Why are we getting so many off topic 'debug this for me' questions?
I believe that most of the questioners asking debugging questions here are indeed expecting to get an answer here, i.e. they think that these questions are on-topic while they are not. It's a big misunderstanding.
What can we do about it?
Make it as clear as possible that these questions won't get an answer here. Indeed from the start page start page it's rather difficult to understand the topic of this stackexchange.
I have two ideas to discourage people more actively.
Idea 1: An explicit warning notice when asking a question that questions asking debugging help are offtopic and will be closed without an answer. This warning notice should only appear to every new user asking the first X (=1?) questions.
Idea 2: Since a name change is outside of what we can do and also seems unlikely, change the remaining layout (subtitle, logo, other notices) to make clear what this community is focused on and what it is not focused on.
Just a primitive visualization with a terrible logo:
Why are we getting so many off topic 'debug this for me' questions?
I believe that most of the questioners asking debugging questions here are indeed expecting to get an answer here, i.e. they think that these questions are on-topic while they are not. It's a big misunderstanding.
What can we do about it?
Make it as clear as possible that these questions won't get an answer here. Indeed from the start page it's rather difficult to understand the topic of this stackexchange.
I have two ideas to discourage people more actively.
Idea 1: An explicit warning notice when asking a question that questions asking debugging help are offtopic and will be closed without an answer. This warning notice should only appear to every new user asking the first X (=1?) questions.
Idea 2: Since a name change is outside of what we can do and also seems unlikely, change the remaining layout (subtitle, logo, other notices) to make clear what this community is focused on and what it is not focused on.
Just a primitive visualization with a terrible logo:
Why are we getting so many off topic 'debug this for me' questions?
I believe that most of the questioners asking debugging questions here are indeed expecting to get an answer here, i.e. they think that these questions are on-topic while they are not. It's a big misunderstanding.
What can we do about it?
Make it as clear as possible that these questions won't get an answer here. Indeed from the start page it's rather difficult to understand the topic of this stackexchange.
I have two ideas to discourage people more actively.
Idea 1: An explicit warning notice when asking a question that questions asking debugging help are offtopic and will be closed without an answer. This warning notice should only appear to every new user asking the first X (=1?) questions.
Idea 2: Since a name change is outside of what we can do and also seems unlikely, change the remaining layout (subtitle, logo, other notices) to make clear what this community is focused on and what it is not focused on.
Just a primitive visualization with a terrible logo:
Why are we getting so many off topic 'debug this for me' questions?
I believe that most of the questioners asking debugging questions here are indeed expecting to get an answer here, i.e. they think that these questions are on-topic while they are not. It's a big misunderstanding.
What can we do about it?
Make it as clear as possible that these questions won't get an answer here. Indeed from the start page it's rather difficult to understand the topic of this stackexchange.
I have two ideas to discourage people more actively.
Idea 1: An explicit warning notice when asking a question that questions asking debugging help are offtopic and will be closed without an answer. This warning notice should only appear to every new user asking the first X (=1?) questions.
Idea 2: Since a name change is outside of what we can do and also seems unlikely, change the remaining layout (subtitle, logo, other notices) to make clear what this community is focused on and what it is not focused on.
Just a primitive visualization with a terrible logo: