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Q&A Should we show tags before the body, to provide context for reading the question?

Today I saw the following question on Software Dev (this is the beginning): (rest of post...) The title, "connect with SLOT/SIGNAL:QPushButton clicked signal not received by main window" sounds li...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

#3: Post edited by user avatar Moshi‭ · 2020-09-15T02:48:00Z (over 3 years ago)
#2: Post edited by user avatar Monica Cellio‭ · 2020-09-15T02:32:29Z (over 3 years ago)
  • Today I saw the following question on Software Dev (this is the beginning):
  • ![title and first paragraph could apply to several languages](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/Q9FdrX7VHt5pZefbYizMsD3w)
  • The title, "connect with SLOT/SIGNAL:QPushButton clicked signal not received by main window" sounds like it could be about one of several languages. From the web context I was guessing Javascript. As I read further I eventually saw `MainWindow.cpp`, which told me it's actually C++.
  • Down at the bottom I saw the tags:
  • ![c++, qt](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/18UQgstij3cd2Daeb3ANiQFr)
  • On the one hand, you could argue that if I don't know enough to recognize the library (and thus know its language) then I shouldn't be answering the question. And that's true! I had no intention of answering the question. I read the question and its answers to *learn something*, and wondered if I should have better context for what I would be learning.
  • Would it make more sense to display the tags under the title, something like this?
  • ![mockup: title, tags, then body](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/iMYgVhtsPuRsbpVfUTcbrcDX)
  • Today I saw the following question on Software Dev (this is the beginning):
  • ![title and first paragraph could apply to several languages](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/Q9FdrX7VHt5pZefbYizMsD3w)
  • (rest of post...)
  • The title, "connect with SLOT/SIGNAL:QPushButton clicked signal not received by main window" sounds like it could be about one of several languages. From the web context I was guessing Javascript. As I read further I eventually saw `MainWindow.cpp`, which told me it's actually C++.
  • Down at the bottom I saw the tags:
  • ![c++, qt](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/18UQgstij3cd2Daeb3ANiQFr)
  • On the one hand, you could argue that if I don't know enough to recognize the library (and thus know its language) then I shouldn't be answering the question. And that's true! I had no intention of answering the question. I read the question and its answers to *learn something*, and wondered if I should have better context for what I would be learning.
  • Would it make more sense to display the tags under the title, something like this?
  • ![mockup: title, tags, then body](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/iMYgVhtsPuRsbpVfUTcbrcDX)
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Monica Cellio‭ · 2020-09-15T02:30:46Z (over 3 years ago)
Should we show tags before the body, to provide context for reading the question?
Today I saw the following question on Software Dev (this is the beginning):

![title and first paragraph could apply to several languages](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/Q9FdrX7VHt5pZefbYizMsD3w)

The title, "connect with SLOT/SIGNAL:QPushButton clicked signal not received by main window" sounds like it could be about one of several languages.  From the web context I was guessing Javascript.  As I read further I eventually saw `MainWindow.cpp`, which told me it's actually C++.

Down at the bottom I saw the tags:

![c++, qt](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/18UQgstij3cd2Daeb3ANiQFr)

On the one hand, you could argue that if I don't know enough to recognize the library (and thus know its language) then I shouldn't be answering the question.  And that's true!  I had no intention of answering the question.  I read the question and its answers to *learn something*, and wondered if I should have better context for what I would be learning.

Would it make more sense to display the tags under the title, something like this?

![mockup: title, tags, then body](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/iMYgVhtsPuRsbpVfUTcbrcDX)