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44 questions linked to/from How do I ask a question that may require recommending software?
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Why is it not allowed to recomend a specific product? [duplicate]
For example what is wrong with the question "which is the best Anti-Virus"? If the problem is there is no best then how can the question be rephrased so that the asker can make an informed decision as ...
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How can I ask for a program? [duplicate]
Occasionally I like to ask questions about programs that has the features I´am asking for.
Sometime ago I did a questions like that:
Looking for a program that stores images from the clipboard
But ...
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Where it the line drawn between asking for product recomendations and trying to find a tool for a task [duplicate]
I was happy to find a question about on-screen rulers with many recommendations for programs. I was surprised it didn't have any close votes. Under what circumstances is it ok to ask for a name of a ...
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Can I ask for software recommendations? [duplicate]
I understand the need for questions to be concise, and with limited scope; however I'm looking for an answer the following type of question:
Can someone recommend a piece of software that does (a) ...
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I think SU has a newbie-biting problem
I was initially going to post this as an answer to Why do certain commenters take a rude tone with new users?, but I think there's a bigger problem here that requires more discussion.
Let's ignore the ...
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How do I recommend software in my answers?
I have a piece of software that I would like to recommend as a solution to problems. I'm trying to avoid answering with "link only" answers, and so I need help on how I can answer valid ...
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We have bad question closing habits
Not all of us and not all the time, of course, and I'm sometimes guilty of this too. I don't want to point the finger at anyone - just discuss what I think is a problem and how we can improve. The ...
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A useful question was put on hold after six years due to software recommentation, how to respond?
I've been pondering this for the last couple of days. I was researching ways to verifiy ripped audio files and found this question which I found very useful. I thought it was a good sensible question....
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Should we split up the off-topic "shopping" closing reason?
One of our current off-topic reasons reads like this:
Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations are off-topic because they tend to become obsolete quickly. Instead, ...
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Why was this question closed as "Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations"?
I asked the following question:
Is there a list of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems that
Dragon Professional Individual intentionally do not
support?
http://shop.nuance.com/store/nuanceus/...
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Can any software recommendation question be made on-topic by simply asking "how"?
Can any software recommendation question be made on-topic by simply asking "how"?
E.g., if the question asks "I am looking for a program that can do X", does rephrasing it as "how can I do X" makes ...
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Change the close question text
Would it be possible to get the text in yellow box on questions closed for requesting hardware and software recommendations to contain a link to those respective sites?
Below is a recent example.
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Can you please review my ban?
I have been banned from asking questions. I went through the post at What can I do when getting "We are no longer accepting questions/answers from this account"?
My account does not come ...
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Closure of question and rude approach
My question here has been closed. Rename files 000…001…002… to 001…002…003 as too broad. From my point of view, it is clear what I am asking. I'm asking of a simple way for these files to be renamed, ...
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Can we PLEASE get a definitive answer on what to do with low-quality software recommendation answers?
There are numerous Meta posts on software recommendation answers, and the advice on posting them seems to be universal. How to handle low quality ones that have been posted gets murkier by the day.
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