Tagged Questions
Questions specific to stackoverflow.com and not necessarily related to other Stack Exchange network websites, such as retag requests.
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Raise Flag for a [Penalty Box]
Edit on Point
Not talking about having someone pushed off the site for a long period. My terminolgy is wrong (I'm new here). Penalty Box is more like what I was talking about. Will try to edit the ...
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2answers
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As a highly experienced professional software developer, I have difficulty getting good answers to questions
No, this is not a bitch session. I'm a serious professional developer of 30+ years experience, with paid developers working for me on commercial software. I find Stack Overflow to be the most amazing ...
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3answers
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How do I post an example of a CSV to Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
I'm trying to ask a question about combining CSV files in Python, and since I'm new to this site I can't post images of it. How do I create a column by row example like this post has done?
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1answer
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Where can I find my inbox
Purhaps a bit of a strange question, but before I could find my inbox with my past questions at the top left corner in stackexchange. Now you have your inbox next to it, but I can only see my last 5 ...
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1answer
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Posting a question not possible: “Error occured submitting the question”
I would like to post the following post on stackoverflow, but I always receive this message in a red box: "Error occured submitting the question." No idea what to do to solve it, there are no boxes ...
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1answer
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Confused by audit failure [duplicate]
http://stackoverflow.com/review/close/4192913
This question was presented as possibly off-topic and when I agreed I got the "You failed" message. The question is about navigating a Haskell site and ...
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1answer
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Stack Overflow doesn't work for me anymore; where should I look instead?
As an architect and team lead, many of the questions I'm interested in are comparisons of technologies, or accounts of how well a particular technology or methodology works in practice.
And almost ...
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1answer
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The current off-topic close reasons are bad
The Problem
After speaking to many users who have been moderating this site clean many, many times, and after some thought, I came to the conclusion that the current custom off-topic reasons do not ...
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0answers
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Posts with less than 4 close votes are displayed in close review page [duplicate]
I have just read this post about displaying only the questions with at least 4 close votes:
Now, only questions with at least 4 votes/flags are listed in the close review queue. If you're ...
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1answer
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Shouldn't there be a better way to handle new users? [duplicate]
New users are the biggest source "poor" or "unhelpful" questions on stack overflow. This is usually because of the way new questions are formatted.
New users are NEW and unlikely to have read the ...
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Let's burn down the close queue!
So, this happened: Fuzzy the number of questions in the close review queue, a dopamine for the shutterers
Now, only questions with at least 4 votes/flags are listed in the close review queue. If ...
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1answer
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Why is this question “on hold/not clear”?
I've just failed an audit, no big deal, happens rarely, but I am really curious why is the topic closed as "not clear":
splitting an array into separate arrays
The only reason I can think of is the ...
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1answer
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Should all opinion-based questions be put On Hold?
I posted a question today that was a bit odd in terms of questions on SO. It was a little vague but I really needed help with it.
Question Here
It has been put on hold due to "opinion-based" ...
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1answer
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Date that badge was earned does not contain year
Checking my badges on SO I noticed that the information about my badges is not complete.
For example, there is no information about the year when a current badge was earned.
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Merge chained-payments into Adaptive payments
chained-payments is really a subset of paypal-adaptive-payments. Merging them should help people asking questions about it and there's already considerable tag overlap. Adaptive payments does deserve ...
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2answers
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Many aggressive or non helpful answers [duplicate]
Can I ask why a lot of the answers people give are quite aggressive on stack overflow. I do a lot of PHP development and I notice that people ask questions and the immediate answers are always ...
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0answers
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where is the previous data dump of stack overflow [duplicate]
As far as I know, the previous version of data dump of stackoverflow is on clearbits.net. However, recently, I cannot find them. I even cannot access clearbits website. Right now, I can only find the ...
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1answer
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Incorrect number of SE sites on SO about page
http://stackoverflow.com/about reports that "Stack Exchange is a network of 116 Q&A sites just like it." However, http://stackexchange.com/ reports that there are "115 Q&A sites." (Which ...
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3answers
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What is the best name for a new tag for PID ( Proportional, Integral, Derivative )?
PID - Proportional, Integral, Derivative
I am working on some libraries for PID Controller implementations in various languages.
The pid tag is already take for process-identifier, but there are a ...
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3answers
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Is “Can you be terrible at math and still be a great programmer” historically relevant, or old and off-topic?
I found this question a few days ago and was a little curious about whether it should have a historical lock or just be closed in the usual fashion.
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4
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2answers
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How to exit Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
In Stack Overflow, how do I exit the site? If I click "delete" from the user home page my account is deleted. I can't find "sign out". Please tell me.
(I am not leave,just clear cookie,but I can't ...
4
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1answer
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Binary Bomb Questions
I've noticed a surge in 'Binary Bomb' questions on SO. That is, the assignment gives a disassembly (typically x86), and what parameters / inputs are needed to avoid the explode_bomb function call.
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1answer
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Split the [attr] tag
I feel that the attr tag should be made a synonym of the attributes as both seem to represent the same thing. We already have a synonym for it in the name attribute but since attr contains almost 600 ...
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1answer
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Merge Stack Overflow accounts [duplicate]
I have my main account for StackOverflow that I use with 'log with Facebook'.
Unfortunately, I created another account using 'log in with Google account'. I would like to merge these two accounts, or ...
5
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1answer
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Why does MCVE page instruct users not to use tabs?
Looking at the mvce page, I notice that it instructs users not to use tabs when posting a question. It claims that they make a mess on Stack Overflow, but I don't understand what problems tabs cause. ...
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0answers
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How judicious should questions be in using tags?
