Questions tagged [asking-questions]
For questions specifically about the process of asking questions on a Stack Exchange site.
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Stack overflow dumped my question during question assembly
I am very careful to ask questions intelligently on this platform. This means I will re-read the question. I even wrote and tested a working sample to demonstrate the problem.
However, when I was ...
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Keep cursor in the tag field after selecting a tag in the new Ask page
Feature request: Keep cursor in the tag field after selecting a tag in the new Ask page.
Current behavior (tested on Chrome+Windows): After selecting a tag in the new Ask page, the cursor is not the ...
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Low quality checks should be made earlier when asking questions
Adam Lear requested that I make this feature request, which is related to Unspecified error when creating low quality questions on desktop
This issue as stated is fixed, I now get the correct ...
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Unspecified error when creating low quality questions on desktop
Following up on a user report, I attempted to create a question on DIY.SE and was met with an unspecified error on creation (this is on Windows 11, latest version of Edge):
On mobile (iOS 26, Safari),...
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Clarification on "one question per post" [closed]
I understand the whole "one question per post" in general terms. But I'd like the forum's view on a particular example:
I posted (on SO) a code snippet and asked for help optimising its ...
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I'm getting an error message/complaint when trying to ask a question in Stack Overflow
I put in this title:
"VBSCRIPT - problem with an If statement"
Get the error message:
Title cannot contain: "VBSCRIPT - problem with an If statement"
No more explanation. I ...
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Ask a question page (possibly stacks editor) broken on multiple sites
I was trying to use a question to upload an image for chat clicking on the "Ask a Question"
The editor seems to be missing - I suspect this is the stacks editor, rather than the old/classic ...
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Inconsistent casing of "Ask Question" button
I noticed an inconsistency in the casing of the "Ask Question" button across Stack Exchange sites:
At the top of the Home and Questions pages, the button appears as "Ask Question".
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Incorrect error message when trying to ask a question on a site's meta while suspended
I was trying to follow instructions to create a question on Space Exploration Meta:
"You must have at least 5 reputation on Space Exploration Stack Exchange to ask a question on meta, but you may ...
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Unable to post questions, with "An error occured submitting the question"
When posting a question I get "An error ocurred submitting this question".
The error occurs on diy.se. It does not occur everywhere, eg I can post this question here.
Replicated on Chrome ...
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Clicking next to the post field on the new Ask page makes the cursor jump to the beginning of the text for a few milliseconds
Clicking next to the post field on the new Ask page makes the cursor jump to the beginning of the text for a few milliseconds. Demo. Rather minor but I assume it's unwanted. Tested on Chrome+Windows.
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Redundant links on Ask page sidebar
On the Meta Stack Exchange Ask page sidebar, the visit the help center and asking help page links are repeated in both the Step 1 and Helpful links sections.
Can the redundant links be removed from ...
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Stop showing post validation warnings/errors immediately after the post draft is fixed, rather than on defocus
Last week, someone posted a bug report that the "Body is missing" error message wasn't disappearing even after typing in a post body until the text area was no longer in focus. That bug ...
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Don't show the validation messages "Body is missing", "Title is missing." and "Please enter at least one tag" until one tries to submit the question
Feature request: Don't show the validation messages "Body is missing", "Title is missing." and "Please enter at least one tag" until one tries to submit the question in ...
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The new Ask page keeps saying "Body is missing" even though I am typing the body
The new Ask page keeps saying "Body is missing" even though I am typing the body:
Tested on https://superuser.com/questions/ask with Brave+Windows and Chrome+Android.
To repro:
be ...
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