This tag is for questions about the entire network of Q&A; sites that make up the Stack Exchange network.
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Proper SE for simulation software related questions
I was wondering what the right SE subsite to ask questions related to the use of simulation software (like Zemax, ASAP, Comsol and many more) is and if there is such a subsite? Such questions do not ...
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A “routing” location for questions that can't be categorized [duplicate]
In the past, I have tried to ask questions on a StackExchange website that is, what I believe to be, related to that website. What I find that tends to happen is that if the staff at that website is ...
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Stack Exchange account not shows correct stats
This is my Stack Overflow profile. I have 48 answers.
This is my Stack Exchange Profile. There it shows only 47 answers on Stack Overflow.
Surely it's not caching issue, my last answer ...
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Images should have a maximum width when browsing Posts in profile on stackexchange
Images of post on the stackexchange profile do not have a MaxiumWidth defined and are displayed in their original size while on meta the images have a maximum width of 640px.
Post on Stackexchange:
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Cannot login in skeptics chat with MyOpenID account
I tried to log me in into the skeptics chat, but the site simply
does not accept my login without any error indication, but
redirecting me to the exact same page.
Some specifications:
Firefox 20.0, ...
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Can I tag any user while posting a query? [duplicate]
While posting a question, I can tag only communities related to the query. But I was wondering that is there any way to tag the user who has a good response record in answering the queries in a ...
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1answer
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question appearing simultaneously in Stackoverflow and Cross validated
Is there a way to close the question or mark it as duplicate in Stackoverflow that already appeared on Cross Validated or vice versa?
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Limit the number of stack exchange sites being moderated by a single person
I have seen a same member being a moderator of different stack exchange sites.
Is there any limit for a person to be a moderator of different stack exchange sites?
If no, I have some suggestion on it. ...
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1answer
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SE site for numerical math?
Where is it appropriate to ask questions about numerical math and implementation? Is it Math SE?
I thought I saw a special SE site related to numerical math (maybe in beta), but I couldn't find it.
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1answer
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Stackoverflow is not sending notification emails
I have an SO account and I have signed up using Google login.
Now earlier I posted a question, and I did not receive any email notification for when either someone commented on it or when someone ...
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1answer
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Can we have sub Stack Exchange to share code/discuss code?
It would be cool if there was a place on SO to share code. Not to ask specific questions, ask for reviews but just to say: "Hey guys, I made this cool XXX, here is the code, what do you think?" or ...
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Interacting w/ Subscriber Content via StackExchange API in Commercial Applications
I've read the API Terms of Use and The Terms of Service and just wanted to confirm that my understanding is correct:
Subscriber content can be used inside of a publicly accessible commercial ...
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1answer
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How can I backup my “Favorite Tags” and “Ignored Tags” lists?
My lists of “Favorite Tags” and “Ignored Tags” are long and carefully crafted. How can I back them up just in case Stack Exchange would forget them?
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1answer
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Please support IPv6 addresses in your URL parser (RFC 2732)
The geek in me wants to express the my web site as the IPv6 address ::1. Unfortunately the software on the SE sites doesn't play along. It strips the brackets from the URL. I.e. http://[::1] becomes ...
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4answers
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How long will Stack Overflow at least exist? [closed]
I like this site and it'd be a shame if all the work people have put into this place would go to waste, but usually everything dies, even on the internet.
So are there plans to prevent that (like ...
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1answer
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Trouble with fetching data
I'm trying to query the following data from stackexchange:
Fetch all the questions asked about Android, in past five years, and display post's id (a.iD), associated tags (a.Tags), for the person ...
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3answers
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Comment UI is not friendly enough [closed]
I am new to Stack Overflow, and have quickly found that the comment box (that is, commenting on someone's answer/suggestion) is really, really, really bad.
Reasons why:
Hitting Enter while typing ...
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0answers
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Hosting Stack Exchange [duplicate]
Where can I find more information about the terms and conditions (and how it works) for hosting the Stack Exchange engine for a local corporate Q&A site?
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3answers
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Are the “users” also the customers of the Stack Exchange, inc [closed]
The title explains it all.
Yes I know and I have read the:
From Stack Exchange Inc.
We welcome questions that are clear and specific, representing real
problems that you face; Stack Exchange ...
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2answers
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Why hasn't anyone gotten the Generalist badge? [duplicate]
On Science Fiction & Fantasy SE, no one to date has earned the Generalist badge. I looked at one of the highest contributors (obviously not me), and here are the numbers in the site's top 40 tags:
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1answer
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Why is Stack Exchange cross site login so flakey?
The flakiness of cross site login makes me not want to use Stack Exchange sites outside of the 3 or so I have used in the past. It's really sad that the state has been so bad for so long. I've never ...
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1answer
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How does Stack Exchange handle a unified user database?
I was wondering how a site like Stack Exchange manages to have a unified login system for all of their sites. Is the login/user management system kept separate from the sites?
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4answers
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Stack Overflow question formatting guidelines? Bold/Italics?
My question is, what are the guidelines in making some text bold, some text italic? When should I emphasize with BOLD and when should I emphasize with ITALICS? When should I use capitals and when ...
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1answer
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Tacking “Stack Exchange” on to the names of some sites breaks stuff
Recently, "Stack Exchange" was added to the names of certain sites (the ones without special names). This shows up in profiles, mobile site headers, and site <title>s.
However, some site names ...
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0answers
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Some StackExchange sites are differ from other SE sites
Some of the Stack Exchange sites like Superuser,ServerFault didn't have stackexchange.com in their urls, whereas someother sites like http://android.stackexchange.com/ , ...
