Questions tagged [specific-question]
Questions related to a specific question on Software Engineering Stack Exchange.
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Was my question too specific and asked for opinionated answers? - Are there any general-purpose languages which don't support C?
It seems like a pretty specific question where any answer containing a general purpose language that doesn't support C would qualify. Or is it that there is the possibility of more than one correct ...
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Are JIRA usage questions on topic here?
I recently asked Adding todos for myself to JIRA issues assigned to others, and it was quickly closed (and poorly received by multiple users) with a reason stating that it belonged on SO.
This is fine;...
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Will removing link to author's own research paper be enough to make this question not spam?
This question is an extension of another meta post: Why were all of my points stripped on the basis of asking this question?.
The original question was marked as spam, and deleted. The meta question ...
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If my ethics question is opinion-based, aren't all ethics questions opinion-based?
I've asked this question:
Is it legitimate to track down a library maintainer who has disappeared?
This is a question about whether something is ethical or not. Naturally, ethics are a matter of ...
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Question deleted even though there are similar questions on the site
I fond similar questions on the site, so decided it was the right place to ask it here. I have provided those questions in the comments. And the question was not just closed, it was deleted by a ...
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Why my question about user storage is closed?
I have an issue while storing user data.
Firstly post in on code review. Someone tell me that this site will be more appropriate.
Such as I was doubting between both, I post it on Software Engineering....
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What is actually on-topic for this site, if anything?
Before you link me to the page that explains the topics of the site, I've read it. But it seems extremely subjective and people who're doing the interpretation all seem to think just about nothing ...
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How to ask for a list of usable criteria
In this post, I've asked for a list of criteria I can use to make a correct choice for a programming environment.
I received some pretty useless comments, and then, apparently after not more than 25 ...
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What is spam, according to Stack Exchange and Software Engineering.SE?
I just found two curious holes in the Stack Exchange definition of spam.
How to not be a spammer is only concerned with answers, not with questions. Neither What types of questions should I avoid ...
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How can I ask multiple questions in the same "question"?
I have asked multiple questions in the following thread:
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/408184/server-side-javascript-rendering-ssr-from-java
Since I have no previous ...
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Why is the question "Is it a bad design for a programming language to allow spaces in identifiers" primarily opinion based?
I was checking the "top questions of week" and I just saw the following question was put on hold with the reason "primarily opinion based":
Is it a bad design for a programming language to allow ...
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Does this site support questions asking to evaluate alternative solutions to a problem and if yes, how can I ask them?
This is how I tend to use this site (and other SE sites):
I work.
I run into a problem I cannot solve myself (at least not easily, without devoting very substantial time or effort I cannot now devote)...
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Why the question got deleted?
I have a question about my Software Engineering Stack Exchange post: OAuth2 separate Authorization Validation Server trust
Why the question got deleted? And why no reason was specified/can be ...
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How to ask about "How to write specification for a web application?"
I'm a software developer, and I have a friend who isn't (maybe call him an aspiring product manager)
He has an idea for a web application, and wants to write a design or specification for it:
So ...
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will it be a good fit for this site to ask for explanation of interface injection quoting from Wikipedia?
I just want to know whether the following question will be a good fit for this site.
Question Starts :
Quoting from Wikipedia :
"The advantage of interface injection is that dependencies can be ...
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How can I improve my question to get feedback instead of downvotes?
How can I improve my question? How to make a large scale change in a software project?
I apologise as I'm not experienced with this platform.
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Does this question break the education or career advice
I realized i forgot that education and career advice is off-topic until I saw this article was flagged for that. The answer I came up with seems like it could be helpful to others as well as the OP. ...
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My question heavily downvoted & deleted, analogous quesion heavily upvoted
I was just about to leave this issue... but now I saw something that surprised me.
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/373829/if-absolute-rules-are-as-absolute-as-people-like-to-...
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How can I improve my question to fit the site better?
I recently asked a question that was downvoted a few times.
I've read some help pages (on-topic/off-topic etc.) and thought my question can fit the site.
After a downvote and a comment I got about ...
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Is there anything wrong with this question?
Is there anything wrong with this question? Can it be fixed or should it for any reason be deleted?
[Edit] The question talks about high-level concepts that are relatively common and well-known. It ...
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Question marked as opinion-based—I'm seeking facts and references
I'm a little confused as to the nature of the 'opinion-based' categorization. I asked this question: Is there a design rationale behind the PHP-Style Nested Webform pattern?. I pointed out that this ...
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Getting downvotes on the main site, despite improvement attempts
I'm still getting downvotes on a question that I thought I had improved considerably after feedback from commenters. But although the downvoters aren't commenting, they're still downvoting. The ...
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How is the "maintainable code" question not Too Broad?
There's a highly upvoted question about discerning maintainable code from unmaintainable code: How would you know if you've written readable and easily maintainable code?. It's a community wiki, ...
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Where to post question about developing in regards to data security
I have a concern I would like the input of the software developer community, but can't decide where to post it.
Basically, I'm wondering how to handle developing software when data security of the ...
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Why does "Tabs vs Spaces" have an accepted answer?
When searching "Tabs vs Spaces" on Google, the very first result is "Tabs versus spaces—what is the proper indentation character for everything, in every situation, ever?"
