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What to do with questions that have been self-resolved as a comment instead of an answer?
I'm trying to go through and provide answers to very unanswered questions (search closed:0 answers:0), somewhat following the spirit that was blogged about at The Horror of No Answer: Revival and ...
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0answers
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Edit buttons of profile page drawn over profile picture
The Buttons "Bearbeiten" to edit my profile and tags are drawn over my profile picture. See screen-shot below.
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Viewing Burninated/blacklisted tags [duplicate]
Apologies if this question has already been answered somewhere already.
Is there somewhere I can view a list of tags which have been burninated/blacklisted from certain sites?
UPDATE:
I'm building ...
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Flag dialog for faded offensive posts appears below answer editor
Similar to this, but containing more bugginess.
Take a look at this:
The post was grayed out because it received (presumably) 3 offensive flags. The answer was simply a random string of ...
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3answers
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Marking a question posted with an answer with an information box
A good reason for downvoting a question is a clear lack of research, asking more or less somebody else to solve your problem without having done any effort. Now, let's consider the particular case of ...
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Why do we threaten so quickly with an automatic ban (on Meta)?
Preamble: This is not yet a feature request. The point is to refine through discussion a potential future feature request.
First, what is a ban warning:
http://meta.stackexchange.com/a/231118/225842
...
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2answers
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Logic Behind StackOverflow Question IDs
First of all, I should say that I think that this question does not belong on Meta.
StackOverflow URLs are inspirational to me, the way they are designed is very clever and they work really well ...
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0answers
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Toolbar is a bit out of the screen
The More button is out of the screen, some of it is cut off.
Using Android Xperia M app version 1.0.54
I suggest replacing the toolbar with a scrolling bar (like swipe from right to left for more ...
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0answers
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stackexchange.com portal “Hot Questions” time doesn't have any UTC time stamp
On the front page hot questions, there is no UTC time stamp:
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0answers
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Flag Window : Other Section TextField come out of boundry
I'd experienced a bug in Flag Window.
Browser : Google Chrome (Version 41.0.2272.101 (64-bit)), Firefox (Version 36.0.4)
OS : Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit
In flag window last option other (needs ♦ moderator ...
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3answers
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Please give us the ability to sort “featured” tab by bounty amount
The "featured" tab currently lists questions with open bounties, sorted by the time left until the bounty expires. Could we also add the ability to sort by largest bounty? Sometimes I'm looking for ...
2
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0answers
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Stackoverflow careers edit links overlap images and quote in French and German [duplicate]
Log into StackOverflow careers, click on the My Profile button at the top right and then scroll down and select either French or German as a language at the bottom.
When you scroll back up you'll ...
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1answer
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Links between my SE accounts should bypass login
When I get a notification in my inbox in the upper left corner about an event on one of the SE sites other than the one I am logged into, frequently I have to login again. This is mildly annoying, ...
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1answer
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All Stack Exchange data dumps
The original ClearBits link to the September 2011 data dump has broken. How can I access it and other previous data dumps? The Internet Archive only has the latest one.
6
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1answer
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Code syntaxhighlighting does not work in “About Me”
I placed some source-code in the "About Me" section and it does not seem to work properly.
During the formatting <!-- language: java --> results syntax-highlighted code in the preview box but ...
6
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0answers
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Update badge style in the rep leagues
All sites:
User reputation league:
Please change the badges in the user reputation league to the new clean UI system.
It looks much better that way.
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0answers
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Related questions when asking
Is it possible to add a "related question" pull-down menu to the mobile apps (I use iOS) so to avoid duplicate questions? It is a bit inconvenient to search your question before asking one. Also, the ...
6
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0answers
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Auto-hide the comment toolbar after an action
Since (at least) iOS SEß 1.2.2.199, instead of popping up a list of actions, the devs added a little cute bar with four options which shows itself when I click on a comment.
It is the bar just under ...
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0answers
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Question title cut off on bottom in review on specific sites
As you can see here, in Arqade's review page, the lower parts of the letters p and g in the title got cut off.
The review can be found here.
I am using Safari 8.0.1 (latest version) on OS X ...
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2answers
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Top users for a tag - the 30 day link should link to questions / answers for those 30 days
In the topusers page for a tag, the 30 day list has links for the questions / answers. But these link to the questions / answers in that tag for the user rather than the last 30 days alone. It will be ...
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2answers
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Uploading files/images into stack overflow
If I have a file that I want to reference to or put up to ask a question on how would I put that up on stack overflow? I'm a new user!!
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12answers
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Please add a system to allow file uploads attached to questions and answers
I posted a question and a couple of respondents asked for the source code. I could only post portions of the code.
If attachments were allowed I could have uploaded a .zip file with the whole ...
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0answers
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Individual user-generated saved responses [duplicate]
I am trying to see if anyone is aware of a plugin/utlity where I could keep a list of common responses like
"Welcome to Stack Overflow. This site is for..."
or
"Do you have any code ...
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1answer
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On Careers, does working remotely mean in an another country?
Generally speaking, when a company says it allows working remotely, does that mean it allows working from another country or perhaps only from another state in the USA or whatever?
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0answers
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How are the question integer IDs generated? [duplicate]
I've tried asking this on Stack Overflow, but to no avail, and since I don't have the ability to move questions to other parts of Stack Exchange, I'm posting the question here.
Essentially, my ...
