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87 reopen items on Meta? [duplicate]

Eeeek! I've never seen any number this high in the Meta review queues - why is it that big?
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Update the flagging popup for question of out scope for meta

I agree with the first two sentences displayed. I don't think the third sentence is necessary in here. It doesn't seem to relate to the off-topic reason. Please remove it or update it.
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Should the “legal” tags be cleaned up on Meta?

For ones this is about the meta-tags: license x16 licensing x66 ownership x20 copyright x81 legal x90 attribution x66 content-reuse x15 copyright-infringement x17 trademark x18 plagiarism x36 ...
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What is the [svn-revision] tag doing on Meta?

I just spotted the svn-revision tag on Meta. Is this tag really required here? There is no tag wiki and only 2 questions are tagged under it. Should we start retagging?
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Add Meta Stack Overflow to the list of meta sites in the Stack Exchange Android app

App version: 0.1.21 Select "All sites" Tap the "Main sites" dropdown and switch it to "Meta sites" Meta Stack Overflow is not on the list; searching by typing "stack" returns an empty list. ...
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Same page displayed for two different options

When I log-in to meta stackoverflow, I saw a page similar like: It shows that the active tab is selected, but the question button not enabled in the screen. But when I select the question button ...
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Why are there down votes on Meta?

Why are people so eager to exercise downvotes? Isn't Meta supposed to be a more general discourse on a broader range of topics? Isn't it an opportunity to exchange dialogue with the SO community? ...
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Does it make sense to have a negative rep cap for Meta posts?

I've been thinking (and posting) a lot about voting and one issue that's come up over and over is the chilling effect that downvoting can have on Meta discussions and feature-requests. Downvoting is ...
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Are all questions about “too localised” now obsolete?

I was thinking of going through Meta Stack Overflow finding questions about the “too localised” closed reason (Why was my question closed?, etc.) and flagging them for closure as Off Topic > can no ...
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What is an Appropriate Question for Meta Stack Overflow if not this? [duplicate]

I received quite a few downvotes for a question I just asked here on Meta. If not here, where was I supposed to ask this question?
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If I get banned from meta.stackoverflow.com, am I also banned from stackoverflow.com

I have googled and haven't really found an answer. I have had a couple of questions get severely downvoted here (one was a support question too, thx). If I get auto-banned on meta, will it affect my ...
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Suggested question scores do not line up with their titles

The alignment of items in the block Questions that may already have your answer is weird. The first question score is shown before the question and subsequent question and scores doesn't match. Here ...
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Are rejected migrations being handled correctly on MSO?

This migration from Stack Overflow to Meta Stack Overflow has caught my eye, and I'm wondering if the current system is working as intended. Rough Timeline: Original post made on Stack Overflow ...
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Answer templates on Meta?

I clicked on Open Source Advertising - Sidebar - 1H 2013 and scrolled through the submissions just for the heck of it. When I came to the bottom, I discovered something unexpected! Lo and behold, ...
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How to interpret use of “status-declined” for a discussion question

In reviewing Should we have a policy about "too much downvoting"?, I noticed that it was of type discussion but also had status declined. The documentation on How does Meta Stack Overflow ...
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Advice on rehabilitating an unpopular Meta question (or not) [duplicate]

I recently submitted an MSO discussion question. In very short order it has been downvoted to the point where it appears on the rogues gallery of downvoted questions (i.e. the last page of questions ...
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Scope of MSO-unique voting policy

According to http://meta.stackoverflow.com/help/whats-meta, the MSO-unique "votes as agreement/disagreement" is limited to posts of type feature-request. In practice, however, this guideline seems to ...
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Is there a tag for site-specific close reasons?

I now understand the difference between the flagging-dialog, close-dialog, and close-reasons tags, but it's not clear to me what tag(s) is/are associated with site-specific close reasons. Does ...
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Explanation of MSO close-dialog tag text

The explanatory text for the MSO close-dialog tag describes it in terms of the dialog presented to >=3k users for closing, but this same dialog is for the most part also presented to those with >=15 ...
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How can a user suggest a status tag edit on Meta?

Have a look at this suggested edit which was suggested by Joshua Hynes. He suggested status-planned tag. I approved because I can see he is a SE employee. So I have two doubts: Why doesn't he have ...
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Accepted answer box colour discernibility [duplicate]

Compare the pair: At least on my laptop, the two boxes (on MSO) are very similar in colour, and not immediately noticeable that one has already been answered, unlike on other sites such as the main ...
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Not enough rep, but privilege showing as having earned on Meta

The Meta Stack Overflow privileges were recently changed to not show the review queues as being available when they don't exist. MSO Review Queue Privileges are Misleading. I don't know if something ...
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Unable to post on meta after a certain number of downvotes [duplicate]

It seems after you reach a certain number of downvotes (at least on meta), you lose the ability to post. Why? I also wonder if the algorithm is taking into consideration if the downvotes were spread ...
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Typo - “question eligible for bountyin 2 days”

On Meta, when posting a question, the URL under the question reads "question eligible for bountyin 2 days". There is a space missing between 'bounty' and 'in'. Small, I know.
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Suggest addition of “comment” (or “praise”) tag

I recently posted some praise regarding the SO edit interface (it was here). It was deleted, and I mostly understand why, although I do disagree -- but the purpose of this is not to try and have that ...
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I cannot believe what I have seen today [closed]

Today, with my best intention, I posted a suggestion to restrict the downvotes (compelling users to justify why they downvote), it got lots of downvotes and reasons: "this has been proposed before lot ...
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How to tag questions related to size of Close Votes review queue at Stack Overflow?