Despite being closed and ...
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Can I ask here the Qn about technology comparison here? [duplicate]
Today I asked this Qn, but got downvoted and about to close:
Are there any comparison for Qt vs .Net core for server development?
We want to build a server which can be scalable for future purpose.
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What is wrong with "does this (anti-)pattern have a name" questions?
I asked this question: Is this a known pattern: A utility class that attracts new methods, even when these are not re-used? - and the only "reply" that I got from the community is
If we had a name ...
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Why was my legacy question closed and locked?
Are there any studies on the Efficiency/Effectiveness of Agile vs Waterfall
I asked this question 6 years ago and It finally got some good information then the answer was deleted and the post locked ...
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Why is this question off topic?
I've asked a question, trying to understand a language specific "anomaly", as it's not within my immediate skillset to answer.
What is the purpose of this forum if not to answer Software Engineering ...
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Could we delete these old opinionated, chatty, discussion questions?
I came across this question:
What are the key differences between software engineers and programmers?
It appears to be a typical opinion-based, open-ended, chatty, discussion type of question from ...
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Should a question about older code being updated to use newer language constructs be closed as a duplicate?
This question:
Should older code be updated to use newer language constructs, or should outdated constructs be sticked with?
was closed as a duplicate of this question, a canonical locked question ...
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Is this question opinion based?
Is this comment acceptable under your C coding standards?
As my comment states
I am not asking if they think it acceptable, but, rather if their
organization permits it. Which, while arguably ...
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Find specific question
I compared 2 different malloc versions and asked about malloc and free where a test first resulted in that one malloc was faster than the other and then a comment or answer was that if you allocate or ...
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Understanding the guidelines
I recently asked this question about a specific term (JTNU) that I saw in a job posting.
After seeing the downvotes, I read:
What goes on Software Engineering (previously known as Programmers)? A ...
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OT to ask how to contribute to open source projects?
I would like to ask how I should proceed if I want to commit to an open source (e.g. Java, maybe Spring framework) project. I'm not sure if that question is OT.
I've previously used both Java and ...
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Is it appropriate to ask about OCAJP 8 test specification? [duplicate]
I want to know if the OCAJP 8 (1Z0-808) real exam gives the number of correct answers to the multiple choice questions when the test is taken in the near future or recently.
I'm studying for the ...
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Why was my question so quickly deleted by a moderator?
I asked a question and it was deleted WITHOUT any polite explanation, by Thomas Owens:
I want to learn Symfony but I think, learning Symfony as a first framework is a TITANIC task for someone who ...
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Am I being selfish by asking on-topic, yet very specific questions?
After discovering Software Engineering(Previously called Programmers), I've been using it to aid me in finishing a hobby project of mine; building an interpreter, for a language I've been designing. ...
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Excessive editing of a post
This revision was approved:
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/revisions/201726/6
How do I protest a revision?
I am still indicated as the author of the question, but it has been ...
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Could someone help get this question on track please?
The question is https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/329657/how-to-model-a-simple-economic-market
It seems that the first version was seemingly too broad so I'm doing my best to ...
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Is "What are some current buzzwords when you go to a job interview nowadays" considered an on-topic question?
"What are some current buzzwords when you go to a job interview nowadays?"
Some of these were my buzzwords, where I had to know the concepts rather than show actual code:
LDAP
book "Clean code" (...
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How do I improve this productivity question to become less subjective?
I have a question regarding productivity, and it goes like this:
Time difference between developing with unit tests vs no tests
I'm a solo developer with a pretty time-constrained work environment ...
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Where can I ask this question about Social Security Numbers in Sweden?
In Sweden the authorities have run out of social security numbers because so many immigrants are "born" on 1st of january or 1st of july because those are important dates (so they are booked as being ...
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Delete/Unlock the "Historically Locked" How and where do you store your private work/sourcecode?
The question:
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/35898/how-and-where-do-you-store-your-private-work-sourcecode/
is currently locked, but not deleted, as it is being kept for ...
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Should these be one, two, three or no questions?
I have three similar and short questions about C programming:
Is there a shorthand for argv[*index] ?
Is my_struct[index].my_member the same as my_struct->my_member or is the later referred to as ...
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Reopening the question about dynamic image generation?
I came across this question when it was at 3/5 close votes for being unclear :
How are dynamic images programmed?
I didn't think it was unclear at the time, however I could see how people ...
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Yet another, "please remove hold" meta question
The question
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/q/315555/131624
has been placed on hold as primarily opinion based. I'll have to admit the name you give something is opinion based. ...
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Reevaluate historical lock on "What would you change about C# if you could?"
After five years, https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/q/2815/ still has only 5.5k views. It has 57 "answers" which amount to a poll of feature requests and ideas for a rather old version of ...
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What's up with this 10K+ views question, is it useful or interesting?
I wonder about this question: Should we avoid language features that C++ has but Java doesn't?
It stuck in hot list for 4-5 days, got about 14K views, 16 answers, over 100 upvotes (plus few ...
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Why too opinion based?
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/310733/how-to-learn-and-be-productive-in-a-language-which-you-resent
According to guidelines for subjectives questions it
Clearly asks to ...
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