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How to treat questions from users question banned on Stack Overflow?
No, there's absolutely no reason to treat a question differently if a user has been blocked from asking questions on a particular SE site.
If a question isn't a good fit here on Programmers, here's a ...
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How to treat questions from users question banned on Stack Overflow?
Information on whether or not a user is question-banned is considered privileged, moderator-only information, and even then, only on sites where you have diamond moderator privileges.
There are a ...
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If "Problem" and "Help" are to be blocked on Stack Overflow question titles, block them here too
Please don't.
It's implementation at Stack Overflow causes all manner of side effects, including "pr0blem," "Halp," and "Knapsack Issue." In addition, unlike many other behaviors, this one isn't ...
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How many questions do we get from users recently blocked at SO, how many of these are closed / deleted?
While running a test on Stack Overflow, there were some questions about whether we were driving traffic to Programmers, so I decided to rerun some of the numbers in Shog’s original answer and compare ...
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How to treat questions from users question banned on Stack Overflow?
Comments suggesting asker to try their luck at Stack Overflow tend to read as assumption that they are unaware of this site. This may feel awkward to asker if they are indeed an active user over there....
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How to treat questions from users question banned on Stack Overflow?
Personally I think any user that is question banned on StackOverflow, should get an automatic question ban on Programmers and Database Admin.
I don't think a ban on one side should ban a user on ...
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Are questions about good coding style on topic?
When you consider a question on Stack Overflow for migration, the first thing you should ask yourself is "Is this a good question?"
Good questions:
Are clear and understandable.
Have a specific ...
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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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