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2 answers
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Considering Reviewing Questions which may seem duplicate!

I think we should consider not marking questions which may seem duplicate as being duplicates (especially in the case of StackOverflow.) We have a lot of new users every day. Some may be capable of ...
Mathews Mathai's user avatar
2 votes
0 answers
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How to promote the "include script with your question" to newcomers [duplicate]

Many of the questions, in Stack Overflow, I have seen the new users are not posting part of there script with their question or they fail to post their attempt at getting the script working How can ...
Jean-Pierre Oosthuizen's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
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Reduce question duplication by awarding commenting privilege before asking privilege

There is a problem in the Stack Overflow system, and it has to do with the site's users. From what I understand, based on my experience and observations, newbies like me tend to get downvoted when a ...
xanderaspiring's user avatar
-6 votes
2 answers
167 views

Put questions on StackOverflow [duplicate]

can you tell me how can I put questions and get more answers ! what I should do to get more interaction with my posts ! waiting for hours and days maybe months to get an answer or comment is not good ....
nomade's user avatar
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3 answers
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Does anyone else think the filter system for questions needs some consideration?

Okay so I want to look at questions from the criteria - my favourite tags, new AND unanswered. This seems like it would be a regular request right why must I sift through all the other stuff when that ...
AMAN77's user avatar
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1 vote
2 answers
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Recent edit on a question

The question that was posted first had a recent change on that question based on the comments or from answers, for which I would have earlier answered. How does stackoverflow or stackexchange do ...
sr01853's user avatar
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85 votes
4 answers
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Add a hint to stay put after posting a question

The Problem It happens on every second question I try to answer: The question is unclear but the user does not respond. Why? The usual reason is that the user asking a question seems to leave. ...
juergen d's user avatar
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1 vote
2 answers
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(Slightly) decrease the auto-question block's sensitivity [closed]

I am trying to ask a valid question on Stack Overflow, but I got blocked by the auto-question-asking-ban message. I haven't been asking many questions, have only received 1 more downvote than upvotes ...
Azulflame's user avatar
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-10 votes
2 answers
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What about having more information about a question before viewing it?

What do you think about having the ability to know all the information below before actually visiting a question: The number of lines of the description of the problem If the description contains ...
Ouadie's user avatar
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-6 votes
1 answer
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SO Feature Request: Add an ajax update / refresh routine for Top Questions [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: New Feature: real time updates to questions, answers, and inbox Due to @lunboks' answer, I decided to reword the request. I understand the the main SO page (Top Questions) ...
Code Maverick's user avatar
9 votes
2 answers
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Suggest that users add code to a question if they haven't already

Disclaimer: This only really applies to Stack Overflow at the moment, though I think something similar may apply to the other sites as well. Disclaimer 2: I seem to be advocating nudge theory, woe is ...
ben is uǝq backwards's user avatar
9 votes
1 answer
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¿Can we automatically remove inverted question marks from question titles and bodies?

You see this often in questions of users with Spanish as mother tongue. The ¿ has utterly no meaning in correct English. In my opinion it can always safely be auto-removed. This saves the editors from ...
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4 answers
410 views

Require a net +1 for questions in high-volume tags to become answerable

A simplified, improved and feature-requestified version of this answer - What if SO required new questions to achieve a net score of +1 before they can be answered in order to improve quality ...
Pekka's user avatar
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11 votes
1 answer
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Any chance of downloading ALL content I posted on Stack Overflow?

Is there any chance of downloading ALL content I posted on Stack Overflow? Is it possible to retrieve all questions/answers of mine? Or could I use some PHP-based crawler which will download all ...
genesis's user avatar
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16 votes
2 answers
161 views

Does the "Votes" tab really serve a purpose?

There's a tab on Stack Overflow for questions called "Votes" that shows the questions that have recieved the most votes. The problem is it includes all questions. I've been a member on Stack Overflow ...
Edward's user avatar
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