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What is a pre vote?
As seen in
New Vote Types in latest data dump?,
some new vote types appeared (likely) exclusively in the Stack Overflow data dump. A couple users helped find out what each one meant. However, what ...
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Intermittent Stack Overflow website connectivity issues
I'm trying to browse stackoverflow.com through my company's internet, and often the website fails to open.
We reviewed the company's firewall but there are no rules to prevent from reaching the ...
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I can't post a question on Stack Overflow as it thinks it's spam [closed]
Here are some screenshots of the question I'm trying to post:
Why is Stack Overflow blocking it for being spam?
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What is the font used in the Stack Overflow logo, after it was changed few years ago?
What is the font used in the Stack Overflow logo? No, this is not a duplicate! This question has been asked on here before but that was 14 years ago and the logo and font have changed since. I'm ...
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Should this question be migrated to MSO? "Are questions about improving performance on topic on Stack Overflow?" [duplicate]
Are questions about improving performance on topic on Stack Overflow?
This question is specific to Stack Overflow and still relevant, since it's been linked from MSO here: What makes a "good&...
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Email notifications not working about question edits and changes
I asked a question in Stack Overflow and my question was closed. I hoped that I would receive email notifications about changes and when the question was closed but I didn't receive email ...
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Why did all the comments under my answer disappear? [closed]
I have an answer to one of the questions (link) and many comments were there. Now every comment disappeared while the comments under the other responses are still there.
What might have happened? Is ...
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Why are Stack Exchange sites too complicated to understand? [closed]
There isn't any way I can get around in any of the Stack Exchange site. Do sites demand technical background and more professionalism?
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What tag is used for Stack Exchange rules and their respective enforcement instruments?
Each site has a Tour, a Help Center and meta sites having faq where the site's purpose, workings and features of the Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange system are explained. Also, there is FAQ for ...
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How to watch tags across more than one Stack Exchange site
How do users watch any given tag across multiple Stack Exchange sites?
For example, to watch [bash] or [awk] I watch the tag on Stack Overflow. However, it appears I must re-watch that same tag on, e....
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Only some badges showing available on Stack Overflow profile page [duplicate]
I recently noticed that on the 'select your next badge' SO popup, only very few badges are available in the dialog.
I know quite a few SO users have many, many badges, definitely more than what shows ...
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Can't log in to my Stack Overflow account [duplicate]
I created another Stack Overflow account for another community that was not related to my main account, but I mistakenly added a GitHub login method with the mail from my main account. After that, my ...
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How can I post an image as a link in the 'About me' section of the profile on Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
I am changing the About me section in my Stack Overflow profile. I want to post an image as a link in it, so that when the user clicks on it, it should be redirected to my link.
I’m looking for ...
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What does the sorted by 'most frequent' search filter mean on stackoverflow.com? [duplicate]
Does it mean it is sorted by the most viewed questions recently?
Is there a way to search questions based on how much recent activity they have, to gauge how popular they are currently (highest score ...
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I cannot log in to Stack Overflow
I have another Stack Overflow account linked to my Facebook account. I believed the first account I signed up was Stack Exchange.
When I tried to log in to Stack Overflow today, it said the account ...
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SO Dataset query to retrieve questions, related answers and comments with a specific question tag
For a small part of my master thesis I need to retrieve a dataset from SEDE that contains all questions as well as the related multiple answers (and if possible also comments) with the tag "text-...
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Fanatic Badge is not showing right away in profile under "Badges" right after receiving it [duplicate]
After 100 days of consistency I've attained the first gold badge "Fanatic". Now the badge is disappeared there.
Also this my Stack Overflow profile. I don't know what it happened and what ...
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Are there any tricks to "bypass" duplicated question checking when asking on Stack OverFlow? [duplicate]
I've just started learning IT and ask questions on SO a lot.
But I'm so tired of my questions being closed all the time due to duplicated reasons. They pointed me to some other question that was said ...
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Stack Overflow Offline - No announcement [duplicate]
Stack Overflow is currently offline; it was around half an hour ago too but came back for a short while (but it was showing very slow response times).
The "We are currently offline for ...
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How should I reply to a comment which is a request for code?
In a comments discussion I was asked in a comment to share my code. Unfortunately the code exceeds the number of characters allowed in the comment. I'm not a question owner nor the answer.
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Can't post question on Stack Overflow - 'this looks like spam.' [duplicate]
I just signed up to Stack Overflow, trying to post my first question. What's wrong with it?
I've already removed redundant text in the post, but still Stack Overflow says This looks like spam.
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Can someone help me find an author of a deleted question? [closed]
So I spent quite a lot of time writing code for an answer to this question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68652773/how-to-find-and-print-out-empty-keys-in-json-file-in-python#68652773 and the ...
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Stack overflow for teams ad
For some time now I keep seeing this on most of the SE sites I visit:
While I admit that this is a useful piece of information, I still want to find out how many more days will I be seeing it?
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What will be the migrated blog.msdn links?
There are many posts referring to https://blogs.msdn.com and we see below message.
If you were looking for MSDN or TechNet blogs, please know that MSDN and TechNet blog sites have been retired, and ...
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There is any option to unsubcribe/unfollow already subscribed community [closed]
There is any option to unsubscribe/unfollow already subscribed community in stack overflow (Is this logout is an option for unsubscribing/unfollowing)
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How can I find all the advertisements in Stack Overflow?
