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Do users pay attention to account's age? [closed]
I am currently in the process of writing a paper about the discourse within Stack Overflow. I am focusing on the concept of seniority within the site.
My question for the site users is: Do you pay any ...
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Is topic-hostile downvoting a thing, and are SE algorithms designed to catch it?
I am well aware that there are endless topics regarding hostile downvoting and how it should be dealt with. I have read a bunch of these threads, but one thing I have never seen raised is persistent ...
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Should "Why 'What Stack Overflow is Not' was deleted" be historically locked?
A long time ago, Shog9 deleted a popularly-linked question here. He then made another post, Why "What Stack Overflow is Not" was deleted, to explain his reasons for deleting the question ...
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Should this question, which reports a bug that has the same root cause as another bug but manifests in a different place, be closed as a duplicate?
This bug report, which reports that clicking the "Share" button before the page fully loads, causes the page to refresh because the button is a link is to a redirect to the same page, which ...
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Is this duplicate closure, of a question asking to discuss the content of an answer, correct?
I just asked What can I do if I have a feature idea that was already requested, but the author removed the suggestion in the meantime? here a few hours ago. That is a discussion regarding how to ...
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Why is this deleted meta question considered spam or abusive? (Why were my flags to remove the spam or rude/abusive flags declined?)
This question here on this site was deleted ten years ago, as it was a non-useful joke question. (It was posted during an era when joke questions were not necessarily considered bad or harmful ...
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How can I improve my question asking about when an answer to an announcement marked as planned will be implemented, and have it reopened? [duplicate]
Yesterday, I asked the question Will the pluralization issue in number of bookmarks on list of bountied questions in user profile page be fixed at some point?, which in its original revision reported ...
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How to clarify a question closed as site specific
My question How to handle an unnecessarily complex question was closed as site specific. I didn't intend it as such, as any Stack Exchange site can have the kind of overly complex question the meta ...
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What answer should one accept when they both answer different aspects of the question? [duplicate]
This question of mine asks for multiple things, and two different answers cover different parts.
Is here the metric which answer took the most time and work? Because I wouldn't know. Or is it which ...
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What should I do with my post on logos?
I posted Logos and their representation and it seems like the community doesn't support it:
Now I read the downvote reason, and clearly they voted the question for it being useless. However, someone ...
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Reputation after deleting a post [duplicate]
I just got started on Stack Exchange.
What happens to your reputation after deleting a question on a Stack Exchange website?
Do you lose the reputation associated with the deleted question?
If yes: ...
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Does it make sense to offer a bounty "Thanking users who answered my question" as Current answers are outdated?
The accepted answer (+162 / -1) to Thanking users who answered my question was last edited on Dec, 2017. It's a community wiki and includes the following
First of all, anyone posting here with the ...
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Improving my question about the Teachers' Lounge so it can be reopened
I am trying to improve my Meta Stack Exchange question Rename the Teachers' Lounge in order to get it reopened. It was closed in October 2019 for the reason "This question does not appear to be ...
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Why is a bug report about Stack Overflow's search functionality considered "off-topic"?
A bug report I posted earlier today (Search fails to find matching issues) was just closed due to being "off-topic".
This is despite the fact that it is a very clear, easy to reproduce bug affecting ...
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Would a drug related question best belong on "Biology.SE", "Medical Sciences.SE" or "Chemistry.SE"?
First of all, an important detail: Chemistry.SE has a tag for "drugs", and Biology.SE doesn't (it has one for "pharmacology"). Yet, I am still a little uncertain, and considering this question could ...
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Why was "Update: an agreement with Monica Cellio" historically locked?
The question Update: an agreement with Monica Cellio was given a historical lock yesterday.
According to the tag wiki for historical-lock,
A historical lock preserves older content that was very ...
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Why was my recurring question about suggestions for Winter Bash 2020 received so negatively? [closed]
Recently, I asked Suggestions for Winter Bash 2020, which is a recurring yearly question asking for suggestions about the next year's Winter Bash (or other winter celebration). It is a recurring ...
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My question (which had an answer from a Stack Exchange staff) was deleted by a moderator, what should I do next appropriately?
I recently posted the following question on meta:
Has Stack Exchange ever permanently kicked out (by the longest possible suspension) a high rep troll? (now closed and deleted by a moderator)
Some ...
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Why people are downvoting this question? [closed]
Can anybody please tell me what is wrong with this question?
People are down voting it and I am not getting any comments telling the reason.
Which technology would be good to use to calculate ...
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Where should I ask my question about ISP networks?
I tried asking the following in networking, but it does not seem to fit the topics. Maybe there is a better place to ask?
I have a pretty general question about how networks work on ISP (Internet ...
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Should this question about the Code of Conduct be moved here from Politics Meta?
I believe the "Code of Conduct" is of broader concern than just one site. Would my question here be better served on Meta Stack Exchange than on Politics Meta?
If so, can someone help me with its ...
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What is the difference between "only applicable to one specific site" and "a general question stems from a specific example"?
The reason I ask Would adding more examples to a post be acceptable? in the mother meta instead of the child meta is because I think it's applicable to other sites as well. So what is the difference ...
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Is this kind of question "unclear what you're asking" or "too broad? [closed]
What should a question like this be flagged for? I'm torn between "unclear what you're asking" and "too broad".
My problem here is indeed applicable to other sites, too. This question on the blender ...
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What to do with deleted question that is off topic for this site
I posted a question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49772011/no-page-information-in-search-results-magento-2-1-8
Then realised that it doesn't belong on stack-overflow and deleted it. I got the ...
