HTML links, generally those created within the network on questions, answers, or the site itself.
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Why does stackoverflow limits the number links per message to 2? [duplicate]
I like SO/SE, since I often find very good answers that are nowhere else. So, from time to time, when I encounter unanswered questions, I take the time to log-in and write a correct answer, in order ...
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Markdown URL formatting error when preceded by tag
I faced this bug when I was answering this. For reproducing the bug:
[tag:sth] [link][2]
and it'll be parsed as: sth [link]2
As one can notice, the word link is not actually converted to link, but ...
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Auto add anchor text for links to Stack Overflow/Exchange sites [duplicate]
I think it would be useful if links to other Stack Overflow (and possibly Exchange network) questions and answers automatically had anchor text added to them, if the user doesn't add any themselves, ...
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Linked StackOverflow blog posts should automatically convert to title
e.g. http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/08/gorilla-vs-shark/
Should auto convert to Gorilla vs. Shark, like SO posts do.
This will largely help meta, moreso than SO, but it would be helpful.
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problem with : in a link
I posted a link on Travel.SE in
Are there walking tours (where you join a group) in Rotterdam?
The link was as such:
And more promisingly, Gilde Rotterdam Guided Tours:
If you mouse over the ...
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Please add target _blank for link [duplicate]
If possible please add target blank for each link references in question. It's will be nice if we click it, we didn't leave stackoverflow website.
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Help users create dummy links that are not to unrelated commercial sites
A search for domains like mysite.com provides thousands of results on Stack Overflow and hundreds on Drupal Answers. I sampled some. Each and every one I checked was a post by someone ignorant about ...
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New users can post urls (which they shouldn't be able to - I think)
I'm a new user and noticed a bug when posting a problem of mine on Stack Overflow.
If you have less than 10 points (or whatever it was called) it says you can't post any urls. As I really wanted to ...
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Links in How to Format when asking a question should point to helpcenter
The help section How to Format that gets visible when focusing the textbox to enter the body of a question, contains links that point to old sites, that i think are replaced by sites in the new ...
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Replace special characters/groups of characters with words in question links
I want to propose to create a tool that will replace the special characters or groups of characters from the question title in the question link.
For example: a question with title Why {} + {} is ...
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Retrieve title of external websites for use as link text of bare URLs [duplicate]
I have 2 URLs:
Anatomy of a "Memory Leak"
http://forums.asp.net/t/1917189.aspx/1?How+to+find+single+value+in+string
the 1st one is the stack overflow URL and the 2nd one is another ...
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Make question status a hyperlink to its explanation
I just saw a question marked with a status with which I am unfamiliar, [on hold]. With a little searching, I discovered what it is all about. However, it would be convenient if its status were a ...
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Automatic link-to-title conversion in migrated posts
I posted an answer to a question on SO that was migrated to TeX.SE. My original answer included a destination URL on TeX.SE and was therefore not automatically converted to it's title equivalent. ...
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Better markdown support for SO links
Short version
Make this:
Some text [1] blah blah
...
[1]:http://stackoverflow.com/q/17134929/1544337
Into this:
Overlay a background-image with an rgba background-color
Note: I'm only ...
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Link validator points to wrong link
I edited this answer with an improved version today:
Function to INSERT dynamic list of columns in multiple tables
When trying to submit I got an error message from the link validator:
Links to ... ...
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1answer
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Formatting/markdown not being parsed when in HTML tags
If I ask/answer a question, sometimes I like to include numbered lists using the <ol> and <ul> HTML tags. There is a problem, however, if I want to format the text to make it bold or ...
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Open question links from duplicate dialog inside duplicate dialog
Note: I'm using this question as an example, it's possible that the problem doesn't exist in that specific question.
Say someone asks a question. How do I find the value of this <input> ...
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This question is now closed - please refresh the page for updated status
If you are reading a question which needs a close vote, and you click close but the question has already been closed, this message pops up:
There should be a link to refresh the page where the text ...
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User Notification of expiring hyperlinks?
Would it be possible to implement feature whereby a user is notified of a hyperlink becoming unavailable? In doing so, they can take the action of fixing the link or removing the reference altogether? ...
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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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Bug with editing to add a link to jsfiddle: error message appears even if you cancel!
A new feature on SO is that if you have a link to jsfiddle but no code, the system prevents you from posting, saying "Links to jsfiddle.net must be accompanied by code"
However, this error message ...
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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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Link to question from SO home page will often times jump/scroll down when the page loads [duplicate]
Win7 x64 / Chrome
When clicking a link to a question on SO, the subsequent page will jump/scroll down a screen or so when the page loads. Sometimes this behavior occurs all of the time, while other ...
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Link not updated in preview of suggested edit
I was reviewing a suggested edit that only fixed a broken link. Before approving the new link I wanted to test it, so I clicked on the new link in the preview, but found it was broken. On further ...
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Type a URL without it becoming an anchor link
Whenever I write some URL in thr editor, this automatically becomes a URL. For example, http://prateek.co.in.
But I don't want this; I want it to appear just as plain text. How can I achieve this?
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More 404s with missing slashes
See this meta question.
