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Perhaps add a superfluous About link in each StackExchange's home page three bar menu
Visit https://stats.stackexchange.com/ .
We see a logo, "Cross Validated". That's nice, but doesn't quite tell us what the site is all about.
Feeling rather uneasy, we look around for some &...
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What are the exact conditions for the /questions/ask/advice ("interstitial") page to show to a user?
Ex. the page on Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask/advice
What are the exact conditions for such pages to show to a user?
On what sites?
With what history/conditions of the user'...
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Click does not work for Stack Exchange pages [duplicate]
I usually use the Mathematics and TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange sites. From today, the usual mouse-click suddenly started not to work for these sites. For example, I found a useful code in this page, so ...
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How to see Review Queue help boxes again?
Recently new help boxes for Review Queues were displayed to users. E.g.:
The box above is about a specific queue. There is also a main box for queues in general like shown here.
After dismissing, ...
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Help on viewing a seemingly deleted answer on a marked off-topic post? [closed]
I asked a question in the physics stackexchange about the fastest ramp ending velocity for science project and it got one answer before it was marked off-topic for being too similar to a homework ...
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How to inform people to be considerate because OP has mental health disorders
I have been having a lot of trouble on SO lately because I suffer from an array of mental health conditions. I am open about my conditions and don't mind telling people. But I can imagine the backlash ...
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If I enter the Stack Overflow site as a new person and I search for "How do I ask a question" that yields no real help in doing so
It might seem obvious to a new person to the Stack Overflow site to simply search for "How do I ask a question?" or "How do I ask a great question?" or "How do I use this site?" yet none of those ...
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MathJax website is Shutting Down? From where we now getting support? [duplicate]
SE network mandates a programing language called MathJax, to format chemistry or math equations.
The left click on MathJax processed text shows the following icons:
.
Fig 1. MathJax processed text ...
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Looking for a place with all the rules and community guidelines
There doesn't seem to be a place within the stack exchange network for general questions, website support, or an FAQ, and the "rules" (the tour) are extremely vague and unhelpful.
Users and mods can ...
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Why/how did I get banned from asking questions on softwareengineering.stackexchange.com? [duplicate]
I am so confused, I have asked like 5 questions on programmers.stackexchange.com / softwareengineering.stackexchange.com, and all of them have upvotes. Yet, I logged in a week ago, and now I can't ask ...
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A guide to moderating chat
Chat is an offshoot of the main site, and using it is a privilege users earn early on during their time here. Chat is our place for:
Real-time collaboration
Meeting fellow members of the ...
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How to delete Area 51 account? [duplicate]
I logged into Area 51, and now I can't find any way to delete my account. Is it only me, or does this happen with everyone?
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Is a suggested edit thrown out of the Queue when it is ignored/skipped? [duplicate]
What happens when a suggested edit is ignored/skipped?
Is it thrown out of the queue and how much time does it take to get out of the suggested edit Queue?
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Numbered userid - How to find my Stack Exchange account
I've been using the Stack Exchange Android app to ask and answer questions since I got my new mobile phone. The app created a profile for me named "user2021", as you can see. I have no idea how to log ...
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Reputation limit for user name change? [duplicate]
Do you have to have a certain amount of reputation points to change your user name? I have checked all of the questions on changing my user name and the answers that are given say to click the edit ...
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Getting a vote up by someone on the same network considered "a sock puppet"?
I am an intern at a company where a colleague knows my Stack Overflow account and he just upvoted a question of mine. I was wondering whether this is considered a "sock puppet". I told him not to ...
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What is meta site actually used for? [duplicate]
This might seem stupid, but what actually the meta site does? The chat site is for general discussions that might be off-topic. But what is meta site used for?
So that next time when I ask a ...
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What is the recommended reading list for new SO users? [closed]
I didn't really see much using that search term. In making a number of posts related new user issues I received some good suggestions. Of course what is relevant are the items that go beyond the ...
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I'm having problems finding answers and my posts are getting marked duplicate, what do I do?
Question: What problems exist in the search engine user interface?
Question: What procedure should I follow when using search to avoid problems in the search UI?
NOT a feature / change request
I was ...
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Edit post not working [duplicate]
When I am going to any questions on Stack Overflow, that time edit button is appearing as disable. I can't click on it because there is no link of editing. Can you please help me what is the problem?
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Why Isn't Editing Help on the FAQ's Section? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Add link to /editing-help in FAQ
I've seen a couple of requests regarding Add link to /editing-help in FAQ but it apparently only picked up four votes.
Is there a good ...
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Not to get extra advice in some specific cases
I'm learning PHP. From an old book at my university I first learned procedural PHP and MySQL, and then found out that both were not the "best" way of doing things. So, to keep learning, I start to ...
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How does the system guide new users?
There are several questions here on meta about "How to guide new users" and in particular "How to educate new users about accepting answers" (see 1, 2, 3, 4). A common approach seems to be to comment ...
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How to educate new users about accepting answers
I just had a pretty heated discussion - at least on my side - with the moderator casperOne about a comment to one of my own answers asking the user to accept my answer. My answer was the only one to ...
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Is it appropriate to solicit professional consultation AFTER THE FACT?
I have had one of my questions answered on SE and would like to contact the person who answered to see if they are interested in professional consultation for a related project. In my case, this is ...
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tag-wiki editing confusion
It's a bit misleading to see
the [tag name] tag has no wiki summary, can you help us create it?
from where you are greeted with the tag info, however from here you are stuck and there is no way to ...
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Different Usernames on stackexchange.com and data.stackexchange.com.. Is it a Bug? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why am I jon.doe when logging into Data Explorer?
Okay, The problem is when I log into stackexcange network and its network websites, My username is Alphamale. Which is correct. ...
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How I missed seeing the help link for Markdown formatting when asking a question
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I edited the title to more accurately match the final disposition of this question. Still leaving it around for any others who might be as clueless as I was. It's a big world. There is a non-...
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Flag Posts help section is out of date [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
"Flag posts" privilege page out of sync with recent updates
The information on https://stackoverflow.com/privileges/flag-posts is out of date and does not contain ...
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I want to know all SO's vote types, Who can provide it for me?
I feel the design of SO's vote types is very clever and smart, in How do I audit my reputation?, Jeff showed us some vote types, but only part of them.
I want to know all vote types, May be it will ...
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Where's the summary of your own suggested edits?
Where can I find my pending/approved/rejected suggested edits? (a bit like the Flagging Summary page)
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Not allowed to ask a question even though I have not posted anything [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can't Post Question - Status Incorrect
Oops! Your question couldn't be submitted because:
users with less than 125 reputation can only post questions every 20
minutes; try again ...
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How do I log in to my account?
I use stack overflow a lot and I used to have an account. I never really logged in or anything, I would just fill in the form at the bottom that asked for my name an email. I recently reset my ...
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Where do I go for support on a new stack exchange site?
I committed to a Stack Exchange site that is now in private beta. However, the beta will not let me in (probably because I didn't not get my openId associated with the account that committed until ...
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Touch an Answer Request
Can someone with lots of Stack Overflow rep go make a trivial edit to the accepted answer to this question so I can vote it up?
WPF Animation - Why Can't "By" have a negitive value?
If ...
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