2023/2024/2025 Question of the Day Archive & Suggestions

[notabitail]

Clarifying questions should be left to the OP or saved for when the question becomes its own thread.

And I'm glad that Azurban pointed it out so I can fix it before the question is asked, therefore ensuring there is less confusion, and thereby reducing unnecessary chatter.

 

[R2elk]

And I'm glad that Azurban pointed it out so I can fix it before the question is asked, therefore ensuring there is less confusion, and thereby reducing unnecessary chatter.

In the answer threads there is no unnecessary chatter. In this thread you in particular are a large contributor to the unnecessary chatter.

 

[notabitail]

In the answer threads there is no unnecessary chatter. In this thread you in particular are a large contributor to the unnecessary chatter.

Experienced contributor.

 

[R2elk]

Experienced contributor.

One more pointless post from you.

 

[notabitail]

One more pointless post from you.

I know.

I do think clarifying questions should be allowed here. I like knowing when my question is unclear, and I'm sure others do too.

 

[R2elk]

I know.

I do think clarifying questions should be allowed here. I like knowing when my question is unclear, and I'm sure others do too.

I'm sure you like that option since it gives more opportunities for you to add clutter to the thread.

On the other hand if the clarifications are left for that particular question's thread you are free to add all the posts you want to that thread without causing further work for the op.

 

[BDutch]

On this specific issue, it's more of an issue when you're watching the thread. I have the same issue. Sometimes I'm watching multiple threads and I forget what question was asked on which thread I'm watching. (Especially when the question is a yes or no question. There's no quick indicator what question was, unlike a question asking what kind of fishing reel one uses.)

But yes, I agree on the title being cluttered. Plus some questions are long.

Right, some questions are way too long to add.
But 1 or 2 extra keywords make a huge difference. And shortening the date to compensate is a possibility.

Notabitail suggestion:
QOTD, Jul 8th '25 how do you like your eggs? is (almost) perfect.

This would be great too imho. : Question OTD, Jul 8th ‘25 how-you-like-eggs?

 

[Evadig]

But 1 or 2 extra keywords make a huge difference. And shortening the date to compensate is a possibility.

Notabitail suggestion:
QOTD, Jul 8th '25 how do you like your eggs? is (almost) perfect.

This would be great too imho. : Question OTD, Jul 8th ‘25 how-you-like-eggs?

Don't forget the day has to fit somewhere too...

If the titles are to be uniform (which would be proper, considering these aren't just random threads) then the question must be included whether it's too long or not.

Also, putting the question in the title takes away all the excitement of finding out what the Q of the Day is.