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What is the Q&A category for?

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We seem to ask a lot of questions in Meta, which sort of defeats the purpose of the Q&A category. Is it intended for subjective quesitons (of which this site gets few), or requests for tips, or something else?

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It's for non-challenge questions.

These might be general tips questions, questions about how to golf specific pieces of code, common golf paradigms, etc. Here are some examples from SE that might fit into this category.

https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/54/tips-for-golfing-in-python

https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/101159/tips-for-creating-polyglots

https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/215102/how-to-golf-wrap-around-assignments

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Lundin‭ wrote over 3 years ago
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Then maybe the Q&A category needs to be "seeded" with some example questions so that people understand what it's for. The current help for categories and FAQ on this site isn't helpful.