Answer by SmallChess for How can we be more welcoming to new users?
Please don't overcomplicate yourself. We just need to answer their questions, and they will feel welcome. What about this? We force our lovely moderators to answer each and every newcomer question, no...
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I think users should have some better way of selecting tags or some tags should automatically be assigned to a question rather than the user having to explicitly search for a tag that may not...
View ArticleAnswer by user37208 for How can we be more welcoming to new users?
Lighten up on enforcing rules for the sake of enforcing rules. This is a problem all over StackExchange, and academia.SE is no exception.Comment deletion is a good example. Newcomers may not remember...
View ArticleAnswer by Blaise S for How can we be more welcoming to new users?
As a relatively new person here, I think the response about duplicates up above is a good one. Just to add to that, I feel like there are times where a question has maybe one answer, and it's not at...
View ArticleAnswer by The Doctor for How can we be more welcoming to new users?
Is it possible to change the minimum reputation to unlock the chat privilege? Or changing it from "privilege" to a "basic right".If new users had the opportunity to be redirected to the chat they would...
View ArticleAnswer by henning for How can we be more welcoming to new users?
Adding to Tobias' plea for better explanation of duplicate flags, I suggest we give an explanation more often (whenever we can?) for any close-votes.Sure, we already have "canned" explanations that...
View ArticleAnswer by Tobias Kildetoft for How can we be more welcoming to new users?
Something that was pointed out in a recent answer on another question here on meta:Often a newcomer will ask a question which turns out to be a duplicate. This question will then be marked as such, and...
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In light of the recent Stack Overflow post on being more welcoming to newcomers, I believe it is worthwhile for us to explore what we can do to help new visitors ease into the site. While I do not...
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