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The title attribute contains line breaks if there is spoiler text or an image, and is inconsistent between the pages
It seems that while the title attribute for each question link on the front page of each SE does not include the spoiler text or pictures, the line breaks still are still present in the source code. ...
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Was this an appropriate use of moderators' binding deletion?
You may remember this discussion from March: Can we nuke this “too localized” question?
The discussion was regarding a question concerned with the behaviour of an contrived unrealistic sample of Java ...
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Reconsider UI for home page and questions page
The UI for the multiple questions list is confusing to me (and apparently to some others). Various issues with the current model are described on this UX.meta post, but I will try to briefly descripe ...
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Stack Overflow got demoted in the footer, no longer listed first
I just noticed this on the footers:
Stack Overflow is gone!
Actually, it's still there. It's just the third from the bottom of the list!
Isn't Stack Overflow the big site around here, the one ...
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What is the correct way to request a tag alias?
On StackOverflow I tried to post with the tag 'drupal7', which was immediately squashed with a bold red warning telling me I can't create tags because I don't have the reputation for it. I added the ...
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Has SO ever found a new better solution to a problem
So I was looking at this problem in which someone asked for a solution that hasn't been figured out or doesn't exist at all. This made me wonder if stackoverflow ever produced a solution to a problem ...
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Does one assume a four-year-old answer is still valid and just move on?
I had a question, which is below. Then I found an answer from 2009.
As IT people we are naturally suspicious of anything we read that is more than 18 months old. Right? Four years old is like, ...
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Add synonyms/merge [.file-extension] and [file-extension]
Examples I found:
wav .wav
war .war
vdproj .vdproj
rdlc .rdlc
ico .ico
doc .doc
More difficult examples:
mov has questions about file extensions (as .mov) and about assembler mov.
mov + ...
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Flagged a “close reason” comment obsolete after it was closed - Flag declined
Our new close reasons are so well worded that I've seen quite a few people simply copy-pasting them into the comments when the vote to close. In fact, I do it myself when I think it's appropriate.
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It's only your opinion because you don't know the answer
I've had this problem a few times and it is becoming noisome.
One form is:
A question is asked, readers do not know the answer and because of the type of question, invoke the "It's a matter of ...
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Edit rejected on Lisp question
I was trying to correct minor mistakes in this post.
Which I understand is allowed in the Help Section.
Some common reasons to edit are:
to fix grammatical or spelling mistakes
to clarify ...
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Let me suggest migration when flagging, to clarify that the flag is not for closing (problem with flagging on meta sites only)
Edit: This problem exists only for meta sites, so I am reclassifying it from a feature request to a bug.
On a site where I have a little over 200 rep, I just wanted to flag a question that I think ...
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Remove [oops] tag as synonym of [oop] (and delete at all)
I don't believe it's possible to say "oop" in plural.
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Rep-cap hitting too early? [duplicate]
Today I earned only 170 rep from upvotes:
But still I got an upvote on one of my questions that did not count. How come?
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Make [nodejs] a synonym of [node.js]
The nodejs keeps getting re-created and it keeps getting used despite being marked 'DO NOT USE'. It should be made a synonym of node.js.
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Is there automated script deleting orphaned tags? How often does it run? [duplicate]
I've heard there is a script deleting orphaned tags. But after I've seen a few dozen pages with orphaned tags in tags list, and about a dozen orphaned tags on The Great Outdoors, which has about 1 new ...
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Give the possibility to filter questions that are using only given tag [duplicate]
Is would be very useful to filter the questions that are using only given tag. In other words, questions, that have only one tag, and this is the particular tag.
For example: questions tagged only ...
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Improving a tag wiki entry not an option
I am on a new private beta, and looking at tag wiki entries. I see some that are good fundamentally, but perhaps have a small error, like a spelling error. I can't figure out a way to improve the ...
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Burninate tag [api]
Tag api is typical meta tag. It is used as modal modifier for other tags, but it is used for so many different things, that in no way it could be used alone.
Let's burninate it. Every time someone ...
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Meta's “How to Ask” links to FAQ
When you first start to ask a question on Meta (or if you simply select the title field), this text appears:
Since the faq has been turned into the help center, shouldn't this contain links to ...
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Add “Voting on meta sites is different” confirmation text before allowing a post on meta sites
I am suggesting building on this suggestion and this one, to add a confirmation "user must click through" message stating to the effect of what is said in this answer
Why are upvotes and downvotes ...
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Should a Close - Duplicate supercede other Close votes?
I'm happy with the progress being made on StackExchange with how Close is handled. I'd like to propose another small tweak, with this question as concrete example:
AutoCad Plant 3d model on web
When ...
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is there anyway to search for any question / answer with an associated fiddle
I'm curious if there is any way to search for questions / answers that ONLY have an associated fiddle? Perhaps search for jsfiddle / rubyfiddle in the answers. Ideally, only answers that are accepted ...
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If create a tag can I earn points?
So if I create Tag in stack exchange, lets say the tag is very useful, and daily lot of questions coming under that tag, for example "javascript", will I earn any points or can I increase reputation ...
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Should [conceptual] and [concept] be synonyms?
Should concept and conceptual be synonyms? If they should be which one should be the master tag?
Are these tags misused? Does this popular question need either of these tags?
