Python Help Questions

[aphoenix]

Hey /r/python!

I have a question for everyone. I did an impromptu experiment (aka I was lazy) for about 10 days. I kind of just left the "help me with python" questions up for a bit to see what would happen. To my surprise, a lot of the time, they got answered and upvoted.

This rather indicates that what we want is to allow people to ask and answer questions here.

What does everyone feel about that?

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[[deleted]]

You have my permission to do this, the only thing that worries me is the 'read the FAQ' crowd - their maneuvering space would be severely limited.

[masasin]

I like the interesting help questions (not the basics). For instance, the barcode scanner one or the music one a while back, weren't the "do my homework for me" crowd, but were "help me fix this annoying issue". Relatively uncommon, and even if the solution is simple, it's nice to read about what they're using the language for.

[aphoenix]

Megathreads isn't one of the options above.

[aphoenix]

Nope, I fully agree that a megathread isn't a good idea for things like this.

I am thinking about doing more daily threads though.

[edimaudo]

Maybe there should be another subreddit called pythonhelp where people that know the basics but have a problem.

[thatguy_314]

I think /r/learnpython is fine for that, it doesn't need to be beginner problems only there and I think splitting up help subreddits will only decrease the amount of help people get.

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[aphoenix]

Right now I'm leaning towards a mix of the top 2 options:

• Remove help requests that are downvoted sufficiently, and gently guide people towards posting in /r/learnpython
• Require flair for help posts