The problem was that Stack Overflow was trying to access
http://cdn2.sstatic.net/stackoverflowimg/so-fb-logo.png?v=2
When it should have done this:
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Links to Stack Exchange questions should behave the same in comments as in posts [duplicate]
Links inside answers to other pages on Stack Exchange sites get automatically converted, but they don't get converted inside comments. I'd like to request that they get converted in comments, too.
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Tooltip for question links in comments showing sanitized title
When you hover a link to a question in a comment, you get the title sanitized, the same way as in the question URL. (Test case.)
Here, have some freehand circles:
Can the tooltip reflect the ...
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1answer
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Why do I get a blank page instead of a 404 when I visit this link?
I was playing around with URLs (boredom, surprise!), when I typed this URL into my browser:
http://stackoverflow.com/posts/-1/comments
I get a great big wonderful... blank page!
Note: the post ...
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Allow links to rdar:// URLs
While I have no idea how the Apple people actually use rdar:// URLs, allegedly these URLs are supposed to be easily clickable links used by their internal bug tracking system.
When people submit a ...
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1answer
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Reputation League links not working if nobody got any reputation during the league period
The link for sports site on SO is not working here on http://stackexchange.com/leagues.
Other sites such as Stack Overflow are working it is displaying an error.
It says it is a server fault.
May ...
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Change error message of links with spaces
When you post a link using the Insert Hyperlink toolbar button, if the link has a space before the link, then it will say something along the lines of
Link to http://%20http://blahblahblah.html ...
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Link to CC license in “add image” popup covers “add picture” button on some sites (but not others)
On math.SE, when I go to add a picture to a post, the link to the Creative Commons license overlaps the "add picture" button:
Checking a few other sites:
TeX.SE:
meta.SO:
...
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1answer
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Website link on Stack Exchange user profile is linkified even for SPAM accounts
See for example this user profile. The only post I saw from this user on meta was this (10k+ only).
This user's profile page on Meta and Stack Overflow shows the website as plain text and not a ...
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Change the behavior of the s.tk shortener to better admit our rate of expansion
Related: What shortened URLs are available through s.tk?
Official shortened URL service
Currently, the s.tk shortener links to the corresponding site if you go to s.tk/<site>. If the ...
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Linking to answers - possible “self promotion”?
Let's say a new question is posted, and I've answered that question before in depth. If I link to my answer in my comment, would that be considered "promoting" that answer - an attempt to gain more ...
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Has the thinking on linking to external git repos (as an appendix to an answer) changed?
Is it ok to create public repos on git or svn to help illustrate answers for questions where the answer requires many steps?
I had a look for questions relating to this. e.g.
Share code related to ...
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Add a [deleted] tag to links in chat that are 10k+
When in chat, there's quite a few links flying around that are deleted, and only viewable (well, without the edit trick) by 10k+ rep users or those with access to mod tools. Since the links are ...
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Why isn't the period rendered after a question link?
In an answer, I was writing the following sentence and I noticed the period was not rendered.
(See ...
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Obtaining the link direcly to one answer of a question [duplicate]
Is there a way to obtain the link to one precise answer of a question (not the selected answer).
There are multiple answers, and I want to talk about one precisely inside a comment.
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Are there more things like [faq]? [duplicate]
When you type [faq] in a comment, it resolves into a link to the site's FAQ. I was just wondering if there are more short-style links to commonly used things. I don't remember how I found out about ...
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Open lightbox links in reviews (close votes, suggested edits, etc.) in a new tab
I haven't studied UI principles, so please correct me where my reasoning (or my accusation of there being none) is unfounded.
I think, though, that most links from the lightboxes in the review ...
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Could we please update the link to the Wheel of Blame on the Tavern?
Following the link to the Wheel of Blame script welded on to the Tavern currently results in this:
Could the linked script be updated per the gentleman's request? The script is widely available on ...
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Breaking the linkifier with pasted links containing unprintable chars
It seems Oddthinking managed to break the automated linkifier while linking to a docx file. Im not positive it has anything to do with .docx files, or perhaps urls without a www. prefix but the effect ...
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Answer links counted for link-share badges?
This question is a duplicate of: Do shared link to ANSWERS also count for Announcer, Booster, Publicist badges? but specific in time.
As of April, 2013 do links to answers count toward these badges? ...
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What is general policy for links in posts and edited posts
I have recently gained the privilege of reviewing edits and since then I have reviewed over 100 of them.
I often see edits which do one thing which is they modify links like this:
...
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Remove underline from hyperlinks in tag filter emails
Maybe I'm just being OCD, but can the underlining of the filter emails be removed?
It is a lot more readable and looks a lot better to me without underlining, and it's not like it's difficult to tell ...
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Link in chat message not expanded?
I was just trying out chat for the first time and because I wanted to make a comment on an answer I started my message with a link to that answer. I typed: ...
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Shouldn't the closed-as-duplicate banner update when the title of the target changes?
I recently noticed that duplicate banners (on math.SE, at least) do not update when the target question's title has changed. The specific example I came across was this question, that was closed as a ...
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Frequent question sort excludes the default personalized links?
In What makes a question appear under 'frequent'? I describe in more detail what the "frequent question sort order" is all about (in comparison to What's the 'Frequent' sort ...
