Questions tagged [help-center-proposed]
This tag is for posts suggesting additions or clarifications to the Help Center.
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Add a help-center link to "In need of moderator intervention" in the question flagging menu
In the flagging menu (see bottom for reference), almost every single category has a link to a clarifying help center entry. The only exceptions are:
Duplicates (which has a comprehensive submenu ...
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Let's improve the "How do I ask a good question?" page
I did find this question, but I have a bunch of suggestions. Also yes, some of this is from my post over on AU Meta
I think the "How do I ask a good question?" Help Center page could use ...
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Please can we document how tags and wild cards interact in the help center?
While writing this question I noticed we don't actually document how tags and wildcards interact.
As per the help pages we document them separately:
To search within specific tag(s), enter them in ...
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Why are the community-specific close reasons not automatically included in the don't ask help article?
Any person can read a general pan-SE list of close reasons. Any person can read a site-specific list of on-topic areas – these are available in the help center. In a few SE sites, there is a list of &...
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Review queue Help Center draft: Low-quality posts queue
This post is part of a larger effort to create Help Center pages for each of the Review queues. You can learn more about this project in the overview post. These posts will be locked so that everyone ...
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Review queue Help Center draft: Reopen votes queue
This post is part of a larger effort to create Help Center pages for each of the Review queues. You can learn more about this project in the overview post. These posts will be locked so that everyone ...
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Review queue Help Center draft: Suggested edits queue
This post is part of a larger effort to create Help Center pages for each of the Review queues. You can learn more about this project in the overview post. These posts will be locked so that everyone ...
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Review queue Help Center draft: Late answers queue
This post is part of a larger effort to create Help Center pages for each of the Review queues. You can learn more about this project in the overview post. These posts will be locked so that everyone ...
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Review queue Help Center draft: First posts queue
This post is part of a larger effort to create Help center pages for each of the Review queues. You can learn more about this project in the overview post. These posts will be locked so that everyone ...
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Review queue Help Center draft: Close votes
This post is part of a larger effort to create Help Center pages for each of the Review queues. You can learn more about this project in the overview post. These posts will be locked so that everyone ...
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How should we handle copied content in questions? [duplicate]
Or, in other words: Are the rules around referencing sources different for questions vs. answers?
It's well-established that copying other people's content into an answer without citing the original ...
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Add the fact that only registered users can delete their own questions to our help pages
This request comes from the post Why can't a user delete their own question that was just asked and has had no activity?
The answer to that question was that the user who posted the question was ...
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Add an explanation about the difference and role of the per-site and networkwise meta to the Help center
I just crossed paths with a very new (and highly active) user in chat, and it turned out that he had never known about Meta - and when he tried to visit it, he clicked the featured question of the ...
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Suggested modification to Help Center "How Do I Search" text
The "How Do I Search" text in the Help Center describes searching for tags by enclosing them in brackets. It also describes using a wildcard in word search terms. But it doesn't mention that ...
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Improve description of tag wikis in Help Center
The Help Center articles on the "approve tag wiki edits" privilege and "trusted user" privilege state:
What are tag wikis?
Tag wikis are a general introduction to a topic defined ...
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Update page about "Talk In Chat" privilege in Help Centers
This question says edits to the Help Center shall be posted in a meta, so here you go.
On the Talk In Chat page, under Where is chat?, it says a link can be found in the "top left corner of the page"....
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Good Subjective and Knowledge Questions vs Problems You Face
Currently the Don't Ask page of SE sites indicates "You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face" however Good Subjective, Bad Subjective, as well as a ...
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How about we delete copypasted answers by new users?
I frequent the review queues (on ELU SE), edit to improve answers from new users, and upvote them often, and later find out that they're merely copypastas of earlier well-received answers.
I ...
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Format for searching by date
As described on the help page you can search by date using format:
YYYY-MM-DD
But turns out that another format:
MM-DD-YYYY
is also acceptable. I know that such format is used in USA, but ...
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Add help center guidance about saying thanks [duplicate]
Suggestion: In help/behavior, add guidance about not writing "Thanks", etc. Include a brief rationale, and mention that accepting an answer and upvoting are the preferred means of saying thanks.
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New Help Center article for constant changing questions
Most of us know this:
How to deal with constant changing questions
Etiquette for Russian Doll Questions
Exit strategies for "chameleon questions"
Dealing with solutions that end with a new ...
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Can we briefly explain the "wrong" review count where new reviewers will see it?
A frequently-asked question across the network is why the number in the top bar next to the "review" link doesn't match the tally of items visible in the queues. It seems like this has come up on ...
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Remove 'democratically' from sites' help/on-topic page
Rationale: Remove "democratic, community-driven process" from the Area 51 FAQ.
Currently, on each site's help/on-topic page:
If your question is not specifically on-topic for $sitename$, ...
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Could we have a Help Center page on disassociating posts?
As a moderator I sometimes1 find myself needing to explain disassociation to a user, usually one who has tried to delete posts that he's belatedly realized are connected to him. It'd sure be handy if ...
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Page in the Help Center describing how to close and delete your own question
I didn't see any clear description of how to close or delete your own question.
There's already a page describing why and how are some questions deleted, which says this:
Questions can also be ...
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'Remove New User Restrictions' privilege also allows uploading images?
An answer to the 'How to upload an image to a post?' thread says that in order to do this you'll need the 'Remove New User Restrictions' privilege to do so.
The 'Remove New User Restrictions' page ...