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I'm a relative newbie to Stack Overflow and I won't pretend that I'm on SO except to get some very simple solutions like how to use Vim for some specific mundane task that an experienced user would find laughable is even inquired about.

However, the good thing usually is that these so-called inane queries have already been asked and responded to. So most new users like me don't have to requery you. If they're repeated, that's because there isn't an easy way to locate previous Q & As. That's something SO could look at. A way to let users know that this query has already been answered somewhere else, someplace else without having SMEs intervene and do so.

As for SMEs not finding or receiving queries that don't challenge them or permit them to demonstrate their expertise on SO, unfortunately, users can only seek answers if they themselves are working on, solving or learning such problems. Are they? I'm certainly not.

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Stackoverflow is not welcoming to newcomers; possibly because they do not adhere to proper posting policies.

Answerers do not like to have to clarify or check out more details than necessary. Stack Overflow must provide a templated question format so that new users can check themselves when filling out a query.

Also, they must be reminded that their post may not be looked at if they do not adhere to the guidelines. (For examples of how to do that, you can check out CHECKSTYLE and PMD issues on GitHub.com.)

Unfortunately, I'm also one of the few (or many) who have been flagged as posting low quality questions to the site.

The issue is how a query is framed in the OP's mind.

While I might be looking at my problem in a particular way, the answer I seek may be available to a question framed in an entirely different manner. Questions paraphrased differently or problems approached from an entirely different angle could enhance the quality of the site despite being flagged as duplicates and could be merged with the original question.

When I first started using the site, I was exploring Assembly programming on ARM. Thus, my question followed my exploratory frame of mind until matters got clearer and the final question found itself a duplicate Q & A elsewhere.

Stackoverflow needs technology guides for newbies informing them where to look for resources that handle teething issues.

The above said, Stackoverflow may not be the best place to look for immediate answers to critical questions. Is it?

My contention is that people like me have already tried to find answers to questions elsewhere and everywhere and are finding it difficult to filter out the right solution from the chaff. It would help if there were reminder links that told users like me that there is certain etiquette and decorum to be maintained while framing those questions and that it's not a free-for-all. That said, framing questions correctly and providing detailed, exact information helps in getting prompt replies.

No user is an expert on everything. Because they're NOT, they're looking for answers here. Does Stackoverflow intend to drive away the very audience that provides traffic that makes it a sought after destination on the Web?

I'm a relative newbie to Stack Overflow and I won't pretend that I'm on SO except to get some very simple solutions like how to use Vim for some specific mundane task that an experienced user would find laughable is even inquired about.

However, the good thing usually is that these so-called inane queries have already been asked and responded to. So most new users like me don't have to requery you. If they're repeated, that's because there isn't an easy way to locate previous Q & As. That's something SO could look at. A way to let users know that this query has already been answered somewhere else, someplace else without having SMEs intervene and do so.

As for SMEs not finding or receiving queries that don't challenge them or permit them to demonstrate their expertise on SO, unfortunately, users can only seek answers if they themselves are working on, solving or learning such problems. Are they? I'm certainly not.

EDIT:

Stack Overflow is not welcoming to newcomers; possibly because they do not adhere to proper posting policies.

Answerers do not like to have to clarify or check out more details than necessary. Stack Overflow must provide a templated question format so that new users can check themselves when filling out a query.

Also, they must be reminded that their post may not be looked at if they do not adhere to the guidelines. (For examples of how to do that, you can check out CHECKSTYLE and PMD issues on GitHub.com.)

Unfortunately, I'm also one of the few (or many) who have been flagged as posting low quality questions to the site.

The issue is how a query is framed in the OP's mind.

While I might be looking at my problem in a particular way, the answer I seek may be available to a question framed in an entirely different manner. Questions paraphrased differently or problems approached from an entirely different angle could enhance the quality of the site despite being flagged as duplicates and could be merged with the original question.

When I first started using the site, I was exploring Assembly programming on ARM. Thus, my question followed my exploratory frame of mind until matters got clearer and the final question found itself a duplicate Q & A elsewhere.

Stack Overflow needs technology guides for newbies informing them where to look for resources that handle teething issues.

The above said, Stack Overflow may not be the best place to look for immediate answers to critical questions. Is it?

