For issues regarding the help center of Stack Exchange.
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Is there a MarkDown shortcut for the Help Center like there was [faq] for the FAQ?
In the limited markdown (for comments and chat, e.g.) we always had [faq] to link to the FAQ. Now that the FAQ has been changed to Help Center, do we have new syntax for this?
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Help center for closed questions is/will-be outdated
Since the "brand new, consolidated" help center has already been out on all sites in Stack Exchange network since June 5, 2013, and the new closing reasons are about to be launched this week, I'd like ...
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On the “Help Center > The Stack Exchange Model”
From the Help Center, Help Center > The Stack Exchange Model:
... If you are experience issues not documented on the site ...
Is this proper? If not, what should it be?
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Bounty link to Help Center instead of old FAQ page
I just saw a question with a Bounty.
This question has an open bounty worth +50 reputation from Nitsan
Wakart ending in 6 days.
The link in the word "Bounty" is to ...
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Avoid asking: I'm trying to do X as seen on site Y. How do I do it?
On Stackoverflow, I often come across questions of the type:
I'm trying to do X as seen on site Y.
How do I do it?
Could this type of reverse engineering question be added to What types of questions ...
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Ugly whitespace in help center two column layout
When I view the help center main page, I see a two column layout with lots of unnecessary white space. This happens on SO, Meta, and SU, but it does not happen on Programmers, DBAs, or Skeptics. The ...
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Add a section on rate limiting to the Help Center
When I read the post (assembly: what is the return value exactly doing?), the user mentioned that he had hit a maximum number of posts.
I looked at the help page but didn't find anything. The help ...
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Help Center for Area 51
Is area 51 going to have the help center? The content would be different, but I like the idea of the help center and I think we should be consistent across all of the sites.
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Flag and close vote descriptions still sat FAQ [duplicate]
I may be nit-picking right now, but the descriptions for close and flag reasons still say "see the FAQ" instead of "see the help center". This is network wide.
Can we please fix this?
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/faq#benice redirects to /help
/faq#benice is currently redirecting to the main help page rather than to a specific one.
It should re-direct to /help/behavior the same as /faq#etiquette does. The "be nice" part is the second ...
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Is there any magic link like [faq] to use in comments for the page listing the topics for which questions can be asked?
When I close a question as off-topic, I generally add a link to the What topics can I ask about here? with a quote of the description that applies to the asked question. (For example, "Implementing a ...
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Should the link on What should I do when someone answers my question? not point to page in helpcenter
The link accepting an answer on What should I do when someone answers my question? page in the help-center points to an faq page on meta.
Should the hyperlink not point to the page What does it mean ...
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“Help” Link in Area51's discussion area points to a 404
Not much to add to the title. Go to the Area 51 Discussion Area and click the help link. You'll get the 404 page for Area 51
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Fix the link for the “Abusive to Others” moderator message template
This template reads
There's a relevant section from the
FAQ that reads:
Be Nice. Treat others with the same respect you'd want them to treat
you. We're all here to learn together. Be ...
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Do we need the here's-how-it-works-banner on the help center for experienced users?
In the new Help Center, we have a banner which is the same as the banner we already had on the homepage for users that weren't logged in. This is the homepage:
And this is the help center:
I'm ...
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Help Center typo: “Again, explain why it should be re-openened.”
The Help Center URL for reopening questions, /helpcenter/reopen-questions, has a typo:
Again, explain why it should be re-openened.
should read:
Again, explain why it should be re-opened.
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Can we get an “id” back on the help section about meta vote?
Recently, the Help Center was introduced in order to replace the old FAQ! Which is really nice. But we lost a friend to battle, one minute for "Fragment Identifier", he was a good bro! We want it ...
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Small typo on common reasons for edits
On HelpCenter in section When should I edit posts? where the common reasons for edits are listed as bullet list the 3rd point should be
To add additional information only found in comments, so all ...
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“your own hard-earn reputation” should be “your own hard-earned reputation” on the Help Center Reputation & Privileges page [closed]
"hard-earn" should be "hard-earned", in the second paragraph on the new Reputation & Privileges help page.
The corrected complete sentence would then be
Slice off anywhere from +50 to +500 of ...
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The 'Adding and Removing Login Credentials' page has outdated screenshots [closed]
Looking through the new Help Center, I noticed this page - the 'Adding and removing login credentials' page.
Here's the screenshots on that page, with current screenshots below them:
Old:
...
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The words “request an account merge” are repeated on the my account Help Center page
The words "request an account merge" appear twice in succession, initially not as a link and then as a link at the end of the final paragraph on the new my account help page.
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self tour links to faq, not to the help center
The guided tour at /about, links to /faq with FAQ as the text, not /help. This should updated to be appropriate for the help center.
