Questions tagged [rules]
For questions about written and unwritten rules of the Stack Overflow network. The rules can be found in the help center, or sometimes in posts by ♦ moderators.
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What is the standard for attribution for code generated by AI?
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I recently flagged a Staging Ground post because it contained code generated by AI, and the flag was declined with, "Use require major changes for such questions in Staging Ground. Off ...
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GenAI is now commonly used for coding (e.g., 25% of the new Google codebase). Could the 2-year-old ban on using genAI for coding be lifted? [duplicate]
I read:
Google CEO says a quarter of the company’s new code is already AI generated.
According to Stack Overflow’s 2024 Developer Survey, over 75 percent of respondents are already using or are “...
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A proposal: Developing a standard code of conduct dealing with AI-generated content (AIGC)
In light of the recent events with VonC's AIGC violations and suspension, quite a few people have been discussing if a one week suspension (alongside content deletion) was sufficient or not. There ...
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How are new users supposed to find out about the AI-content ban?
I'm a new user (I knew of SO but never used it until I started learning how to code).
I've almost violated the AI-policy already - I wanted to post something that was generated via ChatGPT (but tested ...
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Rule proposal: Duplicate closure to roll-up questions is no longer allowed
There is a long-festering problem in some tags where some questions are closed by dupehammers, using a single roll-up question as the duplicate target. A "roll-up" question is defined here ...
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When is it acceptable to delete a question?
Question inspired by this post as well as this one.
This applies to users with privileges to cast delete votes. In some cases, a post may be off-topic. Here's some situations:
It's blatantly off-...
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Should we flag human-written questions that use code generated by ChatGPT?
To be more specific, I flagged a question recently as it was of the type "ChatGPT generated this but I need some more help fixing this". But I was told by a mod that asking a question about ...
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How should I deal with a "trick question"?
Yesterday I saw this question: SELECT max value with each group without summing - SQL and after examining the code I voted to be closed as:
Not reproducible or was caused by a typo
and also left the ...
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Is someone offering to pay for rep-farming on an assigned account allowed?
I'm aware of this probably similar question, but I think this has a different flavour.
I came across this "freelance job" posted on Upwork (emphasis mine):
Answer several questions on Stack ...
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Community input needed: The guidelines for collectives articles
Update: January 10, 2022:
The first iteration of the guidelines for articles is now in the Help Center, and the new Article Creation tool for Collectives is live as of today.
Update: December 29, 2021:...
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Why am I not allowed to vote to delete or undelete another user's post more than once? [Obsolete]
Moderator note: The Stack Exchange software will no longer permit multiple delete or undelete votes as of Oct 26, 2021. This rule is now officially obsolete under these changes.
A question or answer ...
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Is it necessary to read all the rules in Stack Overflow?
I started using Stack Overflow not so long ago and I'm a little lazy to read all the rules. Will it make my life and other users' lives better if I read that stuff?
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Fix an unknown bug, copy all the code or give a link? [duplicate]
I am gradually starting to learn all the publishing rules in Stack Overflow.
I understood that it was necessary to publish as much explanation as possible by publishing this code without putting only ...
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What is the Copyright of Posted Code on Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
Are the code posted on Stack Overflow open-source? As in, if I copy-paste a piece of code written by a user into production for commercial uses without asking permission, can the user sue me for ...
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Can I warn people?
When users ask bad questions (often new contributors), can I warn them? What I mean is whenever I see a situation like this, usually a user with a high reputation comments on a question. Something ...
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How often should I include screenshots of command outputs?
I recently created an answer to explain how to solve a problem with Python's http.server.
The answer required basic knowledge of commands like ps, grep, kill & killall.
Since I wasn't sure how ...
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What should be done to change people's perception that Stack Overflow is hostile? [closed]
Another user told me to search for questions about "hostility" on Meta Stack Overflow and that is exactly what I did. Many people seem to think that the Stack Overflow community is hostile, unfriendly ...
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Is it allowed to invite a new user to a private online collaborative editor if their question was rightfully closed? [duplicate]
I've stumbled upon a small issue today. A new user asked a question that clearly didn't fit SO's guidelines. Even though the question was clear, it was simply Too Broad.
I wanted to take some time to ...
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What is the policy to delete old up-voted link only answers those cannot be edited in shape?
I recently flagged this answer as Not An Answer being Link-Only answer.
My flag was marked helpful. Question was closed as Too Broad. But the answer is not deleted.
The NAA flag indicates that the ...
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What to do about good questions (ie. documentation-related) being closed too quickly [duplicate]
TL;DR - a request to avoid pedantic door-slamming on documentation-
related questions, specific in this case: re. TensorFlow.
More of a comment than a question. I try not to use Stack Overflow ...
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Are there any guidelines to handle one-line (correct) code-only answers in various reviews?
While review, I see very short, code-only answers many times. I read on meta at many places that "code-only" should not be the only reason to delete/flag the answer. If the answer is wrong, down-vote ...
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Shouldn't we make some changes to the rules/privileges?
This post stems from my concern about these topics:
The communities that are at the intersection of many fields, and are not at home on any Stack Exchange website.
The arbitrary closing/migration by ...
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Is this kind of parental advise in the community OK? [duplicate]
Should we flag such a question like the following?
Compiler does not identify class on the same package
Because the OP posted something like (edited by me):
System.out.println("random ass shit");
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How should we handle rude answers posted in a foreign language?
Had a minor debate in chat about a rude statement posted in German (not linking it since the user reposted it after having it dealt with, which validated the second one being removed as rude/abusive). ...
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Who or what leads Stack Overflow's policy regarding posts?
I recently found this post where it is stated that
(...) SO is not interested in users getting answers to their
questions. Usually Q&A sites want their questioners to be happy, but
not SO. ...
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