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What is required to be in a question on Software Engineering?

Thomas OwensMod

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Possible improvement to user experience on help page

KyleMitStaffMod

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modified Nov 5 at 15:07

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2 answers

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How long does a suggested edit typically linger in the review queue?

Doc Brown

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modified Nov 3 at 6:03

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2 answers

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Please don't make or approve tiny little edits to old questions

Basilevs

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answered Oct 20 at 10:44

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4 answers

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Avoid using ChatGPT or other AI-powered solutions to generate answers to questions on Software Engineering

guest271314

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answered Oct 12 at 19:25

3 votes

1 answer

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"move this discussion to chat?" link is broken

Thomas OwensMod

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answered Sep 26 at 23:30

24 votes

1 answer

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When is a software licensing question on topic?

Doc Brown

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modified Sep 22 at 6:12

-1 votes

2 answers

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You might be able to help me: Pre-post question review

Doc Brown

220k

modified Sep 13 at 5:41

23 votes

1 answer

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I have a question, but it may not fit best on Software Engineering. Where else can I ask it?

CPlusMod

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modified Sep 5 at 23:56

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4 answers

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Where can I ask Career-Development questions on the Stack Exchange about Programming? (without getting closed!) [duplicate]

CPlusMod

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modified Sep 5 at 19:53

17 votes

1 answer

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Should we migrate subjective question from Stack Overflow? [closed]

CPlusMod

1,219

modified Sep 2 at 5:50

37 votes

1 answer

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Green fields, blue skies, and the white board - what is too broad?

CPlusMod

1,219

modified Aug 29 at 19:52

-4 votes

2 answers

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Why would you close a question that already has answers?

Ewan

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modified Aug 23 at 15:21

3 votes

1 answer

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Are there any plans for delivering a dark mode version for this stack?

Doc Brown

220k

modified Aug 23 at 5:21

2 votes

2 answers

67 views

Cannot flag or edit broken link in historically locked question

CPlusMod

1,219

answered Aug 21 at 20:47

3 votes

0 answers

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Reopen a question that was closed, then changed, and now is missing last reopen vote

CPlusMod

1,219

modified Aug 21 at 8:14

2 votes

1 answer

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Guidelines for questions about a specific language lacking a specific feature

CPlusMod

1,219

modified Aug 16 at 9:34

0 votes

1 answer

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Removed question was before closed by moderator

CPlusMod

1,219

modified Aug 16 at 9:19

5 votes

1 answer

111 views

Tag Synonym/Merge [Go] and [Golang]

CPlusMod

1,219

modified Aug 13 at 23:17

4 votes

0 answers

98 views

2025 Community Moderator Election

BertholdStaffMod

101

modified Aug 13 at 20:05

12 votes

0 answers

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2025 Community Moderator Election Results

BertholdStaffMod

101

asked Aug 13 at 20:02

7 votes

2 answers

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Duga, The Whiteboard, and brainstorming

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

modified Aug 1 at 23:33

6 votes

0 answers

152 views

2025 Moderator Election Q&A – Question Collection

BertholdStaffMod

101

modified Jul 29 at 20:19

0 votes

1 answer

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Are naming questions on-topic?

Doc Brown

220k

modified Jul 11 at 12:48

0 votes

0 answers

23 views

Mobile chat always shows irrelevant rooms

Basilevs

4,489

modified Jul 2 at 8:33

2 votes

1 answer

44 views

What are the acceptable criteria to determine that an answer is AI generated

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

answered Jun 30 at 13:31

0 votes

1 answer

244 views

Tag usage guidance

CommunityBot

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modified Jun 28 at 19:07

0 votes

1 answer

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Why was my question about finding the specific name of an ontology closed as opinion-based?

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

answered May 9 at 16:26

0 votes

2 answers

69 views

Are Programming Paradigms really off-topic on a site dedicated to Software Engineering?

Greg Burghardt

46.5k

answered Apr 24 at 13:18

0 votes

1 answer

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Can we reopen: Helper "wrappers" around listener registration methods?

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

answered Apr 15 at 17:23

2 votes

1 answer

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Why question was deleted by a moderator. The deletion notice doesn't include rationale, and I cannot vote to undelete it. What is my recourse?

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

answered Apr 10 at 16:03

-2 votes

1 answer

79 views

Question closed without explanation - why?

Doc Brown

220k

modified Apr 2 at 5:31

1 vote

1 answer

41 views

Can opinion-based questions be migrated to SO Discussion?

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

answered Mar 2 at 10:20

0 votes

1 answer

33 views

Were my comments deleted from this closed question, and if so, why?

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

answered Feb 16 at 21:01

2 votes

1 answer

157 views

Are “root cause” questions opinion based?

Doc Brown

220k

modified Jan 29 at 13:01

45 votes

11 answers

22k views

Why was my question closed or down voted?

Doc Brown

220k

modified Jan 21 at 7:08

1 vote

0 answers

19 views

2024: a year in moderation

JNatStaffMod

101

asked Jan 15 at 16:19

0 votes

3 answers

101 views

How is choosing between Javascript or CSS NOT a good software engineering question

Doc Brown

220k

modified Dec 29, 2024 at 7:45

3 votes

2 answers

85 views

What do people use as basis for voting on this site?

Doc Brown

220k

modified Dec 16, 2024 at 14:27

0 votes

0 answers

35 views

How can I improve my "design-choice" question?

insipidintegrator

101

asked Nov 4, 2024 at 23:55

1 vote

1 answer

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I want to ask if there is an existing solution to the communication problem between desktop applications. Can it be submitted in software engineering?

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

answered Nov 4, 2024 at 12:07

0 votes

1 answer

155 views

How can I view my deleted questions?

Philip Kendall

26.1k

modified Oct 17, 2024 at 12:04

2 votes

0 answers

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The edit queue is full at the moment - should I just wait, or is this a bug?

Doc Brown

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modified Sep 30, 2024 at 15:29

0 votes

1 answer

48 views

Are questions about issues with MIME Types on-topic?

Alex

101

modified Sep 21, 2024 at 23:08

0 votes

1 answer

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I cannot deduce why I've been banned from asking questions

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

answered Sep 10, 2024 at 10:46

0 votes

0 answers

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What makes 'What are functions of Instruction Register in Assembly language' a question asking to explain code?

Greg Burghardt

46.5k

modified Jul 22, 2024 at 14:15

10 votes

0 answers

98 views

F.Y.I: I replaced the tag "open-close" by "open-closed-principle" in all 29 questions where it was used

Doc Brown

220k

modified Jul 3, 2024 at 16:20

12 votes

3 answers

768 views

Now that 3 close votes has been proven and implemented on Stack Overflow, can we have the same on Software Engineering, please?

SlateStaffMod

101

modified Jun 25, 2024 at 23:00

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