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Answer by Nisse Engström for How should I review a low quality question on triage?

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Images of code and error messages are not very useful since they won't be indexed by search engines and you can't (easily) copy them to your favourite editor, where you can search and replace, compile, debug and so on. The images should certainly be replaced by real text, preferably copy/pasted directly from the OP's editor.

So what are your choices?

  • Look OK

    No, certainly not, as explained above.

  • Requires Editing

    This will send the post to the Help & Improvement queue, where other reviewers can attempt to improve the post, or send it back to the Triage queue for re-reviewing. It is unreasonable to expect the H&I reviewers to type in the code and errors from the images, so this is not an option.

    Yes, yes, I know the help text for the Requires Editing choice says "...edits by the author or others...", but this is wrong. R-O-N-G, WRONG. The post will never be bounced back to the OP through this choice. This problem has been pointed out several times since the inception of the Triage queue, but it's still there. Go figure.

  • Unsalvageable

    This will send the post to the Close Vote queue (unless it is spam or rude), where those reviewers can choose to put the question on hold so that no further answers can be posted. Once the OP has edited the post into shape, it will enter the Reopen queue, where the post has a chance to get reopened so that answers may be posted again. This way we end up with a question/answers-combo that is (hopefully) useful for future visitors.

    This is the appropriate choice in this situation. You would typically flag/close questions with this kind of problem as

    should be closed...off-topic because...Questions seeking debugging help...

    If you want to be extra helpful, you can leave a comment to the OP to copy/paste the contents of the images as text instead.

  • Skip

    Well, if you're still in doubt, this is always a valid option.


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