Questions tagged [site-crossover]
For instances where questions may be on-topic for multiple sites, inquiries as to which site might be appropriate and questions about migration between sites with a similar scope.
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Which site should I post on regarding advanced Gmail filtering? [duplicate]
I have an issue with one of my emails where it gets too many spam emails. The emails clearly have me BCC'd as the recipient email is always David{some string of characters}@aol.com and the CC email is ...
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Is there value in harmonizing tags between sites?
There is currently a discussion on History Meta over what to do about the ambiguous and/or nonstandard [orthodoxism] tag. One of the proposed ideas (mine actually) is to rename it [eastern-orthodox] ...
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Where can I ask general questions about a multi-platform app?
For example, Slack is a multi-platform application (like iOS, Android, Web and desktop).
Should questions that aren't specific to a certain platform (like "Can your Slack account invite external ...
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Maximizing visibility when your question works on two metas but you have to choose one?
I'm trying to decide which of two sites is better for a specific question, and so, before deciding, I'd like to first ask about that question on those sites' metas to find out where it's more on topic....
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How can I "ping" other communities / Stack Exchange sites without cross-posting the question?
I found that an interesting and important question that someone asked on one SE site is likely to benefit from answers coming from users who frequent other SE sites. What are the best ways to attract ...
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What other Stack Exchange sites support crossposting like Mathematics and Math Overflow?
The general rule is no crossposting, but what other Stack Exchange sites like Math and Math Overflow approve this after seven days? Can we list them here?
I can't remember where, but I remember some ...
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Moving a two-month old post across sites denied [duplicate]
I asked this question two month back. It got answer which does not quite work for me. A while after I came back to the problem at hand and decided to flag my post to have it moved to Math.SE or CS.SE....
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Where should I ask a question about Emacs' Evil Mode -- Emacs.SE or vi.SE?
I want to ask the following question:
Is there's a quicker way copy/paste (or reorder) a paragraph separated by double-newlines keeping the double-newline spacing intact using Emacs' Evil Mode? ...
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Why is there more than one Stack Exchange site for one topic? [duplicate]
There is one Stack Exchange site, Unix & Linux, where every question on any Unix-like operating system, including Linux, is welcome. So why a separate site, Ask Ubuntu?
Ubuntu is based on Linux ...
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What is the recommended way to handle questions that are duplicates of questions in a different SE site? [duplicate]
If you have an SO question A that is a duplicate of question B on SO, it should be closed as such. However, what if question B lives not on SO but on, say, vi.SE?
As far as I know there is no option ...
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Are multiple SE sites covering the same subject, with higher specificity, detrimental? [duplicate]
I found it hard to condense my question into a simple title and not sure it fully explains my question. I am not sure if this occurs elsewhere on SE, but I have a specific example:
SuperUser covers ...
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What's the policy on crossposting unnoticed posts from beta communities? [duplicate]
I have posted a question that in my opinion fits best into a beta community.
Overall, the attention was not satisfactory although I even posted a bounty and the limited response I got was positive. ...
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Why are there separate Stack Exchange sites for various artificial intelligence (AI) topics?
My question has similarities to this one, but it also has other aspects to it. The answer points out that the top tags on all three websites differ. But here are a few points to consider:
In ...
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Where is the appropriate place to post a question about the topic of "automated reasoning?"
Where is the appropriate place to post a question about the topic of "automated reasoning?"
I am having some difficulty navigating Stack Exchange as a generalist.
This is a multi-disciplinary field ...
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Why do we still not have a Software Development Recommendations SE? [duplicate]
Time can be saved by answering things like,
"I have X and want to get Y. What are some development tool/libraries/framework options that can achieve this that you'd recommend?"
These kinds of ...
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What is the right place to ask about web applications' desktop software?
Google Backup and Sync is completely undocumented software, so Stack Exchange seems like a good place to ask questions especially strictly like "what happens when you tick this option?".
The problem ...
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Migrating Comments to Chat Off Topic(words of warning, short)
Apologies for the rough edit, but it's too much work at this point to put it back the way it was. and the original post really was too long anyway.
The reason for this post basically boils down to the ...
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Is offering cross-site bounties allowed?
I came across this question on Stack Overflow that starts with:
NOTE: I'm also offering a bounty of 50 to 100 reputation on this problem. While I am unable to offer a bounty via StackOverflow due ...
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Should I paraphrase the cross-site duplicate when posting it as an answer?
This Stack Overflow question had an answer on Software Engineering. After reading this answer here, I went ahead and posted an answer, since I feel like that question is on topic on both sites.
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Data science, Cross Validated and Artificial Intelligence
A similar question than this one has been asked there: Difference between the Cross Validated and Data Science SE sites?
People, including myself, seems to be confused about the distinction of all ...
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Cross-site associated question has been deleted
The SO question How to get current time in Python? has cross-site associated question on ruSO:
The banner says: “this question has answers on Stack Overflow in Russian: ”.
Such banner only ...
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Why not let Communities refer questions to other communities?
The issue:
As the number exchanges/communities have grown, a lot of overlapping question are spreading across the lines between the communities.
Examples:
In the robotics exchange there is a ...
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Cross-site question association
We have already working association mechanism between Stack Oveflow in Russian and Stack Overlow in English.
Something like this
Text translation: This question has answers on StackOverflow in ...
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Can questions on different Stack Exchange sites be marked as exact duplicates?
This question on Health Beta seems to be the same as this question on Skeptics SE. They both were well-received and have several answers. Can, and should, anything be done to link them together or ...
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Asking questions relevant to multiple sites?
