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Can we drop the visual cues on edit reviews?
This is something that has bothered me for a while.
When reviewing an edit, when considering rejecting it I open the reject screen. The reject screen contains a blue square containing what other ...
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A new, harder type of badges [duplicate]
I am proposing that there be a new type of badge: Platinum. The description could read something like this
Platinum badges are for the insanely dedicated users of the Stack Exchange. These are ...
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Why do moderators review 'not an answer' flags?
This question has been bothering me for a while, but until recently I had simply accpeted it as a part of the StackExchange way.
Now, as a result of Robert Harvey's question concerning moderators and ...
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No more holidays
Can we burn the holidays tag? It's clearly a meta-tag with no value.
(37 questions all of which have other, more relevant, tags)
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More filters for candidate search: reputation, open-source projects, blog, certifications
I've had a profile on Careers 2.0 for a while and have started considering using it for recruitment. At this point I have only tried it without a subscription so pardon me if these features are ...
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Ability to Use Formatting Hotkeys for Comments [duplicate]
In the questions/answers you can markup text easily using hotkeys like Ctrl+B for bolding text, Ctrl+K for code, etc. Why isn't this done for comments since comments use 'mini-Markdown' (just not via ...
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1answer
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Weird visual behavior when clicking on time of comment on Stack Overflow
Whenever the date at which a comment was made is clicked, the screen scrolls down a little. I don't know why it is doing that. There is no real damage done, but it looks like a bug. It happens on all ...
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An error occurred submitting the answer
Trying to post the text in the text file located here (shortened Skydrive URL) http://sdrv.ms/16Q10JW
to this question:
Keep "Backspace" key from being held down
I've tried deleting ...
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Suggested Edit does not have any changes
What should I make of this suggested edit? Other times when I see something like this, I'll switch between "rendered" and "markdown" but there is no such option here. Can there be a way to detect such ...
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Is it possible to delete (or make private) my chat history?
I'm wondering if there are any privacy controls or any ability to remove or hide my chat transcripts from being publicly visible.
For example, anyone may visit your profile at ...
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Extend the “find users by OpenID, Email etc” tool to find matching profile pictures
We have a persistent troll on Physics.SE who uses the Opera-mini proxy farms to (unsuccessfully1) disguise his/her endless unregistered socks. However, I believe that he/she has many fewer gravitars ...
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Are Stack Overflow mods spending enough time evaluating each flag?
This question arises from a few off-hand comments I have been seeing lately that there is an impression about the Stack Overflow mods that they are so buried in a sea of flags that they don't take the ...
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Will I Be In Trouble for Adding the “NullReferenceException” Tag?
One of my reasons for posting was to use it to close most such questions as a duplicate.
But I've also been adding the nullreferenceexception tag to all of these questions.
In the past, I was ...
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Message box on delete link of a closed post
I asked a question and it got the reply, and post voted Closed I thought to delete the post(because it was really bad) but I get the message something like
Due to the possibilities of duplicate ...
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Persist “add / show x more comments” state
Would it help to persist the “add / show x more comments” state for a short time, or even provide an option of having all comments expanded fully by default. It would be less of an interruption.
I've ...
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Why use Imgur over Amazon S3 or Azure?
What benefit does Imgur offer over Amazon S3, Azure, etc. for image hosting?
Is it the simplicity of integration? The cost model? What's better about using a "gateway"?
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I had asked a question on stack overflow, and it is solved now but am wondering how some of the answerers got this information? [on hold]
This is the link to the question, which is now solved and closed. I wrote a comment about some of the info provided, but since it's closed not sure it will get answers. I was wondering how Jakub ...
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1answer
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formatting code after numeric list doesn't display properly [duplicate]
So I've just edited a question and noticed that if I enter a code block after a numeric list:
in Addbill form the User insert items to the the DB(NewBill Table).
in Bill form is a reportview ...
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Flagging question as off topic - where is ServerFault option? [duplicate]
I notice a lot of questions tagged VMware should be migrated to ServerFault, but the option is not available as you can see in the picture below. Is there a way to pick what options show up here?
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1answer
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A question is marked as a duplicate without the duplicate link
This question is marked as a duplicate without a corresponding link to the relevant question.
marked as duplicate by Josh Caswell, Asad, animuson, Austin Henley, Manishearth Feb 5 at 2:36
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Migrating mod should have temporary edit privileges
When a question is migrated to another site, a few things then (usually) need to be done to it:
It must be edited to have enough background information, and be reasonably worded, for the new site.
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2answers
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What does this icon mean on suggested edits?
What does the blue icon in the picture below and its value indicate?
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Major CSS issue [duplicate]
I believe the image says everything. I've noticed this on several pages thus far.
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how do I remove my user account from SO [duplicate]
How do I remove/delete my SO account? I have looked at the menu's and cannot find anything. Can I request a manual deletion?
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1answer
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Prohibitions should point to an explanation
On SO I've noticed a couple of "can't do's" recently, where I was prevented from doing something without a clear reason being given, and without a pointer to an explanation or a preferred "what to do ...
