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I think you basically hit it on the head. The goal is helping people get answers to their programming questions, and the main way we do that is through building a library of Q&A. I went back and forth on this a lot, but at the end of the day, the library can't be the goal itself. If all you care...

Code-only answers fall under "Very Low Quality" for me and are candidates for deletion*. This extends from my belief that "self-documenting code" is a myth. Code can only tell you the how, it doesn't tell you the why. That's what you need comments for. On Stack Exchange, the how is important, ...

Imagine three scenarios in Q/A: Q1: How can I say that "foo bars the baz"? A1: Just say "the foo bars" instead. Q2: Is "foo bars the baz" grammatically correct? A2: Just say "the foo bars" instead. Q3: What is the difference between "foo bars the baz" and "the baz is barred"...

I've been looking at what happens when new users post their first questions on Stack Overflow... Not really done yet, but I figured I'd toss what I have up here in case anyone else has useful suggestions. For window of time between 30 and 90 days ago, I looked at users who posted their first que...