Questions related to size of Close Votes review queue at Stack Overflow are rather popular*, how to tag these? Of existing tags, the following seem to apply: review (1,5K+ questions in tag) ...
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Meta-Privileges Oddity [duplicate]

So on the Meta Privileges Page, I see: Yet, I was unable to find the normal review button, so I clicked on Access Review Queues, it says that: Note: These two queues do not exist on per-site ...
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Why am I able to post on Meta despite having < 5 reputation

Because of five downvotes to a question that I posted, I only have a reputation total of 1. However, I was still given access to Meta, which I understood required 5 reputation. Why is this? Is there ...
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Suggested edit to add status-completed tag?

I just noticed a very strange suggested edit on Meta: What is up with this? I thought users couldn't add moderator tags, and, by extension, suggest them. Have I stumbled across a gasp bug? ...
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What kind of comments am I supposed to avoid? [duplicate]

MSO is being really helpful these days. Whenever I want to comment on a post, it already tells me what the comment section is for. I appreciate that, being cared about. But, you know, sometimes Meta ...
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Profile Bug - Answers Title Now Displays #~TotalAnswers# Answers

There appears to be a new bug on the Meta site. This doesn't happen on SO. In the profile page under the Summary tab, the Answers section title is displayed as: (count) #~TotalAnswers# Answers ...
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meta SO listed in user accounts however none of the other metas are listed

Why is it that only meta SO is listed as one of my accounts in SE. Whereas the other meta's such as meta super user, meta dba's, meta cross-val are not listed? Is it because the meta SO is different ...
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Meta duplicates don't require an answer. Don't suggest there is one when that's not true

This request was sparked by this particular question. The vote to close as a duplicate on Meta, in contrast to the main site, does not require for the duplicate to have an answer. Yet, the closure ...
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My question was marked as a duplicate, but the referenced question only has comments [duplicate]

Today I asked this question: Why are some questions closed "off-topic" or "not constructive" years after they have been posted? After I got 3 good answers and many comments, my ...
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Questions tab on mobile site doesn't sort questions

On the mobile site here on Meta, tapping Questions at the top shows that it is sorting by newest. I think it's quite obvious that it isn't: Can we fix this?
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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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To whom should we award bounties on Meta?

I have recently started a bounty to draw more attention to this FAQ/feature request (yes I know, this question is going to draw even more attention to it, I swear this is not on purpose). It has ...
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Asking specific users a question [duplicate]

Stackoverflow has no "inbox" for users, yet in some circles (uncommon or new languages, specific topics) there are very few "experts" and some important questions get passed over as a result. Is ...
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Special tags should render faithfully when using [tag:XXX] syntax [duplicate]

You can use the syntax [tag:navigation] to typeset something that looks like a tag on a post, e.g. navigation. However, certain tags render differently, e.g. the 'compulsory' tags discussion, ...
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Remove “(already migrated)” from Meta while closing migrated question

When voting to close any migrated question on Meta, it shows "(already migrated)" in off-topic reason which is actually wrong since we can't migrate any question from Meta Stack Overflow. This is ...
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Informed badge for Meta

In Stack Overflow Informed badge is awarded for reading the entire about page. Why the informed badge is not seen in Meta Stack Overflow? We are having about page here too.
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Question list on Stack Overflow is not showing new question

On Stack Overflow the last question was asked approx 1 hour ago. It is not getting updated. Since the volume of the users are a lot, I can't believe that nobody has asked question since last 1 hour. I ...
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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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Using duplicates as answers on Meta?

I've noticed a pattern here on Meta (this is a meta-meta post!) Namely, people seem to like answering questions by marking them as a duplicate. For example, 'why didn't I get rep from these two ...
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Anchor tags not processed in close vote review queue close reason

This is a minor bug. One anchor tag is visible, other(?) has been processed correctly.
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Is there a review queue on Meta Stack Overflow? [duplicate]

I have suggested some edits to be reviewed, but I noticed that there is no review button at the topbar. So how does the peer-editing process work on this site?
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Everything tagged with [status-norepro] on Meta should be automatically closed as not reproducible

The status-norepro wiki states: This tag indicates that the site developers were unable to recreate the behavior described in a bug report. The not reproducible close reason states (emphasis ...
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Rename [internationalisation]

If the standard for tags is U.S. English rather than British English, then internationalisation should be renamed to internationalization (with a synonym left behind). Although, really, it should ...
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Meta's “How to Ask” sidebar is somewhat incorrect

We prefer questions that can be answered, not just discussed. This is true for main sites. It is untrue for meta sites - discussion is important and vital. While I'm sure no one reads this on ...