To what extent is it useful to ask a very basic question about a legacy...
At my job we work with a legacy language called Magik.At this point there is one question regarding this language on Stack Overflow.Would it be desired to ask basic questions on how this language works...
View ArticleWhere do we draw the line on when an edit is reasonable and when the question...
Some background to clarify my question: This stems from a recent experience I had on SO where I absolutely made an error in my question statement and inadvertently flipped two terms that I had backward...
View ArticleThe Stack Overflow RSS feeds are useless
Based on this monthly average questions per day query and this questions per day query on SEDE, Stack Overflow is getting significantly over 2000 questions per day.Currently, the RSS feed for newest...
View ArticleWhich user has asked the most questions?
From my understanding, most users who stick around past asking a question have answered more questions than asked questions. It is no doubt that asking questions is an extremely effective and important...
View ArticleHow can we remove downvotes?
I have seen some Question/Answers which get annihilated with downvotes in a couple of seconds, after a quick edit the Question/Answer then begins to make sense and is a valid Question/Answer where the...
View ArticleShould asking about GeoPandas of Controversial Borderlines be flagged?
Say someone might ask about Geopandas about the Borders of China, Israel, Tibet or other Borderlines that are Subjects of controversial political discussions, should a hypothetical question about this...
View ArticleShould questions about GeoPandas regarding controversial borders be flagged?
Say someone might ask about GeoPandas regarding the borders of China, Israel, Tibet or other borders that are subjects of controversial political discussions. Should a hypothetical question about this...
View ArticleIs it appropriate to reopen a "closed for not enough detail" question if a...
I posted a question—size_t == sizeof (uint64_t) not returning expected results—which was closed for "This question needs debugging details. It is not currently accepting answers."I don't dispute that...
View ArticleIs it OK to downvote questions asking about how to achieve something, without...
In these type of questions, users only upload some image, and then ask how to create or develop this type of UI or code. Here is the question that the user posted:How to get an view like the below...
View ArticleIs a "Can I do A?"-type question answered with a "no, but you can do B"-type...
Is answering a question that asks to do something with a specific tool or library off topic if another way to solve the problem without the tool is shown?How to change some columns name when using...
View ArticleA couple of questions regarding "Question closed as a duplicate"
I've asked this question in 2019: Assert request hasn't happened and then provided the answer by myself, thus answering my question.Today I've found in my mailbox a couple of confusing emails about...
View ArticleCan a priority be added to a question? [duplicate]
I've just asked this question about renaming a program.When I wrote that question, I had seen that I could not compile my program, so that looked like an urgent question.My task, however, is a...
View ArticleQuestions closed in Staging Ground can be unilaterally reopened via SG review
A question I reviewed yesterday in Staging Ground that is inherently off-topic was close-voted by me and then by a moderator, which resulted in it being closed.Today, I see a notification that it was...
View ArticleWhat's the actual criterion for questions to enter the Staging Ground?...
In the Staging Ground return post, we were told that the Staging Ground would get questions from first-time askers. However, I saw a few questions from users who asked other questions before.You can...
View ArticleIdentify Staging Ground questions with a specific CSS class
If your user preferences are set to include them, Staging Ground posts are appearing on question list pages including the home page.Could the question <div> tags please be classed appropriately...
View ArticleTop Questions page - 'Staging Ground' questions
When reloading Stack Overflow on my mobile, the newlyStaging Ground questions were added to the Top Questions page.From the 7 visible questions, 5 are from the Staging Ground, that's more than 70%.I'm...
View ArticleReduce [Questions with no answers] [duplicate]
At this moment there are 3,205,054questions with no answersI'm sure half or more of these questions have been answered in the commentsWhile there is no way to force OP to answer by themself,I'd if...
View ArticleDuplicate/symlink a public Stack Overflow question to your Team account [closed]
I find some Stack Overflow questions and answers useful very frequently and I think it would be great to be able to duplicate them to my SO Team account soI don't have to search for them in tons of...
View ArticlePlease allow Stack Overflow for Teams to specify or use the old question...
I am currently one of the administrators of a private team based on Stack Overflow for Teams. Like most of the members of Stack Exchange Q&A communities I have seen the question upvote increased...
View Article"Welcome back" message annoying and not needed
About once a week I get a "welcome back" message that encourages me to 'vote up questions' and won't go away without a click. Is it really necessary to ask people who have been around for 7 years to...
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