Questions tagged [support]
Use this tag for requests for assistance with tools and other features on the Stack Exchange Network. This includes understanding how features work and why they work that way, or how to better use them.
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Access to Area 51 Private Beta Commitment made under different User ID that can't OpenID [closed]
I signed up a commitment to the Theoretical Computer Science Area 51 under an email address that can't OpenID. I then sign in with my Google OpenID and don't see the commitment.
I log out and then ...
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How do I use Area 51?
I just committed to an Area 51 proposal and I am unable to do anything except view example questions. I have 51 reputation points so I am supposed to be able to comment and vote, but there is nothing ...
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Can't run certain queries against SO on OData
I can't run f.e. this query against SO. SU, SF and Meta are working fine, but SO just tells me to hold tight while my results are fetched...but no matter how tight I hold my PC and Modem, it doesn't ...
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Email notifications based on comments?
If someone comments that they need a code sample or they asked a question and then I do, how do they get notified that the stuff has been posted and they should go back and continue the answer?
If ...
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Deleted Meta Questions Archive
Some keep deleting questions with a lot of discussion, both relevant and/or historical, and we can't search on deleted questions. Some of them are locked so that they cannot be undeleted, so I'm ...
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Why was the user Summon ousted from SF?
Why was the user Summon ousted from SF?
His correct reply to his own question
Windows Server 2008 - Connecting to 127.0.0.1
was deleted and the question distorted through editing
If community ...
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Questions are being closed without unanimous votes
This question:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3491706/smallest-footprint-for-web-application-server
Got closed and migrated to SF after I cast the 5th close vote. But counting mine, there were ...
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Where can I ask a question about employment? [duplicate]
I would have thought careers.stackoverflow.com would have been the place, but I don't see a forum.
I have a question about advancing career positions in IT.
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Support for Chat feature in Stack Overflow
I was feeling the need of a chat enabled service for discussions on Stack Overflow.
Don't you think, it should be implemented?
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How can I associate my account on a Stack Exchange site with my Stack Overflow account?
I remember back in the day when ServerFault and SuperUser started up StackOverflow users could associate their StackOverflow account with newly created SuperUser / ServerFault account and get a quick ...
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How can I get started on chat.meta.stackoverflow.com?
chat.meta.stackoverflow.com is extremely confusing, crowded, and hard-to-figure-out for even an experienced Trilogy user such as myself. I'm having a really hard time understanding it because it ...
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Stack Overflow inline code [duplicate]
I'm a Stack Overflow n00b, but I believe it's an invaluable resource, and really has been so far to my deving on different projects.
Anyway, I have seen users write inline code.
In other words, they ...
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StackExchange Metas: use them for technical questions/bug reports or not?
I just registered at english and was going to post a little bug report on meta.english concerning the look of the site.
But then, I read the questions already posted there, and there were literally ...
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User "consecutive" count - how sure are you that it's working?
Yesterday I visited Stack overflow - probably two or three times. Same thing with the day before (Saturday) and I know every day last week while at work.
This morning at 8am I see "visited 253 days, ...
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Max time limits in each stage for a Area51 site proposal?
It is stated in Area51 FAQ that:
A site goes through several phases
before it launches to the public.
If the site loses focus or momentum
during this process, it will be
closed down and the ...
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Possible invalid merge of [cpp] into [c++] [closed]
Somehow the tag synonym [cpp] for [c++] got official and then merged, seemingly without anyone noticing that cpp is the C preprocessor.
For normal users that info is gone now after the tags were ...
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Questions about badges
How does the badge awarding process work? Does it just run queries periodically for all badges?
If so, how often does the system run queries to award badges?
And finally is there a way for me to see ...
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Why is my Math Overflow account not automatically associated with my other accounts?
I logged in Math Overflow and quickly went through the motions of associating it with my other accounts. Unfortunately, that is not so. My Math Overflow profile page doesn't have an "Accounts" tab ...
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Why can't I ask this question?
Hi everybody,
I found stackoverflow.com with the help of Google an hour ago. In the footer I found some links that I clicked through and eventually came to this Q&A site called App Dissect.
In ...
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Making a stack exchange site to discuss problems for an upcoming exam
I have to prepare some students for their upcoming exam, and I wondered if I couldn't just create a stack exchange site where students could ask questions and other students discuss them. Only if they ...
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Adding links to Comments [duplicate]
While giving comments many times I wanted to add links to my comment. But instead of using some short hand like Read "this" (this is a link in this case) I had to write Read "http:\\www.somelink.com". ...
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Not getting any email confirmation mail from Area 51
I was creating a proposal on Area 51 and i got a confirmation page, which says i need to confirm my email address. But i am not getting any mail. Checked my email address, Double checked my inbox, ...
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My question (on Stack Overflow) has recent activity by Community user (the background process), what does that mean?
A few months ago I asked a question, and the next day I got the solution so I posted my own solution. Now, after 2 months there is activity by Community User (the background process).
What was the ...
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Preventing question deletion after answers are provided
A useful question recently appeared on SO about DI constructor injection in Scala 2.8, and I provided what I think was a useful answer. However, the question disappeared soon after I submitted my ...
