Questions tagged [faq-proposed]
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First-time user suggestion for improved on-topic clarity
I have this question that I thought was well-suited to a site that describes itself as:
...a question and answer site for professionals, academics, and students working within the systems ...
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How do I ask a "Best Practices" question?
Questions containing the words:
What is the "best practice," or
What is the "right way," or
Which technique is "most popular," "most sensible," "most reasonable," "okay," "wise," "acceptable," "most ...
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Are Career-Advice Questions On-Topic Here?
I have a question about
Education,
Finding a job,
Hiring,
Interviews,
Job Titles
Training Materials,
Classes,
Certifications,
Skill sets,
Marketing,
Job Stress,
Workplace Interaction,
...
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What is this "Software Engineering" site you speak of, and what kinds of questions can I ask there?
Programmers has changed its name.
Why has this name change occurred?
Has anything else changed?
What kinds of questions will I be able to ask, now that the name has changed?
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What kinds of questions should I avoid asking here?
This post is a supplement to the Help Center Article of the same name. That article, in a nutshell, describes questions that are either too broad, too opinionated, or too discussion-oriented to make ...
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How do I ask a good question?
We’d love to help you. To improve your chances of getting an answer, here are some tips:
STOP!
Softwareengineering.SE is primarily about software design. We don't do code troubleshooting here, ...
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How do I recommend posting on another Stack Exchange site?
We have all seen it: a user asks a question on Software Engineering that belongs on a different site. There are many technology sites on Stack Exchange, and sometimes navigating the lot of them to ...
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Why is "Is it possible to..." a poorly worded question?
A lot of questions try to cast a net into sea of possible designs with the wording "is it possible to...".
These questions often get closed for one reason or another. What steps should I take to try ...
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Green fields, blue skies, and the white board - what is too broad?
I've been accused of having questions that are too blue sky-y or green fieldy and not white boardy enough.
What does this mean and why do those questions get closed?
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On discussions and why they don't make good questions
I'll start off with the irony of this question being tagged with a discussion and point out that meta is different.
Why don't discussion questions work in Stack Exchange? What is it about the ...
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Should cross-posting be allowed sometimes on Programmers?
I ask the community.
The following question here led to the OP asking the greater meta.stackexchange.com site here which seems to have a broader and more popular consensus that when a question is ...
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I just failed an audit, but I was right and it was wrong. What now?
I just failed an audit on this question:
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/review/first-posts/60664.
This was submitted as a first post from a new user, but that's wrong. I remember this ...
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Why is research important?
You've probably seen it somewhere
Sharing your research helps everyone. Tell us what you've tried and why
it didn’t meet your needs. This demonstrates that you’ve taken the time
to try to ...
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There seems to be some contradictory guidance with respect to asking career development questions
The Help Center says this:
and it is not about...
career advice, salary or compensation,
... but it links to an answer that cites this question as being an acceptable career-development ...
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Why do certification questions keep getting closed?
Whenever I look at certification questions on the front page or in tags, they seem to be closed.
Why is this?
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