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Yes, you are welcome to edit a question to improve it on behalf of the person asking. However, I'd keep in mind these things. DON'T Don't edit the question because you believe the person asked the wr …

When it comes to how you award the "chosen answer" and/or whether to upvote an answer, the general principle that I like to go by is that it's your decision to do it however you like, using whatever r …

Should questions that ask easily Google-able question be closed In most cases yes, but possibly not all. Some topics may be easily Google-able if you know the right terminology, but the person a …

Is the question still valid? If no, flag/vote to close question. Note, there are few situations where an old question would be no longer valid. Even in most cases when people say "I'm using 13.04, …

Factors most influencing how many votes an answer receives: The traffic that the question receives There is a huge difference in the amount of traffic a question receives. A common question or one …

Tips: Work hard to summarise and narrow down the question to just the essential part. Cut out any part of the question that doesn't contribute. Make sure the first paragraph of the question is sho …

You do not need any reputation to ask or answer a question, as those are fundamental features of the site and are deliberately open to anyone. Assuming the question or answer you post is helpful it w …

In many situations it is better to comment, but in can still be appropriate to refer to another answer in an answer, as long as doing so still makes sense in the context of a living collection of answ …

I looked at the two deleted answers on the dual boot issues question and I was confused as to why you would respond to your own question like that - in one case complaining (fairly abruptly) that the …

Directing someone to a manpage is a good idea, but not if it's used as a way to avoid giving an answer to the user's question in the body of the answer. Here would be some practices I would recommend: …

It's been like this every day for a long time now Of course I flag it. It's a firehose though..

As the person who asked the question, it's entirely up to you to decide which answer should be chosen as the "accepted" answer, or indeed if none of them should be chosen. You are also free to change …

And if one does, is it bad form to then select one's own answer as the preferred one? Not bad form at all. The way you choose the accepted answer is your own personal choice. You also don't nee …

It's your choice. Everybody is free to upvote for any reason they like. It is your own personal choice. Since upvotes are free, there is no penalty for upvoting anything and there really isn't all …

I have very rarely seen any need to copy-paste one of my previous answers onto a new question, but there have been occasions, and on those occasions: If it's a significantly long answer, I'll often …