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Why are questions no longer being accepted from my account?

At Stack Exchange, asking questions is a privilege, not a right. If a user cannot demonstrate, after asking a reasonable number of questions, that their contributions are making the site better (or at very least, not making it worse), then they will be blocked from asking further questions until they have demonstrated their ability to contribute positively.

Users who are banned from asking questions see the following error message when trying to post a new question:

You can't post new questions right now

Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions from your account because most of your questions need improvement or are out of scope for this site. See the Help Center page Why are questions no longer being accepted from my account? to learn more.

Please do not create a new account. Instead, work on improving your existing questions by editing them to comply with the site's guidelines and address any feedback you've received. You can also continue to contribute to the site in other ways, such as editing other posts to improve them.

Question bans do not affect other privileges, such as commenting or voting, and there is no indication to the rest of the community that a particular user has been question-banned.

How can I get out of a question ban?

Begin by improving your existing questions: do as much as possible to make them clear, specific and on-topic.

The ban will be lifted automatically by the system when it determines that your positive contributions outweigh the cost of those questions which were poorly received.

Stack Exchange does not lift question bans by request.

Edit all of your questions, paying special attention to those that score 0 or less. All questions are expected to be useful to future visitors, so put effort into writing with proper grammar and spelling, formatting your post so it can be read easily, and providing as much detail as possible about your problem and what you have already tried. Then write a title that summarizes your problem so that others encountering the exact same issue can find it. Reading your question out loud to yourself can help you understand what it sounds like to others.

Deleting your questions will not help.

Here are some additional tips for writing good, useful questions:

To learn about formatting your post on Stack Exchange:

Does the ban last forever?

If you're unable to improve your existing questions, you'll get the chance to ask a new one 6 months after your last question. Your ban is immediately reinstated once that question is posted, but a single question could be enough to lift you out of the block.

If you see a similar message when trying to post an answer, please see our guidance on what to do about answer bans.