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11 questions linked to/from Don't review a first question by simply downvoting it or voting to close it
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How to ask a good question.
How to ask a good question.
This thread has advice on the following aspects of writing a good question on this site. Each item in this list links to an answer below about that specific aspect of ...
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List of comment templates
Inspired by this question on meta.cstheory.SE. The post at meta.Tex.SE is quite impressive.
We often leave generic comments to OP and answer posters such as "if this is a homework, please add a tag," ...
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Proposal: Discourage questions that are nothing besides a problem statement
This is a very clear followup to Qiaochu's question: http://meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/9180/proposal-ban-verbatim-homework-questions
The reason that I create a new post is because I want ...
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Examples and counterexamples of good questions and answers
A professor of mine has always said that we learn mathematics via lots of examples and lots of counterexamples, as opposed to stating and proving theorems on a blackboard. I think this approach could ...
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Suggestions for examples of well-asked questions
I am posting this question as a place where we could collect various examples of good questions together with explanations what makes them good. (Feel free to choose the format you like best. I will ...
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Downvoting on meta and disappearance from the front page
As we all know, "voting is different on meta": since there is no reputation attached to votes, it's possible to freely upvote or downvote questions and answers based on whether you disagree with them ...
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What should I choose between "needs improvement" and "very low quality"?
I just accessed the review queues last 2 weeks, and I find Needs improvement and Very low quality confusing. To be particular ...
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Standard example of well asked question.
Is there any reasonable standard for the minimum effort we'd like to see before answering an otherwise rote question?
I'm fairly new to this site (despite what my profile says, I really only started ...
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When closing question for lack of effort, leave a comment to OP explaining what to do
Recently there was an extensive discussion about closing the questions containing only the problem statement: http://meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/9201/proposal-discourage-questions-that-are-...
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Proposal: Require first time question askers to pass a short quiz on how to ask a good question, before posting their first question
Given the large number of first time question askers who evidently do not really read the advice on how to ask a good question, I propose:
The site should require first time question askers to take a ...
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Part 2- Let us introduce non mandatory tests for new users
Some approximately 100 days before I posted a similar question explaining a mandatory test for new user to get more familiar with site working however it was highly disagreed in form of downvotes. Let ...
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