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[Qwaszx]

dwarf fortress is wonderful and horrible. I'm trying to dig a well, so I'm running a channel under the place, and my dwarves get stuck by digging left and digging right and then standing in the middle. I had them dig a downward stair so they could get free of the space where they were standing and walk out but they wont f***ing do it. they just make the stair and then stand there with No Job even though there is plenty of work designated for them...ugg. what am I doing wrong?

[Zironic]

Channeling requires a lot of patience and skill. Just remember your dwarfs are STUPID beyond repair. Your dwarf is probably not moving because he does have a way out from the bottom of the channeled area.

[Derakon]

Downward stairs just give them access to the tile below the stair; they don't automatically let you walk through because there's no upward stair on the level below. Designate that too and you should be fine.

[Crafty Barnardo]

You have to dig an up stair under the down stair.
Also, designating upward ramps instead of channeling is an easier way to dig out big area.  You just have to deconstruct the ramps afterward.

[toast]

i had this problem. The people before me explained the stairs. In order to keep them from getting stuck tho, dig a corridor alongside the channel, so they can walk past it that way. its a pain, but it seems to be the only good way to do it.

[Tulthix]

My advice would be: on every tile you wish to channel, dig "up stair designations" one level below that tile.  Then it will work out well.  Just make sure you have a way down and back up from that lower level.

Something like this:

1)

code:

 >...  <<<<
  ...   <<<
  ...   <<<
   Z    Z-1  

2)

code:

 >___  <<<<
  ___   <<<
  ___   <<<
   Z    Z-1  

3)

code:

 >___  <zzz
  ___   zzz
  ___   zzz
   Z    Z-1  

key:

code:

_ = channel
z = remove stairway
. = floorspace
< = downstair
> = upstair

I learned this the hard way with a ton of digging pit troubles.