Questions tagged [question-quality]
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discourage images of text on /questions/ask?
Is it possible to customise the "Ask a Public Question" page to add some text and a link to discourage posting images of or links to images of text?
I often copy-paste a comment like the ...
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Requesting constructive criticism for a question
I wrote this question. It was down voted. I'm not upset and am not here to argue. My question here is what can I learn from this, for this or future questions? Is there something inherently wrong with ...
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Should we improve posts that are common Google results?
It seems like fairly regularly I'll be running a Google search to assist with a minor problem and the result that I get from a stackexchange.com site is extremely high quality. It answers my question ...
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need help improving a question
At some point I had a question about the workings of the bash shift command. I did not find the question / answer on this website, so I looked up the answer and posted my learnings as self answered ...
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Is"How to stop running e4defrag without damage my data?" as unclear?
How to stop running e4defrag without damage my data?
Some people downvote on that question.
I can't find out why unclear.
Can you-all tell me?
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What else can I do to make my question well-received and improve my chances of getting answers?
I’m new to the UNIX & Linux site and I would like to ask a question. There is some guidance in the Help Center, but what are other actions I can take to make my question well-received and improve ...
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How was this question inadequate
I have a question about my Unix & Linux Stack Exchange post: Replicate an Ubuntu server onto another ubuntu server
I'm trying to get better at asking questions on stack exchange websites. I know ...
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"Teaching how to fish" considered abusive?
My comment on this question:
idownvotedbecau.se/noresearch, idownvotedbecau.se/noattempt - Have you consulted the tar man page?
Reaction:
Given that the answer is not in the tar man page, why ...
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How can we compare distributions?
As You know, there is everlasting question (especially from beginners): "what is best (GNU/Linux) distribution?".
Those threads are always closed as opinion based and beginners are left on their own ...
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What should we do about Kali Linux questions?
It's well-known that we have a quality problem in the kali-linux tag. Some statistics corroborate this perception (though not to the extent that I'd expected):
16.4% of the kali-linux questions have ...
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Question ban persisting based on newbie questions over a year old
I appear to have a question ban that has persisted for over a year, and has not reset at the six month stage. The majority of my questions have been neutrally or positively received but there are ...
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Is it appropriate to request a list of solutions to a particular problem?
Let me first describe my question, and then describe my particular situation which inspired the question. My question is the following: Is it appropriate on this site to ask for a list of solutions to ...
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How to reopen my "on hold" question?
If my question still unclear then how to next? (I have deplete my ideas, I need help or more clue as similar comments already in my question, thanks you).
How to reopen my "on hold" question?
If my ...
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How could I improve this question in order to get a response?
Several days ago, I posted the following question which was subsequently labeled a "tumbleweed". There have been no votes, no comments, nothing. It's not at all clear to me what would help make this ...
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How to merge my own duplicate question?
How to merge my own duplicate question?
Such as:
When a package recommends A or B, which one is installed?
Why isn't lxterminal installed when installing lxde-core?
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