Questions tagged [question-quality]
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Why are we punishing simple questions for "not doing research"?
I ran across this Hot Network Question about Dune, and why the Dune universe folks don't use guns. As someone who never read the books, and has seen the Lynch movie (which also apparently never read ...
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Why would "I searched everywhere but couldn't find the answer" be kept in a question?
Why keep some useless noise in a question?
For sure, we don't accept taglines as ruled by: Should 'Hi', 'thanks', taglines, and salutations be removed from posts?.
But why keep stuff ...
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Is there ever a reason to remove on topic content?
In recent discussions there has been an ongoing argument made against removing low-quality content that is otherwise on topic.
Since the crux of most of the objections raised against any changes in ...
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Should we have a policy on questions about adult topics in SFF?
While we have a long-standing policy that it's OK to ask about adult topics here - everything from sex to rape to bestiality - there have also been quite a number of questions in recent years which ...
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When the answer to a question may have changed is there a way to recommend a review?
The following question:
Why does Captain Lorca care about scattered pockets of negative mass?
Was was asked mid-way through Discovery's first season. Now that season one is over I'm wondering if ...
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Should we edit obviously wrong questions?
Why was Benjamin Sisko appointed captain of DS9 given that he has a foul temper with poor emotional control?
Benjamin Sisko is prone to emotional outbursts. He has a foul temper and has poor ...
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Does sci-fi have extremely low standards for questions compared to other stackexchanges?
I have noticed recently that a lot of questions that get asked are extremely easily answered with 10 seconds of Google.
Examples include:
What horse or horses played Shadowfax?
Who is the head of ...
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Should this be a clickbait site, or should we stand by SE standards of question quality?
[Edit: Richard is stepping down. This was NOT the desired outcome, here. At most, I hoped for clarified policies: a learning opportunity, not a blame-and-punishment game. I really hope this question ...
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Is a list question within the scope of Sci-Fi SE if it is a relatively small pool of answers?
This question got put on hold recently as being too broad. I voted to have it put on hold, and I stand by it being too broad.
The issue I have with this question is not that the number of answers ...
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Story identification without possible answer
The way I've always viewed story identification questions is finding the stories that left details in mind and yet the title has slipped and simple google is not helpful. These usually have the "a-ha!"...
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Story Identification : Close questions where the OP isn't helping?
I noticed on Movie:SE that they have a rule regarding abandoned story-identification questions;
Identification questions are of limited use to other users of the
site, and are asking people to ...
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Are questions about “thinking too much about it” bad in this site?
I've seen a couple of questions (one of mine, one of other's) that was downvoted or simply not well received because they were about thinking too much about some detail in some work. But that confuses ...
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Questions about science fiction technologies that have real world origins
This question recently got closed because the sci-fi technology being asked about is a real technology, or we assume it is based on the answers and comments given in the question.
Now I cast the ...
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Must questions be asked in English?
Must all the questions be asked in English?
If a question was asked in another language, would it be translated?
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Difference between Up-Voting and starred "Favourite Questions"?
I'm quite new to the site and one mechanism is rather unclear to me.
The Help system clearly states
Voting up a question or answer signals to the rest of the community that a post is interesting, ...
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