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Programming questions moving to StackOverflow
There are many programming questions in Arduino (there is even a tag for it).
However, some are not related to Arduino, like
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Moderator abuses, a case study. Why to introduce the "power of recall" on SE network
Final note: The meta.meta.se new question has been deleted again while in the works by user animuson. Enough.
Your question was closed because you're rambling on about a process
that already ...
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Toxic moderation harms the community
Building community and fixing toxic communities have been a theme this past year on the network.
I thought I would share my recent experience regarding this. I've been around SO since the beta, so I ...
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Old questions appear in "active" question list
I sometimes get questions in my "active" question list that obviously aren't active. From what I can see with my reputation level those questions haven't been edited, answered nor are there any new ...
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Why there's so many down votes in question list?
I know people questions are not clear, demanding etc etc...
It's the first question for most of them and they might even don't know how to use the stackexchange and just seeking help! i think ...
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Arduino at the movies
I was watching a rather cheesy disaster movie this evening (a terrible film - Collision Earth - very formulaic, I could write the script blindfold) and spotted an Arduino (well, some red Arduino Uno ...
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Are we a little stingy about upvoting questions?
I felt like questions with accepted answers were upvoted less often here than on other SE sites, so I decided to have a look at the Data Explorer:
select count(distinct Id) from Posts where Score >...
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When should an Arduino programming question be moved to Stack Overflow?
Programming is obviously a major part of using an Arduino, and a considerable amount of it is very domain specific (e.g. using particular libraries, or working with particular hardware).
However, I ...
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What tags have syntax highlighting enabled?
As per How do we get syntax highlighting?, only the programming tag has the feature enabled.
But I'm seeing that the tag arduino-uno also is highlighting the code, for example this question.
Are ...
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Any answer to a question automatically upvotes said question - FEATURE-REQUEST
I find it contradictory to the concept of upvoting that someone finds a question worthy of an answer, yet unworthy of an upvote.
I get the impression that it is a bit egotistical to not even care ...
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2019 Community Moderator Election Results
Arduino's second moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied and the new moderator is:
They'll be joining the existing crew shortly—please thank them for volunteering,...
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Are questions about all AVR microcontrollers considered to be on-topic on Arduino SE?
I have seen questions about ATtiny microcontrollers on the site without anyone objecting. I was wondering where the line between what's on or off topic here is. As I understand it is possible to ...
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Close reason: shopping questions
Can we get the commonly used close reason of "shopping questions not allowed" added?
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because questions seeking recommendations for specific products ...
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as ...
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How should questions be handled, if the source of the problem is only a typo in the OP's source code?
How would you prefer to handle a Question, if the source of the problem is only a typo in the OP's source code?
has been made a question on the current Moderator Election's Questionnaire. I could not ...
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2019 Community Moderator Election
The 2019 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks,...
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Arduino is scheduled for an election next week, May 13. In connection with that, we will be holding a Q&A with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose ...
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Formatting and indenting (but not fixing) code in question
With respect to this question, Need help with wire connections and code, I feel sorry for the OP, as their code's indentation seems to get worse at each edit iteration.
There are obvious code errors ...
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Flagging: "Not an Answer", "Very Low Quality" or something else?
I've had a couple of flags declined which has made me wonder if I fully understand the use of particular flags on Arduino:SE, so I'm going to post this as a question here in the hope of getting some ...
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Is it allowed to ask a question if you've already have an solution/answer?
Is it allowed to ask a question if you've already have an solution/answer?
This could be done to get alternative options/solutions for algorithms. But on the other hand may distract from people who ...
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Requesting further review
Mods - I'm writing this in Meta because the site is limiting me from writing out my full request. Please re-review my answer to this question.: First Arduino Uno - Immediate Problems
A mod wrote "It ...
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6 downvotes in 6 days - what am I doing wrong?
I've recently joined Arduino.SE but am a 7K+ reputation member of both SO and U&L.
Every community has its different mores, and I'm guessing that I've not yet grokked this one's.
My reputation ...
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Community Promotion Ads — 2019 [duplicate]
2019 is here! And with the new year, as usual, comes a new iteration of Community Promotion Ads! Let’s refresh these for the coming year :)
What are Community Promotion Ads?
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Community Promotion ad on Raspberry Pi SE
Greetings which I hope make it past the remove greetings bot ;) Yes, this is much the same post as the one I just put up at IoT.SE Meta, almost.
I added the Arduino.SE community promotion ad used ...
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2018 Winter Bash Leaderboard
For all those interested in the Winter Bash hats, there is a leaderboard for hats earned on just the Arduino Stack Exchange website.
https://winterbash2018.stackexchange.com/leaderboard/arduino....