My contention is that people like me have already tried to find answers to questions elsewhere and everywhere and are finding it difficult to filter out the right solution from the chaff. It would help if there were reminder links that told users like me that there is certain etiquette and decorum to be maintained while framing those questions and that it's not a free-for-all. That said, framing questions correctly and providing detailed, exact information helps in getting prompt replies.

No user is an expert on everything. Because they're NOT, they're looking for answers here. Does Stack Overflow intend to drive away the very audience that provides traffic that makes it a sought after destination on the Web?

I'm a relative newbie to Stack Overflow and I won't pretend that I'm on SO except to get some very simple solutions like how to use Vim for some specific mundane task that an experienced user would find laughable is even inquired about.

However, the good thing usually is that these so-called inane queries have already been asked and responded to. So most new users like me don't have to requery you. If they're repeated, that's because there isn't an easy way to locate previous Q & As. That's something SO could look at. A way to let users know that this query has already been answered somewhere else, someplace else without having SMEs intervene and do so.

As for SMEs not finding or receiving queries that don't challenge them or permit them to demonstrate their expertise on SO, unfortunately, users can only seek answers if they themselves are working on, solving or learning such problems. Are they? I'm certainly not.

EDIT:

Stackoverflow is not welcoming to newcomers; possibly because they do not adhere to proper posting policies.

Answerers do not like to have to clarify or check out more details than necessary. Stack Overflow must provide a templated question format so that new users can check themselves when filling out a query.

Also, they must be reminded that their post may not be looked at if they do not adhere to the guidelines. (For examples of how to do that, you can check out CHECKSTYLE and PMD issues on GitHub.com.)

Unfortunately, I'm also one of the few (or many) who have been flagged as posting low quality questions to the site.

The issue is how a query is framed in the OP's mind.

While I might be looking at my problem in a particular way, the answer I seek may be available to a question framed in an entirely different manner. Questions paraphrased differently or problems approached from an entirely different angle could enhance the quality of the site despite being flagged as duplicates and could be merged with the original question.

When I first started using the site, I was exploring Assembly programming on ARM. Thus, my question followed my exploratory frame of mind until matters got clearer and the final question found itself a duplicate Q & A elsewhere.

Stackoverflow needs technology guides for newbies informing them where to look for resources that handle teething issues.

The above said, Stackoverflow may not be the best place to look for immediate answers to critical questions. Is it?

I'm a relative newbie to Stack Overflow and I won't pretend that I'm on SO except to get some very simple solutions like how to use Vim for some specific mundane task that an experienced user would find laughable is even inquired about.

However, the good thing usually is that these so-called inane queries have already been asked and responded to. So most new users like me don't have to requery you. If they're repeated, that's because there isn't an easy way to locate previous Q & As. That's something SO could look at. A way to let users know that this query has already been answered somewhere else, someplace else without having SMEs intervene and do so.

As for SMEs not finding or receiving queries that don't challenge them or permit them to demonstrate their expertise on SO, unfortunately, users can only seek answers if they themselves are working on, solving or learning such problems. Are they? I'm certainly not.

EDIT:

Stackoverflow is not welcoming to newcomers; possibly because they do not adhere to proper posting policies.

Answerers do not like to have to clarify or check out more details than necessary. Stack Overflow must provide a templated question format so that new users can check themselves when filling out a query.

Also, they must be reminded that their post may not be looked at if they do not adhere to the guidelines. (For examples of how to do that, you can check out CHECKSTYLE and PMD issues on GitHub.com.)

Unfortunately, I'm also one of the few (or many) who have been flagged as posting low quality questions to the site.

The issue is how a query is framed in the OP's mind.

While I might be looking at my problem in a particular way, the answer I seek may be available to a question framed in an entirely different manner. Questions paraphrased differently or problems approached from an entirely different angle could enhance the quality of the site despite being flagged as duplicates and could be merged with the original question.

When I first started using the site, I was exploring Assembly programming on ARM. Thus, my question followed my exploratory frame of mind until matters got clearer and the final question found itself a duplicate Q & A elsewhere.

Stackoverflow needs technology guides for newbies informing them where to look for resources that handle teething issues.

The above said, Stackoverflow may not be the best place to look for immediate answers to critical questions. Is it?

