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Overall feedback: To better understand what is on-topic and what is offtopic, please read the following sections. followed by a total of 16 bullet points ... folks, no first time visitor will car...
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#1: Initial revision
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meriton
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2020-10-25T02:57:05Z (about 4 years ago)
Overall feedback: > To better understand what is on-topic and what is offtopic, please read the following sections. followed by a total of 16 bullet points ... folks, no first time visitor will carefully read through 16 bullet points to get a sense of whether they are allowed to ask their question. I think we either need to prune these lists, or provide a summary here and move the detailed rules elsewhere. Also, the rationale behind these rules is not currently explained. I think we should change that, because in my experience, people are more willing to follow rules whose purpose they understand than rules that seem arbitrary. Giving a rationale could also help clarify the intended meaning of a rule in case of ambiguity. Might it be better to have a separate Meta post for every rule, and link to these canonical posts from the FAQ? Then people could look at the discussion that prompted the rule.