This tag is for questions about the entire network of Q&A; sites that make up the Stack Exchange network.
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Where can I discuss? [duplicate]
I'm programming in C++, and I was looking for "the best" compilers (size, features...), but I read "How to Ask", and I didn't posted the question. If I need to dicuss (important things, like this), ...
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Where should I post my question when it overlaps multiple sites? [duplicate]
Soon I will be starting with my side project to try and get out of corporate development and into game development. And I am sure I will have a lot of questions - I already have, but I first need to ...
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Can we use 'kbd' according to its definition in HTML5?
Can the kbd element be used according to its definition in the HTML5 (CR) spec, or do we have further restrictions for its use on Stack Exchange sites?
The editing help only gives an example, but no ...
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accessing and configuring my stack exchange account [duplicate]
I do not understand how the account systems work with this stack exchange website.
Over the past few years I have changed my email a couple times. Ideally, I would like to destroy these but it seems ...
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Please filter questions that are used for in-house advertising
A user on Academia recently noted an advertisment for this question:
Rape for a girl and is looking to get married
Let's leave aside the issue of a poorly worded title. The question is ...
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Massive overlap between sites regarding Linux
A question about Linux could belong on these sites on the StackExchange network:
unix.stackexchange.com
superuser.com, if it is about using software rather than programming
AskUbuntu.com, if it is ...
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Where should I ask questions about Careers 2.0?
Career 2.0 page is hosted under stackoverflow.com, that's why I am asking this question here.
Where can I ask non-technical questions about Careers 2.0? Stack Overflow is not a good choice. I am ...
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Funding a bounty with points from a sister StackExchange site [duplicate]
For an SE user to have a good enough domain knowledge to accumulate points on one site such as StackOverflow, it's unlikely they are going to have a strong enough domain knowledge to rack up many ...
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Have mobile sites for Stack Overflow/Exchange recently lost ability to store Google login credentials in Safari for iOS 7?
Until recently, perhaps a week ago (around 24 Dec 2013), I have happily been using the mobile sites of Stack Exchange GIS, Stack Exchange Genealogy and Family History, and Stack Overflow on my iPhone ...
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What library or framework does the remaining character counts for comments?
based on Which tools and technologies are used to build the Stack Exchange Network?
is it jquery, websockets or something entirely different doing the comment real-time character counter?
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How can one be sure to not create a new account on logging in to 1 of the StackExchange family of sites?
I have accidentally created more than five duplicate accounts spread across several of the Stack Exchange family of sites. I did not intend to do it, I did not want to do it, and I did not know that I ...
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Help me unsubscribe from all Stack Exchange network sites [duplicate]
I don't like Stack Exchange any more and want to unsubscribe from [ALL] Stack Exchange sites network. How can I do that?
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Drawing more attention to */help/on-topic on the “Ask Question” page
I'm using StackOverflow and other StackExchange sites for 4 years, I'm a casual user: if all my googling fails, and inescapably got stuck with something, I'll ask, accept and go away when done. I ...
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Change input type on Stack Exchange Login Page
I'm being incredibly picky but since I don't have access to the Stack Exchange App yet and I often browse Stack Overflow from my phone, I think it would be useful to change the email input type from ...
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1answer
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How appropriate are question-origin tags?
So, we now have the breaking-bad tag on Chemistry. The posts there aren't really bad ones, some, like this one, have really interesting answers. It also might be helping drive traffic to the site.
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The sites drop-down should focus the site name input field automatically
In the new sites drop-down, there is a text input field that filters the list when typed into. It's called "find a Stack Exchange site".
However, to use it, you have to actively click inside it.
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Chat Box on Stack Overflow website
Proposal: Chat box in the corner of each Stack Exchange website
I believe it would be a good idea to break down the barrier between Stack Exchange chat and its corresponding Stack ...
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how to search all meta sites
I saw a question on a meta site earlier today, but didn't have an answer then. I thought about for a while, and Now have an answer. The problem is I can't remember which meta it was on. Is there a way ...
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If I ask a question on a 3d engine, which site should I ask it on?
If I have a question about the coding capabilities of, say, the Unity game engine, should I ask it on Stack Overflow, Game development, or Arqade?
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In the review queue, audits should only fail (or pass) you once you actually would take action
I just had a review queue audit question "fail" because I clicked "Close" on a post that the community felt should be left open. This particular meta question is about the close vote review queue, but ...
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Some problems with “about” pages
The accepted answer of the question on EE.SE is outscored 150% by another answer, making it a bad example for how the site works.
The about page: http://electronics.stackexchange.com/about
The ...
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1answer
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Is the VTC backlog only on Stack Overflow?
I was wondering if the VTC backlog was only on Stack Overflow, or if it existed on other StackExchange sites. If it did exist on other sites, that might mean that the system for all StackExchange ...
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Ethics of a BitTorrent Software Proposal in Area 51
I've an interesting question for you all. I was giving some thought to possible site proposals on Area 51, and I had the idea to pose a proposal for a "Torrent Tracker Software and Management" Q&A ...
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Stack Exchange 'answers' link points to questions
The 'answers' link on this page: http://stackexchange.com/
is pointing to the same page as the 'n million questions' link. Shouldn't this link point to recently answered questions instead? (if such ...
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Is a smart query service for stackexchange sites welcome here?
StackExchange sites has been a great source for me to find answers to many technical questions, but sometimes I needs a little more than what a generic search engine can provided.
Having the ...