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Syntax highlighting a bit off? [duplicate]
I had used this in a question:
cellNum = [VLOOKUP("string", '2012'!A:M, 13, FALSE)]
The light grey syntax color started at the single quote but then continued until the end of the line. Should it ...
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Retag/synonimize tuple-unpacking to unpacking
I've created1 a tag wiki for unpacking to reflect the fact that it's overwhelmingly used to tag questions about Python's iterable-unpacking feature, and removed the tag from the (two or three) ...
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Image on my profile always gets truncated
Image on my profile always gets truncated. I tried different images and different sizes but all get truncated.
I could not find any image size info in the SO help file.
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Anyone notice that sometimes edits are not catalogued? [duplicate]
By virtue of the nature of the question, I can't give concrete evidence, since I don't record my screen, but over the past few days, I've tried to change a downvote or an upvote after an edit has ...
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Time stamp is truncated on mobile view for answers
On my iPhone 4S (6.1.3), the answered time stamp is truncated (by different amounts) on various questions.
For example (from jQuery: get div-width after document is ready and rendered);
No ...
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Question Migrations from StackOverflow [duplicate]
See How do i know if i need to use a design-pattern?
The question is of "how to do programming right" kind. I believe it belongs to either
http://cs.stackexchange.com/
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“Add another post” not very smart
If I answer a question, the answer text area and "Post Your Answer" button disappear and a new button "Post Another Answer" appears (so far so good).
If I then delete my answer, the "Post Another ...
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When looking at a tag's list of questions, it shows 1 views instead of 1 view
Title says it all, really. Here's a picture:
This looks like a duplicate, but it's status-completed so maybe it's cropped up again?
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stackoverflow appears without CSS in Chrome [duplicate]
When viewing the main stackoverflow.com site in Chrome 28, I don't get the CSS.
It works fine in IE10.
The chrome debugger shows a failure to get CSS resources over the HTTPS connection:
GET ...
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Is it okay to ask questions about non-Apple apps for Apple products on Ask Different? [migrated]
Can I ask a question about a non-Apple app that is used on iTouch, iPhone, or iPad on Ask Different? I know it's a forum about Apple stuff, but I am using the app on an iTouch. I'm talking about an ...
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Why were these “Very low quality” flags declined?
I flagged both this and that answers for "very low quality". The former because it's just a link without even a minimal summary, and the second because it isn't comprehensible whatsoever. Both were ...
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When is a comment obsolete?
When is a comment obsolete, if this here is not?
Context: the answer had been link-only, I commented it to nudge the author into expanding the post. Today I cleaned up some comments, detected the ...
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How to name tag for raster package for R?
I need to create raster tag for raster package for R. The problem is that the raster already exists and means general array of pixels.
So how should I name the tag for the R package? These tags ...
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Critic badge reveals time of downvote
Voting is anonymous. One can't see who voted where, the only public information is the total amount of votes, in the user profile. For downvotes it's not even showing the daily amount to prevent cases ...
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All of today's reputation lost and demoted from editor
Today I got 25 reputation but I see it is reduced to 1976 as of yesterday. I was very eager to get to the 2000 milestone and I received it.
But after a while I could see I lost 25 reputation that I ...
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User activity tab seems to be missing successful “flag as not an answer” audits
My activity tab on SO shows a single audit pass (no-action-needed a good answer) followed by earning two Custodian badges (one for First Posts, one for Late Answers, don't remember which order). Where ...
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Websockets stuck in “pending” on Stack Overflow
ws://sockets.ny.stackexchange.com/ seems to cause all of the Stack Oveflow pages to take a while to "load" (by "load" I mean that the browser tab stays for a while like this: )
It takes approximately ...
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Death to the Timer Reset! [duplicate]
Everytime I hit a rate limit (doing legitimate things) I am slapped in the face two times:
I have to wait
The timer will reset each time I try
I will concede that there must be a reason for timer ...
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Close option for questions that can be answered with a simple research [duplicate]
I think that close options on Stack Overflow aren't complete. Ok, in off-topic options there's still an "other" option, but it's too bad that other users don't see the reason, but just see a comment ...
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Images should be automatically rescaled and the full size put into a lightbox
The current image handling is minimal, there is no rescaling a all and the full image is simply scaled to the width of the post.
This works well until you have images that are wider than the 640px ...
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Review Audit: highly upvoted but closed question
I did some First Post Reviews today and eventually got this question as an audit
C++ What optimizations do compilers still struggle with?
It has 20 upvotes but it's (rightly) closed as not ...
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(tag:tagname) links to Stack Overflow tags, not Meta Stack Overflow tags [duplicate]
Right now, I can use [tag:tagname] almost anywhere on Stack Overflow to link to a tag. On Meta Stack Overflow, I can use the same markup, but it still links to tags on Stack Overflow, and not Meta ...
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Flag for comment declined
This is the question: XPages arhitecture
I have flagged a comment under the question with: "its not spambot - delete this comment please"
My flag was declined.
Was it correct declined?
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There's an encoded HTML entity in the tooltips for flag decline messages
Looking at the Declined tooltip in the flagging history of a post gives me this nice message:
Looks like someone forgot to decode the entities there.
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Tenacious badge not awarded to me [duplicate]
I answered 39 questions out of which 9 are zero score accepted answers.
Why did I am not awarded the Tenacious badge?
