This tag is for questions about the entire network of Q&A; sites that make up the Stack Exchange network.
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Rationale behind sites' categories
Stack Exchange sites are organized into 6 categories:
Technology
Culture / Recreation
Life / Arts
Science
Business
Professional
Of these Technology and Science are quite obvious and clear cut. ...
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Stack Exchange 1.0 Download
It looks like there are a few sites like http://devpytania.pl/ that are running on Stack Exchange 1.0 (with a custom theme). Where can the 1.0 version be downloaded at?
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Is a website islam.com part of SO websites?
Is a website islam.com part of SO websites, or is it only copy-paste web? Its design is totally the same as SO has.
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Search for which stackexchange site to use
I would like to be able to search on the StackExchange gateway for a subject and get a list of the most relevant sites (possibly Google instant style, filtering the normal list). Searching is often a ...
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Stack Exchange showing wrong age
Stack exchange is showing my age 1 more year (19 year) than my actual age (18 years). I am not sure whether others are experiencing same issue or not. My birth date is (December, 1994)
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Why the Community ♦ user accounts aren't connected between them?
I see that each Stack Exchange site has a Community ♦ user that keeps the sites clean.
For example:
Stack Overflow
Ask Ubuntu
Server Fault
etc
We see that the Community ♦ user has the userid -1.
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How about adding MathJax in Hot Questions on StackExchange (se.com/questions)?
Almost always in Hot Questions on StackExchnage site there are questions from MathSE so I think it would be so much better to have these questions rendered correctly instead of reading the ugly stuff ...
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What to do with sites that are potentially ripping off Stack Exchange? [duplicate]
This site: Wiki Jammer seems eerily familiar to our own Stack Exchange model, but a few things seem off.
The wording of the FAQ
The lack of the top bar colouring
No 'Inbox' dropdown in the top left
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Is “overflow” reserved for higher level questions and .stackexchange for lower level questions?
Since a year I have known of the SE communities and find them very stimulating and useful. Last year I started using stackoverflow and this year started using math.stackexchange. Sometimes when I ...
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Migrated questions don't show up in Stack Exchange stats
I have a couple of questions on Stack Overflow that have been migrated to various other Stack Exchange sites. These are sites I didn't previously have an account for, but once I had a question ...
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Where should a question like this go?
Java-based CMS with RESTful service / API to access content
The question was closed as non-constructive (with a slightly snarky remark), even though the asker clearly has done his homework and ...
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Do any sites have local badges?
Are all the badges available across all network sites, or do any SE sites have site specific (local) badges?
(Excluding tag badges)
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Where to ask questions about computer parts? [duplicate]
I have some questions about computer hardware. Which stack exchange site would be best suited for this?
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Is Stack Exchange vetting historically biased towards topics about syntax and semantics?
It is no secret that the origins of Stack Exchange lie with software programming topics such as the notorious Stack Overflow, Super User, Server Fault and Ask Ubuntu sites. On the other hand, I was ...
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What happens when a graduate SE site becomes inactive?
From Area 51 budding to public beta, there are many metrics like avg. traffic, activity etc which decide the fate of a SE site. But, what happens when a graduate SE site which was active for long ...
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Enable the intrinsic sitename tag blacklist on older sites
I was going through the "blacklisted user input" page on Physics, and I noticed that the standard intrinsic tag blacklist that stops users from entering the site name as a tag (e.g. ^physics$) was ...
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Clicking links/opening a link in a new tab recently busted in IE10 [closed]
So, I'm using IE10 in Windows 8 right now as my primary browser, and with a recent update (past couple days, as of 5/24/2013), the site has been exhibiting buggy behavior.
I first saw this when I ...
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Minor error in FAQ for data.SE
On the FAQ page for data.SE; one of the question (with its answer) is:
Which sites are included?
All public Stack Exchange websites are included. Sites that are in
public or private beta ...
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Can't login in on Stack Overflow from Firefox (no AdBlock Plus extension)
I can't login in Stack Overflow using my Stack Exchange account from Firefox 21.
This happen both in Windows 7 and GNU/Linux (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32-bit).
I don't have any problem to login in Stack ...
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Website link on Stack Exchange user profile is linkified even for SPAM accounts
See for example this user profile. The only post I saw from this user on meta was this (10k+ only).
