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Can I tag any user while posting a query? [duplicate]

While posting a question, I can tag only communities related to the query. But I was wondering that is there any way to tag the user who has a good response record in answering the queries in a ...
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question appearing simultaneously in Stackoverflow and Cross validated

Is there a way to close the question or mark it as duplicate in Stackoverflow that already appeared on Cross Validated or vice versa?
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Stackoverflow is not sending notification emails

I have an SO account and I have signed up using Google login. Now earlier I posted a question, and I did not receive any email notification for when either someone commented on it or when someone ...
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Please support IPv6 addresses in your URL parser (RFC 2732)

The geek in me wants to express the my web site as the IPv6 address ::1. Unfortunately the software on the SE sites doesn't play along. It strips the brackets from the URL. I.e. http://[::1] becomes ...
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How long will Stack Overflow at least exist? [closed]

I like this site and it'd be a shame if all the work people have put into this place would go to waste, but usually everything dies, even on the internet. So are there plans to prevent that (like ...
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Comment UI is not friendly enough [closed]

I am new to Stack Overflow, and have quickly found that the comment box (that is, commenting on someone's answer/suggestion) is really, really, really bad. Reasons why: Hitting Enter while typing ...
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Can I link a Stack Exchange website like AskUbuntu or Facebook to my website [duplicate]

I have a website where users can do practice their subjects. Can I have a Stack Exchange website like askubuntu.com or facebook.stackoverflow.com for my website for the doubts clarification of users? ...
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Where to ask discursive questions about programming?

As mentioned in the FAQ of Stack Overflow, asking about favorites, advice or discussions is undesired on Stack Overflow. So where should I ask these questions? I think that it is interesting and ...
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How can I query the Stack Overflow database?

Some time ago I saw someone had queried their country's users of Stack Overflow in a sub-site of Stack Exchange (if I'm not wrong). I want to know how I can query Stack Overflow's database.
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Does the Stack Overflow XML dump data contain voters information?

I have got a version of the Stack Overflow dump data dated September 2011. In the votes file the lines are like this format: <row Id="1" PostId="4" VoteTypeId="2" CreationDate="2010-09-13" /> ...
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Mark the highest-voted answer as accepted on another person's question

I have seen multiple questions which are made of very good points, but the asker has his own different approach of seeing each and every answer. That is the reason, probably, that sometimes the OP ...
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Why do I get only one reputation for up-vote on my answer? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How does “Reputation” work? Extra 2 Rep on SO Today? I have many upvotes today on my answers, but then, I am getting only one reputation for every upvote, I was ...
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What is the Stack Overflow “trilogy”? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Stack Exchange Glossary - Dictionary of Commonly-Used Terms What are people referring to when they talk about the Stack Overflow "trilogy"? Sometimes they refer to it as ...
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Referring to “Stack Overflow” as “Stack Exchange”, and vice versa

When writing generally about Stack Exchange, I often find myself either: Saying "Stack Overflow" instead since it is more well-known. Saying something like "Stack Overflow/Exchange". That's a bit ...
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Question on Stackoverflow URL format

A tradition SO URL use format something like this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/123/foobar My understanding when there is same title, a URL is http://stackoverflow.com/questions/234/foobar ...
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Automatic login when already logged in to SE Facebook, etc

When I am logged in to one of the sites that you can use to login to SE or SO, and I go into SE or SO, I suggest it automatically logs you in or ask if you want to be automatically login with that ...
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What kind of question I could post in this website? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What sort of Q&A does this “Meta SO” deal with? I just click the link from website Stackoverflow.com and it show me this website. But This website is the ...
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File not found bug in login flow

When I press login (using Stack Exchange), the next page shows the "signup" option first, post-loading the "signin" option. I sometimes click on signup quickly, but use then the signin way. When this ...
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How SO manages and implements accountless questions? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Why should I register my account? I was over in http://codereview.stackexchange.com and I noticed that I can post a question without registering or creating an account. ...
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Is This Code License Compatible with StackExchange? [closed]

I want to ask a question on Stack Overflow but before I post code, I want to make sure the license I want to use (which is similar to many Open Source licenses) is compatible with Stack Exchange ...
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Why is a link to Meta Stack Overflow shown on each Stack Exchange site?

Why is a link to http://meta.stackoverflow.com displayed in the footer of every Stack Exchange site (e.g. cooking, sceptics)? I mean, every Stack Exchange site has its own meta site, so why is ...
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Where can I find a Stack Overflow Icon for my website?

I would like to have a Stack Overflow icon similar to the icons I have at the top of my site. Does Stack Overflow/Stack Exchange provide free icons or what would be an alternative to getting an icon ...
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How can I follow questions on a topic (like Facebook) across multiple sites?

I just read: What is the best stack to ask Facebook questions? Thanks to gobernador, I just learned that SO has a site for Facebook. This butts up to: WordPress Answers or Stack Overflow? While we ...
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How/where to (or can you) ask about suggestions/recommendations for learning a particular topic?

I'm a bit unsure about how SO works in regards to questions about learning/guides to using/whatever. For example, I'd really like to learn about mmap in Python, but I'm not really sure how to get ...
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Why does Stack Overflow not let me login with a different Stack Exchange OpenID account?