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Wrong profile pictures are display for (some) Top Askers on Hot Questions page
For some users in the Top Askers section on the Hot Questions page are wrong profile pictures displayed. Especially for the users that are on top of that list. May be it is a caching problem or that ...
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SE should stop using the CC logo
If I understand correctly, SE offers its contents using a CC-BY-SA license with additional restrictions: namely, from point 3 of the TOS,
In the event that You post or otherwise use Subscriber ...
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cross Stack Exchange search of all my favorited questions?
Single Stack search:
We can already search our favorites within a single Stack Exchange site by using infavorites:mine <insert-search-terms-here>, which uses elasticsearch behind the scenes.
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Numbering equations in any Stack Exchange site
I have to label the equations in one of my answer but I can't find way
to do so.
How does one number equations and tables while writing an answer on a Stack Exchange site?
(I just want to use it on ...
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Custom handling for poor advice in answers that can endanger health
This question is for only some of the Stack Exchange sites. It is applicable to more than one, so I decided to post it here.
There are increasing site variation on Stack Exchange, Parenting, Pets, ...
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Does stackoverflow have an equivalent subdomain under stackexchange.com?
I know that most stackexchange site urls are subdomains under stackexchange.com, such as android.se and unix.se.
Do the legacy sites (namely Stack Overflow, Super User and Server Fault) and others ...
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Changing the email on stackoverflow.com web site
I would like to change my email address that I used on Stack Overflow site(s). That email is a gmail address, but it happens to be my secondary gmail. My main one is another gmail address.
When I ...
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Are off-topic questions asked on Stack Exchange sites because they are more active/popular than other sites?
Do people ask off-topic questions on sites in Stack Exchange network because some site is more popular, or more active, than other, more appropriate, sites?
Are there any statistics or has any ...
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SE Backup - How, where, when & what level?
How - who does the backup? If a dedicated server, then where is it & how often does it backup?
Where - which place/server does the backup gets stored to?
When - at what intervals? How long does ...
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Why is the footer copyright declaration in lowercase?
The footer copyright declaration at the bottom of the page
is in lower-case (completely). I want to know if there is some particular reason for this? Why is it not Titled-Case or Sentenced-case?
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How to redirect users to an alternate Stack Exchange for questions that were formerly answered on Stack Overflow?
Question
Are there any general best practices for when a SO tag gets its own Stack Exchange? Specifically, (1) migrating questions with that tag to the new Stack Exchange, and (2) directing users to ...
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What are other symbols like → that can be used in StackExchange sites? [closed]
What are other symbols like → that can be used on StackExchange sites? Where is a list of all of these stackExchange symbols or can somewhere share that list here? Can symbols be added to the ...
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What's a good strategy for changing a status-declined question into a status-planned question?
What's a good strategy for changing a question tagged with feature-request and status-declined into a question tagged with status-planned.
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If a question is tagged with status-declined because it was declined then it gets accepted will the tag change?
If a question is tagged with status-declined tag (See image below) because it was declined by mgmt then it gets planned (status-planned tag) and completed (status-completed tag), will the tag change ...
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How do I comment on an answer in StackExchange sites (e.g., StackOverflow) and what StackExchange site should I have asked this on? [duplicate]
How do I comment on an answer in StackExchange sites (e.g., StackOverflow) and what StackExchange site should I have asked this question on?
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StackExchange being switched over to non-production ready and unsupported version of SQLServer?
So, after StackStatus's announcement about tomorrow's database upgrade earlier, I looked up more information about SQL Server 2014 CTP2. This is what I found.
The important parts of this page are as ...
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“Tricking” the upvoting and the answer system of Stack Exchange?
Do the Stack Exchange sites have ways to filter farming of upvotes/marking as correct answers for questions they themselves posted?
For example:
Person A created 4 accounts. Account A, Account B, C ...
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How TDD-oriented is the SE team?
Stack Exchange is my role-model for application development. I've tried to learn as much as possible from the blog and podcasts, from thought process to design, architecture, convention, etc etc.
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What is the appropriate Stack Exchange site for questions about SketchUp?
Where should I post questions I have related to using Google SketchUp?
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Who is the user with highest combined reputation from all StackExchange sites?
I am aware that there is a list list of top users for each of the StackExchange sites. However, I am wondering if there is a list showing the combined reputation of each StackExchange user from every ...
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Is there a place to get the textual overview (what is on-topic) of all sites?
Between:
Which computer science / programming Stack Exchange do I post in?
Does StackExchange have an Economics section?
and other random guidance I've found by perusing the "on-topic / off-topic" ...
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Is there a page that allows mere mortals to know who actually works for Stack Exchange? [duplicate]
So, there are mods, and there are Mods - by which 1 mean the 101 diamonds / actual Stack Exchange employees who have access to the devs, etc...
By playing around regular input and activity on the ...
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Can graduated Stack Exchange sites get closed too?
For Beta sites, it is not uncommon to get closed if they for example don't fullfill the desired activity criteria as explained in Stack Exchange blog post
When a Site Grows Quiet (2012-04-24).
My ...
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I propose one common website for all Stack Exchange sites [duplicate]
I think there should be a common website for asking questions and similarly user info should be visible from every website for every Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange website.
The problem is the ...
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Does SO need to migrate more questions to other sites in the SE network?
It seems to me that since Stack Overflow is more popular, many users post their questions in there, even if it belongs to another site.
I've seen many design patterns/architecture/algorithms ...
