Questions tagged [rules]
For questions about written and unwritten rules of the Stack Overflow network. The rules can be found in the help center, or sometimes in posts by ♦ moderators.
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Who or what leads Stack Overflow's policy regarding posts?
I recently found this post where it is stated that
(...) SO is not interested in users getting answers to their
questions. Usually Q&A sites want their questioners to be happy, but
not SO. ...
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What would the consequence for insulting someone be? [duplicate]
Let's say person A posted something then person B came along and insulted person A.
What exactly would happen to person B as a consequence?
Would they be suspended and / or get points taken away?
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Question about site rules [duplicate]
Is the stack overflow site an appropriate place to post several documents of code and say, "here's the problem but I don't know what's wrong with it?"
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Logic behind time limited comment editing [duplicate]
What is the logic behind disallowing edits to my comments after x minutes? I can still copy the comment; paste it into a new comment; edit it; the delete the old one. The result is the same.
This ...
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Is this question off-topic, and if so, how can I report it?
I recently saw a question on SO that appears to be an Application feature question rather than a programming question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37052142
Isn't that a rule violation? I ...
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Is the use of term "Democracy" in the moderator elections correct?
Recently it came to my attention the Moderators Elections on Stack Overflow.
There was the pompous (in my opinion) term "democracy"
since "we believe that the community should choose their moderators"...
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A suggested solution to new users deleting their questions
The problem
They ask, I answer, they delete. What can I do? And what should I have done?
I answered a question, he accepted it, and then he deleted the question!
Should I warn potential answerers that ...
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Understanding Downvotes on SO
I asked a question initially (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39443424/how-do-you-use-the-character-in-markdown-table-dialects) on SO on use of special characters in markdown tables (general ...
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Is it against the rules to solicit upvotes on third-party websites?
What is the policy for promoting Stack Overflow posts on third-party websites?
Examples:
Creating a post on a social network that asks people to upvote your question.
Creating a post on a social ...
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Is it my duty to check for duplicate questions before answering?
Today the two following questions came to my mind:
Is it a user's duty to check whether a question is a duplicate before posting an answer?
Are answers to duplicate questions inappropriate / warrant ...
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What weight do Meta discussions have?
Here on Meta a lot is being discussed about how users should behave on Main. There are discussions about what is off-topic and what isn't, what kind of content deserves votes of whichever kind and ...
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Require image of Scratch script for Scratch questions
It's hard to visualize a script in visual programming language like Scratch. Here's an example of what I mean:
The correct way to make an infinite loop without the forever block is to use the repeat ...
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Why are votes on Meta so passionate? [closed]
I'm new to Meta. Yet, I could not help notice the passion (can I use that word?) on questions asked here.
I saw questions going into flame, getting sometimes -125 or more, some people (no names) ...
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Why isn't there a good penalty system to discourage reputation mining?
After reviewing the goals and direction of Stack Overflow here, why is it that SO allows people to mine or reap reputation from questions such as this?
I've heard from moderators that there is a ...
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Does Stack Overflow reject some kind of content? [closed]
I have realized that some kind of questions do not 'qualify' for the Stack Overflow scheme and fall into certain 'answering mechanism' by people answering, mainly because of the rules of the Stack ...
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