I logged in to Stack Overflow with Stack Exchange OpenID using an old email account. Now, even after removing cookies in FireFox, etc, I can't log in with my other account. Every time I click "Log in ...
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StackExchange, StackOverflow, sub-site account/authentication failure?

I have a StackOverflow account (obviously). I recently got an invite to join careers.stackoverflow.com. Since I already have a StackOverflow account, I figured I could log in with it. Not the case. ...
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Is there a Stack Exchange site that is to Stack Overflow as Math.SE is to Math Overflow?

Math Overflow is primarily for research-level questions and minds. Math.SE is for graduates and undergraduates and non-professional (but not incompetent, I'm not speaking foul here) enthusiasts. Is ...
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Repository of SO-based academic papers

I'm a PhD student involved in research based on StackOverflow data. In doing so I am of course very interested in related work about SO. However, there seems to be no centralised place where ...
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On what development platform stackoverflow is built? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Which tools and technologies build the Stack Exchange Network? Sighting on stackoverflow scalibility and performance I was wondering on what development platform its ...
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Missing stack exchange profiles on careers profile

On my careers profile it appears that I cannot add any of my stack exchange accounts, other than Super User, to my profile. All my stack exchange accounts use the same OpenID ([email protected] - ...
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Where to ask a question regarding programming from a business perspective?

I asked a question on SO about what I need to do to prepare to freelance/consult. It was closed by the mod's, but I'm not sure where I should go to ask this type of question? It is programming ...
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Why isn't the Stackexchange logo posted on the ASP.NET Get Started Page?

On the ASP.NET Get Started Page (See the logo in the Customer Section), we can see that Stack Overflow is one of ASP.NET main clients. They didn't include the Stack Exchange logo instead which ...
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Where can i ask questions about theoretical Machine Learning? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is there a SO-like page for machine learning? Where can i ask theoretical questions about machine learning. I know that on stack overflow people would think its homework ...
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Which StackExchange is best for this type of question

I need to ask a question about project layout, git repository structure, and IDE settings for the given scenario. There really won't be a right answer, but rather, an answer which works best for my ...
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How can I connect my auto-created account to a newly created one?

I wasn't sure what wording to choose when searching, so this may have been asked before. After a question on SO was asked, and I answered it, the question was moved to CR. In the past, I remember that ...
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why not algorithms? [closed]

There should be algoritms.stackexchange.com so that programmers can discuss algorithm problems apart from other stuff. I mean for a separate space cause there are so many networks of stackexchange ...
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Sorry, you are only allowed to ask 50 questions in a 30 day period? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: 50 question per month limit? I have asked only two questions till today. Why is it showing this error message? Please help, I would like to know the reason behind it.
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How do people make money on Stack Overflow?

I would like to know simply, if anyone is making money on Stack Overflow, how are they doing it? I'm not asking if people should be making money on the site or whether or not it's okay—that has been ...
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Can I use a SO tag in lieu of hosting a developer forum for my licensees? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is it okay to use Stack Overflow as the support forum for a product or project? My company has been developing a game engine for a few years and using it for our ...
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What site on Stack Exchange is best for discussing general programming language questions that may potentially be subjective / controversial?

Is there a site where open discussion subjective questions are accepted?
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SO password recovery, here's your password, just kidding

I tried SO password recovery, you enter your email and a captcha after you get an e-mail: here's your password : aaa3437 just kidding, go to this link .... is it considered a bad idea to ...
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Is there any published research on Stack Overflow in the last 18 months?

A bit over a year ago, there was a blog post about published research involving Stack Overflow. This was also referenced in Is there any academic research going on regarding Stack Exchange? Are ...
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How I can use Reputations System of StackOverflow programmatically

I want to make a blog in which my friends will contribute posts. What I want is, I want to maintain my contributors' reputation. The readers will Thumb-Up/Down/etc on posts. I don't want to write my ...
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Favorite tags on Stack Exchange not updating

I add some tags on Stack Overflow, but it shows "No favorite tags found" on my homepage at Stack Exchange. Here are the screenshots.
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What is difference between Stack Overflow and Pro Webmasters?

What kind of questions that matters about web(HTML, CSS, PHP, SEO, CMS, ... ) should posted at Stack Overflow and what at Pro Webmasters?
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How can I invest or work with Stack Overflow

I have been a technologist for 30 years. I was ecstatic about google when it first appeared - I was literally running around telling people about it. Now I am doing the same about Stack Overflow. I ...
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The two things about Stack Exchange [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Too many SE sites causes confusion First thing, I see that Stack Overflow has been remodeled into a number of other sites like Super User, Server Fault, and a lot, lot ...
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Loss of Votes count on StackOverflow [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How does the SO voter fraud detection mechanism work? In stackoverflow, when in a day i get huge number of votes from a single user then the votes are automatically ...
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Strange behaviour with the SE network while on VPN

Sometimes while on my office VPN, I am not able to access any of the Stackexchange sites, while I am able to access everything else. This happens once in a while, not everytime. When it happens, I ...
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Is this site the meta site for all of the Stack Exchange network, as well as the meta site for Stack Overflow proper?

I haven't seen it expressly stated anywhere but as I've spread my presence around more and more of Stack Exchange it's started to seem to me that there are not separate Meta sites for Stack Overflow ...

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