Questions tagged [rules]
Use this tag for questions about the enforced rules around the SE Network.
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No AI content, fine, now how about AI agents?
"Siri, vote every day in a random time two random posts of myHatedEnemy down. Also send a report about the activites of his recently downvoted posts."
They will automatize tasks. Today they ...
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What to do if a question violates the rules and no one wants to fix this?
One of Stack Exchange network websites has a question that clearly violates the rules described in the help center of that site.
As I strive to make Stack Overflow a high quality knowledge base, I ...
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Does including commercial links (to the poster's benefit) explicitly violate Stack Exchange rules?
Maybe I should divide the question into two separate ones, but I'm wondering if making commercial use of Stack Exchange violates any rules. Specifically,
If I put affiliate Amazon links in my answers,...
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What percentage of users mod-warned (no suspension) for posting AI-generated answers have gone on to write legitimate answers?
Put differently, what percentage of users who post AI-generated answers have demonstrated motivation to contribute content without violating site-specific AI-generated content policies or the rules ...
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Is it allowed on SE to include AI (ChatGPT) generated output in the question post? [duplicate]
My initial understanding is that Stack Exchange currently bans ChatGPT generated answers.
But is it allowed to include text that ChatGPT has generated as part of a question?
As an example:
Suppose I ...
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Can local Stack Exchange communities set policies that result in exceptions to SE rules in the Help Center pages? [duplicate]
Background
For the last eight years users over at Worldbuilding, we have been debating about whether or not it's acceptable to ask questions that result in list answers. To be clear, these are ...
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Is it acceptable for moderators to legislate new policies?
A while back, in their Meta Stack Exchange post Moderators are Police Officers, not Politicians, anonymous2 mentioned regarding ♦ moderators:
Our job is to enforce the law, not to define it. If a ...
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How to locate unwritten rules which suspend your account
Fundamentally any punishment is intended to remedy undesirable behavior
Yet when there is no definition of what is desirable or undesirable, punishment crosses the line into abuse as, it is not ...
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Where in my cross-posted question should I mention that the question is cross-posted?
What I understand about cross-posting: Usually, don't. But whenever you do (like if it's really justified to do so), then mention it.
Ok, assuming for the sake of argument that something is allowed to ...
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Is it ok to upvote everyone that answers my question, or leaves a comment, just to appreciate the time they spent writing?
When I post a question I have the habit of upvoting any comment/answer that I get, to appreciate the time people have dedicated to me, even if it is a small comment (with the exception of answers/...
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Why prefer to restrict questions instead of restricting answers?
I read a lot more SE sites than I'm a contributor to, but something I've slowly noticed is that there is a tendency to prefer making rules about questions rather than making rules about answers, even ...
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Rules and the App
I have noticed that there is no quick and easy way to read the rules for a given site if you are primarily using the Android App. This has resulted in my occasionally posting questions to the Law ...
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Is this an appropriate place to call for the resignation of an SO employee?
In a completely hypothetical situation wherein a known employee of Stack Overflow takes public actions that are objectively detrimental to both the company and community, and for which actions shows ...
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Is calling for protest actions allowed on metasites?
Is it allowed for user to post question proposing some protest actions against SE site/network? For example propose to avoid using it on concrete date or misuse/overuse some of the rules to explicitly ...
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Seeking clarification on the idea of contacting a moderator via chat on a different stack site
Right now, my post is on hold. I have taken in consideration of the improvement on the post. Since, I am unable to make contact with moderators who put the question on hold. Perhaps, I'm being ...
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Moderators... on Cross Validated [duplicate]
Suppose there is a question, "How to get started with applying item response theory and what software to use?"
Suppose the top-rated answer cites my name and work a couple of times.
Suppose all ...
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How binding are Meta answers? [duplicate]
I recently had a user on a particular Stack Exchange site direct me to a Meta answer in a case that was not specifically addressed elsewhere in the site guidelines.
It turned out that the answer ...
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Where to find list of behaviours/rules of Stack Exchange [duplicate]
Well, I know this is weird question. Recently I upvoted some answers, and I get a tooltip saying "You haven't been upvoted a question for a while. Questions need upvote too". It was nice to get it. ...
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Author's edit right in on-hold question vs invalidating existing answers
I asked this to get feedback on the community stance on whether the author is allowed to edit their (closed) question in such a way that it invalidates the existing answers.
Please read the related ...
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Should I delete a wrong question? [duplicate]
I asked a question (and even got some answers) but then I realized that I'm an idiot, I have a typo in my source code and that's the reason it does not work, the question is irrelevant. (One of the ...
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Is it OK for a user with a high enough reputation to ignore the rules in "how to ask"?
Is it OK for users with a high enough reputation to ignore the rules because maybe they think their reputation gives them some respect that lower-rep users don't have?
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Why are Stack Exchange site rules for each site not easily visible on the front page? [duplicate]
This is my usual experience:
"I want to post a question but I don't know what kind of questions are within the rules on this site. And since I don't want a question that took me 10 minutes to write ...
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Should Stack Apps ban apps which encourage ban-worthy behaviour?
Referencing This App in particular. (Update: the app post has now been removed. You need 10K on Stack Apps to see the deleted post.)
It's an App that allows you to auto-downvote every downvote-able ...
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Our words are too complicated. Let's make them simpler!
TL;DR: Our wording is complex, and hard for people from other languages to read. Let's make it simpler.
Seriously, though, at least read my example at the bottom.
For a long time, I've noticed a ...
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Which SE sites have agreed on enforceable rules/guidelines for editing posts? [closed]
Ideally (in my opinion of, Incnis Mrsi), it means:
Community agreed upon which edits are good and which are bad (that doesn’t preclude some grey zone, of course).
A user making too many non-conforming ...
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