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Similar tags: to use synonyms or just merge?
Consider for example, these two tags: ultragrid and ultrawingrid.
One has 67 questions, the other 48.
The first is a shorter, more popular name. It is the name of the class. The latter is the ...
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How to tell if you're making the right edits to your closed question?
I asked this question a few days ago which was recently closed:
Is there a SE site where answers can consist of facts about Internet privacy, censoring the Internet and the consequences thereof to ...
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Do we have guidelines about quoting questions in answers?
I was searching yesterday for answers that contained the phrase "Thanks in advance" since this is often a marker of "I have the same problem" not-an-answers. I discovered that many of these hits are ...
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regex question and answer guidelines
I've noticed that there are many answers to regex questions that don't respect the language tag.
For example, a question is tagged with python yet the answer's regex example isn't written in the ...
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First-answer guidelines message “Avoid asking for clarification to answers” is confusing
When a user posts his first answer, some brief guidelines are displayed:
The message Avoid asking for clarification to answers confused a user on Mathematics, who inquired about it on Mathematics ...
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Is it okay to ask a question I know the answer to? [closed]
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Can I answer my own questions, even those where I knew the answer before asking?
Is it considered bad form to ask a question specifically for the purpose of answering it ...
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StackOverflow What is the right way to present large code in the forum's questions? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Long code snippets that are relevant to the question
How do I put large amounts of code in a question? Is there a limit to the question length?
I searched the FAQ, but ...
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Is still within answering guidelines?
I have been answering on StackOverflow for some time, but recently ran into a situation where I might have been in the wrong. If I am wrong, I would like to correct it in the proper way.
I posted ...
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Should I aware a user having low accept rates, system generated names and giving identical answers?
I know it's a hated post, but is a GENUINE question. I was unsure, that's why I asked on Meta
Whenever I see a user with username as user2347894 I ask them to use proper names.
Whenever I see a ...
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Should we be flagging more comments? Or should the description be changed?
I'm just going to get straight to the point.
The comment privilege page show us when to comment:
When should I comment?
You should submit a comment if you want to:
Request ...
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Is there a community guide or FAQ for comments? [closed]
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How do comments work?
I had a comment edited, and an apology to the moderator who I assume made the edit removed this afternoon. I assume that I crossed some kind of ...
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Algorithm for finding the correct site/determining the off-topicness?
Before asking the question I searched through Meta and found only this topic that seems to be a little bit outdated and not directly addressing my question.
I am not new to StackOverflow, but ...
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Is there a a general recommendation on upvoting answers?
I have only been on SE for a short while (and I really only find SO relevant at all, all the other sister sites I've checked so far are very low quality).
What disturbs me on SO and on other sites ...
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How far can I refactor someone else's code?
With a growing number of more or less inexperienced programmers on StackOverflow, it is frequent to see the questions containing code not only badly formatted, but also badly written. While editing a ...
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Is there a community guideline for prefixes on questions? [closed]
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[Titles] Should the most relevant tag be included in the title?
When a question is “very strongly” associated with a particular “tag”, I like it when that question's ...
