Questions tagged [question-quality]

Questions about the differences between good questions and bad ones, about how to spot bad ones and make them better, etc.

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How should questions/answers on how to do something illegal be treated?

There are quite a few questions related to overstaying visa, working illegally without proper visa, etc. How should questions and answers suggesting criminal activity be treated here?
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To park for free or not to park for free?

I have observed an inconsistency. The question Free parking in downtown San Jose, CA? has bee closed and heavily downvoted (-3), whereas the question Free parking in downtown Mountain View? has ...
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Do we really want all these “best phone for country X” questions?

We have a lot of questions asking what the best phone plan is for country X or Y: In the US, what's a good prepaid GSM SIM card without a phone? How well do foreign cell phones work in Japan? ...
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Out of date questions

So we have some questions that are now definitely out of date. The info is potentially still useful, but questions like the one about Cairo in January 2012, or London during the 2012 Olympics - ...
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