Questions tagged [faq]
These questions are the most frequently asked and answered questions on Meta.
17 questions
3 votes
1 answer
377 views
Why can't I ask customer service-related questions here?
I have questions about how I go about using various tools or products. Can I ask these questions here? If not, why? Where can I ask them?
18 votes
1 answer
3k views
Why are implementation and debugging questions off-topic on Software Engineering?
Questions that are asking for debugging ("help me find this error") or implementation ("how do I write...") have tended to be closed and down voted. Why is this? And where should I ask these ...
20 votes
1 answer
2k views
Where does my tool question go?
I have a question about tools. According to the on-topic page, tool questions are off-topic on Software Engineering Stack Exchange. Is there a site for me to go to ask specific tool questions?
37 votes
1 answer
7k views
Green fields, blue skies, and the white board - what is too broad?
I've been accused of having questions that are too blue sky-y or green fieldy and not white boardy enough. What does this mean and why do those questions get closed?
49 votes
4 answers
6k views
On the troubles of naming and terminology
Difficulty with naming has a bit of a history with programming. There are two hard problems in computer science: caching, naming, and off by one errors. It has been repeatedly revisited on meta and ...
user40980
1109 votes
13 answers
57k views
Open letter to students with homework problems
It is September once again (today is the 8755th day of September), and once again students are asking their homework problems on Stack Overflow and SoftwareEngineering.SE. We start seeing questions ...
user40980
14 votes
2 answers
418 views
Are software law questions off-topic here?
Most of the answers to legal questions here are prefixed with "I'm not a lawyer, but..." I'm beginning to think that including "software law" as on-topic is way too broad, and opens the door to ...
Thomas OwensMod
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4 votes
2 answers
740 views
Are "I'm looking for X" questions on topic?
The question Is there something else like SquareSpace out there? (10k link) reminded me that there is nothing explicit in our FAQ about shopping recommendation questions. The question starts out with: ...
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