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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: Post edited
- 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
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)