My contention is that people like me have already tried to find answers to questions elsewhere and everywhere and are finding it difficult to filter out the right solution from the chaff. It would help if there were reminder links that told users like me that there is certain etiquette and decorum to be maintained while framing those questions and that it's not a free-for-all. That said, framing questions correctly and providing detailed, exact information helps in getting prompt replies.

No user is an expert on everything. Because they're NOT, they're looking for answers here. Does Stackoverflow intend to drive away the very audience that provides traffic that makes it a sought after destination on the Web?

I'm a relative newbie to Stack Overflow and I won't pretend that I'm on SO except to get some very simple solutions like how to use Vim for some specific mundane task that an experienced user would find laughable is even inquired about.

However, the good thing usually is that these so-called inane queries have already been asked and responded to. So most new users like me don't have to requery you. If they're repeated, that's because there isn't an easy way to locate previous Q & As. That's something SO could look at. A way to let users know that this query has already been answered somewhere else, someplace else without having SMEs intervene and do so.

As for SMEs not finding or receiving queries that don't challenge them or permit them to demonstrate their expertise on SO, unfortunately, users can only seek answers if they themselves are working on, solving or learning such problems. Are they? I'm certainly not.

EDIT:

Stackoverflow is not welcoming to newcomers; possibly because they do not adhere to proper posting policies.

Answerers do not like to have to clarify or check out more details than necessary. Stack Overflow must provide a templated question format so that new users can check themselves when filling out a query.

Also, they must be reminded that their post may not be looked at if they do not adhere to the guidelines. (For examples of how to do that, you can check out CHECKSTYLE and PMD issues on GitHub.com.)

Unfortunately, I'm also one of the few (or many) who have been flagged as posting low quality questions to the site.

The issue is how a query is framed in the OP's mind.

While I might be looking at my problem in a particular way, the answer I seek may be available as a question framed in an entirely different manner. Questions framed differently could enhance the quality of the site despite being flagged as duplicates and could even be merged with the original question.

When I first started using the site, I was exploring Assembly programming on ARM. Thus, my question followed my exploratory frame of mind until matters got clearer and the final question found itself a duplicate Q & A elsewhere.

What Stackoverflow needs are technology guides for newbies informing them where to look for resources that handle teething issues.

The above said, Stackoverflow may not be the best place to look for immediate answers to critical questions. Is it?

I'm a relative newbie to Stack Overflow and I won't pretend that I'm on SO except to get some very simple solutions like how to use Vim for some specific mundane task that an experienced user would find laughable is even inquired about.

However, the good thing usually is that these so-called inane queries have already been asked and responded to. So most new users like me don't have to requery you. If they're repeated, that's because there isn't an easy way to locate previous Q & As. That's something SO could look at. A way to let users know that this query has already been answered somewhere else, someplace else without having SMEs intervene and do so.

As for SMEs not finding or receiving queries that don't challenge them or permit them to demonstrate their expertise on SO, unfortunately, users can only seek answers if they themselves are working on, solving or learning such problems. Are they? I'm certainly not.

EDIT:

Stackoverflow is not welcoming to newcomers; possibly because they do not adhere to proper posting policies.

Answerers do not like to have to clarify or check out more details than necessary. Stack Overflow must provide a templated question format so that new users can check themselves when filling out a query.

Also, they must be reminded that their post may not be looked at if they do not adhere to the guidelines. (For examples of how to do that, you can check out CHECKSTYLE and PMD issues on GitHub.com.)

Unfortunately, I'm also one of the few (or many) who have been flagged as posting low quality questions to the site.

The issue is how a query is framed in the OP's mind.

While I might be looking at my problem in a particular way, the answer I seek may be available to a question framed in an entirely different manner. Questions paraphrased differently or problems approached from an entirely different angle could enhance the quality of the site despite being flagged as duplicates and could be merged with the original question.

When I first started using the site, I was exploring Assembly programming on ARM. Thus, my question followed my exploratory frame of mind until matters got clearer and the final question found itself a duplicate Q & A elsewhere.

Stackoverflow needs technology guides for newbies informing them where to look for resources that handle teething issues.

The above said, Stackoverflow may not be the best place to look for immediate answers to critical questions. Is it?