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What to do if I find an answer, but I don't have permission to post from the author?
Last month I asked a question on Arqade about the luck-based Mario Party 2 minigame "Day at the Races". I wanted to know if each of the 4 selectable racers had an equal chance of winning.
A few days ...
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Are these duplicates?
Add tag wiki/excerpt audits with copied content
We need tag wiki plagiarism audits
I'm very curious why they aren't duplicates. Both are requesting basically the same feature, with highly similar ...
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Why was the recent question about "unwarranted" suspensions deleted?
This isn't a big deal; I'm partially curious about what happened, but I also think it was a pretty good question with some very useful answers.
There was a question posted here yesterday by someone ...
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Is it appropriate for a moderator to delete a question based on borderline self-promotion rather than closing or putting on hold?
I'm on a team that develops APIs for developers to create apps within our platform. We thought Stack Overflow was an appropriate place to do Q&A specifically for programming questions about our ...
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Bounty claimed by answer with just URL in it on Stack Overflow [closed]
I started a bounty for the first time for a question. Someone immediately posted an answer which had only a link in it and referenced link, and also it didn't have anything about answer. And it seems ...
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For technical vocabulary questions, what site should I use?
I am not trying to do something technical. I just want to understand a couple of things about SaltStack. Which site is the most appropriate for vocabulary questions?
Here are the technical DevOps ...
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Should I flag for comment restoration? [closed]
A user is accusing me of plagiarizing their comment as my answer. We both posted relatively the same comment within 30 seconds. My comment had a functional example though and the OP told me to posted ...
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Why has this user's tantrum about a question they wanted deleted been successful?
This heavily-downvoted semi-dupe has been deleted after its author vandalized it several times and tried to vandalize the upvoted answer as well — mine, to be precise — apparently with the ...
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Which Stack Exchange site to use for dynamic app development tool questions? [duplicate]
We are building a dynamic app development platform. Its approaches are directly aligned with the way apps are built using code though it's a complete drag and drop and no code system.
Though ...
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How is a feature request a duplicate of a support question? [duplicate]
I asked Could we allow users to challenge moderators' decisions? but it was marked as a duplicate. But I believe it isn't a duplicate because the questions linked to are asking how to use a ...
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Should I cross-post a question that hasn't been answered? [duplicate]
I didn't get answer from my question for EX:"How to use chrome Plugins in Selenium WebDriver" IN SQA, So can i post same question on Stack Overflow. Please help me...
any how iam doing this for to get ...
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Converting 'Is Stack Overflow a forum' Q&A into Community Wiki?
There is a Meta SE Q&A that I would like to be able to cite quite frequently:
Is Stack Overflow a forum?
and I would cite it frequently if it were titled something like `Are Stack Exchange (...
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Completed feature-request gets closed as off-topic
This feature-request was marked status-completed and then it got closed as off-topic. If it was really off-topic then it should not have been tagged completed. To me that is really strange, maybe I am ...
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How do new users get help on Stack Exchange?
I'm having a computer issue and joined SuperUser looking for help after your site popped up in a search for tech help forums. I asked a question as a guest and received a couple of comments, so I'm ...
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Should opinion-seeking questions with many answers be reworded or left as-is? [duplicate]
I have an opinion-seeking question that is several years old and just recently was marked as on-hold. The on-hold status requests I re-word my question, but since there are already so many answers ...
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When to ask multiple questions in a single post ? (Revisited) [duplicate]
This question has been asked several times in similar (yet often slightly different) ways.
The general consensus seems to be that it's best to ask multiple questions individually in multiple Question ...
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Question removed by OP after I answered it
The OP removed this question after I posted an answer (and an useful edit) to it. Not sure if this is too un-common as I faced it only second time. (can't get the first instance details as it was ...
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Why is my question put on-hold since there are plenty similar ones? [closed]
Do you know is there anything different between my question (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29206889/are-there-any-examples-of-using-the-state-design-pattern-in-net-framework) which is put on-...
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Delete my own misguided question?
When I asked this question I didn't understand enough basics to even formulate the question correctly.
Specifically, I asked about basis when the real question (as I now understand) was about how ...
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How can I make this question acceptable? [closed]
Earlier today I posted this question on programmers.stackexchange:
How can a manager best communicate software development best practices to junior and mid level staff?
My boss asked me this ...
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After reading the meta I still don't know where to post my question [duplicate]
I posted a question on Programmers and was told that I should post it on Stack Overflow instead.
Having posted it in both places, both questions are now "on hold as off-topic" so really, I don't ...
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Regarding specific edit
One of my questions had a suggested edit and I approved it. I am still having a feeling that there wasn't a reason to make that edit. It was addition of a relevant tag. The question was quite old. The ...
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Delete the popular popular deleted Stack Overflow and Programmers questions
The justification for keeping https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/73455/popular-deleted-stack-overflow-and-programmers-questions on Meta.SE is:
So those two Programmers questions are the only ...
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Graphic Design vs Writers: Which is best for designing a document?
These are two examples:
Is this a good way to present images and captions for research document?
Nice and elegant separation between proof/equations and explanation
I am writing a thesis and I want ...
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Is a question about a payment policy appropriate on any SE site?
Is there any SE site where the following question is acceptable?
Walmart in my area requires ID for any credit card transaction, even though this is strictly prohibited by Visa, Mastercard, and other ...
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Should an old, popular C# Static Analysis Tools question be deleted or locked? [closed]
This question currently has some re-open and delete votes on it: What static analysis tools are available for C#?. There is some debate between users in the comments about whether the question should ...
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