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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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What's the protocol for requesting a tag warning?
On a particular site, RPG Stack Exchange, we've decided on our meta on a couple of tags that should have tag warnings, and on what those tag warnings should say. I am a diamond moderator on the site i …
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How do we request to have a tag blocked?
A Stack Exchange site I use has identified a tag that should be blocked, discussed it on Meta and come to an agreement that it should go (our request is here).
We and the site moderators understand th …
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How can I find out what was deleted when I get one of those out-of-the-blue +1 reputation no...
Every now and then I'll get one of those +1 reputation notifications a lot of us get from time to time. I'm under no confusion about what causes it: something, somewhere, that I had cast a downvote on …
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If I see a spam vandalism suggested edit, should I do anything extra about it?
I just came across this suggested edit on Board & Card Games:
I've seen spammy edits like this on multiple Stack Exchange sites. They always follow the same pattern: the comment is an email address …
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Will a user who only asks questions get banned by the system?
No, a user who only asks questions is perfectly fine. There are some high-rep users who have only ever asked questions, or only ever answered them. This is totally OK behaviour.
What you're reading a …
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acceptance of answer doesn't give points
Was it this answer? You appear to have correctly received reputation for it on your SO account:
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Does the review queue page show only reviews requiring your action? Does it differ, and when...
This confusion came up in comments on another Meta question.
On the site I use most actively (RPG.SE), I've noticed that the counts for each review queue appear to only indicate the reviews available …
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What is the proper way to link to another answer on the same question?
You can't do a direct anchor link. Do what you're already doing and use the share link you get beneath their post:
This works just fine and is resilient to scenarios which can make a simple #anchor …
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Seeing activity in a question that has no activity
Besides the Community ♦ user could some answer from a passerby that was deleted push the question to the top and still make it look as though it hasn't been active for some time?
Yes. This is not …
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Can't put variable begin with '@' in comments
You can add those comments if you place your variables in backticks, like this:
which becomes...
This appears in our comment formatting, which that 'help' link below the Add Comment butt …
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Is there some way to see all of a user's messages in a chat room?
Here's the situation: I'm investigating a user's behaviour in a couple of chat rooms because I find the overall patterns concerning, and may need to direct some official attention their way discreetly …
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How can I find out when a tag was first used?
I'm interested in finding out when, exactly, a particular tag on one of the Stack Exchange sites was created.
Specifically, I'm trying to find out the adoption rate of the rules as written tag on RPG …
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Do the double-size retina-screen community ads work on all sites? [duplicate]
Do all Stack Exchange sites support these double-size ads? In addition to Community Ads, will they work in Stack Overflow's Open Source ads? …
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Can someone down-vote solely because you posted a link to a particular (.doc) file format?
No, there's no dispute mechanism, and individual downvotes don't get disputed.
From your comments:
Is the voting system completely anonymous? 2. Can it be challenged? 3. Is it arbitrary? 4. Is …
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Spam Profiles are getting my goat. Could we have better tools for mods to deal with profile ...
These profiles are starting to spill into other sites as well.
Yesterday after this meta post was made, I hopped into the user search for RPG Stack Exchange, which I moderate, and looked for profiles …