[Meta]Why are questions rejected?

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The guidelines to posting questions don't really tell you, but the Moderator guidelines do (you can read them from the main page, but you normally wouldn't have any reason to.) Here are the two I use to reject many questions:

Reasons for a question to get rejected

o Debugging questions: general coding questions or game development questions where the answer requires a more extensive discussion around programming basics, user has followed a tutorial but is stuck or user is asking others to debug their code.

o Posts that include a compiler error or NullReferenceException: all of these compiler errors (such as BCE0001) are included as tags, and there are multiple questions already.

And then, From the "Ask a question" FAQ: "of interest to at least one other Unity user somewhere".

The idea is, t$$anonymous$$s isn't especially for getting individual help. T$$anonymous$$s is for all the questions that we know other people are going to have (like about the new GUI system.) We want to keep them near page 1, so they get answered. So we have them for everyone else, when they have the same problem and do a search.

From the FAQ: (http://answers.unity3d.com/page/faq.html)

Why did my question get closed or rejected?

If your question was closed or rejected, you can still view any comments left for that closed post in your activity panel on your Unity Answers profile page.

If you are just starting out with Unity we suggest checking out the Learn section (http://unity3d.com/learn), as there exists several tutorials, documentation and live training sessions. We want to encourage users to look up information themselves, as t$$anonymous$$s is the best way to learn. If you can easily find what you are looking for in the Documentation, Learn section or by simply searc$$anonymous$$ng in Answers or the Forum, we suggest you doing that before asking your question.

There are several reasons for questions to be rejected or closed, each moderator makes the decision to publish or reject a post according to their own judgement and following the Moderator Guidelines (http://answers.unity3d.com/page/modguide.html).

Some reasons for getting a post rejected:

• You haven't provided enough context: we need more information about your problem, relevant code snippets and what you have tried already.

• There exists duplicate questions with answers if you were to do a search, either on Answers or on the Forum

• Your question isn't specific enough: asking for a script, asking multiple questions in one post or asking a question that could be either subjective or require extensive discussion (and thus belongs in the Forum)

• Badly formated question: code needs to be formatted using the 101/010 button, break your post up into several parts so it's understandable what you are asking, and make sure there is a question in your post

• Asking us to fix your code: more than likely, you simply need to get a better understanding of basic programming. Having a look at the Scripting tutorials on the Learn page will help you become more familiar with scripting in Unity

• Posting about a specific compiling error or NullReferenceException: there is a myriad of these questions with answers already, have a look at those posts to get $$anonymous$$nts on what could possibly be your issue

Helpful threads for new users

• How can I start learning Unity fast (list of tutorials): http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/12321/how-can-i-start-learning-unity-fast-list-of-tutori.html

• What are the syntax differences between C# and JavaScript/Unity Script: http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/12911/what-are-the-syntax-differences-in-c-and-javascrip.html

• What is a NullReferenceException in Unity: http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/47830/what-is-a-null-reference-exception-in-unity.html