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Why can't I add an example http url in an answer? [duplicate]
I tried to answer someone's question about a URL format with an example:
http://mysite.com/service.asmx?blah=something
I got an error saying I can't save an answer with http in it. How can I get ...
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Why is a non-accepted answer having way more upvotes than the accepted one is listed last?
I just came across a question on Stack Overflow where the best answer (by consensus, not the accepted one) is at the very bottom of the list of answers, while it has 3 times more upvotes than the ...
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What happens to comments when an answer is deleted?
I'm sorry if this has been answered already but I've looked at some of the related questions and answers, but couldn't find the answer I was looking for.
Consider this scenario:
I post an answer to ...
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What should I do if somebody copied an answer from another person's comment? [duplicate]
Sometimes comments are answers to the question. What should I do if somebody used the copy & paste method to write an answer which is built from comments' content? Should I mark that answer as ...
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Criteria for editing another user's answer vs. adding a new answer
Is there a guideline for when to edit an existing answer vs. adding a new answer with your improvements?
Questions, I don't care about editing - after all, they are requests for information.
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Low quality question that can be improved - what should I do?
I looked at this other question: How to improve low quality answers consisting of only a code block?, which answers a lot of my questions about low quality answers.
This is a simple one, or maybe two,...
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Unanswered questions with no answers [duplicate]
I have a very simple request here to implement, if it doesn't already exist, a way to filter questions by number of answers. This would allow you to look for questions with no answers at all (not just ...
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Answer button vs. answering directly
Until yesterday, when looking at a question on SO, the answer area looked like this:
But today I was mildly confused that now there is a button instead which prevents me from directly answering the ...
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How to create answer link for a specific post?
Sometimes I need to refer an answer to a specific answerer in my post like I did here. But I don't know how to make that link. for example the answerer I specified here
I am not understanding what is ...
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Capital letters when writing questions/answers and comments
I have the following issue. When i write a question/answer/comment the first letters of some words like "need" automaticaly begin with capital letters. I noticed that many of my posts get edited cause ...
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Feeding the vampires, should this have been answered? [duplicate]
I came across this question: Sort by id element using jQuery
I voted to close it because it is pretty much a gimme teh codez question. "Here is my HTML, can you write the javascript for my feature?".
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Cannot answer questions or add comments
Why can't I answer questions or add comments to any of mine or other's Stack Overflow posts?
I am using Chrome web browser and Windows 8. I am seeing the following errors in browser developer tool:
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User wants to delete his answer but can't [duplicate]
The user that posted this answer
https://stackoverflow.com/a/20884445/66686
wants it deleted, but he can't delete it (he says in the comments). I can only vote for deletion so my questions would be:
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Question closed while user is carefully composing an answer
I spent a lot of time writing what I thought was a good and helpful answer to an admittedly poor question, but by the time I had finished writing it the question was closed. It was a terrible user ...
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Can we post two answers(same user) in same question? [duplicate]
I am talking about this post : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20280171/how-to-show-values-from-array-to-p-tag-by-swipping
The user seemed to be able to post two answers without deleting one. Is ...
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Is the order of answers with equal votes still random?
Is Jeff Atwood's comment still up-to-date? Will the order of answers be random if the score is equal or is there an algorithm implemented?
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Is two answers by one user for a single question acceptable? [duplicate]
I have a weird question about this post: PHP Code Log out
There are two answers posted by one person (I will call him simply "the user" because it doesn't really matter who it was). This is what ...
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remove a self vote to a question [duplicate]
is possible remove self vote to an answer without give point or remove?
I'm explain better the question, for example I give to an answer +1 and the user take 10 point, but then i want to remove it if ...
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Appending questions instead of answering?
I'm new to Stack Overflow and would like to know what the proper way to find out more about a question before adding an answer.
How do I comment, or find out more about a specific question if more ...
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Why would anybody edit my answer to change links to cppreference? [duplicate]
Today my answer was edited and a link from cplusplus.com was changed to cppreference.com. The edit comment was "use better reference".
I read this answer, which was provided by the editor.
The ...
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What should I do if my answer does not work any more?
I posted an answer to someone else's question. Later, I found that my answer doesn't work any more (although it likely worked before). What should I ideally do now with my answer?
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What is the difference between answering my question or not? [duplicate]
When I fill up a question form, I see an
Answer your own question
checkbox.
What are the differences between checking and not checking this option?
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Finding potential new users based on reputation from answers?
Is it a good idea to show reputation without the +100 association bonus, in the new user's tab?
Specifically in smaller sites, not only would it be easier to visualize who is contributing the most to ...
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Linking to a site that offers more learning on a language?
I answer quite a few questions in some demographics, and I currently run a screencasting site, which does topical Python screencasts weekly.
Would it be out of line to share a link to those who are ...
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How to deal with answers provided as a comment?
I've just browsed this question, that has no "answers", but actually the question is answered in one line as a comment, and the OP acknowledge it answered his question.
Hence, the right thing would ...
