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38 questions linked to/from What is required for an answer to be high quality?
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Can we afford deleting not good quality answers?
I really really love your passion but I think you didn't take everything into consideration.
You are stating wonderful rules for achieving a really good quality answers and questions. But they ...
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What is required for a question to contain "enough information"?
This is the question edition of What is required for an answer to be high quality?
One of the key problems that I see Software Recommendations having, is people asking extremely vague and simple ...
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A call to arms: review these answers!
Answers of this site are of very disparate quality. We have a lot of bad answers; some have already been improved or removed, but others are lingering.
We're in the process of determining what to do ...
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Update to our `/help/on-topic` page
As we discussed on chat, our /help/on-topic page might need at least a tiny update. I recommend the following addition right after the currently "blockquoted line":
Especially, make sure your ...
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Community Promotion Ad on WordPress Development SE? (2015)
In the comments to a Meta discussion on WordPress Development, Rarst (moderator) suggested that we could submit a Community Promotion Ad for Software Recommendations SE.
Their current year’s post is ...
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Are there any guidelines for answering with your own software?
Somebody asked a question which seems to be solved with a software I authored¹. Is there anything special I have to consider when posting an answer about this that goes beyond the general SE standards?...
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2 links on https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/tour
On https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/tour I found two links, one that links to
https://meta.softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/336/what-is-required-for-a-question-to-contain-enough-...
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Quality guidelines for software identification questions/answers?
The top-voted¹ answer to the discussion Is software identification on-topic? says that (some) identification questions should be on-topic.
Because of this, the question Wiki software being used by ...
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Would it be viable to broaden the scope of Software Recommendations to also include reviews?
This site has received several questions that are in the format of "Is Software X a good option for my task?", or "What are the differences between tool X and tool Y?". These questions are normally ...
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How did we do in the Private Beta?
Now that the site has moved from Private Beta to Public Beta, are we going to be able to see any statistics as to how the site is performing?
I know there are statistics at Area 51 but that doesn't ...
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How to escalate or request another moderator's review on a deleted answer?
Assume a moderator deletes one of my answers by mistake (Assume moderator agreed he failed to read the question and my answer properly), is there a way to request for another moderator's review or ...
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Moderator deleted the only answer I would accept
A moderator deleted my answer here:
Free software to track movies I'm watching
My answer might not be the most comprehensive, but it works for all my needs. I might accept a better answer in the ...
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"Put on hold because opinion-based" in SE Software Recommendations
A question I made just got put on hold because it's too "opinion-based".
If I understand correctly what "SE Software Recommendations" is, it's a place where people recommend software, based on the ...
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How to ask and answer software recommendation questions - aka 'The Ground Rules'
This post should not be linked to as guidelines for post quality. It is from the Area 51 days and is not kept updated with policy changes.
If you're asking a question, please refer to What is ...
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Only one software recommandation per answer? [duplicate]
I answered a software rec question by providing not just one recommandation but several softwares meeting or approaching the OP's criteria, divided into different categories depending on the final ...
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