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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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Dear SE, please stop disparaging the moderators in the press

NOTE: This is addressed to SE Stack Overflow ran an analysis and the ChatGPT detection tools that moderators were previously using have an alarmingly high rate of false positives. Usage of these tool …
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Complicated site for users. Can this be simplified?

It's not that complicated. You are asked to press 2 simple buttons and enter 3 small things in order to sign up (and then to press a button on an email). Presumably you want an answer to said simple q …
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Why Stack Exchange doesn't seem to care about multilingual spam?

They do care. Spam in foreign languages is still flagged and deleted as spam. That particular post, though, is not spam. Google Translate translates it as It is the idea of ​​continuing with the scie …
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Why am I getting “Too Many Requests” when I haven’t gone to SE in 12 hours?

For some reason, when I tried to access Stack Exchange today, it said “Too many requests”. That was only thing displayed. However, I hadn’t visited the site at all in 12 hours, and I have never run an …
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Where can I ask a question about geology or earth sciences?

I would suggest the Stack Exchange site called Earth Science.
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How do I join a meta site? Where is the "Join this community" button?

If you already have an account on Ask Different, and have at least 5 reputation there (which you do), then you can ask a question like you would on any Stack Exchange site, using the Ask Question butt …
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Why am I getting “Too Many Requests” when I haven’t gone to SE in 12 hours?

I contacted Stack Exchange using the Contact button on the bottom of every page. The issue was sent to the Trust and Safety team, and after some discussion, my IP was manually unblocked.
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Question related to Cyber Crime, where should it be asked?

Generally speaking, for questions about Cyber Crime I would suggest Law Stack Exchange. However, your example question is asking for legal advice, which is not allowed on Law SE. Additionally, it coul …
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Where to ask questions about formal languages and parsing?

I would suggest asking on Stack Overflow. I see a bunch of questions on those topics there.
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How many of our users are on Stack Overflow?

I am just curious; what percentage of total users does Stack Overflow make up? I know that I could count them, but with 200+ sites that seems inefficient. I don’t care about active users or not, nor d …
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Which graduated sites use "Full" requirements and which ones use the "Beta" requirements?

Stack Exchange sites (with a few minor deviations), can have either "Private Beta", "Beta", or "Full" reputation requirements for privileges. I know that currently, only CS50 uses the Private Beta req …
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Is there a delayed effect from reopening a question on subsequent close votes coming soon af...

The question you believe is a duplicate of the question that you were trying to close was actually closed as a duplicate of the question you were trying to close. If the question had been closed, they …
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Futility of keeping the rules around the question ban secret

Bypass the filter would mean finding a way to continue to ask bad question whilst never hitting the q-ban. For example, if users know that, in the span of 1 month, 5 badly received questions will get …
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What does it mean when it says that accepted answers are immune to the reputation cap?

I post an answer, and I get 20 upvotes. It isn't accepted. Then I post a second answer. It gets 10 upvotes and is accepted. Did I earn 215 reputation or did I get 315 reputation on that day. In other …
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How can I report an answer?

You can report it by clicking the flag button, selecting “In need of moderator intervention” and stating that you think it’s AI generated and if useful, why. However you haven’t posted anything else w …
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