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If I pose a question and later learn the premise was wrong, is it best to edit the question or leave it?
If I ask a question about a data structure saying 'I currently have data structure X, how do I do Y with it?' and someone answers with 'You actually have data structure Z, this is how you do Y with it'...
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When I try to post a question on Stack Overflow, I get the error message "Comments must be at least 15 characters in length." [closed]
When I click the "Post Your Question" button, an error "Comments must be at least 15 characters in length." I am confused since I am creating a question, not a comment.
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Are questions that have answers on other websites OK on Stack Overflow? [closed]
Following a comment I received on this:
Are questions that have answers on other websites OK on Stack Overflow?
For example, questions that have answers on the Pytorch forums, such as this one.
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Is it good to provide a GitHub link to whole source code rather than a snippet in question? [closed]
I am facing a problem in my code. But I am completely unaware of what part of the code is causing the problem. I can explain in details about what problems I am facing, but not what might be causing ...
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Should the question be closed if it has been answered in another thread of some website?
The question which has been answered in some other website should be marked closed in Stack Overflow? It can help to find active questions and reduce time to investigate duplicate questions with other ...
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Why don't new Stack Overflow questions get as many views as like 4 years ago? [closed]
I was out of the coding game for a while. Now I noticed, without considering the question time, that it's really rare for a question to get at least 1/4 of the views that a question asked a couple of ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Does stack overflow have a forum?
I really like this site for reference and the experience of others. I think it would be nice to be able to ask questions that require experience and a sprinkle of opinion.
For example, the other day ...
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New Question Vs. Old Thread [duplicate]
If I find similar questions on StackOverflow that haven't been updated in years (which likely include outdated information), is it better to ask a new question, or continue the conversation in the old ...
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The time asked of the question isn't accurate
So I asked a question on stackoverflow.com yesterday and it got answered yesterday, and it became a long forgotten post.
I wanted to re-check the answer when i noticed that this question was asked ...
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"An error occurred submitting the question" in Stack Overflow
For a few weeks now since I registered my account on Stack Overflow I have not been able to post questions or answers.
I have gone through similar/duplicate questions here on Meta about this issue, ...
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Question not being answered: Am I being mined for rep? [closed]
I recently posted a Python related question. Rather than answers suggesting modifications to the code as posted, the only respondent suggested one change to make (adding a "[0]" to an above line of ...
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Can I ask interview programming questions at Stack Overflow? [closed]
I recently have asked couple of programming questions on Stack Overflow which were asked to me during an interview process. I embedded my solution code in the question and asked for a better/optimized ...
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What is the best way to upvote [duplicate]
This may sound like an odd question, but this is what I have the most trouble understanding on Stack Overflow (and other Stack Exchange sites). What is the correct way to upvote? Should I upvote every ...
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