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2018: a year in moderation
It's New Year's Day in Stack Exchange land...
A distinguishing characteristic of these sites is how they are moderated:
We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, in ...
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Request to create the arduino-create tag
I've never requested a new tag before.
I have a question about the Arduino Create site but there's no tag for it yet.
It would be great if a tag like arduino-create or create could be made for ...
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Declined moderator flag
While another similar question was recently asked here on Arduino meta, I have a slightly different issue of declined flags, so I am starting a new question.
I reviewed a first post, in this case ...
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63k rep user answered, then downvoted, then closed question
I don't post much here because I stopped fooling around with Arduino about the time this SE was getting off the ground, so I posted my first question today. And a user with lots of rep answered it, ...
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Trouble with posting code correctly
Why is it that the code I have posted appears jumbled up but looks normal when inserted between brackets?
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Is a question involving TinkerCAD (real-time Arduino circuit simulator) off-topic?
TinkerCAD's forum is very limited on how to ask questions (with only pictures). And it looks like questions are replied to weeks later (i.e., low traffic).
I have a pretty simple question about ...
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Add all board types to the Arduino Stack Exchange site as tags
I often have questions about the MKR GSM 1400 which I post on the Arduino Stack Exchange site. But unfortunately the closest tag for this is the MKR1000. Which is pretty similar, but not the same at ...
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What does "bumped to the homepage" mean?
I frequently see this, on older questions. Where do they end up? If I add anything to them, is the OP likely to see it?
EDIT - okay, so it ends up at the top page in that 'forum' area, looking like ...
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Declined spam flag
I raised a spam flag on an answer, that doesn't answer the question, but it's tying to sell a product.
I now realized that the product in question is mentioned in another answer and the author of the ...
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How to write a good answer for Arduino Stack Exchange
How to write a good answer
Some new users on Stack Exchange may find the system of flagging, voting and commenting a bit difficult to follow, or frustrating, even.
This post is intended as a guide ...
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How "on hold" works?
This question have been put on hold (the question itself is not relevant here).
What is the mechanism behind the on-hold lock?
As I understand, any user with the "protect questions" privilege can ...
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Attention: some of your recent flags have been declined - please review them before flagging this post!
Sometimes, when flagging an answer, this message appears:
Attention: some of your recent flags have been declined - please
review them before flagging this post!
What I am supposed to do? I ...
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Community Promotion Ads - 2018 [duplicate]
This site graduated last year, and so as we're rounding out to the end of our first month of the new year, we'll be starting Community Promotion Ads for this site!
What are Community Promotion Ads?
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Are “thank you” or similar notes allowed in questions and answers?
Are "thank you" or similar notes allowed in questions and answers?
I believe that they are frowned upon on some other engineering (stackexchange) forums.
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Some tags that need fixing
ethernet-sheild: Misspelled. It should be renamed to ethernet-shield since there is no existing tag of that name.
intterupt: Misspelled. Should be deleted because there is already an interrupt tag and ...
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What to do with low quality posts?
Yesterday I review several years old question with zero answers, voting to close them, which started a debate with perl1234 and gre_gor.
I voted with this explanation:
I'm voting to close this ...
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How to deal with dead question?
What we do with dead still-open questions?
By dead I mean that the OP had not return to Arduino SE for over a year (and probably will never come back), and therefore the question will be never closed,...
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Why is it posts are often never fully answered, even when you're trying your best to answer people's questions in the comments?
I mean, it seems like the people who you expect will see you through until you find the answer seem to simply abandon your issue altogether. My recent post on the Arduino site isn't making any ...
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What to do with "company secrets"?
After answering a post today, OP said to me:
Actually, my real code is not as short as it looks in this demo code.
I am not allowed to post the real code for some privacy reasons of the
company ...
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Editor keeps making unwanted modifications to my answer
I'm not really sure where to ask for moderator help. @ChrisStratton is engaging in an edit war on my answer to Are clone-specific questions on topic for this site? because he doesn't like my (and, ...
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Are clone-specific questions on topic for this site?
There are a lot of different Arduino clones of varying quality on the market. Obviously they are mostly equivalent to the standard ones, so hopefully the majority of questions should be widely ...
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2017 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as ...
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2017 Community Moderator Election Results
Arduino's first moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the 3 new moderators are:
They'll be replacing the existing crew shortly — please thank them for ...
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Please welcome your new moderators!
First off, thanks to everyone who participated at the Provisional Community Moderator Nominations meta post.
I may eventually be contacting additional users to fill more moderator slots, but I wanted ...
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Voting to close a question, within a question, does not count towards your review total
Today I realized that if I am in a question and I vote to close it, for whatever reason (and I am not the first person to vote to close the question), it doesn't count towards my review count. That ...
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