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11 questions linked to/from Why would anyone accept an answer?
380 votes
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(4 years later) Dear Stack Exchange: can we change our site name?
Four years ago we asked for a name change, which was rejected by SE because there was no evidence to support the claim it was causing user confusion, and there were other things the site should focus ...
83 votes
16 answers
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Are you still confused about what Programmers (now called Software Engineering) is for?
I'm going to try and keep this short, because a lot of it has already been discussed. If you are interested in the history, you can find it here on Programmers Meta, but here's a very brief recap: ...
20 votes
6 answers
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Should we worry about accept rate? [closed]
I've asked a lot of questions, but very few of them have any answer that nicely covers the whole issue or which is so much higher quality than the other answers that it deserves to be highlighted? My ...
15 votes
6 answers
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Purpose of Community Wiki
Update Community Wiki is no longer an option, across the network, for regular users when creating or editing a question. If a question should be flagged community wiki, flag a moderator for attention. ...
30 votes
3 answers
539 views
Should we have a "not subjective enough" close reason? [closed]
To delininate what makes this site different from stackoverflow.com: All questions here should be inherently subjective and unanswerable, and all the answers to said questions should be 100% based ...
7 votes
2 answers
442 views
Lots of subjective questions here [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: What's the difference between Programmers and Stack Overflow? It seems like half of this site should be community wiki. Also, what kind of questions are supposed to go here ...
-2 votes
5 answers
359 views
Should the point distribution system be changed to encourage discussion, not answering?
Relating to "why should anyone accept an answer", why not alter the point allocation system in a way that encourages discussion, thought provoking questions, or something along those lines? It could ...
6 votes
2 answers
222 views
Blacklist [career-advice]
This tag is a broken window, and it's causing problems by its continued existence: People see the tag and assume career advice questions are automatically on-topic It's a Venus Fly Trap for Bad ...
5 votes
2 answers
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Let's make getting started/resource questions on topic [duplicate]
Per Yannis' suggestion, I decided to go through the list of closed questions, pick out some specific examples, and make a detailed case for why those questions should be welcomed on the site. The ...
4 votes
1 answer
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Accept rate not hidden? I thought we already discussed this
A long time ago we discussed the importance of the accept rate. Here are some examples: Should we worry about accept rate? - 16 votes on question, 25 votes + accepted answer on request to remove + 24 ...
5 votes
1 answer
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What's the point of 'Unanswered' link?
We have a link at the top of each page titled 'Unanswered'. Clicking it yields a list of questions and how many answers they have. Last time I clicked it, all questions listed had at least 2 answers. ...