Many questions are relevant to multiple SE sites, e.g.,:
Can a bash script tell if it's being run via cron?
Check if script is started by cron, rather than invoked manually
How can I tell a ...
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How can I tailor this question to three separate sites? [duplicate]
After some interesting discussions it seems my question fits (is on topic for) three different SE sites but if I want to post it to each of them (to access different kinds of experts) then I need to ...
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Deny cross-posting, but enable site-sharing?
I know cross-posting (writing the same question on more than one SE site) is discouraged and should not be done. I also see the reason for this and agree, but sometimes it is indeed not clear where a ...
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Cross-site posting feature [duplicate]
I sometimes have questions that are suitable for 2 or more Stack Exchange sites. For example, a question on configuring a development database for a website.
This question could be posted on ...
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Fix SE for interdisciplinary questions: inter-site posting instead of close-repost
Tl;dr: Replace the migration feature with by-design simultaneous posting
questions on multiple sites, with links.
The Problem(s)
Computer science is a broad field that touches many others. We use ...
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Posting question applicable for 2 communities [duplicate]
I have this question I posted at the Game Development Community.
Compressing language for Game use to save Packets
Although the question is related to game development, I feel I can get more answer ...
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What to do with a question that has a definitely off-topic/closed duplicate on another SE site?
My question on SoftwareRecs Diff tool for XML files? has a comment 'possible duplicate' of the off-topic https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9713406/free-xml-compare-tool on StackOverflow.
I have ...
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How do you tell whether your question should be in EE, Arduino or SO?
I have come across many questions that are an Arduino/Electrical Engineering/Stack Overflow blend and am not sure which one to ask it on. This includes questions on debugging arduino programs ...
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If a question is posted to one site and receives answers, can it be changed to a different site?
If a question is posted to one Stack Exchange site and receives answers, can it still be changed to another Stack Exchange site? If yes, how? It can't be deleted now that it has an answer.
I want to ...
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Is it ok to delete question on one Stack Exchange site (for lack of response) and post it on another Stack Exchange site?
When asking questions related to SharePoint, I generally post them on SharePoint Stack Exchange. But sometimes I don't receive any responses to my question, so I delete the question from SharePoint ...
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Add a limited cross site question feed to the main page
Often people have lamented the "this is appropriate on multiple sites, but people yell if I post copies of it on both" or "I'd post it on the other site, but it doesn't get enough ...
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Do we really need all these computer science / programming places?
I have been thinking on this a lot. And I also saw this post which gives a good explanation of every site: Which computer science / programming Stack Exchange do I post in?
However, I see a couple of ...
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Where to ask a question if it would fit into different SE sites? [duplicate]
I'm currently interested in (programming) home automation with the rasp-pi.
The question is now where is the best place for that?
StackOverflow, because it is about programing?
Rasp-Pi beta, ...
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How to ask the same question on different sites? [duplicate]
Suppose I have question, which appropriate to ask on two (or more) different SE sites. Since the audience is different on different sites, I would like to attract all people, who can answer.
How ...
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Should strictly on-topic cross-posts be put on hold as "off-topic"?
A good question, on topic for two sites
Without having read the FAQ on cross-posting, I cross-posted a question (here and here) that was strictly on topic for both sites. In fact, I actually cross-...
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How to share a question on different related SE sites? [duplicate]
My question is that I asked a question on stackoverflow.com and
I want to share my question to all other technical stackoverflow linked sites like http://dba.stackexchange.com, http://unix....
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One Question but on multiple domains of SX [duplicate]
Most of the times it happens to me that I have a question that is partly related to one domain and partly to the other domain(s). Asking a question on one domain has the side of effect of losing the ...
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Etiquette, rules, or advice on which site to pose a question? (Or, why are there so many StackExchange sites?)
Basically:
I have a question I want to ask regarding using Apple's AppleScript/Objective-C bridge (Objective C wrapped in AppleScript, basically) to implement an HTML/WebKit-based pager (a drop-in for ...
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Why is there no Single sign-on across Stack Exchange Sites? [duplicate]
I am logged into Stack Overflow using Chrome. But once I'm going to another Stack Exchange site, it asks to log in again.
Why? Is it possible to share authority?
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What should I do with question that has been answered on another site? [duplicate]
I have reviewed the following question and answer
What's the policy on marking questions as duplicates?
As part of the community, what should I do when I find questions that have been answered on ...
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Build and strengthen the Stack Exchange community with "crossover questions" between sites
I've been a Stack Exchange contributor for a couple of years now, currently most active on travel.SE. One thing that keeps coming up is questions that would appeal to audiences on two different Stack ...
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Would it be a good idea to allow questions that apply to multiple stack sites to be linked?
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Here is a possibly new idea. Why not let a question that could belong to multiple sites be added and shared to all of these sites. It wouldn't take much effort to allow such an action. It would ...
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What to do about the same question on multiple sites? [duplicate]
There have been many questions that ask if a user is allowed to cross-post a question on multiple sites, and the general conclusion is that they are not allowed to do so. However, sometimes there are ...
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Check if a user has an identical open question on another site before allowing them to post [duplicate]
There are quite a few sites in the network where content can sometimes overlap. That is, there are questions that could be appropriate on multiple sites in the network. Combine this with the fact that ...
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Cross Post if you get no answer? [duplicate]
I searched for the phrase "Cross Post" here in meta stack overflow. Still unclear on how it applies to my current circumstances.
I have a problem. I went to some length to document the entire ...
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Questions asked across Sites. NOT only SE sites [duplicate]
What is the usual community response to questions that are posted on other sites as well? For example if the same question is posted on StackOverflow and on CodeProject what would the community do? ...
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