39
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4answers
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Improve “Protected Question” message with regard to rep gained through Association Bonus
I recently started an account on Android Enthusiasts, and went to add an answer to a question which was protected. I have enough rep on other sites that I have the "Association Bonus", so I was ...
7
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1answer
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Chat adds arbitrary semicolon for no apparent reason [duplicate]
Go to chat
Write "like http://xkcd.com"
Wait a few moments for the submission to go through
Resulting text is:
I tried a few variations and, as long as the URL is within a quoted passage, and ...
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2answers
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Which Stack Exchange site is best for Microsoft Excel questions?
Which Stack Exchange is the best site to ask questions about Microsoft Excel (as well as potentially other Microsoft Office and VBA questions)?
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0answers
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Stack Overflow mentioned on NPR's “Wait, Wait… Don't Tell Me” and NY Times
Wow — stackoverflow.com was cited by "Wait, Wait" as a reference this weekend. NY Times picked it up, too:
It was a big week in science. Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider say they may have ...
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0answers
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Oneboxing a Stack Exchange post using HTTPS does not work
When you post a link from Stack Exchange into the chatbox using HTTPS, the link does not onebox. However, if you change the link to HTTP, it works. See the screenshot below:
HTTPS URLs should ...
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1answer
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Visual Studio regex standard and the regex tag [closed]
I was posting a question on using regex in Visual Studio 2010 in the Find In Files search window and suddenly realized that Visual Studio 2010 has its own regex standard for this (Visual Studio 2012 ...
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2answers
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Stackoverflow AddIn for VisualStudio, Eclipse
What do you think about this idea.
This addin will give you the ability to browse for questions and what is more important to type answers directly inside your IDE.
This way you can write some code, ...
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3answers
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Stack Overflow plug-in for Visual Studio?
Do you know if anybody has ever created a plug-in to access Stack Overflow from Visual Studio?
I'd like to be able to search, answer, and vote for Q&As from within the IDE.
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1answer
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Feature request not well received, risk of being blocked? [duplicate]
Related questions:
Can you improve "past questions have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from asking any more"?
What should I do when I see a ...
6
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1answer
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Delete vote confirmation dialog displays incorrect remaining vote count
When I vote to delete a question, the confirmation dialog states that I have 2 votes remaining:
When I choose "OK", however, the vote limit error pops up:
I can confirm, from my profile, that I ...
10
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1answer
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What tags are more popular at certain hours?
I was looking at this question: What is the best time to ask questions?, and the thought that popped into my mind was, are certain tags more popular in certain countries than other tags?
For example, ...
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4answers
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Why is Meta.SE on my profile?
Meta.SE is treated like any other parent site in the network. Consequently, it is displayed on the profile. This is bad because it's not a field of expertise one wants to show on profile.
Why did SE ...
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2answers
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Does the OP have the right to undo edits?
I just saw the following comment:
As the original author, you always have first dibs at undoing any edits. Glad you approve though :-) – SomeMod♦
Is this right? This suggests that the OP is ...
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3answers
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Where can I see my flag count / history?
Is there a section or page that lists my flag count and / or history?
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2answers
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Intra word markdown doesn't function properly when combining italic and bold
I mean, why can I write in thisway, (just bolding: **wo**rd, or just italicizing:*wo*rd), but I can't ***comb***ine bold and italic?
It works non-intra-word, but doesn't work ***intra-***word.
Is it ...
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0answers
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Bad grammar here [duplicate]
The word earn used with the word edited is bad grammar.
It should be "Edit first post that was inactive for 6 months".
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3answers
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Is there an option to view what percentage of questions have an accepted answer?
Is there an option to view what percentage of questions in a community have an accepted answer?
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0answers
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Which SE site is best for asking questions about home entertainment systems?
I'm having a problem with Flixster, HDCP, and my Epson projector. iTunes and Cineplex play no problem from my iMac to my projector which is set up as a second display, but Flixster won't play on my ...
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1answer
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Please add UserType to Stack Exchange Data Explorer
So that we can construct queries which take into account whether a user is registered or unregistered, please add the UserType field to Data Explorer.
Currently there is no way to do this, since the ...
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1answer
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Where's The Name?
I was on the mobile webpage for Meta.SE (Google on Samsung Galaxy 2) and somehow, the user's name just disappeared: (link to answer)
Yet on my desktop, using Google Chrome, the user's name does ...
5
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1answer
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Reputation line graph only has one of three lines
So I found the cross-site repuation line graph. Ignoring the known bug/feature that cross-site association is adding 100 points to the entirety of the SO line, there's another problem: neither my MSO ...
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0answers
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Reputation graph in network profile could have clarifcation of “All Accounts” [duplicate]
My reputation graph has options to select "Top 5 Accounts" or "All Accounts":
But selecting the "All Accounts" only shows ones with 200+ rep. This is understandable - I don't want a graph with 66 ...
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1answer
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Inconsistent colors
Inconsistent reputation color makes my eyes hurt.
Blue jumps out too much from the green and grey.
It disturbs the peacefulness of my profile.
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146answers
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Help us test the shiny new “User Activity” page! (Plus a bunch of new features.)
Today, we're shipping the new "Activity Page" of the Profile here on Meta SE, so you can test it out and hopefully share some feedback and suggestions before we ship it network wide. Hate words? ...
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Formatting Sandbox
As per Jeff's suggestion in this comment:
You can use this question as a formatting sandbox. You can
edit this question itself (Community Wiki questions such as this one require 100 reputation ...