I'm a little confused about tag usage here at SO. My understanding is, a tag should be used if it is largely/completely relevant to answering the question.
For example, say I have been familiar with ...
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1answer
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Get number of questions by tag name
I am just curious to know whether there is a way to find out which tag has got most number of questions on a day.
Like at the moment, i see 582,073 questions overall for java tag, 531,473 questions ...
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1answer
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Where I can see SO moderator election details via new SE android app?
I'm unable access Stackoverflow moderator election details on StackExchange Android app! Can anybody suggest how to access that?
If it's not possible, what is the use of the native app? I can get ...
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0answers
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Burninate [survey]
On SO, survey is tied to questions about surveys, which is largely useless (there are a relatively small number of questions [~300] with this tag and I do not believe there are any survey specialists ...
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0answers
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Does the number of pending close review tasks influence your actions on the site? [closed]
This question is intended to be a survey.
On http://stackoverflow.com/review the number of pending review tasks is displayed in the left-hand column. On http://stackoverflow.com/review/close/stats it ...
0
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0answers
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What to do with thousand of questions never checked as valid but with the correct answers? [duplicate]
Like a lots of stackoverflow members, i'm trying my best to answer community questions, because i really belieave in that kind of help.
Everytime i ask for help, i spend a lots of time make clear ...
3
votes
1answer
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Request to reopen SO question on JavaScript error detection
Here is the question:
How can I check JavaScript code for syntax errors ONLY from the command line?
Several days ago I cast a reopen vote.
I've edited the question to the best of my ability so that ...
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Tag “appstore-sandbox” used for itunesconnect test-users
I found several posts that use appstore-sandbox for questions with the so called "Sandbox Enviroment" of iTunes Connect. This sandbox is typically used for testing In-App Purchases but also for ...
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Can SO be made responsive on desktops? [duplicate]
I have been browsing the Stackoverflow site on my Firefox browser of my desktop system, and when i resized my browser, the site is not getting adjusted automatically (non-responsive).
While i ...
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2answers
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How to avoid “Hot Network Questions” on the sidebar
This may sound like a 'first world problem', but I am quite easily distracted by the 'Hot Network Questions' sidebar, as I find them quite amusing and some of them quite intellectual
But where the ...
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1answer
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Strange “Edited Post” text at end of title can't be removed
At the time I am writing this, the title of this question ends with the words "Edited Post". When I attempt to edit the post to remove those words, the edit fails with an error message that "a ...
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1answer
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Questions no longer being accepted from my account
I have in my account 54 reputation and 18 questions - 17 of them were answered and accepted.
4 of these questions were voted up, others didn't get votes up or down, and 2 question were voted down. ...
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1answer
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How are top users selected in Stack Overflow
I would like to know the selection of process of choosing the top users in any Tag (eg: Java) in Stackoverflow. I know that its dependent upon the number of questions one answers and there is also ...
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1answer
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Shouldn't Synonymizer be a silver/gold badge?
I noticed that Synonymizer is only a bronze badge. Yet in order to obtain this badge you need to have 2500 reputation or more to even create tag synonyms. Then, on top of that you also need to be able ...
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Why was this Question Regarding GCC and Clang on Linux Deleted?
This question was a genuine inquiry for me when I was studying programming in C and considering switching to Clang which appeared to me more user friendly and more newbie friendly than GCC. I did in ...
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How do I gain reputation on stackoverflow? [duplicate]
I'm not interested in writing a bot that games the API to gain reputation so none of the suggested questions really answer my question.
I didn't create an account until today but I have apparently ...
2
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1answer
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why in the stackoverflow 2014 data dump, the files of meta.stackoverflow began on 2009-06
I checked the meta.stackoverflow, the earliest post should be on Aug-05 2008. However, in the stackoverflow 2014 data dump, the files of meta.stackoverflow began on 2009-06. So where is the data in ...
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I am a serious programmer, and I may not ask questions on Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
I try to ask questions as clearly and concisely as possible, using pictures. I search at least 30 minutes prior to asking, usually upwards of an hour.
Now I am barred from asking questions. I asked ...
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2answers
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Great Q&A, or spammy product announcement?
Not sure what to make of this question. On the one hand, it's an extremely well-written question and an even better answer. They are written by the same person, which is totally allowed.
But...
It's ...
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4answers
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Would there be a way to stop Java questions asking for not using the Java library?
Everyone has seen these questions in there lifetime, they are along these lines:
"Can anyone please help me implementing (homework/issue/?) X in Java, but without using the standard Java libraries?"
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1answer
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Getting Red Line under tags
I have been roaming around Stack Overflow websites and when I was in chat and when I copied SO User Link I got this,
Just as Stack Overflow. But when I moved my mouse on tags I got red lines ...
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How do I ask somebody to answer my questions on stackoverflow ? [duplicate]
Like in Quora, the system may recommend some people who have related skills. How can we find someone with related skills and ask them to answer my question in stackoverflow ?
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Why are there so many close votes? [duplicate]
So what is the reason for such a large close vote queue?
Is it that nobody wants to slog through the close votes?
Do users just generate far more close votes than first posts or edit proposals?
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1answer
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Are too many badges on question review the cause of a huge closed votes queue?
I am wondering if badges on question reviews are the cause of the huge closed votes queue.
Shouldn't this be discussed or tested to see if the CV queue can be reduced eliminating some of the relevant ...
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The side-by-side diffs should make it clear when a link is added
On Meta:
On SO (rev 2):
As you can see, on SO you can't easily notice that a link was added in the side-by-side view. This way spam can get through the suggested edits ...
