This question got me thinking...

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Seeing the caps in the title I immediately went into the edit mode and started editing the question by removing caps. Then I started actually reading it as I was editing and realized the question makes no sense at all... it's poor, bad formatted, using caps, requesting things etc. A complete mess.

I am not able to rescue it from getting downvoted and closed therefore;

Is there even a point in editing it even though this questions is going to be downvoted and closed? Do we really have to be that generous when it comes to VLQ questions?

Are there any general guidelines when to improve a question and when not to bother?

when I have time, I often edit questions like this, to help close and delete voters see it more clearly that it deserves closure and deletion –  gnat May 15 at 8:52
I edit questions not to save them from being closed, but to attempt to improve them and help the new users learn how to use the site. –  Unihedro Sep 9 at 7:22

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up vote 4 down vote accepted

The question you use as an example is hard to understand and it seems clear that even once "fixed" it will remain a poor question that will be closed anyway (at least 3 closing reasons would apply: too broad, unclear, lacks sufficient information).

There are only that many hours in a day - so instead of spending 10 minutes fixing a question that is essentially beyond repair, you should probably fix 10 questions/answers that have more value.

I'd just downvote and close as "unclear...".

this particular one is used as an example, but what would be the general guidelines for figuring out when to fix a question or not fix it? –  vba4all May 15 at 8:33
@mehow I'd say if it's going to be a good candidate for deletion it's not worth fixing. –  assylias May 15 at 8:46
oh great link! thanks –  vba4all May 15 at 9:01

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