Linked Questions
10 questions linked to/from Help Center tuning: "help/on-topic/and it is not about..." += references to meta guidance
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New Site Name and Help Center: Phase I Complete
Previous Discussion: Follow-Up 3: New Site Name and Help Center Discussions
After approval from Ana, I published the discussed updates to the Help Center's /help/on-topic page and the site's /tour. ...
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Where does my tool question go?
I have a question about tools. According to the on-topic page, tool questions are off-topic on Software Engineering Stack Exchange. Is there a site for me to go to ask specific tool questions?
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How do you get 20 rep to get into chat?
People keep telling me that there is this wonderful area in Stack Exchange where you can ask questions called "chat" or "The Whiteboard", but it keeps saying that I need 20 reputation. I have such ...
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There are way more negative votes in the top 50 questions than positive. Time to think
I am a software lead in a company and I would say I am a seasoned professional. Nevertheless I find myself scared to ask questions here,
A look on the page of the first 50 newest questions counts:
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Where can I see what kind of questions are or are not relevant on /programmers?
Where can I see what kind of questions are or are not relevant on /programmers?
From usability point of view, it's pretty hard to find.
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What goes on Software Engineering (previously known as Programmers)? A guide for Stack Overflow
Moderator Note: Programmers changed its name recently to Software Engineering.
This post has been updated to reflect the new scope, but it still refers to Programmers for historical reasons. Wherever ...
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Why was my question closed or down voted?
Help! My question was closed (or down voted). Why? And what can I do about it?
Downvoted
Duplicate
Off topic
What technology to take up next
Recommend a software library, tool, book, research paper,...
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What should our predefined off-topic reasons be?
There are some fairly major changes coming soon to how posts are closed, you may want to read up on the details:
Closing changes: [on hold], unclear, too broad, opinion-based, off-topic reasons, bye-...
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What types of legal questions are on-topic here?
I know legal issues are in the faq as on-topic but I could not find an existing discussion of it.
Do legal questions such as the iPhone issue or non-paying customer question really have a place here? ...
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Are Career Advice questions useful to anyone except the poster? [duplicate]
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/career-advice
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/career-guidance
There seem to be a fair number of "should ...