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10 questions linked to/from How can we can encourage questions to show proof of initial research?
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What level of initial research is expected on questions?
There are many degrees of initial research:
read the wikipedia article on the topic
read the first hit of a Google search on the topic
performed a basic search on Google scholar and read one or more ...
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Proposed Reason for Closure: No Initial Reseach
In chat, we've talked about how unformed, unsourced questions weaken the utility of CogSci.SE, and how requiring some initial research might improve the general level of questions coming from new ...
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Why aren't we asking more questions?
Our Questions stats are pretty bad, currently 2.3 questions per day.
How can we encourage more questions on the site? Has anything prevented you from asking questions? Do you think anything is ...
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Cognitive Sciences 2012-2016: Community Review
This is a first step into an attempted reboot of this community: Rebooting Cognitive Sciences: a Suggested Approach
As messy as meta is, through an organized community effort I'm hoping to collect ...
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Reflection on site strategy and problem prevention
I think it was Nick who suggested we reflect on the recent events and try to find a strategy to deal with similar problems in the future, as well as reconsider and define the purpose and underlying ...
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New users and down-voting for lack of initial research
As I see, it is not uncommon to down-vote a new user for asking a question which is too simple, too pop-sci or with no links/references.
In my personal opinion, if we don't want to scare off ...
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Refining our target audience / Question expertise
This is part of the second step into an attempted reboot of this community: Rebooting Cognitive Sciences: a Suggested Approach
Since the very beginning of this site, there have been differing ...
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What is the etiquette for asking and answering your own question?
Is it okay to answer your own question?
Are there any rules that should govern asking and answering your own questions?
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What to do with otherwise good questions that seem a bit too broad?
I've been reading a lot of questions on this site and thinking about the concept of optimal question scope.
Questions in the cognitive sciences can often be substantially narrowed:
What type of ...
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Do we need a too-easy or too-basic tag?
We have three questions on meta specifically related to the minimum required complexity of a questions.
What's "Too basic" or "General reference" for this site? Uses scope
How ...
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