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How to indent long code in question or answer? [duplicate]
Suppose I had to post 400 lines of code then will I have to indent all those lines by four spaces one by one or is there any other way ?
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A borderline between on-topic questions and questions about library recommendation?
I have a consideration about new off-topic close reason:
Questions asking us to recommend a tool, library or favorite off-site
resource are off-topic for Stack Overflow as they tend to attract
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When to use which Stack Exchange site? [duplicate]
I've had a question on coding-style, but I often read in the comments of some questions, that such questions are unwelcome on Stack Overflow even though there is still a coding-style tag. So I ...
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Audits that are incorrect
I just failed an audit for attempting to close a duplicate question.
The audit was for the question: http://stackoverflow.com/review/close/2393046
I was going to mark it as a duplicate as I was sure ...
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Merge/Synonym [jquery-blockui] and [blockui]
Please merge/synonym the tags jquery-blockui and blockui. They are duplicates. I think the trend is for the jquery prefix, so I suggest jquery-blockui is the main tag, and blockui is a synonym.
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Is there a option to store Stack Overflow posts? [duplicate]
My doubt is on using Stack Overflow. Is there a way I can save a Stack Overflow post which I like on my profile page, so that they can be my future references?
I mean a function similar to Facebook ...
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Please undelete this moderator-deleted question on SO
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/478340/clear-file-cache-to-repeat-performance-testing
I found it to be incredibly useful in helping me resolve some performance testing issues when experimenting ...
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Closed question says duplicate has answer but doesn't [duplicate]
Refer to this linked question. At the bottom, it says "This question has been asked before and already has an answer." If you look at the duplicate question, it does not have an answer. That is all.
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Android stylesheeets?
I don't know much about Android, but doesn't android-stylesheeets have one "e" too many? I'd rather not edit 141 questions by hand, and it already has a tag wiki.
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Correct closure reason for “code plz” questions on SO?
While I love the new closure reasons, I'm confused which one I should select when the user has requested code that implements his requirements.
E.g. "I've got to make a JAva program that like sums ...
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What are all the usernames prohibited to use in stackoverflow?
I came to know that it is not allowed to use the name Jon skeet as username.
I think that we can't use community as a username(not sure).
My question is,
What are all the usernames prohibited to ...
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StackOverflow's “close > off-topic” reasons could be improved
Off-Topic close reasons should always include ways to fix the problem and alternative websites, if the question is unfixable. Current options:
Questions about general computing hardware and ...
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Could some of the ARM tags be merged?
There are quite a few tags for questions about the ARM architecture, and partially due to somewhat confusing naming schemes of architecture version vs. processor family, some of these primarily ...
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Generalizing droppable tag to be congruous with draggable
I noticed that the info for droppable refers to jQuery UI, yet draggable refers to draggable elements in general.
My edit attempted to generalize droppable so that it's congruous with draggable.
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I can't get my title to be accepted on Stack Overflow [duplicate]
I am trying to post a question with the following title:
is databus project in a maven repository
I have tried variations but keep getting denied. For some reason it does not meet your quality ...
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Stack Overflow doesn't accept my answers [duplicate]
While posting answers, why doesn't Stack Overflow accept my answers? The message says that answers from this account cannot be accepted.
What can I do so that I can post answers again?
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Code snippet formatting don't work after bulleted list formatted line [duplicate]
I have problem when answering or asking questions on StackOverflow
Suppose I have two possible code snippets and I want to ask which is better.
Here is code 1:
@Override
protected void ...
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What can I do to improve this Python question?
This question What Unicode symbols are accepted in Python 3 variable names? is what is keeping me from asking more questions on Stack Overflow.
I have asked for help improving this question on this ...
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Can a moderator please reopen this specific question
I have an answer for the question, but the question was closed because too narrow geographically. I think this is a broadly applicable question and should be reopened; the problem is a bug in the ...
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Badge 'progress bar' style changes
Just noticed a light grey (#ececec) border to the badge progress bars on SO in the review queues.
Looks (odd|fuzzy|blurred) on a white background and, well, rather 1990's on a dark background. ...
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Should there be a dllmain tag?
There are a lot of existing questions about DllMain, the function in a Windows DLL that gets called when the DLL is loaded or unloaded and when a thread is starts or exits. But a tag has never been ...
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Is this kind of tag merge possible?
The tag wiki for canvas says:
Canvas is an drawing element introduced to web development with HTML5, but also exists in Android and WPF development. Use the more specific tags where possible.
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Is this really an invalid flag?
I flagged this answer yesterday. Here's the contents of it for your inspection:
What does this give you?
