What's wrong with my questions, and how can I improve them?
Coming from this meta question, as you can guess, I am actually question banned.I have read plenty of meta topics about being question banned and the only way out seems to be "Improve your...
View ArticleHow can I watch a question?
I come across many interesting recently asked questions on Stack Overflow. These questions might not be yet answered or other people might be still answering it.Is there a way to watch/follow a...
View ArticleStack Overflow questions page no longer loads new questions
I just noticed this a few hours ago: the questions is no longer loading new questions. My search query is [javascript] or [c++] and I have to refresh the page periodically to see new questions. There...
View ArticleShould I post a question asking to confirm knowledge?
Every now and then after I've done research on a topic/issue, I would like validation on my findings. How should I phrase a post like this to make sure it is a beneficial post for Stack Overflow?For...
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May users bypass question bans by editing their existing poorly-received...
NOTE: While I appreciate the zeal to close this as a duplicate, there is nothing in that question that actually addresses the conflicting response I received from a moderator in this specific case, and...
View ArticleIf the question is ok, should it be upvoted? [duplicate]
In the triage queue stack encourages to upvote questions which show research and a sincere effort. I see consensus on many many questions, but never any upvotes on either of them. What is the correct...
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Is filler allowed to bypass "It looks like your post is mostly code; please...
This is not a duplicate of How should I flag questions trying to get around the “This post is mostly code” filter? because my flag was declined, meaning that the answers there are irrelevant to my...
View ArticleGive some to get some. Should seeking help be "taxed" with giving some in...
I am a big supporter of the concept of a self-moderating community. At the same time, I strongly believe everyone in a community should participate in it in a way that creates a net positive effect (or...
View ArticleWhy was my question closed for not being reproducible/caused by a typo?
First of all, I just want to make it clear that I'm not here to rant about my question being closed or demanding my post be reopened. I'm just curious.The post in question is this one. The question is...
View ArticleWhat is the flow of asking a question on Stack Overflow? How does it work...
If I post a question on Stack Overflow, how is it processed internally?What is the flow of this process? I am asking because I want to draw a flow chart describing Stack Overflow.
View ArticleWhat should be done with questions regarding unlocatable elements in Selenium?
A quick search in selenium brings up some questions like this:I am doing automation with selenium, I have tried this:[Some code of a Selenium automation, often with a complicated XPath query, and also...
View ArticleHow can I make sure the question I'm going to post is not going to be duplicate?
BackgroundI recently posted a question on the main site, and later pointed out by another user that the question has been answered, not once, but a couple times already. Soon, I found a working...
View ArticleWhy do my questions get so few views?
I posted my question on Stack Overflow three days ago, and I have also put a bounty on it, but it is still not receiving a decent amount of views.I can't understand why, and I also noticed that it...
View ArticleDo we do anything to "network error" questions?
Everyday hundreds of questions caused by network issues emerge. Examples include:(Git or SSH) cannot connect to github.com port 443: connection timed outAll kinds of package managers:pip...
View ArticleWhere do I ask how to learn to do X? [duplicate]
Frequently I find myself wondering how to learn to do something that doesn't seem to fall into any obvious category. To be clear, I am not asking for the best way to learn it, or for a book/off-site...
View ArticleStack Overflow needs an entrance exam
Every day, we see hundreds of questions asked that are of such low-quality one might wonder why Stack Overflow even allows to post it. We keep closing and downvoting them, but the problem doesn't end....
View ArticleNew user is posting the same code over and over again from three different...
A user keeps posting basically the same code, varying the question, but each time fails to trim down the code into a succinct snippet. The question is basically always "I want to build a web shop, it...
View ArticleAre changelog type questions acceptable?
Are changelog type questions acceptable on SO?By changelog, I mean questions like: 'what are the concrete API differences between version 1 of Foo and version 2?' or, the specific question regarding...
View ArticleHow can I filter questions based on tags? [closed]
I know two types of logic filter. Like:[Tag1] [Tag2]: Tag1 && Tag2[Tag1] or [Tag2] Tag1 || Tag2Are there more patterns or advanced filter logical searches?
View ArticleHow are the "interesting questions" selected for The Overflow?
In The Overflow #25, a question from Software Engineering Stack Exchange was selected as an "interesting question". Although it's definitely an interesting question, it's not the best reflection of the...
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