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No margin between tags in the search results on stackexchange.com [closed]
If you search for anything on stackexchange.com, the results show tags that are way too close together. Surely a result of other recent changes to tag rendering.
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Data explorer query takes a lot of time and needs to be optimized
This is a Stack Exchange Data Explorer query which gets the top users on specific skill scores (example: JavaScript) based on a specific country (example: Egypt), and it took a lot of time until it ...
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Why did the recent maintenance notices point to a search for [maintenance] or [maintenance]? [duplicate]
The second link in these notices that were up today:
point to
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/maintenance+or+maintenance?tab=Newest
Why the duplicate:
[maintenance] or [...
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How can I get the total number of posts for a user that have a certain tag in them?
User abbood (myself) has eight posts (in total) that have the tag cocoapods; six questions and two answers.
I thought that this query should simply get all eight:
SELECT Count(*)
FROM posts p
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Search posts with specific combination of tags
Let’s say I want to obtain a list of all topics that have tags [x] & [y], but not [z].
For example, let’s say a topic has the below tags [x] & [y]. Then I should have this topic in my search ...
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Could the path /questions/tagged/TAGS be added networkwide, too?
On any site, we can use /questions/tagged/TAGS - this is the URL you'll get after clicking on a tag. For example, the questions tagged discussion on this site or on some per-site-meta. And a similar ...
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Suggest tags from the top search bar when text search start with the character "[" [duplicate]
It would be comfortable or convenient when text search in the top search bar start with the character "[", the tags containing the text after "[" character are suggested.
It is ...
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Why can I not filter the Posts table in data.stackexchange by tags?
While trying to write a query on https://data.stackexchange.com/datascience/, using the Posts table, I cannot filter by tags.
For instance, if I try to extract the tags from the Posts table:
select ...
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Tags with certain special characters don't display correctly in search results
On Spanish Language Stack Exchange we have an [españa] tag. It is correctly displayed in the list of questions tagged [españa]:
but not when searching for keywords, where it shows as [espa#a]:
The ...
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Help Center page search results appear to be outdated by the tag email change
I see that email notifications for tag subscriptions was recently removed, but when I search the Help Center on various sites, the search results still indicate "email" as a possibility, ...
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Tag synonyms and searching
In relation to an ongoing election, this post was mentioned: Include information about elections in the newsletter. One of the tags on that question is newsletter, which is a synonym of community-...
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Questions not tagged [x] appear on the tag's question page
I'm not sure when this started, but I've only noticed it in the last hour. It appears that questions not tagged with a particular tag are appearing within that tags listings. Example: https://...
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No pagination on /tags when searching regardless of result set size
When searching via the tagfilter input on the /tags page the filtered results only ever returns one page of results. Pagination is never available regardless of search query.
Here is an example of ...
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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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How can I bypass automatic string-tag conversion? [duplicate]
On Politics, I wanted to make a search for questions related to the conflict in Ukraine.
There are many questions on the topic which don't have the tag [ukraine] attached to them, but on searching for ...
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How can I design a search query on Stack Overflow to include specific keywords? [duplicate]
I would like to search for specific keywords within posts containing a specific tag. I designed the following query on Stack Overflow:
[Tag] AND "search-string 1" OR " search-string 2&...
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Hovering on a search result tag should give the option for adding to the search
When searching I don't always think to add relevant tags, or I discover a new tag that might help narrow down my search.
To make the process smoother, could a button to 'add to search' be added to the ...
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Automate adding questions from search to tag
Occasionally I notice a topic that has been discussed often enough to merit a tag, but there isn't one. For example, today on Raspberry Pi, a question popped into the active queue about using the ...
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How can I limit search results to questions with exactly five tags?
Given that the limit on the number of tags is five, there is a possibility that a question that uses all five tags may not be using the best choice of tags for others to locate that question at a ...
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If a wildcard search only matches one tag, the "Questions tagged" header retains the asterisks
There is a single tag which matches the wildcard tag search [*owntim*]: downtime. Making that search gives me this:
I've circled the interesting bits. The wildcard's auto-expansion has, as expected, ...
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Wildcard tag search gives only first 3 matching tags to anonymous users [duplicate]
When I search [*dnd*] on RPG.SE I get nowhere near the correct amount of tags:
Now, I lack an RPG.SE account. When a logged-in user attempted the same search, they said they got:
[dnd-5e] or [dnd-3....
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Why can't we create a custom filter with only excluded tags?
I recently realized that there is no possibility to create customs filters with only excluded tags.
I'm wondering why there is this limitation as you can already, through the search field, search for ...
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How can I find posts with tags in the body? [duplicate]
Is there a way to find the posts with tags in the body (not the questions tagged with specific tags)?
I mean when post body contains tags written in a form of [tag:tag-name] and displayed as a ...
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Less results when hitting the API compared to using the search bar for the same query
I am new to Meta so let me know if I need to add clearer information or correct it.
I am currently trying to determine what the differences in functionality between making API calls and using the ...
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Possibility of using booleans in the query parameter of /search/excerpts
We can use the symbols ; (respectively &) on the tagged parameter to represent an AND (respectively an OR) boolean operator on tags. For example, the API call
/2.2/search/excerpts?order=desc&...
