Re: Methods For Better Questions

Rather than add obstructions, I'd rather add intelligence. Brainstorming:

On the preview page, flag one-word titles and suggest that they use a more descriptive title
For every post, either in preview or in the post itself, show the top Super-Search results on the title as keywords or automatically add a link to Super Search using the title as keywords
Add some format checking heuristics -- for example, flag single lines ending in semicolon with at least one perl keyword and remind about code tags

Implementation is left as an exercise...

-xdg

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Re^2: Methods For Better Questions by geekphilosopher (Friar) on Dec 11, 2006 at 21:30 UTC
The implementation for disallowing one-word titles is already done.	[reply]
Re^2: Methods For Better Questions by blazar (Canon) on Dec 27, 2006 at 19:07 UTC
For every post, either in preview or in the post itself, show the top Super-Search results on the title as keywords or automatically add a link to Super Search using the title as keywords Neat idea, provided it's implemented in a not too obtrusive manner. (I.e. it shouldn't get in the way of those who intentionally use a certain title notwithstanding possible Super Search results.) Also, from the practical POV, I think it may impose too big a load on the server(s). In this sense a link to the relevant Super Search would be much better. Unfotunately it doesn't exist (yet). Although, to quote from that thread: The plan has always been to have Super Search give you a URL that you could copy to repeat a search that worked well -- you would use your browser's "copy link location" to get a URL suitable to put in a bookmark; select and copy the text displayed for the URL to get something suitable for pasting to use on PM (`[href://...]`).	[reply] [d/l]