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What is a position of [software-developer]?
software-developer is a blatant meta-tag; everyone on this site should already be a software developer, so the tag does not add anything. If you see it, feel free to edit, vote to close and/or cast a ...
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Is the block against unregistered users asking questions still necessary?
My initial gut reaction would be that it is still necessary. I'd have to dig and look at the hard data, but we do get a good number of off-topic posts from people who went through the hurdles of ...
Thomas OwensMod
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What is a position of [software-developer]?
I've already removed the tag from the historically locked questions.
I do ask that people take a few minutes before casting delete votes on closed questions, especially questions that are marked ...
Thomas OwensMod
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'Problem' and 'help' titles in off-topic questions of new users coming from Stack Overflow
Assuming that this doesn't happen frequent enough to warrant changes to the system, one approach that comes to mind is to flag these cases for moderator attention.
Flag message explaining the issue ...
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Can I ask whether coding patterns are good or bad? If so, how should I ask?
It is really difficult to ask a good question about best practices,
as also discussed on MSE: Why is asking a question on "best practice" a bad thing?
In a nutshell, asking about best ...
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Can I ask here about nuances of a certain technology?
Without seeing the exact question, I would say that what you describe falls into "providing support for tools or products", which is off-topic for Software Engineering. If you are confused about the ...
Thomas OwensMod
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Code formatting, ratio checks enabled
6 days later, five different users have hit the code formatting check (including the author of this deleted question, who tried to post it 12 times before finally getting the formatting almost right). ...
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Improve question quality by informing askers of expectations in some career related tags
Update - these questions are now considered wholly off-topic here, so I've simplified the guidance further:
Wait! Job / Career questions are off-topic here. Yes, there are still a few around; it's a ...
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Improve question quality by informing askers of expectations in some career related tags
Nice idea, but that guidance was waaaay too long to fit in a pop-up. I trimmed it down a bit:
Wait! Personal advice is off-topic here. Please ensure that your question… …is specific to ...
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Asking a good question about identity management
You seem to have questions about a specific product (KeyCloak). Such questions will not be received well on Softwareengineering.SE, because it is unlikely you will find many experts on this topic here....
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Isn't this a good site for "What language is this?" questions?
No, this isn't a good site for "What language is this?" questions.
These questions don't help "make the internet" better. They don't help future visitors to the site and they don't really help the ...
ChrisFMod
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If the scope is wrong, which of these questions belong here?
It's not the scope that is wrong, it's the name.
I took your exercise again to demonstrate, and came up with these results:
Programmers.SE : 37/37
SoftwareDesign.SE : 13/33, with 4 being a Maybe
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How can I improve this question about software architecture?
The question is perfectly on-topic, and the (currently) one downvote should not bother you. There are some individuals in the community here who are very resistant against any arguments I brought up ...
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How can I improve this question about software architecture?
Down votes and close votes do not necessarily mean your question is bad. Every single question yesterday attracted down votes and/or close votes. Some people answer in comments instead of answers ...
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will it be a good fit for this site to ask for explanation of interface injection quoting from Wikipedia?
I think your question is perfectly justified, when I read that part first, I was just as puzzled as you about what the Wikipedia author meant. After reading it 3 times, I think got it now, and if you ...
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Why questions about naming are considered "opinion-based"?
If I can logically ground why one name can be more "effective", "readable" in particular case, than another, then, I think, it cannot be, so easily, considered as opinion-based anymore.
Sorry, but I ...
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Is it allowed to ask questions about the content of a SE portfolio?
These types of questions would be off-topic. They all appear to be primarily opinion based. Building a portfolio is also a career development subject, which is also off-topic here.
Thomas OwensMod
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Could someone help get this question on track please?
It seems like your question is more about economics and economic systems rather than software development. It seems like to answer your questions, the person would need some level of detailed ...
Thomas OwensMod
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If the scope is wrong, which of these questions belong here?
The following questions should not be closed or deleted:
What's the equation to use for finding availability in software architecture? - Although it appears to be a homework question, but the ...
Thomas OwensMod
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Using Programmers as "learning and training area" for Stack Overflow kind questions
Can we do something to prevent... lifehacks like above from becoming popular?
Consequently migrate (or close) all implementation specific questions to Stack Overflow, that's what it is for.
(And let ...
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Please increase rate limit for new users asking questions to one used at Stack Overflow (1 per 90 minutes)
For a couple of reasons (discussed in this post at MSO) rate limit for new users asking questions is now set to 40 minutes at Stack Overflow, Programmers and network wide. More precisely,
The ...
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