Timeline for Quick beginner guide for asking a well-received question
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| Sep 29, 2023 at 20:03 | comment | added | Nij | Choosing to exclude users is doing something wrong, yes. There have been no insults, just a clear point that you refuse to understand. | |
| Sep 29, 2023 at 19:54 | comment | added | FShrike | @Nij I asked you what the problem is. I did not ask for random insults. I did think and am still thinking. You have an opinion; you don't like colour in posts. Fine. But you are aggressively taking the view that all use of colour should be avoided and suggesting those who do use colour are, automatically, doing something wrong. There is no need for that. | |
| Apr 25, 2023 at 18:13 | comment | added | Brian Tung | More generally, I like this guide (and upvoted it), and I like the relative brevity and generality, which is difficult to achieve together. I may suggest some minor changes after I've had some time to think about it, but I think by and large it gets its points across well. | |
| Apr 25, 2023 at 18:11 | comment | added | Brian Tung | Just in case it isn't clear from the above, the issue with colors is that people with some degree of color-blindness may not be able to distinguish them. I would say it is OK to use color so long as it is clear to people who can't see color what distinction is being drawn. If that's the case, then using color as an additional cue to those who can see the color distinctions is fine. | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 17:50 | comment | added | user2661923 | So, the only positive outcome of my MathSE protocol article is that it seems to prevent the original poster from posting a second low quality article. I am speculating here. My guess is that the original poster finds the ideas in my posting so unpleasant, that they prefer not to be referred to the article a second time. So, this becomes reinforcement through the stick, rather than the carrot. It is hard to imagine someone making the carrot so palatable, as to be immediately effective. | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 17:47 | comment | added | user2661923 | I tried to attack the same issue, with this article on MathSE protocol. Further, in the comments following the posting, there is a link to a table presentation of the ideas. I would estimate that when a poster posts a low quality question, and then I refer them to my protocol article, about 1 time in 50, the poster will then edit their own posting to (for example) show significant work. ...see next comment | |
| Jan 15, 2023 at 7:39 | comment | added | user1107523 | You mean that some users won't see Mathjax, or won't see colors on they screen ? | |
| Jan 15, 2023 at 7:31 | comment | added | Nij | Typing is not the problem. Reading is. | |
| Jan 15, 2023 at 6:50 | comment | added | user1107523 | @Nij "effort to exclude some users" I didn't understand this part, can't anyone type "\color{red}{...}" on its computer ? | |
| Jan 15, 2023 at 6:10 | comment | added | Nij | Using colours when there are more accessible alternatives (especially easier alternatives like emphasis, especially when the alternatives are an established format for doing so) is choosing to make an effort to exclude some users. Colour is not forbidden, it just needs to have a very good justification to overcome the exclusivity it creates. | |
| Jan 15, 2023 at 3:07 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 8, 2023 at 7:53 | comment | added | user1107523 | @FShrike it would be interesting to know why colors are forbidden indeed, since Mathjax is authorised and I only use Mathjaw to add the colours | |
| Jan 8, 2023 at 7:52 | comment | added | user1107523 | @DavidLui this guide is meant to be "quick", I already linked this post to this question which provide much longer explanations | |
| Jan 7, 2023 at 9:45 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 7, 2023 at 9:18 | comment | added | David Lui | Does this answer your question? How to ask a good question. | |
| Jan 4, 2023 at 22:21 | comment | added | Nij | Read the comment and think this time, please. What on earth does enjoyment or distinguish-ment, whatever that means, have to do with anything here? | |
| Jan 4, 2023 at 20:46 | comment | added | FShrike | @Nij Some distinguished MSE users greatly enjoy the use of colour. What’s the problem? | |
| Dec 29, 2022 at 6:35 | comment | added | user1107523 | @SarveshRavichandranIyer thanks for the additional tips, if think about writting an answer here with more details on my post, if I do that I'll put your advice here. I'm afraid that if I add all of this in the basical guide, it wouldn't be "quick" anymore :-) | |
| Dec 29, 2022 at 6:33 | comment | added | user1107523 | @FedericoPoloni because in my opinion the bigger boxes should be longer (e. g. my example, where contextualisation and personal thoughts are longer that the problem then the question) | |
| Dec 28, 2022 at 22:17 | comment | added | Federico Poloni | Why do the four colored boxes have different sizes? | |
| Dec 28, 2022 at 9:02 | history | edited | user1107523 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Removed the "don't hesitatet to write in red"
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| Dec 28, 2022 at 4:51 | history | edited | Nij | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Removed irrelevant greetings.
