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Meta Are general questions (hopefully resulting in comprehensive, 'canonical' answers) in scope

Generally these questions are fine, though they should come with specific examples, so that they become clearer and can get narrowed-down. I've done a lot of self-answered Q&A here and the hard...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Lundin‭ · 2021-10-11T09:21:28Z (about 3 years ago)
Generally these questions are fine, though they should come with specific examples, so that they become clearer and can get narrowed-down. I've done a lot of self-answered Q&A here and the hardest part is often to ask a sensible question.

- Overly broad questions like _"what is OOP?"_ isn't likely to be well-received. 
- If you can narrow it down to a specific feature then it might be better, such as _"what is private encapsulation?"_ 
- Or even better, when it turns even more specific: _"What are setter/getter functions and when do I use them? Is this correct use [code example in language x]?"_

The first bullet is IMO a bad question, the second is half-decent and the third is a good question.