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We all love Robotics Stack Exchange, but there is a whole world of people out there who need answers to their questions and don't even know that this site exists. When they arrive from Google, what will their first impression be? Let's try to look at this site through the eyes of someone who's never seen it before, and see how we stack up against the rest of the 'Net.

The Site Self-Evaluation review queue is open and populated with 10 questions that were asked and answered in the last quarter. Run a few Google searches to see how easy they are to find and compare the answers we have with the information available on other sites.

Rating the questions is only a part of the puzzle, though. Do you see a pattern of questions that should have been closed but are not? Questions or answers that could use an edit? Anything that's going really well? Post an answer below to share your thoughts and discuss these questions and the site's health with your fellow users!

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One problem I see with robotics.SE is the huge income of overly broad questions. Open the first page and you'd see many many questions that ask for "I have some general idea, would it be at all possible?" or "what project do your recommend if I'm interested in X?" or "I want to start a project for doing X, do you have some references?" and the like.

I don't know what can be done with them to be effective, but something seems to me that needs to be done. Simply closing them is probably not well enough since the questions are still visible and occupying the first page, giving the impression to newcomers that the website is indeed for those kind of questions.

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Final Results

Net Score: 1 (Excellent: 1, Satisfactory: 1, Needs Improvement: 0)


Net Score: 1 (Excellent: 1, Satisfactory: 1, Needs Improvement: 0)


Net Score: 1 (Excellent: 1, Satisfactory: 0, Needs Improvement: 0)


Net Score: 1 (Excellent: 1, Satisfactory: 0, Needs Improvement: 0)


Net Score: 0 (Excellent: 0, Satisfactory: 1, Needs Improvement: 0)


Net Score: -1 (Excellent: 0, Satisfactory: 1, Needs Improvement: 1)


Net Score: -1 (Excellent: 0, Satisfactory: 1, Needs Improvement: 1)


Net Score: -1 (Excellent: 0, Satisfactory: 1, Needs Improvement: 1)


Net Score: -1 (Excellent: 0, Satisfactory: 0, Needs Improvement: 1)


Net Score: -1 (Excellent: 0, Satisfactory: 0, Needs Improvement: 1)


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