Skip to main content

Questions tagged [open-ended-questions]

Ask Question

For questions about the new open-ended questions feature, AKA opinion-based questions – not to be confused with the opinion-based *close reason*. For questions about the close reason, use the [opinion-based-closure] tag. For questions on Meta Stack Overflow that are opinion-based themselves, use the [discussion] tag.

87 questions
Newest Active Unanswered Frequent
Score of 13
9 answers
399 views

There's many old/historical questions on Stack Overflow that were off-topic when asked. Now that we have sanctioned previously off-topic categories and thus have tags as tooling-recommendations and ...
Score of 12
2 answers
247 views

We used to have best-practices tag before, and now it has been reintroduced again. The tag wiki states: Questions regarding architectural approaches, coding standards, or methodology. The question ...
Score of -2
1 answer
267 views

Earlier there were experiments running (which I immediately opt-out and ignore) with a set of forum-like questions (called open-ended questions) for people to simply come here and chat. Sure, they ask ...
Score of 24
5 answers
618 views

The community managers have done a thing. You should read it. Part of that thing is this What makes a high quality open-ended question? Where should that guidance be detailed? We’re hopeful that ...
Score of -9
1 answer
188 views

With the new plan being shaped for open-ended questions, we the community are being asked to weigh in on the site scope and close reasons. It sounds like we should relax the old "unique to ...
Score of 28
0 answers
138 views

I've noticed that a couple of Open-Ended Questions (OEQs) have been created with only a single tag and that tag being a type tag, such as advice. This isn't ideal as tags are there to denote what the ...
Score of 14
0 answers
91 views

Example: I would expect that in Revision 3, only best-practices is shown as removed and the other tags as unchanged, like zig in Revision 2.
Score of 6
0 answers
111 views

I came across this question earlier today. Given it's very plainly a request for tool recommendations, I went to go close it as such. However, the VTC options for Opinion-based and Seeking ...
Score of -12
16 answers
2118 views

It’s time to clean up some stuff and have some conversations. This post is about what’s changing this week regarding open-ended questions. The story thus far In the summary below, I’m writing as if I’...
Score of 12
0 answers
120 views

I just received a templates tag badge for writing replies to an open-ended question. I wrote no other answers to normal Q&A today, hence I must assume that replies on open-ended questions count ...
Score of 0
0 answers
244 views

I came across this question that clearly has absolutely no business being on Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79974689/what-is-the-best-way-to-install-a-tesla-wall-charger-at-home I ...
Score of 10
0 answers
185 views

This is one topic that continues to confuse me. It's been discussed before, e.g. Subjective / open-ended questions, and What are the guidelines for accepting or closing "Open Ended Questions"...
Score of -12
1 answer
278 views

I was reading Opinion(s) on development with AI. While reading, the post was deleted. It had a sentence that read: My experience then was that it was good for boilerplate and then I would code as ...
Score of 3
0 answers
98 views

If someone posts a comment on an answer of mine, I receive an inbox notification very soon afterwards. But if someone posts a reply to an open-ended reply of mine, it seems I receive no notification, ...
Score of 25
1 answer
268 views

With the rise of Open Ended Questions, spammers seem to have found a new tactic. After having a few of their tool-related spam posts deleted, they ask an "Advice" question about the same. &...

15 30 50 per page
1
2 3 4 5 6