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How to answer a question with a good answer? [duplicate]
I'm new on Stack Overflow. I just want to ask how to make a good answer for answering any question? Is it sufficient to use good English structure?
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How to search answers created by specific users with a specific tags?
Suppose I wanted to find all the answers which are tagged with selenium as an example that have been done by the user - https://stackoverflow.com/users/2462559/babai. How do you search for that?
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Is there a limit to the number of answers per time period? [duplicate]
The site reasonably has a limit to the number of questions per time period, e.g. 6 questions per 24 hours.
Is there a comparable limit to the number of answers per time period? If not, why not?
Is ...
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Late selected answer is repless [duplicate]
I'm assuming that if you don't select an answer for a question that you have asked within a certain time-span, that you will get no bounty. I asked the question shown in the image a couple months back....
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What to do with a highly-voted bad answer? [duplicate]
I think the most highly voted answer to this question is not a good idea in that one should not really be copying files from a JDK and moving them to a JRE.
I added an answer and a comment to that ...
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Cannot answer protected questions with 97 reputation [duplicate]
I can't seem to be able to answer protected questions here on Meta, where I have 97 reputation (as of writing). The text says that I must have at least 10 reputation, but I obviously have more.
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Are answers no longer sorted by vote count [duplicate]
I am not sure when this happened (or if its just my imagination), but lately I've been noticing that answers aren't sorted by their vote counts. I noticed this on couple of questions that I answered ...
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Where does this "citations" banner come from? [duplicate]
I noticed that this answer that was hit with a few down votes had a message beneath it which I haven't seen before. I have looked in the help and can't find anything to state where it came from.
Is ...
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"very low quality" flag got helpful, but (non) answer still there
For starters, this is the answer I am talking about.
The question is ancient (2009) and is already answered.
How to declare an array in Java?
And the answer (a code only answer)
public class{
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My answer was accepted, but I did not gain reputation from it. Why? [duplicate]
After a lengthy period of editing in this post and finally getting it right, the OP accepted my answer
However, my activity list then showed the following entry:
which is kind of ...
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One bad answer seems to be enough for 'No longer accepting answers from this account'
I seem to be blocked from answering based on a single bad answer post. Please tell me if this is possible.
So I'm a relative noob at Stack Overflow. And I'm apparently blocked from answering ...
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Answering Duplicate questions in and then another Duplicate Question within the Comments [duplicate]
I answered a question. The question is a duplicate, which I flagged.
The OP then asked this question via comment. The comment question is also a duplicate question.
Is this the correct response?
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Answer converted to comment, but answer not deleted
This answer seems to be converted to a comment, since the user does not have enough reputation to comment on his own.
The question would be is why wasn't the answer removed?
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Casting of down votes decrements reputation? [duplicate]
I have seen many times that sometimes when I downvote a post , my repuation decrements by -1 and sometimes it does not?
What is the reason behind it?
And what are the exact scenarios when this ...
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Do comment style notifications to @user work in answers too? [duplicate]
I would like to notify another user in an answer, like:
My solution was actually inspired by @John's answer...
Will this work?
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Community wiki'zed by only one contributor [duplicate]
I just did quite some research on one question, editing the answer multiple times.
Here's my answer: How to create a shadow around a background image
I'm the sole contributor to it, but because I ...
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What happens to a question when a user is deleted?
Say a user asked a question. He had answers on it, as well as upvotes and downvotes, but then his account is deleted for some reason. What will happen to all the questions, answers, upvotes and ...
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why accepted answer is shown down in this post?
In this post, the accepted answer is shown on the 2nd place where the unaccepted is shown at first! Why?
Question: Selecting text in an element (akin to highlighting with your mouse)
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What should we do in the event that an answer is absolutely incorrect?
Today, I received this comment about an answered I flagged:
declined - flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer
Now, it doesn't matter what the ...
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Can I request a mod to delete an answer?
Just wondering. I answered a question earlier today that had 2 incorrect answers on it, which both interestingly had up-votes despite being incorrect.
Then a 4th person answered the question (...
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Unable to post any answer or comment with UNION - ALL [closed]
I've encountered issues posting comments or answers numerous times over the last month, I've narrowed it down that it only occurs when I use UNION and ALL next to each other (ie SQL). If I separate ...
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How do I properly use the "Not an Answer" flag?
What is the "Not an Answer" flag and what is its purpose?
When should I use this flag?
When should I not use this flag?
But I'm still not sure if I'm using the flag correctly...
An answer is ...
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Notification when my answer is viewed
Is there anyway to know whether OP has viewed the answer that I have posted for his question? I feel like(pls correct me if I am wrong) answers go unnoticed, i.e without any comment, upvote/downvote.
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What to do when OP thanks but does not accept any answer? [duplicate]
If you provide a good answer for a question and the asker explicitly comment your answer with something like: "Thanks so much, now it's working!", but he does not accept your answer (maybe because it'...
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What does it mean when an answer's text is in a light color? [duplicate]
Some of the answers' text are in light grey. What does this indicate?
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