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When to close a bug report as no longer reproducible?
See User profile pages broken.
It is a bug report from 2017. At one point it was closed after being marked status-completed for the reason:
The problem described here can no longer be reproduced. ...
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Are there any topic boundaries for the private chat room Teachers' Lounge?
Because privacy and confidentiality means "what happens here, stays here", does that mean that participants there can freely voice concerns or questions that when brought to the public would be closed,...
user626138
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Is it valid to ask if or when a request tagged as under review or planned a long time ago will be implemented, or for its current progress?
Quite a bit of the time, many bugs I run into or feature requests I come up with have already been asked about on the site. These prior requests have received a positive response from a staff member, ...
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Do feature requests have to be formulated as questions?
I just came up with a "feature request", but then spent ten minutes finding out what to do with it, because I was thinking of a statement "we should do X", not a question "should we do X?", and this ...
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How does a question go from a status-completed to status-declined?
I was thinking about proposing a Bounty Hunter badge or something similar but then went and found a few proposals already.
One particular question has caught my attention because of the change in ...
user221081
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Convention badge clarification
The Convention badge states that it is awarded for
10 posts with score of 2 on meta.
Meaning a user must post at least 10 posts (questions or answers) with a score of 2 or more.
If I ...
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Why does this user have a negative tag score on MSO, but not on MSE?
I found a user that has a net negative post score on both MSO and MSE. On MSO, the user has a negative tag score:
However, on MSE, the score is not negative (screenshot from MSE):
Is the tag score ...
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Are there any ways to petition to increase your Stack Exchange API limit?
I know there is a 10,000 query limit for the Stack Exchange API, but I was curious if there was any way to ask for a one-time increase of API requests as I just need to do a one-time pull to get a bit ...
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Discussion tag in meta
I've noticed that there is a tag for "discussion" in meta. I know that discussion posts are not recommended for SO, are the rules different for meta?
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Why does this question continue to show as Community Wiki, even though a moderator removed community wiki status?
This question shows as being Community Wiki on the question page. However, if you check its revision history, it shows that a moderator removed Community Wiki status.
Additionally, I tried answering ...
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Why do we have [deleted-questions] and [deleted-answers] tags when we have [deleted-posts]?
The tag info about deleted-posts is:
For questions about questions or answers that are deleted.
If this tag is for questions about both deleted answers and deleted questions, then why do we have ...
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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 ...
user1359324
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When were moderators appointed in MSE for the first time? Is it December 2013 or November 2018?
If we look at https://meta.stackexchange.com/users?tab=moderators, this is shown:
According to this post, they were appointed for the first time on November 21, 2018. But, ChrisF's appointment date ...
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Why does Meta Stack Exchange have privileges that don't have any effect? [duplicate]
On Meta Stack Exchange, I've noticed two privileges that don't make any difference on this site, but that are still listed on the privilege page.
One of these is the reduced ads privilege. This ...
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Why was a slew of questions recently deleted? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What topics can be discussed here?
I recently noticed quite a few recent "popular" questions were deleted. My question is why? 1 2 (linked to google cache)
Why were these ...
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Search is broken on meta
When I do a search like 'intitle:1 +user' on meta, I get proper results in the 'relevance' tab. I switch to the 'votes' tab and all the results don't have 'user' in the title. Seems to be broken. It ...
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Does the RemoveDeadQuestions directive apply to meta?
Under the RemoveDeadQuestions directive, any unanswered questions with a score less than 0 get automatically deleted by the Community ♦ user. The RemoveAbandonedQuestions does not run on meta, but ...
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When should the "feature-request" be used?
When should a question be tagged feature-request? Is it correct to use that tag for questions about tag requests, or should it be used only for requests of non implemented features?
My thought is ...
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How to share knowledge that isn't an answer to a question?
To clarify: this question is about posting on meta sites.
To share knowledge, it is recommended to post instant self answer. However, what do you do if the knowledge isn't an obvious answer to a ...
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Rename [internationalisation]
If the standard for tags is U.S. English rather than British English, then internationalisation should be renamed to internationalization (with a synonym left behind).
Although, really, it should ...
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Why can I create a new tag on MSO when I only have 700+ reputation?
In Tag Folksonomy and Tag Synonyms, I read this sentence:
We’ve also slowly but surely been increasing the reputation required to create a new tag from 250 reputation, to 500 reputation, all the way ...
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What does "bug-reports" tag mean
This tag is not for reporting a bug! Use this tag for questions
about bug reports.
Um... Can't understand. Why to write question about bug reports?To report bugs in bug reports?
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Why can the "status-completed" tag not be removed?
Okay, I understand that on metaSO, (at least) one of the grey-bordered tags is required (bug, feature-request, discussion or support), and that the bold red-bordered tags (status-*) can only be added ...
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Change in post title for the duplicate post title says 'How does Meta Stack Overflow work?'
Today when searching for some post I see this post, it was a duplicate of this community wiki post.
The community wiki post's previous title was How does Meta Stack Overflow work?, but later it ...
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OpenID account got disconnected from Stack Overflow account
I've been an active Stack Overflow user for more than a year. As of this afternoon, I cannot log in to either Stack Overflow or Meta SO. The error message says my Open ID is not associated with an ...
Adrian McCarthy
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status-bydesign Tag [duplicate]
What exactly does the moderator-assigned "status-bydesign" tag mean? What other moderator only tags are there, and what are their meanings?
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Why are some tags in a different color? [duplicate]
Some of the tags in the Stack Overflow tag list have a different color. Such as below:
Why do some of these tags have another color background?
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SO last page bug [closed]
Is this a SO bug? try to open https://stackoverflow.com/unanswered/tagged?tagnames=c%23 than go to last page(188 when I got this), page numbers are lost and it is difficult to go to the previous page
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Delete own questions with upvoted answers is not allowed [duplicate]
The comment
"The Code of Conduct change has been pushed through and the
network-wide F.A.Q. has been announced. – Tonepoet Oct 10 at
16:39"
(as a few others)
refers to deleted https://meta....
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Description of close and closing tags in meta
The close and closing on meta do not have wiki summary yet.
I am too new to decipher anything about them. Please add a summary or remove these tags.
While searching for a question in my mind the ...
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How long does it take on average for moderator flags to be handled here on Meta Stack Exchange?
Here on Meta Stack Exchange, I've noticed that it can take over a month for my moderator flags to be handled, which is even longer than it takes on many beta sites.
I understand that this site has no ...
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How can I determine the validity of answers on this site, meta.stackexchange.com?
I'm having some trouble judging the validity of some answers on Meta Stack Exchange; that is, gauging whether an answer should be interpreted as official policy or not.
For example, let's say somebody ...
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Why was my question - Why does downvoting mean 'no?' - downvoted? [duplicate]
I asked this question which ended up with a -7 score.
However, I am puzzled. It seems to be a legitimate question. While I understand that feature requests are downvoted to indicate disagreement, I ...
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Where can I discuss Meta? [closed]
Searching Meta for "meta meta" gives me the impression I am supposed to discuss Meta on Meta.
I'm having difficulties starting meta discussions on Meta.
They have a high tendency of being:
Down ...
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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 ...