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Have you ever noticed how certain questions come up [again and again](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/9686/what-is-the-most-rampant-duplicate-on-stack-overflow) on Stack Overflow sites?




Oh look, [my PC is freezing](http://meta.superuser.com/questions/1786/the-infamous-my-pc-is-freezing-question). [Should I use SELECT *](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/52530/are-duplicates-creating-broken-windows)? Oh, and, how can I [host a server from home](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/9686/what-is-the-most-rampant-duplicate-on-stack-overflow/50116#50116)?




Really, people, do you want to be answering these same questions ten years from now? How about when you're 65? That doesn't sound so appealing now, does it?



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author: spolsky
comments: true
date: 2011-01-05 16:10:05+00:00
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redirect_from: /2011/01/the-wikipedia-of-long-tail-programming-questions
slug: the-wikipedia-of-long-tail-programming-questions
title: The Wikipedia of Long Tail Programming Questions
wordpress_id: 6545
tags:
- company
- community
- design
- reference
---

Have you ever noticed how certain questions come up [again and again](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/9686/what-is-the-most-rampant-duplicate-on-stack-overflow) on Stack Overflow sites?




Oh look, [my PC is freezing](http://meta.superuser.com/questions/1786/the-infamous-my-pc-is-freezing-question). [Should I use SELECT *](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/52530/are-duplicates-creating-broken-windows)? Oh, and, how can I [host a server from home](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/9686/what-is-the-most-rampant-duplicate-on-stack-overflow/50116#50116)?




Really, people, do you want to be answering these same questions ten years from now? How about when you're 65? That doesn't sound so appealing now, does it?




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