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How can I make my question more specific?

I asked this question which was poorly received because it is apparently too broad. What additional narrowing down is required?I specified:Several possible optionsMy requirements being portable enough...

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How to improve my question "Structure of enterprise application with...

ITNOAI think this site is about design and best proactive in software engineering as you can see in https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/help/on-topicand question must be good question as you...

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How can I get my question answered instead of being autodeleted?

This is a followup question to this older question about my question.At first being way too broad, the question was promptly closed as opinion-based/needs more focus. After quite some time of editing I...

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Guidelines for questions about a specific language lacking a specific feature

I have asked some questions about why a specific programming language does not have a specific feature. They seem to have unpredictable/mixed reception as they are sometimes but not always closed as...

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Where/how to ask about API design?

I thought it was appropriate to ask on this site about how best to design library APIs, but my most recent question about that just got closed How to support parametrization/interpolation bindings in...

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Why is the reception of 'why' questions so inconsistent?

Questions asking 'why' tend to get mixed reception. Sometimes they are upvoted and other times they are closed as opinion-based. See for yourself. Many seemingly equally valid questions (including my...

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is question review appropriate for meta?

Is it on-topic here to ask how you can improve a particular question before posting it on main?Or is it required that the question be posted on main first?

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How big can our question be?

I’m building out a new kind of distributed, multi-modal database from scratch, informed by lots of existing solutions, and I’m about to embark on the most crucial part of its development: range keys...

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Titles of questions are too large on a mobile device

There seem to be a regression with font size on softwareengineering.stackexchange, when displayed on a mobile device. Here's a side by side comparison between SE.SE and SO. In the first screenshot, the...

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How many people are answering questions?

Is there a way to pull the stats on the demographic of people who are answering questions?I get the impression there are only a few of us and we close questions we don't know the answer to and write...

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Is asking whether "the Java Collection framework is an example where 'favour...

For instance, would the following question be on topic?I was recently exposed to the design principle "favour compositionover inheritance", as well as some guidelines suggesting that highlynested...

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Is code review a thing here?

I am working on a project with some architectural challanges, some of which are not known by my colleagues. Therefore, I'd like experienced people take a look on my code (just the frontend) so I can...

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Are questions about explaining concept of computer science on-topic?

Here is how I come up to this question:I want to know what are the differences between immutable and readonlyThere is already a question asking about this on this site: Immutable vs Read-only vs...

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Should we synonymize these tags: scope, off-topic, on-topic-definition?

I see that there are 3 tags with similar usage:TagDescriptionscopeScope refers to "site scope," the area of topic focus within which users are permitted to ask questions. For example, questions about...

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Why is the question asking about similar concepts of low code unfocused?

The question What are similar concepts of low code/no code? And how are they different? (closed) is closed for being unfocused. I understand that it consists several questions, but I think that they...

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Tag Synonym/Merge [Go] and [Golang]

From the go tag wiki:Go, also called golang,From the golang tag wiki:The term sometimes used for the Go Programming LanguageI think these two tags should probably be made actual synonyms or merged as...

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What's wrong to ask about a Python feature and why this feature is present in...

Some days ago I have written a question about Python classes. The question perhaps was a bit general, but I thought which this is the right place to ask this kind of question.To be more specific I was...

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How to improve my question

I'm writing this question to follow the suggestion that @Thomas Owens has given me by a comment added to a his answer to one my question.In that question on META I have summarized the content of one my...

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Is it wrong for a question to be wrong?

Off topic and useless questions aside, what about questions that have an incorrect premise? Every question makes some assumptions. Does the question need to be closed when those assumptions are...

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Because someone has already answered I can't delete my question even it was...

I had opened this question I feel like the tech industry is increasingly calling for pragmatism and I'm just bad at it. It was rapidly downvoted multiple times and closed. I concluded that it does not...

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Why is the question asking about guideline on modelling a domain unfocused?

The question Is there any guideline on how to choose the objects to be modelled? is closed for being unfocused:If your question has many valid answers (but no way to determine which, if any, are...

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Why are questions asking for resources about conceptual problems that age...

From Can I ask for resource recommendations here?:Resource requests are asking for specific resources that are relevant to the broader concepts. Links to tutorials and blogs can stagnate: if you want a...

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Should we request a banner to communicate our policy regarding generative AI...

Staff recently completed a test of a banner to inform users of a site's policy regarding the use of generative AI, finding that it doesn't significantly impact answer rates but that it does reduce the...

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2023: a year in moderation

It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.As most of you here might be...

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I'm resigning as a moderator from all Stack Exchange sites

I'm resigning as a moderator from all Stack Exchange sites, effective today.I didn't make this decision lightly, frivolously or suddenly. A persistent pattern of corporate missteps, and a monumentally...

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

I was directed here to ask about reopening my question after the revisions I made: Creating necessary documentation for maintenance staff when only Code repository contents can be relied onThis was my...

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Is it appropriate to ask to check exercises from Dragon Book here?

I am studying the Dragon Book about compilers and it has exercises which I try to solve. Unfortunately, there is no-one nearby who could check my solutions. Is it appropriate to post my solutions here...

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What's a positive question record?

Good afternoon,In my reputation view, there is the following:While checking my account, I see four questions with a negative score, one with a zero score, all the rest (ten in total) have a positive...

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Make [delegates] a synonym of [delegation]

They appear to both refer to the Delegation pattern which is a design pattern that consists of helper objects that hold methods called on by main objects for example.Therefore I am suggesting delegates...

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