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“Remember you can select this as the best answer” message should mention wait time (if there is one)
At the moment, if you vote up an answer to your question and you haven't chosen a "best answer" it will pop up a notice reminding you that you can. If you then try to select it as the best answer it ...
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Show message when rep has been recalculated
We still get whining both on here and on SO when someone notices their rep changes due to a rep recalc.
I suggest to forestall this, (especially for those that don't know the ins and outs of SO) a ...
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How about linking “Sorry we are no longer accepting questions …” message to faq?
How about linking the "Sorry we are no longer accepting questions ..." message to the appropriate faq question like this?
Oops! Your question couldn't be submitted because:
Sorry, we are ...
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How do I enable jQuery?
I just saw this for the first time after a delayed page load:
Stack Overflow works best with jQuery
enabled
I looked for the "Enable jQuery" setting, but my browser doesn't have it.
It sounds ...
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“Stack Overflow requires external JavaScript from another domain” message
http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.2/jquery.min.js is error 404
Well, it seems that Wget picks it up so the last statement is false and the exact message is:
Error 6 ...
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Requiring a relevant job posting in order to message a job seeker
Would it be possible to require that employers have a job posting (either public or private) attached to their message to job seekers?
I've recently been encountering a lot of recruiters who are ...
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Display bounty message at the top of the question
On a long question, where the bounty could be used to encourage people to invest time learning about the problem (like this question), the bounty message being located at the end of the question is ...
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Don't show “removed from [site name] for reasons of moderation” for self-deleted posts
I just deleted a post on the DBA SE beta site. When I tried to return to that page, I got the following message:
Page Not Found
Your question was removed from Database Administrators - Stack ...
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When receiving a Careers message, “Interested - Show Complete Message” was confusing
I just recieved my first message through Stack Overflow Careers and was a little confused as to what I was supposed to do.
A few things that confused me (from what I can remember; the actual message ...
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1answer
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Edit notice (for those without edit privs) gives false indication that one-letter edits are possible
When I start an edit on SO, I see this box:
You do not have edit privileges. Your edit will be placed in a queue until it is peer reviewed.
We welcome all constructive edits, but please make ...
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Careers message flow, why need to show interest in order to see full message [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it worth hiding links?
Hi,
I have read around the messages thing but still dont see why I need to show interest to see the complete message, why not just show the full ...
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Why can't I see new answers while editing?
I answered a question which I (and others) didn't understood correctly. After the question was clarified, I edited my wrong original answer and added the right solution.
Meanwhile, another user ...
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Unclear message about un-upvoting comments
I think the message speaks for itself...
Are you sure you want to undo this upvote? (can not be undone)
Not to mention the "can not". Really?
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1answer
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Bug: Cannot unhide temporarily hidden links
A message in my careers message box has some hidden links that show as <link temporarily hidden>. I've tried clicking 'I'm interested; show the complete message' but nothing happens.
I've tried ...
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Let me know why I can't start a bounty
Currently, the behavior is inconsistent. For most actions the user can always try to perform the action and if something is wrong, he's notified about it in nice big box of text.
For example it's not ...
