Questions specific to stackoverflow.com and not necessarily related to other Stack Exchange network websites, such as retag requests.
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What are the most efficient ways to earn reputation on StackOverflow? [duplicate]
I want to make 10k reputation in one month how do I do it? Do I have to stay day and night in front of the computer?
What are the most efficient ways to earn reputation?
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Why do I receive downvotes when I am genuinely trying to learn?
Why when I try to learn something about programming on SO do I get down voted? Out of all the stack sites this one is the most un-welcoming to people trying to learn. There was a post where a guy ...
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Better defined criteria for an acceptable question
I have read the documentation for Stack Overflow many times and then ask a question that I feel is on topic. For instance, I felt that this question would be fine to ask: ...
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How to access the sitemap.xml file of stackoverflow.com
A simple Google search (filetype:xml site:stackoverflow.com) tells me the SO sitemap.xml file is here:
http://stackoverflow.com/sitemap.xml
But When I access this file in the browser, I get a "Page ...
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I can no longer ask questions, nor edit my posts or those of others.
Could someone please tell me why the editing of questions (mine and others) is disabled in my account?
It has been a very long time since I have been question banned, after your site told me that ...
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When I log out and then click a link on Stack Overflow, I am directly signed in
When I log out and then click on a link on Stack Overflow, I am directly signed in. How does this happen?
When I switch to a different browser (e.g. log in and out in Mozilla, then open IE), then I ...
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1answer
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I've found a lot of duplicates of the same question. How can I merge them all?
I've noticed that the question of whether or not it's possible to switch the browser to fullscreen using JavaScript has appeared on Stack Overflow many, many times, and I'm not sure how all of these ...
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“RWD” should be a synonym for “responsive-design”
I went to tag something with rwd and discovered that there was already a responsive-design tag. Unless "RWD" is an ambiguous abbreviation, I believe it should be set as a synonym of ...
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Synonym request - [android-edittext] -> [edittext]
These tags seem to be referring to the same thing, as only 73 questions tagged [edittext] don't have the [android] tag (while most seem to refer to it).
I'm not sure which way this should go, but the ...
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Mass-editing existing answers with a similar pattern
There is a torrent of suggested edits on the StackOverflow review queue from a single user, who apparently searches for the line pain in the ass and modifies it to something "non-explicit".
Most of ...
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Stackoverflow chat proposal [closed]
While playing with my biggest friends in the Javascript chatroom, it came to my mind, that why can't the chat not be limited and therefore benefit users who write less using the following logic:
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1answer
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Multi loading bar — needs edit [duplicate]
I think there is a bug in stackoverflow.In some places we can see loadings like user search, review question and etc. if we do click some times very fast on them multi loading bars appears. (the point ...
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Issue with moderator message [duplicate]
Guys im a little bit confuse, i have no idea where to post this so please, do not vote down.
I recived a msg from a moderator and asked if my account is related it with other close account. I saw the ...
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1answer
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What to do with a tag that's to the point but never used
Just an example, on Stack Overflow there are multiple questions each day about converting SQL to LINQ. Only a small fraction of them (38 currently) are tagged by sql-to-linq-conversion.
The tag as ...
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What is the purpose of the [language-translation] and [language-translator] tags on Stack Overflow?
I believe that the tags language-translation (x52) and language-translator (x23) need some clarification.
Are these tags intended to be used for natural language translation questions, or are they ...
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Questions tagged with WiX should get XML code formatting
Currently if a question is tagged only with one of the wix tags, any code blocks in the question don't get syntax highlighting. Given that WiX is XML based, I think it would be helpful for the tag to ...
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Help us figure out a way to handle the explosion of comments on Stack Overflow
As a frequent user of Stack Overflow, I see a lot of conversations that happen in comments. Whole questions are answered in the comments. Often, the comments have useful information, but ultimately, ...
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Why Stack Overflow tabs are not Ajaxed?
I am working on a project where I have similar tabs like Stack Overflow, but using Ajax technique to fetch huge data from the database.
Today, I noticed Stack Overflow top-questions main-page tabs ...
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How to strike text on stackoverflow? [duplicate]
Sorry but I couldn't find this info. How do I strike the text?
Thanks for your help.
EDIT: this is not a duplicate with the question: Does markdown have a way to express strikeout? unless you're ...
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What's the point of “closing” a question?
I'm curious as to why questions get closed at all. I understand that certain sects of SO adhere very strictly to the (frankly, esoteric) FAQ, but I'm at a loss as to why this functionality exists at ...
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Why was this question closed and is there a better place for it?
The following question on Stack Overflow was closed: Standard Java Error Reporting.
I believe it is appropriate for Stack Overflow, but I am fairly new here and I would like to hear others' opinions ...
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Upvoting not working: Sluggish Interface?
I've noticed that from certain, less powerful computers, it won't let me upvote a question on stackoverflow (didn't test other sites).
When I click upvote, it kind of 'freezes.' I can sit there for ...
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Please merge tags [pendingintent], [android-pendingintent] and [pending-intent]
Since this is android-specific, it would probably be best if the "master" tag was android-pendingintent and the others become synonyms. I would suggest it myself, but my tag-specific reputation is ...
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Can I ask a questions about the Microsoft interview process on Stack Overflow?
