the question or write meaningful comments to direct the user to...
View ArticleAre questions on programming tools installation/configuration on-topic?...
I have seen several instances of questions that don't seem to be directly about programming. To be precise, they are about installing and configuring development tools - e.g. NS2, Cygwin, Visual...
View ArticleA proposal on how to improve questions' quality [duplicate]
After days of thinking, I found why in Stack Overflow, the experienced members complain about the quality of questions. As a result, they would become reluctant to even open the questions.I have a...
View ArticleGot no answers, got too low reputation for a bounty, just give up?
I hope this is the right place for the following issue: my question got only one non-helpful comment. Now two months later, I have still not been able to come up with a solution on my own.As I have...
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Incomplete flagging options for question belonging on a different site...
I just run into an issue when I was flagging a question.Solidity Transaction IssueThis question was asked on Stack Overflow, but belongs on the Ethereum.In the Community Specific flag section, all I...
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Should curse words / swearing be acted upon in ways other than editing?...
I just noticed some bad language in a question on Stack Overflow:Of course, I could easily edit it out, but then I thought maybe users who use insulting language have to be reported to the higher up...
View ArticleIs there a minimum length to consider a question as 'a good one'?
I stumbled upon this questionIs 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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