Questions tagged [ask-question-wizard]
For questions about the the 2022 Ask Question Wizard, which was first tested in 2022 with first-time question askers. For questions about the 2018 version of the wizard, use the tag [ask-question-wizard-2018].
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Question data is lost when switching to the Ask Wizard
After much careful consideration to come up with a good question title, and entering it into the title field of the new question form, I thought I'd try out the "Ask Wizard" to see what it ...
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Are new users no longer forced to go through the question wizard?
According to the announcement first-time askers cannot opt out of using the question wizard, however, I encountered a question today where, according to the timeline, the user was neither forced to ...
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Dead link for information about question assistant in Ask Wizard
I was about to ask my first question in SO. I noticed a sidebar talking about AI:
There was a link: "Learn more". It leads to a 404. What is the correct link?
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Is the Ask Question Wizard making modifications to URLs entered by the OP?
Today, I found some questions that looked weird to me, so I took a look at the question history and noticed that they have in common that the first history entry says "created from wizard".
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Why does Stack Overflow enforce "What did you try and what were you expecting?" when asking a question?
In this edit history, you can see an experienced user removed the "What did you try and what were you expecting?" section from my question minutes after I posted. I kind of agree with them ...
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Make the Ask Wizard's responsive design layout the default
As has been noted before, the Ask Wizard' use of the phrase "What did you try and what were you expecting?" does not seem to be performing its intended role. It tends to elicit vague ...
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The new question wizard is flickering when writing text [duplicate]
When writing a new question on ask wizard (don't forgt the check the "The Ask Wizard" at top of page), I found a disturbing issue.
When typing on 2 main boxes ("What are the details?&...
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Add "contains"/"overlap" checks in the ask-wizard to prevent duplicate content
With the implementation of Can you prevent users from using same content in ask question wizard? last year it is not possible to add the same content in the two textareas on the Ask Wizard. You get ...
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The current Ask Question Wizard leads some new users to think the prompts will be part of the question [duplicate]
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Would it be possible to make users of the Ask Question Wizard more aware that only their text will be part of the question, without the prompts?
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In recent months, I have noticed a number ...
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Unable to answer own question in Stack Overflow
In site like Mathematics Stack Exchange and Meta Stack Overflow, I am able to find the checkbox
But the option is missing in Stack Overflow
I do have more than 15 reputation, which is required for ...
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Remove "what were you expecting" from the Ask Question Wizard [duplicate]
Something I've seen a bit lately is odd little one-liners at the bottom of questions. Some recent examples...
Thanks in advance
clear guidance what to focus on first and pay attention to from ...
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Can the New Question wizard check for multiline code inside single backticks?
Every day I fix up numerous questions that have multi-line code blocks enclosed in single backticks rather than triple backtick code fences. Or they don't put a newline between the triple backticks ...
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Users in the non-AI "write title during review" group of the title drafting experiment have an empty and non-interactive duplicate suggestions section
The duplicate suggestions section is inaccessible and invariably empty for users in the 'write title during review' test group of the title-drafting experiment. It is disabled and cannot be reached. ...
starballMod
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Stop the wizard implicitly opting me into receiving emails if I've disabled email notifications
When I try posting a question using the Ask Wizard, I fill both parts of the body, then fill in tags, then click to review my question. At that point there is a checkbox at the bottom that says "...
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Ask Wizard does not show the warning about images of code or errors [duplicate]
When a new user goes to upload an image, they're supposed to see a warning that says
Images are useful in a post, but make sure the post is still clear without them. If you post images of code or ...
Ryan MMod
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