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11 years, 5 months ago.
Question on "Questions" tab versus using Forum?
I note that some questions are posted here and others in the Forum and some in both locations with a different set of independant responses.....
So I may have missed an announcement, but what are the guide lines?
This could get frustrating for some as a question is marked as 'answered' here, but people are still contributing the same Forum question!
I don't see that the tip "Ask questions that can have a single correct answer. Discussions are better in the forum." really solve the issue. Perhaps it should also add only post here or in the Forums?
1 Answer
11 years, 5 months ago.
Duplicated posts are due to the user posting to both places, a practice known as cross-posting in some communities. I would advise against cross-posting for the reasons you've mentioned. While I would advise against it I don't want to create a technical measure that prevents cross-posting because it is likely to cause more annoyance than it solves. We are however looking at whether we can ease the process of directing people to a question or thread as appropriate.
Guidelines for asking a good question are in the handbook. I'll make sure that a link to those guidelines is added to the area with the tips on the "Ask a Question" page.