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Where can I view the list of all the flags I have raised?

I know I'm missing something now as I have seen this page before, but can somebody please provide the direct link to view the list of all the flags I have raised? Thanks.
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Navigating between the different Stack Exchange sites quickly

I belong to several Stack Exchange Sites. They are linked by a common email address, but it is difficult to quickly navigate between them. Am I missing something or would it be possible to have a ...
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Having trouble using backticks to format in unordered lists for answers

Suppose I were to try to format something in an unordered list with backticks like so: <ul> <li>Something here</li> <li>Something `else` here</li> </ul> ...
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Delete `visual-stuido` tag or merge it with `visual-studio` [duplicate]

Because of the typo, I'd like to suggest the visual-stuido tag be deleted or merged with visual-studio. On Stack Overflow.
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How do you get the Generalist badge? [duplicate]

Can somebody explain for what activities users get the Generalist badge, because I didn't understand its short description.
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How do I include a link in my profile that refers to the current site?

For example, if I want to link to the tag predictions page: http://stackoverflow.com/users/tag-future/current I could include something like this in the "About Me" section of my profile: ...
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Prediction about tags on which you are most and least likely to answer

Some time ago there was a blog post about someone analysing what tags SO users answered on and coming up with the five most and least likely tags that this user would answer on in the future. The post ...
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Python syntax highlighting breaks on quotation mark

A quote mark (') in a comment breaks further highlighting. Example: Is there a tool to check database integrity in Django?
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Is it possible to unupvote If the edit wasn't OP made?

As the title already says all: Is it possible to unupvote, if the edit wasn't OP made? i.e. An suggested edit of anyone and it got approved.
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Someone flagged my question as already answered, but it's not

I like Stack Overflow and rely on it for tech assistance frequently (and contribute when I can.) However I had a problem yesterday: I asked this question regarding a very specific feature of Tiles ...
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How can I download my content from a beta site?

I'd like to be able to save a copy of questions on which I've participated (asked, answered, and ideally commented but that's less important) from a beta site in a human-readable form. (Text, HTML, ...
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How to export all of my own answers into a text document?

How can I export all of my own answers but only my own answers without any comments but together with the questions into a text document?
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How do I use an F# type provider with the Stack Exchange OData endpoint?

In the OData type provider example I've seen, a schema endpoint is used to build the types. Does Stack Exchange have such an endpoint so I can use F#'s built-in OData type provider?
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Filtered Questions - duplicate filter

On the StackExchange "Filtered Questions" page, how can I duplicate a filter I have made already? I would like to use that filter as a template for other filters.
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Can the new messagebox be somewhere else?

Apparently we have a new messagebox: Can it please be screen-centered or near the action I took? It is on the top but I clicked to delete a comment on the bottom. The mouse movings give me muscle ...
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Can I get the exact time when an accept happened or a bounty started?

In one of the questions the OP added a bounty and accepted my answer. The bounty is awarded only if the accept happened after the addition of bounty. How do I know the order these events happened if I ...
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Ask question about road map of learning technology in SO

All, Can I ask the question about learning road map for specific development like C++ for WDK? Because SO is the most popular site than the others in our community.
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Removing my proposed tag left dead ends in my profile pages. How can I tell what happened?

I am a bit confused about what happened to a c#-excel tag I proposed yesterday. Please, do not judge on the usefulness of the tag (off-topic. could possibly be another meta question) In my profile ...
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Why am I seeing light brown color? [duplicate]

Since yesterday, I am seeing some questions that have a light brown or faded orange background color. What may be the reason?
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Why is my Stack Overflow account suspended? [duplicate]

Why is my account suspended? I really want it back? What should I do?
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Where to ask about ownCloud?

Asking about ownCloud seems to be off-topic on WebApps, because it is not a generally public app. What is the best place on the Stack Exchange network for questions about ownCloud? Here is an ...
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Share question, answer or comment on Android app

Is there any sharing functionality built into the Stack Exchange android app? This is something I use often.
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Merging the autoincrement and auto-increment tags [duplicate]

Could someone merge the auto-increment (826 questions) and autoincrement (231 questions) tags? Occasion for this request http://stackoverflow.com/review/suggested-edits/2776635
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Unlink account from Google [duplicate]

For some reason I have created my Stack Overflow account linked from my Google account. Can I create a Stack Exchange account and connect my existing Stack Overflow account to the new ...
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How do I convert tabs to spaces?