Stack Overflow users know that the site shows advertisements occasionally. I can remember in a blurred way that perhaps there is a place at the Stack Overflow site that shows in one place all the ...
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Question is available, but the answer and its comments are not visible [closed]
Yesterday I asked a question and someone had replied as comments. More than 10 or 11 comments are shared with me and the one who helped me to solve my question. But today I am not able to view the ...
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Talk in Stack Overflow chat [closed]
I am getting an error when I try to join the chat, https://chat.stackoverflow.com/:
Oops! Something Bad Happened!
We apologize for any inconvenience, but an unexpected error occurred while you were ...
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Where is the documentation for MarkdownSharp?
I want to use the same functionality on my website as Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange uses with the text editor (in which I am currently typing).
I have seen and downloaded MarkdownSharp, because ...
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How do I share the contents of a file on stack exchange without taking up too much screen real estate?
How do I post the contents of a file on stackoverflow.com without overwhelming readers with a "wall of text"?
I know what a minimal reproducible example is. I will provide the shortest file ...
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Stack Exchange API, access token request
I've done the OAuth process with Stack Exchange and I have my access token.
I'm trying to perform this request https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/me-posts#order=desc&sort=activity&filter=...
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Can’t access Stack Exchange sites
I can’t access sites in the Stack Exchange network like serverfault.com, stackoverflow.com, and superuser.com from my home network. I can access these sites from my mobile so I wondered whether my ...
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Should the question be closed if it has been answered in another thread of some website?
The question which has been answered in some other website should be marked closed in Stack Overflow? It can help to find active questions and reduce time to investigate duplicate questions with other ...
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Inconsistencies in rejected edits count
I wanted to see all of my rejected edits in stack overflow.
After looking at the post How can I see all my rejected edits?, I saw I have 8 rejected edits (user id 2359227 here):
However, when looking ...
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My Stack Overflow account seems to be hacked
I opened my Stack Overflow account after almost 18 days today.
I didn't bounty on this question, and what next should I do for security concerns? How can I revoke my points?
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Can Moderators review more posts than the daily limit? [duplicate]
Can moderators review unlimited posts in a single review queue within a day? I saw one moderator review more than 400 yesterday in Stack Overflow first posts review queue. Today also he's reviewed ...
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Found a bad link on one of your pages [closed]
This page has a bad scam on it. Clicking Answer One "this page" will lock your computer:
How to customize bootstrap switch color
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Duplicate results when i am searching tags on SO [closed]
I have tried to search 2 tags(PostgreSQL, Mysql) on Stackover Flow. But search results are showing every question 2 times like below image.
Whether its a bug? It should not behave like this.
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Why is the "say thanks for this answer" feature only available on Stack Overflow?
We noticed that in last days the appearance of a useless feature "say thanks for this answer" ONLY on Stack Overflow.
I do believe that it shouldn't be available even in SO, but for ...
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Why is a stackoverflow.com/a/{answer-id} generated by Google not working when passed to the Stack Exchange API?
I am writing a crawler that takes a URL from a Google search, for example https://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.stackoverflow.com+for+loop+python and use it to fetch data from Stack Overflow using ...
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Where can I find statistics about deleted questions related to Stack Overflow? [closed]
For my research, I need statistics on deletions between July 1 2013 and March 4 2019 related to Stack Overflow questions. Since the repositories do not contain deleted questions and this data is not ...
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Why I don't have any review queues? [duplicate]
I have 700 reputation in StackOverflow right now. Once I've reached 500 rep I've got an opportunity to review first posts and do the triage. But now for some reason I can't do that. The inscription "...
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Attempt to update profile picture triggers "email address already registered error" [duplicate]
When I try to update my StackExchange profile image I get the following error:
Oops! There was a problem updating your profile: This email address is
already registered. If it belongs to you, log ...
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Let new-comers know what they should know
I would like to focus two things here:
Neither the Tour, nor Ask A Question, shows What the question poster should when someone answers their question? which most of the new comers often don't know ...
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How to turn off the dark mode on Stack Overflow? [closed]
I recently enabled the new dark mode on stack overflow. However, I'm not too comfortable using it in the site in that look. Is there any way I can turn it off?
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so far all bounties I have been awarded I have gotten after the grace period, is this just coincidence? [duplicate]
I have recently won a few bounties on stackoverflow. (I knew I would get them because the awarders told me in the comment they would give them to me or had flagged the answer as right) I eventually ...
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Why didn't I get notification of this answer in my inbox? [duplicate]
I posted this question to SO recently and by chance I noticed I had an answer; however I only noticed this answer by chance - I never received a notification in my inbox like I always do.
I thought I ...
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When did Stack Exchange debut?
https://stackoverflow.com/company says y'all started in 2008.
https://stackexchange.com/about says y'all started in 2010.
Which is correct?
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Why some phrases auto recognised as tags and other not [duplicate]
In Stackoverflow when I search for angular it show me the tag [angular] and so I can follow it and when I search for vue or react it isn't.
Angular search:
Vue search:
When I search for [vue] it is ...
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Why is the "Through the loop" banner only on Stack Overflow?
When I happened to visit Stack Overflow today, I noticed a banner advertising the "Through the loop" survey:
However, I hadn't seen this banner on any other site on the network:
Is this status-...