What is community Wiki in Stack Overflow?
A community wiki is a post that is able to be maintained by community with less work and does not provide reputation gains to the author. It is not intended to create broad open ended questions like the one you linked. Here is the help center article on it. stackoverflow.com/help/privileges/community-wiki.
What is a bounty question?
A bounty is a special reputation award given to answers. If you see a question that has not gotten a satisfactory answer, a bounty may help attract more attention and more answers. Slice off anywhere from +50 to +500 of your own hard-earned reputation, and attach it to any question as a bounty.
What does a bounty on someone’s head mean?
If there’s a bounty on your head, it means the government has put out a reward for your capture. Bounty derives from the Latin bonus “good.” Both meanings of bounty are connected with the idea of generosity, giving.
What do you call someone who places a bounty?
A bounty is a payment or reward of money to locate, capture or kill an outlaw. Those who make a living by pursuing bounties are known as bounty hunters.
How does a bounty work on a website?
A bounty is a special reputation award given to answers. It is funded by the personal reputation of the user who offers it, and is non-refundable. If you see a question that has not gotten a satisfactory answer, a bounty may help attract more attention and more answers.
How can I start a bounty on a question?
A bounty can be started on a question two days after the question was asked. To start a bounty, click on the “start a bounty” link at the bottom of an eligible question and allocate anywhere between 50 and 500 reputation, in 50-point increments.
How many question bounties can you have at a time?
Users may only have three active bounties at any given time. Questions may only have one active question bounty at any given time. To avoid overly promotional bounties, if you are offering a bounty on a question that you have already posted an answer to, your minimum spend is 100 reputation (not 50).
How does the bounty system work in meta Stack Exchange?
A bounty is a special reputation award given to answers. This feature was designed to motivate answerers, and help questions get the answers they deserve. Bounty awards are funded by the personal reputation of the users who offer them. The award can be anywhere from 50 to 500 reputation, in 50 point increments.