Linked Questions
41 questions linked to/from A Proposal for More Constructive Downvoting on Meta: Express Disagreement by Answering the Question
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Why does Meta Stack Exchange have reputation? [duplicate]
On the per-site-metas, users don't have a reputation score different from their score on the site (so a user's meta.stackoverflow reputation is just their Stack Overflow reputation). But meta....
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Is down-voting disagreement or poor quality indication? [duplicate]
Consider a well written, properly presented and clear question on either a subject that could be controversial or proposing simply an unpopular concept.
The question gets well reasoned, detailed ...
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Could we please be a bit nicer to new users?
There is a distinct decline in the level of civility on all the sites here. Some of this is due to new users coming in and posting spam and other nonsense, but the off-topic and downvote buttons are ...
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The Many Memes of Meta
Catchphrases and concepts that spread from person to person are known as memes, which, courtesy the Internet, can now explode across the Earth like a highly contagious virus (hence "going viral"). As ...
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Can we have the ability to retract a close vote before it closes?
Sometimes you vote to close something and the OP then changes it to fix the issue or issues. You can't take a close vote back though. It would be nice if you could.
With the new Duplicate close ...
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Can we prevent some of the low-quality questions from entering our system?
Stack Overflow has been wildly successful. And maybe in some ways too successful.
I am concerned that Stack Overflow is being inundated by a stream of low-quality questions from users who are ...
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How does accepting an answer work?
What does it mean to accept an answer?
How do I accept an answer, and what are the rules?
Can I accept my own self-answer?
What are the reputation benefits?
Which answer should I accept?
Should I ...
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The future of meta.stackoverflow and meta.stackexchange
Historically this site, meta.stackoverflow, has been the place to ask questions about not just Stack Overflow, but the functioning of the entire Stack Exchange (2.0) network, including Area 51 and ...
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Change rep required to downvote on MSE
To make your opinion known on MSE you need both up and downvotes. Given at the moment you need 125 rep to downvote on this site, the voting patterns will be skewed positive because not everyone is ...
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Get rid of the question ban on Meta; suspend actively harmful users manually
This user appears to have been question banned because of two unpopular Meta suggestions. (He says so in Chat)
Look at the two contributions that appear to have gotten him banned. Like those of many ...
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What is up with the waffle fetish? [closed]
Setting aside the fact that waffles were created in the seventh circle of hell, cause suffering and apocalyptic horror wherever they are witnessed, and are instruments of pure evil, where did the ...
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Does meta have to mean murder?
It's often said on this site that meta means murder and that this acts as a deterrent. Our site, which is supposed to act as the central clearinghouse for network-wide matters, doesn't have a great ...
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Question banning should work differently on Meta
I just wanted to report a problem with Data Explorer and realized I was banned from asking questions on meta. Probably because I asked 3 questions with a score <= -10.
Reading through the reasons ...
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How do I participate in Meta and not die trying?
Meta doesn't like me; I can't seem to keep my points. How can I make good posts that are well-received?
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Is it acceptable to ask for upvote/accept in an answer when submitting it?
I searched duplicates, and my impression was that requests may be acceptable, or at least tolerated, after questioner has indicated the answer solved his problem, and with the request for points via a ...