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When should a question be asked on (operating system).stackexchange.com?
I had asked a question awhile ago about packaging an app with drag-drop ability in Unity:
Enable Drag-and-Drop Ubuntu Unity
It was closed as misplaced, should have been on the Ubuntu stack-exchange.
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Could we have a complete list of StackExchange sites in the footer of all sites?
For example, at the bottom of a Super User page, there are links to 40 StackExchange sites. But if I visit OnStartups, there are links to 64 sites, and none of them is Super User.
It would be nice to ...
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Stack Exchange Profile shows question as favorite when it was not favorited
My Stack Exchange profile page is showing a question marked as favorite, when I actually only downvoted the question. In the question itself, you can see that it has been not been marked as a favorite ...
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1answer
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Why does the new Stack Exchange podcast take a long time to appear in ITunes?
I see the Community Bulletin, get excited to listen to the new podcast, but am always disappointed when I can't download it on my Iphone. For example, Podcast #46 was posted on the blog last night. ...
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Choosing word from dictionary from context menu (using Enter key) submits the comment [duplicate]
I often choose correct word spelling from browser's built-in dictionary.
When writing a comment and choosing correct word from context menu using Enter key submits the comment.
I do not want this ...
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2answers
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Can we have a better canonical reference for our policy against recommendation questions?
Currently, when I need to explain the issues with recommendation questions, I link to Q&A is hard, let's go shopping!.
... except that that's more or less just about shopping recommendations on ...
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Could we have a SE for recommendations?
In a perfect world, the so-important advice "do not reinvent the wheel" would be extensively followed. In practice, everyday millions of wheels are reinvented simply because someone didn't know an ...
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0answers
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Where to ask question re. documenting that a website is down? [closed]
I am not sure if or where this type of question might fit into the SE fora.
I need to submit materials for a client to a US government website that has been down for the past three days. I followed ...
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What's the Framework or Code behind this? I'd like to use it to Visualize My Data
What's the Framework or Code behind this? I'd like to use it to Visualize My Data
http://stackexchange.com/sites
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1answer
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Where would be the appropriate place to ask a legal question about email/spam laws?
I have a question pertaining to the legal requirements of an "Unsubscribe" link in automated emails, for an automated email system I'm building. I'm pretty sure this is not fit for SO, and also iffy ...
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1answer
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Script error -> Popup “my logins” in network profile on stackexchange does not open
I just tried to open the popup "my logins" in my network profile on stackexchange, but when I click the button the popup does not open and the "loading dots" are displayed and nothing happens.
I have ...
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My invite email to a SE site in private beta never arrived. Can another be sent upon request?
The new SE site in question is Reverse Engineering fresh out of Area51. I've been following and committed to this since its inception. When it went into private beta phase however, I never got the ...
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How to calculate per site meta reputation?
The displayed reputation on per site meta (other than MSO) is the same as on the respective parent site. However, out of curiosity, I'd like to see the actual reputation users would have on a meta if ...
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What type of communities does Stack Exchange want to establish? [closed]
At 100 sites and growing, Stack Exchange is becoming a host to many different communities with varying interests (and sizes). Is the aim of launching new sites, to make them (eventually) big ...
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Is there any recognition for having 100 StackExchange accounts?
So, is there any recognition for being a member on a hundred different SE sites? A badge or something?
Just checking, as I noticed my profile says 100 accounts and I was wondering.
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0answers
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Short link to other sites in the network [duplicate]
How about having a short link to other sites in the StackExchange network?
e.g.:
[site:superuser] displays as SuperUser
[site:cs] displays as CS
[site:area51] displays as Area51
(a better ...
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1answer
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Don't display [stackoverflow]-tagged blog posts on community bulletins network wide
All sites which don't have their own blog are notified of every blog post on blog.stackoverflow.com (which is run by SEI, not by the community, and contains both SO-specific and network-wide posts).
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Where does a question about tweaking / tuning a software belongs to?
Where does the question like "How do I run 2 instances of a < software > on Live machine?"
or
"How can I run 2 instances of same software but different versions?"
My question was on ServerFault ...
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What's the project architecture of Stack Overflow? [closed]
I was looking for this information and found out this answer : Which tools and technologies are used to build the Stack Exchange Network? which pretty much summarizes everything regarding technology ...
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0answers
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Delay after choosing login method
This question might have been asked in the past, but I couldn't find it.
When clicking on "Login" on the stackoverflow website and then clicking on "StackExchange" for the authentication there is ...
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Can I link a Stack Exchange website like AskUbuntu or Facebook to my website [duplicate]
I have a website where users can do practice their subjects.
Can I have a Stack Exchange website like askubuntu.com or facebook.stackoverflow.com for my website for the doubts clarification of users?
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How to request a tag-subdomain?
Once upon a time (2010) I suggested to Provide a virtual URL hierarchy for tags, which was originally declined. Then almost one year later (2011) along came http://facebook.stackoverflow.com, which is ...
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Change error message when vote is locked in
When I try and undo a vote on a question after the grace period has expired, the message given is:
You last voted on this answer 47 mins ago
Your vote is now locked in unless this answer is ...
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Stack Exchange users' page
I can't open the page http://stackexchange.com/users.
What is the reason for that? I can visit individual users:
http://stackexchange.com/users/1
http://stackexchange.com/users/2
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What determines the success of a Stack Exchange Q&A site? [closed]
Something I've observed puzzles me. These sites all seem to be doing quite well:
Mi Yodeya = Q&A for those who base their lives on Jewish law and tradition. 6.9k questions
Biblical Hermeneutics ...
