I noticed that we get a fair number of non-research-level questions. This is not too surprising, since if someone comes here and just looks at the title of the site, they might get the wrong impression.

Suggestion: Add some text to the "Ask a Question" page to clarify this. For instance, on the sidebar it currently says "Is your question about theoretical computer science? We prefer questions that can be answered, not just discussed."

Perhaps this could be revised to "Is your question about theoretical computer science? We prefer questions that can be answered, not just discussed. We prefer questions at a research level." Would this help avoid confusion, or do you think people would just overlook that?

See also: http://meta.cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/1603/5038 (which seems like an even better suggestion, but apparently has not been implemented).

I noticed that we get a fair number of non-research-level questions. This is not too surprising, since if someone comes here and just looks at the title of the site, they might get the wrong impression.

Suggestion: Add some text to the "Ask a Question" page to clarify this. For instance, on the sidebar it currently says "Is your question about theoretical computer science? We prefer questions that can be answered, not just discussed."

Perhaps this could be revised to "Is your question about theoretical computer science? We prefer questions that can be answered, not just discussed. We prefer questions at a research level." Would this help avoid confusion, or do you think people would just overlook that?

See also: Limiting non research level questions (which seems like an even better suggestion, but apparently has not been implemented).