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Avoid using ChatGPT or other AI-powered solutions to generate answers to questions on Software Engineering

CPlusMod

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CPlusMod

1,219

modified Dec 4 at 18:20

10 votes

3 answers

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I've stepped down as a moderator

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-1 votes

1 answer

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What's wrong with the Curious badge? [duplicate]

Thomas OwensMod

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2 votes

1 answer

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What is required to be in a question on Software Engineering?

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

answered Nov 5 at 17:34

1 vote

1 answer

51 views

Possible improvement to user experience on help page

KyleMitStaffMod

113

modified Nov 5 at 15:07

2 votes

2 answers

71 views

How long does a suggested edit typically linger in the review queue?

Doc Brown

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modified Nov 3 at 6:03

0 votes

2 answers

84 views

Please don't make or approve tiny little edits to old questions

Basilevs

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answered Oct 20 at 10:44

3 votes

1 answer

89 views

"move this discussion to chat?" link is broken

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

answered Sep 26 at 23:30

24 votes

1 answer

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When is a software licensing question on topic?

Doc Brown

221k

modified Sep 22 at 6:12

-1 votes

2 answers

168 views

You might be able to help me: Pre-post question review

Doc Brown

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modified Sep 13 at 5:41

23 votes

1 answer

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I have a question, but it may not fit best on Software Engineering. Where else can I ask it?

CPlusMod

1,219

modified Sep 5 at 23:56

-4 votes

4 answers

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Where can I ask Career-Development questions on the Stack Exchange about Programming? (without getting closed!) [duplicate]

CPlusMod

1,219

modified Sep 5 at 19:53

17 votes

1 answer

334 views

Should we migrate subjective question from Stack Overflow? [closed]

CPlusMod

1,219

modified Sep 2 at 5:50

37 votes

1 answer

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Green fields, blue skies, and the white board - what is too broad?

CPlusMod

1,219

modified Aug 29 at 19:52

-4 votes

2 answers

192 views

Why would you close a question that already has answers?

Ewan

84.6k

modified Aug 23 at 15:21

3 votes

1 answer

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Are there any plans for delivering a dark mode version for this stack?

Doc Brown

221k

modified Aug 23 at 5:21

2 votes

2 answers

103 views

Cannot flag or edit broken link in historically locked question

CPlusMod

1,219

answered Aug 21 at 20:47

3 votes

0 answers

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Reopen a question that was closed, then changed, and now is missing last reopen vote

CPlusMod

1,219

modified Aug 21 at 8:14

2 votes

1 answer

181 views

Guidelines for questions about a specific language lacking a specific feature

CPlusMod

1,219

modified Aug 16 at 9:34

0 votes

1 answer

118 views

Removed question was before closed by moderator

CPlusMod

1,219

modified Aug 16 at 9:19

5 votes

1 answer

132 views

Tag Synonym/Merge [Go] and [Golang]

CPlusMod

1,219

modified Aug 13 at 23:17

4 votes

0 answers

109 views

2025 Community Moderator Election

BertholdStaffMod

101

modified Aug 13 at 20:05

12 votes

0 answers

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2025 Community Moderator Election Results

BertholdStaffMod

101

asked Aug 13 at 20:02

7 votes

2 answers

131 views

Duga, The Whiteboard, and brainstorming

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

modified Aug 1 at 23:33

6 votes

0 answers

163 views

2025 Moderator Election Q&A – Question Collection

BertholdStaffMod

101

modified Jul 29 at 20:19

0 votes

1 answer

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Are naming questions on-topic?

Doc Brown

221k

modified Jul 11 at 12:48

0 votes

0 answers

38 views

Mobile chat always shows irrelevant rooms

Basilevs

4,507

modified Jul 2 at 8:33

2 votes

1 answer

63 views

What are the acceptable criteria to determine that an answer is AI generated

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

answered Jun 30 at 13:31

0 votes

1 answer

274 views

Tag usage guidance

CommunityBot

1

modified Jun 28 at 19:07

0 votes

1 answer

88 views

Why was my question about finding the specific name of an ontology closed as opinion-based?

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

answered May 9 at 16:26

0 votes

2 answers

97 views

Are Programming Paradigms really off-topic on a site dedicated to Software Engineering?

Greg Burghardt

46.6k

answered Apr 24 at 13:18

0 votes

1 answer

49 views

Can we reopen: Helper "wrappers" around listener registration methods?

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

answered Apr 15 at 17:23

2 votes

1 answer

60 views

Why question was deleted by a moderator. The deletion notice doesn't include rationale, and I cannot vote to undelete it. What is my recourse?

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

answered Apr 10 at 16:03

-2 votes

1 answer

105 views

Question closed without explanation - why?

Doc Brown

221k

modified Apr 2 at 5:31

1 vote

1 answer

62 views

Can opinion-based questions be migrated to SO Discussion?

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

answered Mar 2 at 10:20

0 votes

1 answer

53 views

Were my comments deleted from this closed question, and if so, why?

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

answered Feb 16 at 21:01

2 votes

1 answer

180 views

Are “root cause” questions opinion based?

Doc Brown

221k

modified Jan 29 at 13:01

45 votes

11 answers

23k views

Why was my question closed or down voted?

Doc Brown

221k

modified Jan 21 at 7:08

1 vote

0 answers

28 views

2024: a year in moderation

JNatStaffMod

101

asked Jan 15 at 16:19

0 votes

3 answers

119 views

How is choosing between Javascript or CSS NOT a good software engineering question

Doc Brown

221k

modified Dec 29, 2024 at 7:45

3 votes

2 answers

106 views

What do people use as basis for voting on this site?

Doc Brown

221k

modified Dec 16, 2024 at 14:27

0 votes

0 answers

44 views

How can I improve my "design-choice" question?

insipidintegrator

101

asked Nov 4, 2024 at 23:55

1 vote

1 answer

62 views

I want to ask if there is an existing solution to the communication problem between desktop applications. Can it be submitted in software engineering?

Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

answered Nov 4, 2024 at 12:07

0 votes

1 answer

181 views

How can I view my deleted questions?

Philip Kendall

26.1k

modified Oct 17, 2024 at 12:04

2 votes

0 answers

58 views

The edit queue is full at the moment - should I just wait, or is this a bug?

Doc Brown

221k

modified Sep 30, 2024 at 15:29

0 votes

1 answer

81 views

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Alex

101

modified Sep 21, 2024 at 23:08

0 votes

1 answer

121 views

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Thomas OwensMod

85.9k

answered Sep 10, 2024 at 10:46

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