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Alsid Q&A is a community-driven question-and-answer (Q&A) site that allows registered users to submit questions to be answered. Consulting existing content and answering questions asked by other users is publicly allowed. The site gives members the chance to earn points as a way to encourage participation.
Privacy
We would like to remind you that Alsid Q&A is public, so it is everyone responsibility to master the content that you publish in order to prevent any security incident related to the content that you have published. Moderation cannot be held responsible (see Terms & conditions).
Ask
Before asking a question, please make sure you have looked for an answer in the existing content
Ask a question that interests you so others can answer it. When you ask a question, you categorize it into a topic (tags), making it easier for others to find and answer it. Once your question has been answered, select the best answer or ask the community to vote for the best answer.
How to Ask:
After creating an account and logging in, click on “Post a new…” and “Question”:
Add your Title, your description (App version, Steps to reproduce, expected behavior as precise) and representative tags.
We advise you to be as precise as possible to help contributors to answer you.
How to add a local image to your question or answer:
Answer
Have an answer to a question? Help other users out and earn points while doing so. Use the category list on the right side of each page to find open questions related to the topic you know about. You can also use the search box on the top of each page to find questions and answers related to specific words and phrases. Your answer may be chosen as the best one, earning you extra points and prestige!
After that you can complete your answer and submit:
Vote
We also invite you to support contributors by voting:
This encourages the Community to live and feed your future responses, and will allow us to orient content adapted to your expectations, notably by publishing articles consolidating your most frequent questions and answers, or feeding on existing ones.
The Point System
ACTION |
POINTS |
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Daily participation |
5 |
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Voting participation |
5 |
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'Thumb up' votes received |
10 |
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Asking questions |
1 |
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Answering questions |
10 |
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Answer voted as best answer |
25 |
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Begin participating on system |
50 |
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Posting articles |
25 |
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Badge points |
See badges section |
Badges
You are also able to earn badges based on your activity on the site. Some badges are automatic and you will receive them once you reach certain point levels, other badges are awarded by us to you based on specific criteria. Below is a list of the badges available and a description of how you can achieve them.
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Type: Automatically awarded Point Threshold: 750 Awarded for earning more than 750 points, the user has shown to be knowledgeable and willing to help his/her peers. |
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Type: Automatically awarded Point Threshold: 1000 Awarded for earning more than a 1000 points, the user has shown to be a great and helpful expert. |
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Type: Automatically awarded Point Threshold: 1500 This user has achieved the highest honour by getting more than 1500 points sharing his/her expertise. |
Particular reward: The Gold badge opens the right to its holder to post Articles also, thus sharing his strong knowledge in the form of reference article from one of the chosen topics
The Rewards & Badges are likely to evolve, stay tuned!
Guidelines
Only questions that do not violate the community guidelines are allowed on Alsid Q&A.
We encourage you to:
- Share what you know.
- Be courteous.
- Be a good citizen. When you see a great question or answer, give it a thumbs-up. If you see abuse, report it.
- Cite your sources. Give credit where it is due.
- Ask clearly. Keep your questions precise, but be descriptive enough to help people understand what you're asking.
- Categorize correctly. Placing your question in the right category ensures that it is seen by people who can give you better information and more accurate answers.
Please do not:
- Vent, rant or use hate speech
- Be mean or obscene
- Cheat
- Violate the law
- Behave maliciously
- Do harm
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