This user's profile page on Meta and Stack Overflow shows the website as plain text and not a ...
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http://api.stackoverflow.com is a bit of a maze, can it be changed?
I decided to Google for the StackExchange API. The first link on Google is:
http://api.stackoverflow.com
This itself transforms into:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/usage
This has a big notice ...
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Change the behavior of the s.tk shortener to better admit our rate of expansion
Related: What shortened URLs are available through s.tk?
Official shortened URL service
Currently, the s.tk shortener links to the corresponding site if you go to s.tk/<site>. If the ...
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Where to download compete set of data dumps?
It was a hard task to find the download link for the data dump of SE, but I've finally managed it. But after download I've noticed that the dump is far from complete! For example, a dump of The Great ...
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I remove a StackExchange OpenID login but it still links to my account
Due to change of email address, I removed my StackExchange OpenID login and added a new one instead with the new email address.
However, if I go to another machine, delete all cookies and cache, so ...
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Adding “hot” sorting to Stack Exchange filters
As stated in this answer:
We're working on adding a "hot" sort to the filters feature. (Currently, the only sorts are "activity", "newest", and "no answers".) When it's finished, you'll be able to ...
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See reputation changes on all sites
How can I see reputation changes on all of my Stack Exchange accounts (Stack Overflow, Super User, Meta Stack Overflow, etc.)? (By "reputation changes" I mean something like this)
I can see a graph ...
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Traffic stats use median and not mean?
According to the All Sites page, traffic is reported as the median of visits, per day, over the last two weeks. :
(Click for larger image)
And Kyle Cronin ♦ states that the median is used, so this ...
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is paleohacks.com a stack exchange site?
http://paleohacks.com/
Is this a StackExchange site? It looks and seems to function the exact same, but seems to have its own user system, and doesn't contain links to all of the other SE sites at ...
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Does the SE development team regularly check the bounty board?
Typically when I want to bring attention to an older bug or feature request, I place a bounty on it (example 1, example 2).
But since the development team is probably the only ones who can provide an ...
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Where can I find a list of Stack Exchange websites and descriptions?
Is there a single page that has a list of Stack Exchange websites, including what type of questions should go to each one and rules for acceptable questions? I have many questions that I want to ...
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Best StackExchange Website for Programming Question
I have some specific programming questions like what command should be used in a certain situation or questions like how do I do X with Y. Which Stack website would be the best? I am thinking ...
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StackExchange and the future of Usenet.bis
This may indicate I'm "vintage", but social networks, as good as they are, are not Usenet. To be more precise, the net is too wide. Usenet gave me a group and a topic set, with threaded ...
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Is there a more recent data dump then the one from Sep 2011? [duplicate]
The only source I can find for the announcements of the quarterly public data dumps is here. The latest one is from September 2011, i.e. 1.5 years ago. Shouldn't we have had many more since then? Are ...
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Global privileges on the Stack Exchange account [duplicate]
I think some privileges should be global to the Stack Exchange account.
I have been somewhat active on Stack Overflow for a long time, and have a little bit of reputation. I discovered not so long ...
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Allow another close vote if original closure reason was trumped by others
I voted to close a question as "too localized". At least three others incorrectly voted to close it as a duplicate. Once this error was spotted, the question was reopened.
I'm now unable to vote to ...
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Is there a way to get the Stack Exchange platform? [duplicate]
I am looking for a way to integrate Q and A into my website, and I love Stack Exchange. Is there a way to integrate something like it onto my website?
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How do I log out of Stack Overflow/Stack Exchange without having to clear the cookies?
I see that this question is asked over and over again.
I made a point to use Stack Exchange rather than Facebook or Gmail to login, as I recently had to do some major annoying stuff to keep Spotify ...
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Is it legal to use Stack Exchange icon as my application icon?
I am developing an Android application which uses the API of Stack Exchange. And what I want is to use the Stack Exchange icon as my application icon.
Is it legal to use that icon?
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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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Stack Exchange OpenID problem with XRDS
I'm having trouble using Stack Exchange to sign in using OpenID. I think this is a problem with the XRDS document served at: https://openid.stackexchange.com/xrds
openid.claimed_id = ...
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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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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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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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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 ...