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Can't associate ubuntu.stackexchange with SO
I can't associate my account at ubuntu.stackexchange with my account at stackoverflow or other sites (meta, se, su etc.).
When I click Associate with Stackoverflow button I get this popup user Id ...
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Consecutive Day count reset this morning
I have read a lot of the posts on here about consecutive days and how they are calculated, but I am not sure that I can explain this one...which is disappointing since I have been trying to get the ...
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Is there a possibility to store an interesting question with answers in some kind of a "Favorites" area of my stackoverflow.com account?
I won't like to use browser bookmark feature, because I use several browsers and read Stack Overflow from different locations. Is there any button to mark a question as interesting, so they could be ...
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What is the use of "This is a Great Comment"?
I wish to know the use of "This is a Great Comment".
How does it help the person who has posted the comment and also to the person who has posted the question?
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Where can I find help?
By going to the different stuff here, I was wondering, if there shouldn't be a help section in Stack Overflow?
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Is there any better way to evaluate my reputation?
How can I evaluate my reputation on Stack Overflow, or get a report of a detailed breakdown of my reputation?
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How long after posting 10 questions/answers does it take for my commitment to be fulfilled?
My understanding from the other similar questions is that you post 10 (questions + answers) and once the site goes public beta (if it isn't already), your commitment is fulfilled. I have just posted ...
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Careers has a nominal fee to weed out non serious applicants, and yet everyone can file for free if they want
From the FAQ page:
Why are you charging the job seeker? Shouldn’t the hiring managers be
paying for everything?
When hiring managers search through
CVs, they want to know that they’re
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Formatting on the Trilogy
I'm curious about how different formatting works in the Trilogy sites. Especially the font size. how does one make fonts larger or smaller than the standard size? I understand the other basic stuff, ...
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Which edit actions can move a post into Community Wiki mode? [closed]
Surprisingly, I couldn't find a straight answer to this. It's not entirely clear in the Community Wiki FAQ.
There are (at least?) four different types of edit actions:
Body edits
Title edits
Retags
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What happens when a site fails to meet the beta requirements? [duplicate]
What happens when a site makes it to beta, but isn't good enough to become a real site by your requirements? Will it be removed from SE altogether? Or will it be in beta forever? I'm just wondering..
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Will the "official" moderators of area51 proposals become moderators on this meta too?
So far every single moderator of a non-beta stack exchange website became a moderator on meta too. I never agreed with this; besides the fact that we have enough moderators already I don't see what's ...
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Finding Stack Overflow/Exchange users based on geographic area?
I want to find Stack Overflow/Exchange users in my area.
Is there an easy way to do that?
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Combo Tag Stats are no longer available?
At least back when I originally posted this, I could look at the stats for participation in certain tag pairs and other groups. But as Georg Fritzsche notes, it only displays the first tag now. In ...
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Why is the 'newbie' tag not allowed?
Why is any tag with the word 'newbie' not allowed here? Each time I try to submit a question with this tag, I get an error message in bold red letters:
Oops! Your edit couldn't be submitted because: ...
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Could someone delete noise offensive offtopic comments?
There's one angry user who leaves comments with obscene language on my questions https://stackoverflow.com/users/207177?tab=activity#tab-top (actually, he also downvotes me and some other users as '...
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How can I search for questions that do NOT include a given tag?
I was led to believe that -[tag] would do this, but it doesn't appear to.
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Account association bonus not applied?
What is the exact source of the 101 point reputation bonus I get every time I create a linked account on another trilogy/area51 site?
I ask because I currently have linked accounts on 7 sites and ...
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What are the criteria for questions to be selected for Hot Network Questions?
I really like the new Stack Exchange home page, where certain questions from the Stack Exchange Network are presented, along with a hotness rating that is described as "arbitrary" in its ...
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Favorites Change junk
I keep getting notifications about favorites changing, but I've pored through all my stuff and don't see anything to tell me WHAT changed. Searched here, I do see others with this same quandary, many ...
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How do I uncommit from a Stack Exchange proposal?
I've wanted to uncommit to the Ubuntu Stack Exchange for a while - when I first committed, it seemed good, especially since I use Ubuntu. However, I don't like the direction that the community has ...
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How do I add the Stack Overflow profile icon to my blog? [duplicate]
How do I add the Stack Overflow profile icon to my blog?
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Why can't I edit my own comments on my own question more than two times?
I created this question, got an answer, commented one time (comment #1), edited that comment twice, then added a new different comment (comment #2), deleted comment #2, and then could no longer edit ...
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Reputation "bug" on new meta sites? [closed]
On meta.stackoverflow.com, I have a different reputation than stackoverflow.com.
However, on the other metas, my reputation is identical to the "parent" (see meta.serverfault.com, etc).
Is this ...
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Possible sock puppet at Area 51
Look at the comments here:
US-only (now). I do not know whether other countries also call it dmv. How do I update the description? – 51local ↵ 6 hours ago
51local - do you see an edit button ...
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