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Why is the page design for search results different than questions/tagged results? [duplicate]
For example, check out stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/python
as compared to stackoverflow.com/search
Personally, I find the /search version much less visually pleasing. (I am curious if others ...
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During a search some posts show their tags, some others don't
When I'm doing a search, some entries show their tags, and some others don't even if when you go into their details the poster have put some on them.
Where do you declare bugs about Stack Overflow / ...
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How can I browse through tags that contain the character "+"?
I noticed that Stack Overflow en español has a tag named [php+codeigniter+mysql+jquery]:
You can browse in https://es.stackoverflow.com/tags.
However, if I click on the tag it sends me to https://es....
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Search results incorrect for [tag] -keyword
When attempting to refine a tag search by excluding a keyword, the list of results grows!
I first observed this on Stack Overflow.
Here is an MCVE from Christianity:
Search for [gospel] - 24 ...
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How to search all Stack Exchange sites for a specific tag [duplicate]
(I'm assuming that some tags exist on more than one site.)
e.g. I tried doing search across all sites (i.e. here on META), for the tag iOS, by using syntax of [iOS],
but the results seem to indicate ...
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How do I search for multiple tag combinations at once?
I would like to search for questions with foo and bar OR foo and foobar. So written in JavaScript it would look like this:
if ((foo && bar) || (foo && foobar)) {}
How can I achieve ...
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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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Show tags in "Similar questions"
Actual situation
When searching on stackexchange you get a list of search results. Each topic also contains a list of its tags below it.
When adding a new question, after typing the title, a field "...
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Expand tag filter with additional options
Sometimes I want to search questions which are marked let's say with c# tag and either .net or .net-core and are not marked with entity-framework. But, currently it is not possible. It would be great ...
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Do tags in results pages work properly? [duplicate]
When I run a search (as this one https://stackexchange.com/search?q=wikipedia) and then I click on a tag, I have always Page Not Found.
Is it ok?
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How to use a search regex for tags in the Stack Exchange API
I want to simulate the question search using regex behaviour of Stack Overflow using the Stack Exchange API.
For example, using c++* for tags will give questions which have c++ as prefix in tag such ...
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Is there a way to search for a question (or an answer) that mentions a tag?
I see some questions (but mostly answers) that mention tags. For example I could mention the burrito tag here.
Is there a way I could search for posts that have mentioned a particular tag?
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Search questions based on two tags [duplicate]
I want to propose a feature:
search for questions based on two tags.
Why is this needed?
There are a lot of tags that are about a topic which cannot be independent.
For example, let's assume I'm ...
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Search on all sites: tag links lead to the 404 link not found page [duplicate]
Searching on all sites, e.g., https://stackexchange.com/search?q=dokuwiki, gives me a list of questions with tag links.
Clicking one of the tag links, e.g., https://stackexchange.com/questions/...
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Cannot add tags via the Stack Exchange Android app [closed]
When I try to add a question on the "Android Enthusiasts" site via the Stack Exchange Android app, it doesn't allow me to add any tags. There is a text field within which to add tags on the "Ask ...
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How do I modify this query to search for specific tags?
I am forking this query, which essentially outputs the time between the question being asked and the answer being given. However, I am trying to modify the query to only search for java. I tried this:
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Get rid of special characters when searching for a tag
According to this, there is a limited number of valid characters for a tag. If we don't allow special characters in a tag name in the first place, shouldn't we get rid of special characters (such as ~,...
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How to search a meta for a tag on the main site? [duplicate]
For example, there is an exception tag on Stack Overflow. I can search Stack Overflow for questions tagged with exception by searching "tag:exception". However, on Meta Stack Overflow, there are ...
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Searching the tags of all Stack Exchange sites before asking a question, to find out where the question belongs
Let's imagine I want to ask a question about "big data" and I am not familiar with Stack Exchange.
Normally I should guess which stack is the right stack to ask my question, but is there any way to ...
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Question shows up when I search for a tag, but not in a Filtered Questions
This question shows up if I search for the [clojure] tag, but isn't included in the Filtered Questions list for the same tag.
The only reason I can think of is the question starts with a Javascript ...
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Possible bug - page not found when clicking any tag in Stack Exchange main page search results [duplicate]
Possible bug (probably quickly fixed?): I get "page not found" pages when clicking any tag in the Stack Exchange search results.
Example: https://stackexchange.com/search?q=test
Click on a tag of ...
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Searching for questions which only contains selected tags and nothing more
How do I search for questions which only contains selected tags and nothing more?
For example, I need to see the question of which tags are only [c#] and [Winforms]. If I search for [c#] and [...
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How to search for questions that have any one of the multiple tags in a list? [duplicate]
I'm trying to find questions that I can answer. So I reviewed advanced search help page, and I found answers:0 which helps me avoid questions that already have answers and locked:false to avoid locked ...
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Wildcard tags unrolling issue [duplicate]
Searching for [status-*] text doesn't unroll the tags in search input (top bar + page specific):
Eliminating the text from the search query will unroll the tags in the top bar search input (page ...
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Tag links in network search page go to stackexchange.com rather than the searched-for site [duplicate]
I recently discovered that the top bar on stackexchange.com searches the entire network. For instance, if you search for "shoes", you can find all the questions on the network about shoes:
But if you ...
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