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Can't select “The StackExchange Network” as parent site on Chat
On your StackExchange chat profile (http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/id/name), you can change the parent site your chat profile is linked to by hitting the 'Change' link.
You can also select "The ...
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1answer
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Can I use my auto-generated SO gravatar in other places? [duplicate]
I have an auto-generated gravatar as my display on SO. I wish to associate that unique, but non-descriptive, gravatar in other places (such as github). I have grown rather fond of it. Is there anyway ...
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Why was this question pertaining to clockwork and Amazon AWS Elastic Beanstalk closed as Not A Real Question?
The following question just got closed for lack of realness:
How to use clockwork with Amazon AWS Elastic Beanstalk?
I'm stumped. What makes this question less real than any of the non-closed ...
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Show question tag on StackExchange™ MultiCollider SuperDropdown™ hot questions list
Since questions don't contain tags in the title, it makes the "hot questions" list a bit unclear (especially for questions on StackOverflow and SuperUser). Sometimes it is not easy to determine what ...
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is copying code from jsFiddle too minor?
When I see a question with a jsFiddle link, but without any code, I always edit the question and copy-paste the code from the fiddle. My last edit almost got rejected. The interesting thing is that ...
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1answer
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Stack Overflow Client Failure limit web page?
So when I click on my profile, then go to responses, or a few other various pages on Stack Overflow, I got this ominous warning pop up and it doesn't load the web page.
I am not sure why at all, ...
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Making good answers more visible and rewardable [duplicate]
I have seen really good answers(Including mine) where the questioner just said "Fantastic , thank you so much!" and then left without accepting it or at least giving a up vote.
I suggest these kind ...
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Created a tag with a typo, but can't change it (or suggest synonym)
I created a new tag for C/AL (Client/Server Application Language for Microsoft Dynamics NAV), which was recently approved. However, I just noticed that I have a typo. I am unable to suggest a synonym ...
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Is it worth my time answering old posts?
I have answered some old-unanswered questions, but is it beneficial to Stack Overflow? It seems as if no one views the old posts. For example, none of my answers for old questions have been voted on ...
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Sometimes “user was removed” is less secret than others?
Yesterday, I had an accepted answer removed on this question (10K), due to the question being removed.
It seems clear that the user was removed.
How did I track this down? Well, my reputation tab ...
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Should we make [average] tag synonym to [mean]?
I think average should be synonym to mean.
I do not have enough rep/privileges for making this change (or even propse it).
Can someone please take care of this?
Update:
Following the answer I got ...
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Can we clarify or remove the Not An Answer flag reason?
In light of the discussion here (verdict: NAA is not to be used for "Answers a different question") and here, the NAA flag seems a bit redundant and ambiguous to me. AFAICT, the current legitimate ...
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Why I am not able to ask question from my account? [duplicate]
I am not able to ask question, it is saying we will no longer accept any questions from this account? Why is it so?
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Deleted message still flagged in chat
In Stack Overflow chat, I just see flags in the Python chat room where one user was swearing and then someone flagged. But after the post is removed, the flag is still shown after the message
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Back ref double duplicate
Is it possible to mark a question as a duplicate of another, and then the latter as a duplicate of the former? Could it be sometimes useful?
I could imagine two answers which are both useful for ...
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“User was removed” [duplicate]
On my reputation overview, I see:
Since I lost 2 reputation on this, I think this is either due to an approved edit, or due to the removal of an answer I accepted. Am I right on this?
If an answer ...
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Should we kill off [*-faq] tags?
For earlier discussion on this sort of thing:
sql-faq tag being propagated: this (June 2012) has led to sql-faq being removed.
Setting up a FAQ for the C++ tag: this is from late 2010; back then, it ...
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I think my question is not active [duplicate]
I asked the following question: error occur when saving image to local path ,
It seems to be inactive. That is, the view count doesn't seem to be updating. And the bounty message
question ...
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Allow “All Sites” dropdown to have textbox for users to type & find sites
I click the [Stack Exchange] link at the top left of the page. A drop down menu appears. I click [All Sites] in that menu, and a list of sites appears. I have no idea how those sites are ordered, ...
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When an answer answers the wrong question, is it Not An Answer?
Looking at this comment and the response to it, I'm a bit confused:
Just to clarify. I shouldn't flag an off-topic answer as "Not an
Answer" right? Example: OP asks "How do I append a string to ...
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Why does the duplicate header not show up in the off-topic-close dialog?
When voting to close, the duplicate header does not show up in the preview:
Steps to reproduce:
Find a closed (as duplicate) question (f.e. this one)
Find another question
Vote to close as ...
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How to handle duplicates on other sites?
Simple example: better way to import java script files and css files using CDN or from local machine
The exact duplicate is on programmers.se: Referencing external javascript vs. hosting my own copy
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Big gif file in chat
Today in the php chatroom. Someone posted a mega gif image ~450KB (720x480px). This was automatically downloaded and displayed, but it took a while (on a desktop). Wouldn't it be nice to check the ...
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“on hold” Question is actually removed [duplicate]
When looking through my helpful flags I saw that alot of questions I had where "[on hold]", like this:
But when I clicked on the question I got the 'Page not found' notice saying that the question ...
