Delete "waste" tags whose questions are not about programming/software...
Some tags are "waste". They are not about programming/software development.We need to delete them (often those questions will appear on minecraft-scripting, and not python, etc.).But next, those tags...
View ArticleIs a question asking for good ways to do something really opinion-based?
After several questions were deservedly closed when the poster couldn't act within the normal community guidelines, I asked a question which I thought should be better-received and which addressed what...
View ArticleWhy aren't people undoing downvotes even when the author fixes all problems?...
I have a question, where all the problems are now fixed. Before, there were problems with the example code, and people were downvoting this question. Now, they aren't undoing downvotes or upvoting (and...
View ArticleTypeScript in Stack Snippets
Lately, I have seen various questions that use TypeScript in Stack Snippets. They look like this:There is a problem with my code. Instead of doing x, it does y. Here is my code:function...
View ArticleWhy was my question downvoted and what can I improve to ask a better question...
I have been on Stack Overflow for about 6 years now. I try my best to contribute to this site, while doing so I learn a lot. I asked a question yesterday, and got a down vote on it. Because of this I...
View ArticlePlease reduce the bounty waiting period [duplicate]
Note: This is a follow-up of Why can't I just offer a bounty for a question right off the bat? which was asked about 13 years ago.Important: This is posted on meta SO on purpose (as opposed to meta SE)...
View ArticleWhat products can we start covering in SO?
My company recently started using a knowledgebase platform. This product seems to have a fair number of users, but a limited online Help, and no forum of its own where users can share tips and...
View ArticleCan we use Stack Overflow to support administrators for a specific product?...
Related to this question:Is it acceptable to use Stack Overflow as a Q&A for a specific product?, but for the benefit the administrators of the product, not the end users.My company uses a...
View ArticleWhat is the action to take on question that turns out to be about problems...
I've answered this question by giving my view on how the problem in the code could have been found by stripping the code bit by bit while keeping the code compilable, eventually getting to a MWE where...
View ArticleWill this question about obfuscating a Rust &str constant be suitable for the...
I have a concrete problem but I'm afraid it might be a duplicate or in violation of another rule, and I've been told that the SO meta is an adequate place to ask feedback on possible questions. The...
View ArticleWhy did I fail an audit for a question that asked 5 questions in one?
I was reviewing some questions in the Triage review queue, and came across this review task:https://stackoverflow.com/review/triage/32665526As you can easily see, this question asked 5 questions, the...
View ArticleWhat I need to fix in my questions to return the ability to ask questions?...
I asked all my questions on 2 occasions:I googled thoroughly but didn't find the right answers because my question, even if it was similar to the others, had an important detail that made it different...
View ArticleWhat do I need to fix in my questions to return the ability to ask questions?...
I asked all my questions on two occasions:I googled thoroughly, but I didn't find the right answers because my question, even if it was similar to the others, had an important detail that made it...
View ArticleIs this question regarding Google Sheets off-topic on Stack Overflow?...
I recently have been seeing a lot of questions regarding Google Sheets on Stack Overflow, such as this one:Calculate Number of Months and Days until BirthdayIt seems that it there is some basic level...
View ArticleHow can I improve this question so that I get an answer?
Recently I asked How does Operator Precedence affect Order of evaluation?.It came to me as a surprise that it was not very well received, because as far as I am concerned it follows the guidelines of...
View ArticleWhy is the max number of tags per question so low (5)? [duplicate]
If 5 is good, why is 6 bad?I know by the inductive token one could say I'm advocating the removal of the max altogether, but that's not exactly true.One could also have the number of tags a user can...
View ArticleWhat wrong with my question? [duplicate]
I have a question about my Stack Overflow post: How Can I Make OSI made this post from about two days ago, but then I got a downvote and I got a post-ban for three days. What do I do wrong?Please help...
View ArticleAbility to ignore questions from low rep users
I hereby retreat from this feature request. This post handles the same idea, but it is much better.IMPORTANT: This does NOT mean that all new users should be ignored by everyone or something in this...
View ArticleShould we edit a question to transcribe code from an image to text?
Context: "How to call a method from a class referenced as a string?"More general context: how do we educate occasional users, or new users, to the best practices to follow when posting a question on...
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Track in real time all new published questions regardless of which tag is...
I'm trying to reproduce something like realtime found on Stack Exchange but only with the new Stack Overflow questions.I searched the existing questions, but I didn't find one that specifically answers...
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