How do I convert tabs to spaces? I posted code on Stack Overflow, but it seems this wasn't done correctly (I have no experience in coding so at the moment; I'm trying to improve it). I got ...
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About “Yet Another Simple Array Question” [duplicate]

So there's this post that seems to be a bot. It keeps getting closed and deleted, but the OP reposts it pretty quickly. The user seems to be a bot with some built-in search words, which it looks for ...
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How can I get out of a chat-room for real

When I check chat link in my stackoverflow account it says: "a list of rooms you are currently in, recently active rooms first" and there is a room in which I am available. How can I exit the room and ...
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Contact moderators for little things

There are a lot of questions, with answers, about how to contact a moderator about a lot of stuff. But no way to just give a moderator a heads up about some things. There are flagging options on many ...
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Tag creation request [duplicate]

How to create a tag for a very new and specific topic, which have a really small number of followers (all of them with low reputation on stackoverflow) in the optic of having a growing community that ...
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Clicking “Improve” causes fail of audit [duplicate]

I know this was asked here, but nothing was ever changed in the system. Why should I be locked out from reviews for a week for trying to improve something? Although I know in my failed audit that the ...
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Why bounty dropdown sometimes defaults at value larger than minimum allowed?

In this question, bounty dropdown defaults at value 250, while minimum allowed is 50 - why is that? To preemptively address ideas that this might be because question already had a 250 bounty ...
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How to create a post? [duplicate]

I just created an account here. Could you please advice me how I can submit my own technical article here? Can I add the following string to my article "please feel free to comment this article, I'll ...
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Can I show my Stack Overflow reputation on my LinkedIn profile? [duplicate]

How can I show my Stack Overflow reputation on LinkedIn.com?
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User doing downvotes intentionally to my question? [duplicate]

I downvoted this question and left this comment. Afterwards, this user downvoted many of my questions without any reason.
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When do I lose my unregistered account? [duplicate]

When I login as anonymous, (well it sounds weird, but logged in with email only in SO, or as a guest) What causes me to lose that account? (not being able to post something as the user) closing ...
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Is There A Facility To Submit Useful Articles [duplicate]

I just implemented some functionality in a rails application I am working on that I thought might make a useful "How To" article. I'm wondering if I can do this on SO as there are some questions (old, ...
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What is an anonymous user capable of?

Adding an answer and improve the post. What else is an anonymous user capable of in Stack Overflow?
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Excessive downvoting for no apparent (or explained) reason?

So, like any stackoverflow member, I'm trying to get my reputation up, so I can participate in the community more. But people seem to downvote anything I ask, even if I go into extreme detail in my ...
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Synonymize [struts2-jquery] to [struts2-jquery-plugin]

We should make struts2-jquery (211 questions) a synonym of struts2-jquery-plugin (4 questions). To be extra clear: keep struts2-jquery-plugin, the currently lesser used one. They both appear to be ...
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Multiple accounts on Stack Overflow [duplicate]

OK. So I have sinned and here I am at the confessional. Yes, the mods wern't too happy about it but I made a suggestion to one mod. How about pulling in all my various accounts under this IP and ...
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Combined Stack Exchange Flair broken?

This is the first time I've tried to play with the flair, seems to be working well for Stack Overflow, but I think the image may be down for the combined Stack Exchange version. It looks like I'm just ...
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Can I post a question asking for feedback on framework?

I am designing a soapUI framework, and I want to know if I can post my design or questions that would create more of a discussion rather than a Q & A format.
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Where should I ask my questions about algorithms and security? [on hold]

I want to ask something about 2 way algorithms and security. Which site should I ask it on?
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Parsing CSV file with Posts.body as a column on Data Explorer

I am trying to run a query which retrieves all questions and their corresponding up/down votes. I also retrieve the title, tags and body. However, when using a CSV parser, I keep running into ...
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can I see country-wise rankings?

Is there any way to know what is the rank in My Country by reputation from Stack Overflow? Such as see rankings by week or month.
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Month/Date Selection question - What's wrong with this?

I'm having a hard time understanding what is wrong with this question I asked. I'd like to hear what this question is lacking and how to make it better (or know if it isn't salvageable). Is my ...
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Why is reopen votes count different in the review queue and question itself

question shows 4 reopen votes have been cast. review queue shows 3 wanted to reopen Why is there the difference of 1 vote in between the two? Not literally Who, but what type of user cast the 1 ...
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hardware tags and OT-Questions

Wow that was fast... There was a question tagged the following: repair, lcd,laptop which are obviously hardware tags, and the question was something like this: How can i remove permanent marker ...
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Rights for reviewing revoked while improving post [duplicate]

While reviewing a post, I saw some random character input and I wanted to improve that post. That's why I clicked the "Improve" button to edit the post and bang.... The message said that I can't ...
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Why does Stack Exchange want to access my Facebook friends list? [on hold]

I just signed in to Stack Overflow via Facebook today, like I always do and got the OAuth window that asked me if I would allow Stack Exchange to access my friends list. Why would SO want my Facebook ...

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