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Clarify what the pin icons mean in the new help center
I was confused initially about what the pins mean next to a topic in the new help center. Apparently "those articles are "featured" articles; they are meant to draw attention to the most important ...
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Use the new helpcenter for the question/answer ban message
Related: "We're no longer accepting" message should not be hosted on meta
The helpcenter has an entry for the question ban message. It still links to the meta page for further ...
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“How do I delete my account”? has an incorrect & confusing screenshot
On the How do I delete my account? page within the Help Center, the 2nd screenshot should not have a delete link visible:
Since a user who has voted or posted's user page looks like this ...
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Search bar not working
In the How to ask section of the Help Center, the search bar does not work. The only way to make it work is by typing in it and then clicking on advanced search.
Also, if it worked, 3 links in the ...
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On-topic list is too hard to find in the new help center
The On-Topic section is really the core of what defines a site. In the former FAQ sections, it was prominently placed and easy to identify. Now in the Help Center, it is buried half way down and 3 ...
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Reputation section has wrong link [closed]
On this page when you click on reputation you get a text only version of the rep page.
Is it supposed to be like this? Because I don't think that this can help new users understand what reputation ...
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Rework of the Help Center's “Reputation & Privileges” section
The "Reputation and Privileges" section of the Help Center is pretty much right from the FAQ - it's a little stale and could use some updating.
Also it probably makes sense for "What is Reputation" ...
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What happened to the “Votes work differently on meta” part of the FAQ?
There used to be a part of the FAQ explaining how votes on meta were different. Often the first comment on a question from a new meta user that was getting downvotes would be a link to that part of ...
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revision history of mod-editable parts of /helpcenter
The mod-editable part of the /faq used to have a 'history' link (visible only to mods) that allowed mods to see past revisions of that part. There seems to be no such link now, with the new ...
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/faq#bounty misredirecting
The old /faq#bounty section discussed how to improve a question and post a bounty, in order to get answers. Its content was essentially the same as the current content of ...
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404 in Help Center for bounties
Here:
one of your answers is awarded a bounty automatically: +1/2 of the bounty amount (see more details about how bounties work)
The link does not work, shoud be ...
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Update the new and old about pages
Another occurence of the Faq word that should be removed. (There should be a tag about this)
The new about page on pretty much every site displays a nice button :
I want to visit that section. ...
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The word “significant” is misspelt on answer-bans help centre page
The word "significant" is written as "signifciant" on the first paragraph on the new answer-ban help page.
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Help Center > Reputation & Privileges Error
On the Reputation & Privileges Help page, the section about losing reputation is incorrect.
You lose reputation when: :
1. question is voted down: −2 (-1 to voter)
2. you place a bounty on a ...
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Replace [faq] magiclink with [help]
With the new addition of the help center, the FAQ is now a part of the help center and the link up top has even been replaced with "help" instead of "faq".
Now the [faq] magic link still reads ...
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“contact us” in footer still leads to old help center
The Help Center went through a very major face lift recently and got a new URL.
All sites are now linking to it by "help" link both on top and in the bottom of every page.
However, the footer ...
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All references to the FAQ in close reasons should be changed to Help Center links
Close reasons still have links to the FAQ in them - these should be referred to as the Help Center, since that's what it is now.
Not Constructive (emphasis obviously mine)
We expect answers to ...
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Incorrect link for FAQ on deleted answer
When an answer is deleted, it says "Why was your post deleted? See the faq." with a link
http://stackoverflow.com/faq#deletion
Which points to this FAQ page:
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Introducing a brand new, consolidated, Help Center
UPDATE: This is now live on all Stack Exchange sites. You can access it at /help or by clicking the "help" link in the top nav or footer of any page.
We can all agree that Stack Exchange is a ...
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Show examples of good and bad questions
Stack Overflow's rules have grown very complex and often counter-intuitive over the years. That doesn't mean they don't exist for a reason, but grokking SO's culture can be really tough even for ...
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How can an user have a lot of upvotes on many questions but still have low reputation
How does a person having 137 upvotes on a question have only 198 reputation?
See the profile of Marco.W. on stackoverflow.com.
I see some statistics like below, but I am unable to get it exactly.
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Circular reference in Help --> Other (aka “contact us directly”)
This rough diagram should explain what I mean: (reference)
The "If your issue was not covered above, please feel free to contact us directly" line should be removed from the page it's referring ...
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Why is Stackoverflow Help Center ignoring my question?
I submitted a question via this link and have gotten no recognition of having even submitted a question. Nor has the email sent directly to [email protected] received any response.
Are there ...
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“contact us” takes us to a “help center”
Logic tells us that if we want to contact the Team, it should be about:
issues
feedback
bug reports
other not listed above
This help center covers absolutely every point (even the "not listed ...
