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Proposals for new features on the Stack Exchange network, or requests for a change to an existing feature. On posts tagged feature-request, voting may indicate agreement or disagreement with the proposed change, in addition to the quality or usefulness of the post itself. Feature requests are not brought to the company's attention until and unless a [status-review] tag is added by a moderator or employee.
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Don't throw away all votes when a user is deleted
I don't want to take a position on this until I see some data. What causes users to get deleted? Are there a lot of respectable users who have had enough, and want to quit voluntarily? Or are there a …
101
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11
answers
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I propose changing the term "closed" out for... something else [duplicate]
The problem
One of the recurring questions on Meta is "why was this question closed?" In nearly every case, the question is posed by a newcomer to Stack Exchange who doesn't understand what closing me …
86
votes
3
answers
659
views
Give a badge to users who improve closed questions
We should give a badge to editors who improve closed questions so much that they get reopened.
David Fullerton suggested this badge as part of this answer, which explains the motivation. I just thoug …
64
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11
answers
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What is with people who answer questions that are known to be dupes?
When a dupe is posted, someone usually posts a comment to that effect within minutes. That comment usually gets at least a couple of upvotes while the question is still on the front page. If it's a …
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5
answers
449
views
Should we keep the "friendly tag name" feature?
Depending on what site(s) in the network you spend your time on, you may or may not know that Stack Overflow recently spent a long time trying out something called Documentation. One of the features w …
71
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Accepted
Does SO need social networking features to improve the experience for expert users?
This post is brilliant because it suggests that what respected users think is more important than what they do.
Jon Skeet answers some pretty basic questions sometimes, and there's nothing wrong with …
52
votes
1
answer
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Modify the "competing answer" rule to ignore when votes were cast
According to the announcement by Jarrod, the logic for the Sportsmanship badge only counts votes that a user casts after posting his own answer. I questioned that logic in a comment under the announce …
31
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2
answers
538
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Meta sites should have a badge for insightfulness/controversy
Meta sites across the SE network — just meta sites, not regular ones — should start awarding a badge for any post that meets both of the following criteria:
earns fifteen or more upvotes
earns fiftee …
38
votes
2
answers
403
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The /review page needs to be able to handle more than just problem posts
The /review page displays questions matching the following criteria:
first answers from new users
first questions from new users
late answers provided by low-rep users
low-quality posts; I don't kno …
26
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Accepted
feature request: LMSOTFY
One of the reasons that LMGTFY is banned on SE sites is that it's... well, pretty rude. No matter what you're trying to say with a LMGTFY, you can say it more politely and helpfully another way. Doing …
33
votes
3
answers
298
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Remove questions with moderator tags from the Unanswered list
The red tags/moderator tags/status tags — except for status-review, perhaps — on Meta indicate that a mod has considered a feature request or bug and made a decision about how to handle it. In other w …
11
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Private notes on questions?
My unofficial guess, based on what I've seen in the past, is that the team will reply thus:
This would add a significant level of complexity to the system on our end and provide little meaningful …
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2
answers
361
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When a question gets reopened, it should get a bump
When a question gets reopened, it should get a bump. By the time a post gets reopened, it's often fallen off the main page. Reopening implies that it's a decent question that's worthy of attention, so …
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1
answer
183
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Show "this question has an active bounty and cannot be closed" earlier, when it applies
If a bounty is active on a question, that question cannot be closed. However, attempting to vote to close works just fine until the "Vote to close" button is pressed. Only then does the "this question …
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Badge progress reports
There is no centralized location or mechanism for checking badge progress. However, you can figure out your progress for some badges with a little legwork.
Strunk & White/Copy Editor
Visit the /revie …