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| Dec 28, 2022 at 4:51 | comment | added | Nij | Please do not recommend using colours to emphasize parts of a question. We already have emphasis for that! Unless you know exactly what you're doing, and therefore will know not to do it anyway, you are reducing accessibility by messing with formatting just to add colour when it is not necessary. | |
| Dec 27, 2022 at 22:27 | history | rollback | amWhy |
Rollback to Revision 2
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| Dec 27, 2022 at 19:10 | history | edited | N. F. Taussig | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
corrected grammar
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| Dec 27, 2022 at 14:33 | comment | added | Sarvesh Ravichandran Iyer | In "contextualisation" see if you can add a few extremely specific pointers , like (1) Write down the exact source of your problem, including the textbook you found it in, the chapter number, problem number etc. (2) If this is from a particular course, write down exactly the last few things you learned in that course (3) If this is from a particular paper or textbook then cite it using the cite option. (4) Follow up on comments asking for clarifications and fulfill them by editing your post (and in the comments as well). | |
| Dec 27, 2022 at 7:38 | comment | added | user1107523 | @GregNisbet your structure is also good. I put the "problem" section at your "question" section for the same reason (keep the attention of the reader). The reason why I put the real question at the end is that, according to my question asker and question reader experience, people are likely to stop reading what follows the question to answer as quick as possible (as you know, the first answer appears at the top, and is more likely to be upvoted and accepted). By puting the question at the end, I hope that the readers won't skip the personal attempts. | |
| Dec 27, 2022 at 6:50 | comment | added | Greg Nisbet |
Thank you very much for writing up this template. One thing I'm curious about: why is the explicit question at the bottom? I use some context | question (in bold) | more thorough context | problem statement (if applicable) | proof attempt | conclusion to make it easy for people to stop reading early. Is putting the explicit question at the bottom preferred?
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| Dec 26, 2022 at 9:26 | comment | added | user1107523 | @amWhy you mean I should repeat the link share at the very end of my post or the first one at the beginning is sufficiant ? | |
| Dec 26, 2022 at 2:21 | history | became hot meta post | |||
| Dec 26, 2022 at 1:38 | history | edited | Paramanand SinghMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Fixed some typos
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| Dec 25, 2022 at 18:17 | comment | added | Paramanand Singh Mod | +1 for your effort here. Very well thought out. | |
| Dec 25, 2022 at 17:21 | comment | added | amWhy | Well, the fact that you include the link to the lengthier post in your question is very helpful. You could include, at the end, add something like: "Want more details? See [link] ..." So the two posts can work, hand in hand. | |
| Dec 25, 2022 at 17:09 | comment | added | user1107523 | Thanks ! I tried to do something shorter than the usual guide so the new users won't be discouraged from reading it, but it is clear that this ice-berg is huge. | |
| Dec 25, 2022 at 16:31 | comment | added | amWhy | Unless you address the multitude of <problem-statement copied-from-exercise> followed by any variant of <I-have-to-clue-how-to-begin>, aka "I have no clue!" questions you haven't even cracked the tip of the ice-berg. But, I'll end with the positive: Excellent effort. | |
| Dec 25, 2022 at 15:41 | comment | added | JonathanZ | Nice write up! I don't know how many new users will follow the good advice given, but I'm always glad to have another resource to point them to. | |
| Dec 25, 2022 at 15:09 | comment | added | Martin Sleziak | Somewhat related: Is there a shorter and more opinionated version of "How to ask a good question?" that we can direct new users to? and Examples and counterexamples of good questions and answers (perhaps also some other questions linked there). | |
| Dec 25, 2022 at 15:02 | history | asked | user1107523 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |