Questions tagged [specific-question]
Use along with [meta] to ask about specific questions here on Meta Stack Exchange. Questions about questions on other network sites are off-topic here and should be posted on the site's meta instead.
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Why is this not a real question? [closed]
https://stackoverflow.com/q/15614984/99456
The actual question didn't start off great but with a little help the question was rephrased and the problem was solved.
I don't really care whether this ...
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Should this question be migrated to MSO? "Are questions about improving performance on topic on Stack Overflow?" [duplicate]
Are questions about improving performance on topic on Stack Overflow?
This question is specific to Stack Overflow and still relevant, since it's been linked from MSO here: What makes a "good&...
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Why was my question - Why does downvoting mean 'no?' - downvoted? [duplicate]
I asked this question which ended up with a -7 score.
However, I am puzzled. It seems to be a legitimate question. While I understand that feature requests are downvoted to indicate disagreement, I ...
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Where should I post a question regarding web design?
Is there a StackExchange site appropriate to ask a question about web design?
I'm needing some suggestions about which colors to use for a very dark themed website, where should I ask this?
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What can I do to make my broad, off-topic, closed question better?
Okay so I asked a fairly broad question with other possible answers regarding what is Wikidata? See here. I agree that this is quite a broad question and there are other places on the internet that ...
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Is "Lunatic Speculation" a reasonable reason to close a question with 18 upvotes, 5 answers, 5 stars? [closed]
The question: Travelling by bus
The comment above the close reason:
I voted to close not because the asker didn't know what he was asking, but because the question is a lightning rod for lunatic ...
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Why was this question considered "offtopic" and closed? [closed]
How can I install the Buzz bundle on Symfony 2.2.0?
Just out of curiosity, how come a question about symfony is offtopic on a programming site?
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Do users pay attention to account's age? [closed]
I am currently in the process of writing a paper about the discourse within Stack Overflow. I am focusing on the concept of seniority within the site.
My question for the site users is: Do you pay any ...
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What should I do with my post on logos?
I posted Logos and their representation and it seems like the community doesn't support it:
Now I read the downvote reason, and clearly they voted the question for it being useless. However, someone ...
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How can I make this post into a proper Q&A?
I am the owner of a post, which I wrote, because I found not a single wiki or how-to or tutorial on the Internet about that subject.
Here is the post/question: How to build Qt for Visual Studio 2010
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What's wrong with my self-answered question? [closed]
Recently, I posted a question about automatically paraphrasing sentences in JavaScript using regular expressions, and answered the question as soon as I posted it. Soon afterward, my question got two ...
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Is this self-answer useful to the question?
I'm still in the process to understand what is helpful to Stack Overflow from what isn't. I know that self-answered question is a good thing when it's done the right way. Today, this question https://...
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A post is not rendering properly
I don't have the knowledge to use the correct terminology, but the post I earned 2cool4skool on a site I have not visited is greyed out on the "home" and "questions" pages with ...
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JavaScript vs. jQuery, why wasn't this question closed? [closed]
Regarding Stack Overflow question https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16472714/what-features-does-jquery-provide-that-arent-available-natively-in-the-browsers (now deleted):
I guess I'm a little ...
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Should "Why 'What Stack Overflow is Not' was deleted" be historically locked?
A long time ago, Shog9 deleted a popularly-linked question here. He then made another post, Why "What Stack Overflow is Not" was deleted, to explain his reasons for deleting the question ...
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