The gist of the question I want to ask is the following:
I am preparing for an interview for Account Technology Strategist at Microsoft in NY. I have very few details about this position. I ...
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How can I find which user asked the most questions on Stack Overflow? [closed]
Is there a way to find which user has asked the most questions on Stack Overflow by today (14 - 05 - 2013)?
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No retag option available to me? [duplicate]
I don't know what the problem is, whether I am banned from retagging questions or whether it is a bug, but I am not able to retag any question.
The retag option does not appear below a question ...
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Where can I find the number of monthly pageviews for Stack Overflow?
Is there a reliable source for the latest number of page-views stackoverflow.com receives (not the Stack Exchange network, just that site)?
I need a source that I can cite on my research paper.
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“Post does not meet quality standards” [closed]
I have a post written as below, which is rejected with "This post does not meet our quality standards". It was originally submitted with the title "handling errors in ex scripts without waiting for ...
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Why was my account deleted?
I've created my account on Friday and today I found that it doesn't exist any more.
I don't understand why. I answered two questions; one of them is:
http://stackoverflow.com/a/16490710/2371432
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Delphi-specific tag synonyms request
Once I started a discussion on the usefulness of tag creation and accompanying retag efforts for Delphi-specific control types. E.g. the tag tcheckbox was created, or the tag checkbox was retagged to ...
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What can I do to improve my question?
Can I ask for your feedback on how can I improve the question: What design technique is appropriate for creating a webapp with interactive popups? ?
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How should new tags be created?
I created the preg-grep tag in some of my questions. Later, I encountered another question which was about the preg_grep function, but the tag was unavailable already.
I thought it was because I ...
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Why was a question on an inability to install a commonly used software tool closed?
I know several people that ran into the following issue but it was closed for some reason that I can't understand.
Error installing RMySQL on OS X
It's about a common software tool, it's about ...
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SO or Programmers.se?
I felt that this question I had was in the grey area between SO and Programmers.se and I ended up asking it on programmers.se (clearly), however someone there has said that it would be a better fit ...
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Delete the [sheet] tag on Stack Overflow
sheet is ambiguous. It has no wiki entry, and it's unclear what was intended in its creation. It has been chosen by OPs to mean several different things:
UIModalPresentationFormSheet: this
Cheat ...
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What does the [english] (or other spoken language) tag tell about a question?
This Stack Overflow post How to describe the closest enclosing element? has been tagged with just english. A tag has to be self-sufficient and it should tell something about the question. Looking at ...
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How to unblock user of stackoverflow? [duplicate]
at once I asked some kind of poor question on stackoverflow.com and my reputation started to reduce. then I decide to delete this question.
I did this kind of job for two different questions!
When I ...
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stackoverflow newest questions ask 1 hours ago for all tags [duplicate]
I just check & feel strange as all of the tags on SO sites having the newest question asked 1 hour ago. How it can be possible that questions are not being asked in any of the tag since after that ...
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Tag proposal: Tag for logical/language-understanding errors
Do we have a tag for questions about logical errors where the code turns out to be syntactically correct but the programmer misunderstood some part of the language?
Example question:
Convert Unicode ...
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error entering captcha in stackexchange
Why do I keep getting this error when trying to answer a question in one of the stack exchange sites?
if this information is relevant, this was my first answer to a question on that site
This ...
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Switching between full site and mobile changes the tag
Now, it could be an issue with this specific tag, but I've found in recent days that switching from the full site to the mobile site while viewing 'questions tagged with c#' results in viewing ...
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Why is this question closed even though it is very much technical and related to StackOverflow
My question over here titled Getting error in Sitecore after Installing Telligent Connect throwing some exceptions from web services of telligent (exception excerpts as below)
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I was banned from Stackoverflow, but in great standing at superuser [duplicate]
and I'm trying to learn programming, and superuser won't accept the questions because that's stackoverflows job, and I just don't even know what to do, after getting used to stackoverflow forums seem ...
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How to request for chat on Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
If I want to chat with a particular user who is on SO, how can I send them a request for chat?
Is there a procedure to invite someone to chat?
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Burninate request: checker
checker has been used for all kinds of things:
Checkerboards
Sudoku validation
Finding URLs
Checking syntax
Validating a specific format
Finding the encoding of a string
And much more. A question ...
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Duplicate tags: [provisioning], [ios-provisioning] and [iphone-provisioning]
These tags seem to be duplicates of each other, and should probably be merged.
provisioning: 524 questions
iphone-provisioning: 229 questions
ios-provisioning:56 questions
They all have minor ...
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Question closed as too localized?
Why was this question closed as too localized? The issue was more than a typo. Yes, his issue FAILED at the typo, but there were also many other problems with it that could be potentially useful to ...
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Should we eliminate the [inkscape] tag?
Today someone asked a question about how to use a particular feature of the Inkscape application: Using Private Use Characters in Inkscape SVG Font Editor
When I politely pointed out that it wasn't a ...
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Get rid of .NET unreleased tags
The following tags should be burninated.
.net-4.0-rc1
.net-4.0-beta
As of April 12, 2010, The .NET 4.0 Framework has been released. There is no value for keeping these tags around. There are ...
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Tag clean up request - [displaying]
I came across the displaying tag today and I can't see a real use for it.
There are some 250+ questions using the tag so any assistance in removing it would be most welcome.
As always with tag ...
