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Should I just let loose and post every question I can't find an answer for? Absolutely not! You first need to understand the specific rules and norms of whatever site you want to ask on. Codidact i...
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#3: Post edited
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Olin Lathrop
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2020-09-28T13:12:54Z (about 4 years ago)
- <blockquote>Should I just let loose and post every question I can't find an answer for?</blockquote>
- Absolutely not!
- You first need to understand the specific rules and norms of whatever site you want to ask on.
- Codidact is more about the individual sites than the organization, so help pages are mostly per-site. There is also much more variation between sites as a result. While there are commonalities, you really need to read the help for each individual site you intend to post on.
Each site has a HELP link on the top banner. For example, the help for Electrical Engineering is at https://electrical.codidact.com/help. While that is, of course, specific to the EE site, it also talks about the general mechanics that are common across all sites.
- <blockquote>Should I just let loose and post every question I can't find an answer for?</blockquote>
- Absolutely not!
- You first need to understand the specific rules and norms of whatever site you want to ask on.
- Codidact is more about the individual sites than the organization, so help pages are mostly per-site. There is also much more variation between sites as a result. While there are commonalities, you really need to read the help for each individual site you intend to post on.
- Each site has a HELP link on the top banner. For example, the help for Electrical Engineering is at https://electrical.codidact.com/help. While that is, of course, specific to the EE site, it also talks about the general mechanics that are common across all sites.
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- <blockquote>What's the main problem with discussions, other than maybe a bit of clutter?</blockquote>
- That's certainly a significant problem.
- It's not that discussion is inherently bad, but that it conflicts with the purposes and implementation of <i>this</i> site. Any one site can't be all things. We sacrifice chit-chat in return for getting clean questions with answers, without noise.
- Once I got used to this concept on SE, it was like a breath of fresh air. You get what you really came for, and didn't need to wade thru a swamp of drivel to find it.
- <blockquote>where is the correct place to discuss this for each site itself?</blockquote>
- The closest thing we have to discussions here are in meta. That's the category (what we call the divisions at the top of the page, like Q&A, Site Proposals, Blog, etc) where the site itself is discussed. Admittedly, Q&A is not always the best format for that. It's an artifact of re-using the software already developed for the main part of the site. I think there are thoughts about changing this long term, once many other more pressing features are implemented.
#2: Post edited
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Olin Lathrop
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2020-09-25T13:04:39Z (about 4 years ago)
<blockqote>Should I just let loose and post every question I can't find an answer for?</blockquote>- Absolutely not!
- You first need to understand the specific rules and norms of whatever site you want to ask on.
- Codidact is more about the individual sites than the organization, so help pages are mostly per-site. There is also much more variation between sites as a result. While there are commonalities, you really need to read the help for each individual site you intend to post on.
- Each site has a HELP link on the top banner. For example, the help for Electrical Engineering is at https://electrical.codidact.com/help. While that is, of course, specific to the EE site, it also talks about the general mechanics that are common across all sites.
- <blockquote>Should I just let loose and post every question I can't find an answer for?</blockquote>
- Absolutely not!
- You first need to understand the specific rules and norms of whatever site you want to ask on.
- Codidact is more about the individual sites than the organization, so help pages are mostly per-site. There is also much more variation between sites as a result. While there are commonalities, you really need to read the help for each individual site you intend to post on.
- Each site has a HELP link on the top banner. For example, the help for Electrical Engineering is at https://electrical.codidact.com/help. While that is, of course, specific to the EE site, it also talks about the general mechanics that are common across all sites.
#1: Initial revision
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Olin Lathrop
·
2020-09-25T13:04:21Z (about 4 years ago)
<blockqote>Should I just let loose and post every question I can't find an answer for?</blockquote> Absolutely not! You first need to understand the specific rules and norms of whatever site you want to ask on. Codidact is more about the individual sites than the organization, so help pages are mostly per-site. There is also much more variation between sites as a result. While there are commonalities, you really need to read the help for each individual site you intend to post on. Each site has a HELP link on the top banner. For example, the help for Electrical Engineering is at https://electrical.codidact.com/help. While that is, of course, specific to the EE site, it also talks about the general mechanics that are common across all sites.