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Can we have drafts for moderator messages?
Most of the time, messages that we have to send privately to users are quite cut and dry. We're either explaining an action that we took, or describing an action that we'll need to take. Many of the ...
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Unofficial Stack Overflow deleted question archive now available
With a modified version of my so-static tools, along with all the historical data dumps, I've made an archive of all deleted questions (and their answers) from Stack Overflow.
Currently this is very ...
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Dismiss flags on the same posts with different validities
Sometimes a post has both valid flags and invalid flags. As far as I can tell, all the flags on the same post have to be dismissed with the same validity.
The scenario I encountered (on this ...
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The time of automatic review bans should be increased with every new ban
The way the current auto-bans for reviews work is rather suboptimal. Somebody who's really after the badges and doesn't care whether they're banned for two days can just continue clicking through, ...
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Stack Exchange Blogs Compromised and Passwords Reset
Some of our WordPress instances were exploited yesterday at 11 AM UTC. We noticed that the compromise had taken place today and took the blogs offline as soon as we noticed. We have since restored the ...
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Help the helpless with how-to-ask tag tips
After adding a particular tag, such as
this super helpful assistant will pop-up to suggest what their question should contain:
Since forcing users to get badges or asking them "what have you ...
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Should we get rid of all the tag synonyms which differ by only one or more hyphens?
There are tons of tags out there which have a synonym of the tag itself, just with a dash added into it. Originally this was done to connect those tags so that two different tags for the exact same ...
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If I can't flag a post, don't wait until after I've typed an explanation to tell me so
I flagged a post today, typed out a fairly thorough explanation, clicked the button... and got told that I'd already flagged this post (for something else, which I'd forgotten about) so this flag ...
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Moderator diamond is too large relative to other text on Android
This really is atrocious to look at. We understand appearances are everything, but there's no need to magnify them twice.
We understand you need to show these off in public — after all, that's ...
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Visualisation of Stack Overflow Tag relationships
Inspired by a previous meta question on tag trending, my 'sunday afternoon' project was to plot the relationship between the most popular tags on Stack Overflow. The result is quite pretty:
You can ...
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Stack Exchange Moderator FAQ
As per the FAQ for Stack Exchange sites, this FAQ will serve the following purposes:
To be the canonical reference for moderators across the Stack Exchange sites for things that are beyond question ...
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Make Stack Exchange sites compatible to OS X Lion full screen mode
Introduction
Mac OS X Lion has a full screen feature that allows use of a single application window in full screen, i.e. without window title bar and constantly visible menu bar, on its own virtual ...
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Add the ability to create any tag synonym to the “trusted user” privileges
Currently, the ability to create tag synonyms is limited to those users who have a certain amount of activity in that tag. This creates awkwardness for rare tags such as [z-order].
Request: Add the ...
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Nailing it up on your Community Bulletin Board
As some of you may have noticed, there's a new feature on Stack Exchange:
The Community Bulletin box is a tool for the community to promote events and initiatives that are important to them. ...
