What kinds of questions can I ask here?
Most importanly - questions should be relevant to this community. Relevant questions include anything regarding technology such as hardware, software, Linux, Windows, Apple, computers, Ruby, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Perl, and anything in between. Before you ask - please make sure to search for a similar question. You can search questions by their title or tags.
What kinds of questions should be avoided?
Please avoid asking questions that are not relevant to technology, too subjective, or argumentative. Please avoid spam that includes advertising software or hardware.
What should I avoid in my answers?
site title is a Q&A site, not a discussion group. Therefore - please avoid having discussions in your answers, the comments below questions and answers allows some space for brief discussions but the focus is on providing solutions to technical questions.
Who moderates this community?
The short answer is: you, the community. This website is moderated by the users of this online community. The reputation system allows users earn the authorization to perform a variety of moderation tasks all the way from commenting to eventually having the ability to edit and delete posts.
How does reputation system work?
When a question or answer is upvoted, the user who posted them will gain some points, which are called "reputation points". These points serve as a rough measure of the community trust to him/her. Various moderation tasks are gradually assigned to the users based on those points.
For example, if you ask an interesting question or give a helpful answer, your input will be upvoted. On the other hand if the answer is misleading - it will be downvoted. Each vote in favor will generate 10 points, each vote against will subtract 2 points. There is a limit of 200 points that can be accumulated per question or answer. The table below explains reputation point requirements for each type of moderation task.
| 50 | add comments |
| 100 | downvote |
| 250 | open and close own questions |
| 500 | retag questions |
| 750 | edit community wiki questions |
| 2000 | edit any answer |
| 3000 | open any closed question |
| 5000 | delete any comment |
| 10000 | delete any questions and answers and perform other moderation tasks |
What is gravatar?
Gravatar means globally recognized avatar - your unique avatar image associated with your email address. It's simply a picture that shows next to your posts on the websites that support gravatar protocol. By default gravar appears as a square filled with a snowflake-like figure. You can set your image at gravatar.com
To register, do I need to create new password?
No, you will not have to create a new login. You can login through any service that supports OpenID, such as Google, Yahoo, AOL, WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, etc. Login now! »
Why other people can edit my questions/answers?
The goal of this site is to allow the community to respond to all users questions in a prompt manner. Allowing the community to earn points to edit others answers will allow those that have answered a large number of questions or helped others gain the ability to police the community without the assistance of the site creators. So questions and answers can be edited like wiki pages by experienced users of this site and this improves the overall quality of the knowledge base content. If this approach is not for you, we respect your choice.
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