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Questions
How to write a great question and manage answers… questions, specifically questions that are written well and answered accurately… Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the usefulness of our site and push other questions off the front
Frequently Asked Questions
Browse a few of the most frequently asked questions to consider while getting started… Maybe you get asked the same question on a regular basis -- you can ask a question on Teams and answer… your own question creating a knowledge artifact for your team to find instead of pinging you each time
Close and Reopen Questions
All about voting to close (and reopen) unsuitable or duplicate questions… PDF VERSION Tags | Questions | Duplicate | Not all questions asked on Stack Overflow for Teams… Vote to close and reopen questions
Deleted Posts
All about deleted questions… PDF VERSION Tags | Deleted post | Not all questions asked on Stack Overflow for Teams are high-quality… To ensure the best possible content, community members can vote to close questions that need additional
Bounties
How to spend reputation to get exposure and answers for questions… Bountied questions… You can also attach bounties to questions written by other users
Activity Timeline
How to use the activity timeline to see past actions that affect questions and answers… PDF VERSION Tags | Timeline | As users perform such actions as answering questions, editing questions… Deletion Bounty events Comments This article focuses on the activity timeline for questions
Edit a Question or Answer
How (and why) to edit a question or answer… You can use the Stack Overflow for Teams API /questions endpoints to edit questions and answers on your… Edit questions and answers with the API
Ask a Question
Asking a great question is the first step towards getting it answered… PDF VERSION Tags | Questions | Enterprise users can access their documentation here
Answers
Answer well-asked questions Not all questions can or should be answered… You can use the Stack Overflow for Teams API /questions endpoint to answer questions on your site… Answer questions with the API
Comments
How to use question and answer comments to improve your site's content… PDF VERSION Tags | Comments | Questions | Answers | Comments allow users to discuss questions and… You can use the Stack Overflow for Teams API /questions endpoint to retrieve comments on your site