This tag should be applied to questions that are about FAQs, but are not necessarily FAQs themselves.
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FAQ Disclaimer?
I don't know how common this sort of thing is, but in the comment discussion on this question, the OP (who's actually been a member for over three years!) defends his position that the question is ...
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Is civility and tolerance not required on meta sites?
The FAQ of all main sites and Meta Stack Overflow have a section which states:
Etiquette
Civility is required at all times; rudeness will not be tolerated.
Be nice. Treat ...
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Make network-wide FAQ posts available on per-site metas
There are now a lot of SE 2.0 sites, and many users on those sites might not even know about Stack Overflow or Meta.SO. If they have a question about the site, they ask it on their per-site meta, ...
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linking between community faq page and faq page
There's a community FAQ page, a main FAQ page and a meta FAQ page which I would prefer to have links to each other (two way) for the following reasons
The community FAQ page have data that ...
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How are suggested edits in the review queue to be handled?
I recently crossed 2k rep on SO, which got me access to the review queue for suggested edits. I am not clear on what basis edits are to be accepted/rejected. I did a search for FAQ and suggested edits ...
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Bit more info in meta faq answer - “Sorry we are no longer accepting… ”, Or is it intentionally left out?
If it is not clear already, this is the question I am talking about.
I am somewhat frequent here in meta recently, and come across many questions from users who are question banned. I think it would ...
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Update the meta FAQ to clarify when meta voting should be different from regular voting?
I recently saw a comment by Shog9 saying that he disagrees that downvotes are different on meta
This surprised me, as I find almost everything Shog writes to be well thought out and correct, however ...
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Can we add “Why is it important to accept answers to questions?” to the FAQ?
A couple of times, I've had askers comment on my answer saying that it was right, but they don't take the extra step to mark the question as answered. I'd like to have something in the FAQ I can point ...
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Proposing questions for the C++-faq tag
I have question that I think would be a really good addition to the C++-faq tag, but how do I go about doing so?
Do I simply need to add the tag my self, or is there somewhere I can post a link for ...
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How does an faq-proposed question become part of the FAQ?
There are 131 questions tagged faq-proposed. The FAQ for Stack Exchange sites says:
How can a question be added to this FAQ?
Link back to this index. Paste this at the end of the question:
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More Helpful FAQ
First, if you do nothing else, please prominently post link to the Community FAQ somewhere (anywhere) in the Official FAQ.
Secondly, the Official FAQ should be searchable, even if only by the brower. ...
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Include links to relevant Meta posts in review automatic comments
As a follow up to the answer I received to this question:
I started using the review beta tool for low-quality posts fairly heavily a few days ago (heavy compared to my previous usage, anyway). The ...
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Improve FAQ description of cross-site rep bonus
As a new user on StackOverflow, I found the FAQ's description of the +100 rep bonus for having over 200 rep on at least one site to be a little confusing. The way it is phrased, it's pretty clear that ...
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As a new user I want a user-interface key to quickly understand what all of the different colors and symbols mean
Please add a graphical key to the FAQs of all the sites that explains the meaning of colors and symbols found on the site, including the question lists / search results and the question and answer ...
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How does the tag “status-declined” explanation in the faq make any sense?
It says in the faq:
Why was my feature/bug declined or closed without explanation?
Meta Stack Overflow has been around for a while, and as a result, many issues have been considered in the ...
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Move question ban FAQ page somewhere else [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“We're no longer accepting” message should not be hosted on meta
Related: Automatically redirect or block Meta questions regarding question bans
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SO's lack of documentation
Given the barrage of downvotes because I could not find something on meta that apparently everyone thought I should know, I would like to mention what I see is a serious disconnect in the organization ...
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Are edits on the tag wiki for a tag used in both a meta site and Meta Stack Overflow preserved?
I am creating a little FAQ for Drupal Answers that would help the users who don't read Meta Stack Overflow, and that contains questions specific for the site (e.g. "Is it fine to cross post a question ...
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Split up answers to FAQ questions
We have quite a few FAQ questions here on meta where multiple "sub-questions" elaborate on the main FAQ.
The format of a lot of these is that one answer is posted with all the sub-questions and their ...
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Meta on Meta. Missing line in the Meta Faq
The Meta FAQ starts with:
If your question is about:
Stack Overflow
Stack Exchange
Stack Overflow Careers
Promotions & Advertising
Support, feature requests, or bug reports for the
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Is there a standard procedure for starting a new FAQ question?
I was recently investigating into the issue of things that should be removed from posts and was thinking it would be nice to have a FAQ question here on meta to kind of combine them all together. What ...
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How to know site policies not explicitly addressed in the FAQ?
