Questions tagged [quality-improvement]
For questions about improving the quality of questions and answers on the site.
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How can I improve this answer to an HTTP spec question?
I received a downvote to this answer to a question about the HTTP spec that I don't understand. Given that my answer is directly copied from the spec, the only reasons I could think for the downvote ...
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Help me improve my question
I asked this question yesterday
Create two barplots for categorical variables having different numbers of classes
It didn't get much attention, except for a downvote. Can you help me improve it? ...
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Question downvoted with no feedback - how to improve?
I would like to ask for your help in order to understand what I did wrong and/or could have done better in my last question.
The question was about a bad SQLite query generated by the Laravel ...
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Is it time to end the allure of acquiring SO "rep points"?
Context:
This page directs any who would answer a low-quality question with (abridged):
Not all questions can or should be answered here ... avoid trying to answer questions which...
...are unclear......
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How can I improve this question? "Handle commits in `git rebase -i` in the opposite order"
The question is: Handle commits in `git rebase -i` in the opposite order
It currently has 3 downvotes, plus a close vote for being opinion-based. I think the question is pretty clear, but I'm biased, ...
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discord.py: a common setup issue with Intents
In discord.py, you have to set up a Discord Bot account and enable necessary intents. But for most questions regarding discord.py, enabling intents solves half or most of the problem.
Many questions ...
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Duplicate question with downvotes
I have recently asked a question that was marked duplicate and received two downvotes. There aren't any answers to my question, only a comment with a
link to another post that answered my question.
I ...
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How can we encourage answers that are helpful to people other than the asker?
I just received an SO survey, to which I responded quite negatively. I think current questions are mostly terrible, and current answers are mostly terrible.
Here's an example showing one kind of ...
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Why are questions on Meta about improving questions on the main site, themselves usually poorly received?
I have noticed a common pattern:
Someone's question(s) on the main site is/are not well received
That person comes to Meta to ask about how to improve the question(s), perhaps due to seeing a ...
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Question closed: Was my explanation poor or is it an XY problem?
My question was closed with the reason that it was a duplicate. But, to me, the referenced question is completely different.
I agree I can still learn a lot about debugging, but my question was about ...
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Create tag-specific validation rules to help improve low-quality questions
As someone who spends a lot of time answering questions in roblox, I see a lot of questions from beginners both to coding and to Stack Overflow. This has led me to believe that the site does not do a ...
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What else should I have put in this question? [closed]
My question Why is it adding a horizontal scroll bar was answered, but I need guidance about how I asked it.
What else should I have provided? I couldn't provide all the ancillary files because there ...
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Does it make sense to repair typos in posts (I would like, but suggestion canceling)?
Does it make sense to repair typos in posts (title and content)? Do you use fuzzy search algorithm during searching?
Is it because it is probably not needed to update typos? I am thinking about these ...
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Avoiding over-moderation on questions
Yesterday I posted a question regarding PHP on Stack Overflow. It was not well received.
I made it short and sweet because I thought it was a fairly simple question and didn't want to fluff it up.
Of ...
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How do I edit my question about pycord bot.get_channel?
How do I edit the question Why does bot.get_channel() produce NoneType??
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I'm trying to get out of a question ban, and I've realized it is futile to edit unsalvageable posts. So, instead, I'...
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