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No such thing as a stupid question
Keep in mind what is common sense to you might not be to other people.
There are plenty of situations on here that a lot of people look at and think, "duh, do X" but if it was that obvious to ...
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Is this question OK ? Why, why not?
The OP wrote:
Also, for anyone whose really interested, replace all my uses of the
phrase "future employer" or "future prospective employer" with "wife",
and suddenly, this whole question ...
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Is this question OK ? Why, why not?
I think this type of question is fine. Generally speaking.
Asking a question like this is fine, but the way in which it is asked is really important. In fact, I think had this been asked in a less ...
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Is this question OK ? Why, why not?
Reasons why this question is not ok:
This question is too specific. It will help just one person. I feel like no one else will learn how to get fired from this question
User posting on the question ...
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Is "We can't answer this" a valid answer?
If I'm voting / flagging a question to close, I don't answer it - in my opinion, doing so can give the impression that the the question is legitimate, which then encourages other people to ask similar ...
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What goes through your mind when answering these questions?
So many of the questions revolve around common sense It is my experience that common sense is not so common :)
Sometimes you just have to spell out what may be obvious to everyone else. We all ...
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Is "We can't answer this" a valid answer?
In my personal opinion, that is not a valid answer. But unless we have clear community consensus on this, don't expect mods to actively delete them. But here are some tools you can use:
Close votes....
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Is this question OK ? Why, why not?
I think we have a very skilled troll on our hands, at least I HOPE this person is trolling as the alternative is far too disturbing to contemplate.
He asked another bizarre one
https://workplace....
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Discussion questions
Are you with me?
No.
Stack Exchange is not a forum. This is a Q&A site built around the concept of asking and answering questions and judging both. A discussion cannot be judged and is simply not ...
LilienthalMod
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How does a question get "bumped to the homepage"?
The Community user randomly bumps certain old questions -- questions that were good enough (positive score) to attract at least one answer, but no answer is upvoted. On a busy site this can mean that ...
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Is a question being hypothetical a problem?
While I understand that hypothetical questions frequently suffer from lacking details necessary to make it answerable, if enough details are present, is a hypothetical question still bad just because ...
LilienthalMod
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How should questions with obviously ridiculous premises (such as how to engage in fraud) be handled?
Flag for mod attention, downvote, and vote to close and/or delete.
Answering bad questions - troll questions for sure, and anything where the poster does not really have that problem - is not helpful. ...
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Bounties on Questions with Close Votes
Why is this frowned upon by the Mods ( or in general )?
We frown upon any action that abuses SE systems, especially if it's done to accomplish a particular action that's not normally possible. ...
LilienthalMod
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Should questions be written for everyone to understand?
We have a similar situation over on Mi Yodeya, where discussions of Jewish law can involve a lot of jargon, some of which is hard to translate into English or would require a lot of explanation. The ...
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All-time top questions
There is the Greatest Hits list. I don't know where it's linked (if anywhere!), but somebody tipped me off about it a while back and I just construct the URL myself (sitname/questions/greatest-hits). ...
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'Bandwagon' Voting
To expound a bit on what Snow said...
We try to save questions if we can.
This particular question came up in the watercooler, and was discussed. Several users (myself included) made edits to make ...
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Why is the reputation of the last user to interact with a question shown on the Home page?
This has been the current situation for as long as I can remember. (But I'm here for only five years.) the site exists; see this screenshot taken on Stack Overflow over 10 years ago:
(source)
Is this ...
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Do/should people downvote out of sheer irritation about how the OP handled the situation?
Voting is completely open to the individual. They can downvote just because they stubbed their toe that morning. Or upvote because it's their birthday if they want.
The votes are of limited use anyway ...
KilisiMod
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What is the assumed work market context for IT related questions when it is not fully specified?
Usually if the information would significantly change answers, we try not make assumptions at all. Instead we add comments asking for clarification, and sometimes will close a question as unclear if ...
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What is the assumed work market context for IT related questions when it is not fully specified?
You asked,
What is the assumed work market context for IT related questions when it is not fully specified?
Ideally, there is not an assumed anything if it may change the answer to the question. ...
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Do/should people downvote out of sheer irritation about how the OP handled the situation?
is it ever appropriate to downvote for that reason [the way that the OP handled a situation irritated/frustrated me]?
Never. You don't vote just because OP handled the situation badly. In fact, many ...
DarkCygnusMod
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Why banners appear on some questions?
That is a post notice, added by one of the mods. If a question has been flagged, or in our own browsing of the community we may see an answer that needs improving in some way. There are a couple of ...
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Should my thread be moved?
I moved it because the primary focus of your question is asking about the specifics of the freelancing arrangement.
To migrate, generally you need a moderator to do that if the site is not ...
- 110k
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'Bandwagon' Voting
This may be due to the HNQ effect. Once the question makes it to the Hot Network Questions list, it instantly becomes visible to a much broader audience, of which the majority is only able to vote up. ...
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Are questions and comments involving management theory appropriate?
Discussion of managerial theory strikes me as a bit tangential for Workplace unless it is being applied to specifics, as @dragoon1228 said. It bears the same relationship to our topic as math does to ...
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