Originally I requested reading recommendations, which was subsequently closed because it did not fit Stack Overflow's Q&A format.
Next, I asked how to request a reading recommendation which was ...
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Does Meta-sites affect the condition during private/public beta?
As title says:
Does the meta of a beta stackexchange site affect the values to met conditions during private/public beta?
I'm talking about
question per day
%answered
avid/total users
answer ...
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What is the division of labor between MSO and the area51-meta tag on Area 51?
The Meta faq begins:
If your question is about:
Stack Overflow
Stack Exchange Area 51
… it is welcome here.
I have asked questions about Area 51 on MSO in the past, but ever ...
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Some anchors within the cooking and programmers faq sidebar don't work [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Custom sections in FAQ don't work right
At Cooking:
What about other food-related questions?
At Programmers:
Can I ask career advice questions?
What about ...
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Custom sections in FAQ don't work right
Stack Exchange 2.0 sites can customize their FAQ pages to fit their needs, including adding new sections. For example, Unix and Linux has a cross-posting section. The title shows up correctly in the ...
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Expanding or collapsing last FAQ section
Expanding or collapsing the last section of the FAQ ("How do I search?") sends you back up to the top of the page, while the other sections expand nicely without jumping around the page.
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Discoverable links to Community FAQ posts in appropriate locations [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How does a new user know that there are lots of FAQ questions on meta?
I, like others before me, have only recently discovered the Community FAQ. And I, too, have ...
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How does a new user know that there are lots of FAQ questions on meta?
I know that we have all these wonderful faq tagged questions, but as has been commented elsewhere, MSO gets about 0.6% of the traffic of SO ... so really this is like us patting ourselves on the back ...
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The #dontask anchor in the Meta FAQ link does not point anywhere
The following FAQ link does not point anywhere:
Why are some questions or answers removed?
Questions that are extremely off topic, or of very low quality, may be removed (...)
Is there any ...
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Why isn't the FAQ Index presented Jeopardy-style?
On askubuntu.com, we're starting an Intro to Ubuntu FAQ. I modeled it almost exactly like the FAQ for SE sites, but as one user pointed out, this doesn't follow the "Jeopardy-style" question rule. ...
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What topics can be discussed here?
Update: Maybe we can convert this question into an FAQ-style question? I didn't find a place where the style and type of questions for meta are described (as it is the case e.g. in the SO faq or in ...
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15k and 20k privileges not listed in the FAQ
The FAQ on StackOverflow (and the other sites) doesn't list the 15k and 20k privileges (links to the privileges pages are for illustration).
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Can a mod please update the [faq] tag wiki?
Can a mod please update the summary box and "about" section of the faq tag wiki? The current text, which is copied below, is pretty useless.
Lying prone, drooling and gibbering in the gultch ...
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Replace table in the FAQ with a link to the privileges page
Now that each site has a privilege page, it seems pointless to duplicate information on the rep levels between it and the FAQ.
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The need to introduce beginners to the Stack Exchange Platform
Ever since the new site proposals have gone into public beta, there has been a need to explain to beginners how the Stack Exchange system works. After all, the site can be overwhelming to anyone who ...
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Documentation about these sites should be more organized and easy to find
Finding information on how to use SO is unnecessarily hard. I just posted one question asking about the notification system, and another one about search. I know there's some stuff in some wiki (and I ...
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What should the faq's title and scope be?
The title of the FAQ "question" here on meta used to be Official Stack Overflow Community FAQ. After the introduction of Server Fault and Super User I changed it to The official FAQ for Stack ...
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SE site-specific FAQs and an Area 51 FAQ
Should significant SE sites have their own FAQ, and where should it be?
The SOFU FAQ works out well, IMHO, but it could use a lot more work. I've done some, and hope to do more. (Many of the ...
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Remove the dagger and footnote from the Meta and Stack Apps FAQ regarding comment reputation
From the FAQ pages on both Meta and Stack Apps:
1 Leave comments†
[...]
† you can always comment on your questions and answers, and any answers to questions you've asked, even with 1 rep.
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How should modifications to official FAQ questions be handled?
I was just thinking that the official FAQ on Community Wiki questions should explain how and why the "author info" space of CW questions — e.g. "community wiki /
14 revs, 13 users..." — ...
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What makes an official FAQ?
What qualifies a question as an official FAQ?
For example, this question has an answer with twelve votes, but no accepted answers, and no founders weighing in.
The answer refers to the FAQ on ...
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What are the criteria for a Feature-Requests
What constitutes a (good|acceptable|worth-developing) feature-request? It seems as though I see many people requesting things, myself included, which are quickly met with "nah, the so-team shouldn't ...