SELECT current_conditions.temp_c.data FROM xml
WHERE ...
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Please delete this question [ID 17275214]
I do not understand why a perfectly valid question I asked is getting downvoted:
Is it allowed in HTML5 to wrap a <li> inside an <a> tag?
Please delete the question as the website ...
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Tag synonym: [inverse-matrix] and [matrix-inverse]
Although not sharing exactly the same meaning, it would seems that having inverse-matrix and matrix-inverse as not-synonyms will be more confusing them having them as synonym.
Can anyone help out ...
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Question not exactly a duplicate
The question, Running Jar files from Python isn't a duplicate.
It is less about calling Java from Python and more to do with calling a subprocess, so the answer should be different.
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The [onload-event] tag should be a synonym of [onload]
Looking at the tag wiki excerpt for onload:
onload is a JavaScript event that is run when a document is loaded.
Hmmm… an event named onload. Sounds pretty similar to onload-event. I think ...
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Tag synonym request: [datediff], [date-diff] and [date-difference]
The aforementioned tags serve the same purpose across nearly all the languages and their wiki-excerpt mentions the following as well:
Date-difference will give difference in the number of days, ...
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Spelling clean-up: “jquerry” and “querry”
There are over 300 "querry" (aka query) and over 100 "jquerry" (aka jquery) typos that need to be corrected.
I have started to go through the questions and answers but it would be great if some ...
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Make [vm] a synonym of [virtual-machine]
The vm tag wiki defines VM as representing virtual-machine.
Some questions are tagged with both and some are tagged with one or the other.
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Reverse the [css-selectors] tag being made a synonym for the [css] tag
Just a few hours ago the css-selectors was made a synonym for css. I am requesting a reversal of that for the following reasons:
There were 2563 questions tagged with that, far more than any other ...
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Ambiguous tag [machine] [on hold]
Uses of machine include
virtual-machine
jvm
machine-learning
state-machine
Questions tagged machine should be edited and retagged with one of the more specific tags.
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Why doesn't Stack Overflow make private spaces available?
I asked a question here: Can Stack Overflow be cloned for internal use? which is obviously on people's minds, because it was closed as a duplicate of this: Stack Overflow clones
So why doesn't Stack ...
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Did something just change to cause issues with [css-selectors] tag?
On two different computers, whether I put in the url string /css-selectors, or put [css-selectors] in the search or click on the css-selectors tag, they all rewrite as merely css, with the url string ...
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Can Stack Overflow be cloned for internal use? [duplicate]
ISTM that a Stack Overflow-based setup would work great in many work environments. There are questions that can be answered internally, but you don't know who it is that may have the answer. Questions ...
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Ask Question option is blocked [duplicate]
I have asked only few questions and I have also good points with lots of votes and accepted answers. Then also, I can't ask more new questions. When I click on Ask Question button, it displays some ...
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Why was this question about Autohotkey script closed
Using AutoHotKey scripting language is it possible to swap Alt and Ctrl keys and also retain native AltTab key behaviour?
I don't think the question should be closed as it is related to a language, ...
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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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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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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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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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What should the predefined off-topic reasons be for Stack Overflow?
As described here (and elaborated on here), we're preparing to roll out some fairly major changes to how closing works that will allow for pre-defined, site-specific off-topic reasons.
On a site ...
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Are all posts reviewed by any particular set of people to maintain the quality of Stack Overflow?
Suppose somebody has accepted the wrong answer, or few people up-vote a wrong answer. Then it obviously lowers the quality of Stack Overflow. Is there any assigned set of people on Stack Overflow who ...
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why there is no system to downvote on a comment [duplicate]
I think, downvotes should also be allowed on comments. Sometimes we see there are few comment that are poining the OP to wrong answer or fact. that lower the quailty of the Post. why donn't we have ...
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I dont think a question was “non constructive”. Should I improve it in any way?
I posted a question. This question is kind of important to me, and there doesn't seem to exist a lot of resources on the web for this topic.
While at first glance it may seem to be a question over ...
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Asking if certain tools contain certain features?
I am doing a research on monetization tools for Android and mobile in general.
Would be appropriate to ask on Stack Overflow which monetization tools offer me certain features? I am not talking about ...
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What exactly is an off topic question
I've seen the mods define specific questions as "off topic" on StackOverflow. Nevertheless, I haven't been able to find the proper definition of "off topic." Is it a type of question that is not ...
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The [ifs] tag is used for 2 separate things
I think ifs might correspond to IBM's Integrated File System according to this 2-year-old question.
But currently out of the 27 question tagged with ifs, most of it have to do with the bash's ...
