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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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How do I follow a tag?

Depends on what you mean by 'follow', but you can hover over the tag to get access to the subscribe and rss links, and you can also use favorites (accessible on the sidebar) to generate a collection o …
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Where should I ask questions about web browsers?

Of all the places, most likely Super User, but it would still depend on the nature of your question with regards to that software.
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Why wasn't the possible exact duplicate of a question listed on closure of the question?

This question was rightly closed soon enough (before I could even cast my vote) - but upon refreshing to see it had in fact been closed, there was no link to the question specified as the original. I …
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Lots of downvotes?

Why would someone do this? Because people are inherently naughty, all good acts just cover up the fact. Isn't there some feature to stop this? Why, yes there is. But not so much prevention …
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Undo edit suggestion

Nope, once it has been submitted it is subject to peer review. If incorrect, not substantial enough, or whatever else, it should be picked up on and rejected - unless someone feeling particularly cav …
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Why are links not working when I have a decent reputation?

If you forget about the <ol> and <li>, and other such unnecessary elements and use the Markdown then it displays fine, such as: - Download CXF single bundle distribution from [here][1] - I used 1.3.0 …
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How to flag a double question that is a duplicate of two others?

You need to make an educated guess. Take the 'most important' (probably defined as the one that's going to take the OP furthest forward while leaving the other as a continuation to follow up) and vote …
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How to highlight comments in stackoverflow

Do you mean highlighting like this? If so, use the backtick - enclose the desired words, thus `word` becomes word. You can also use 3 back ticks to enclose your whole code #This is some code df=df …
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Registered for an Area 51 site but not signed up for Stack Overflow

They're completely different sites, only (mostly) aware of each other through means of human intervention (AFAIK). Auto account creation for sites (and the dangers therein) was actually brought up re …
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Oops something bad happened? When will this happen?

The exact reason this might occur is knowledge that only Stack Exchange employees will have (and maybe a few other privileged people) - but, no, as per the message on the page, this is an error on the …
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My answer was switched from CW and I did not get any rep

Based on the rundown in the FAQ on CW, these points seem to indicate that you shouldn't necessarily expect any reputation for the post (on votes cast by peers within the period of it being CW): Comm …
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When will a new site proposal image be changed?

I'll venture the guess that this image is generated then cached (as with the Flair, for instance), and will update in time, when the cache is invalidated. If this is so, this answer describes the wait …
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How to link to a chat room?

Just use regular linking, providing a text description with the full URL underlying it: [My link description][1] [1]: http://mylink.com So, for instance: Meta SO Chat rooms and, to be specific, t …
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Do comment flags accumulate flag weight?

No, I don't think that they do accumulate flag weight. However, this is easily tested when you find the next inappropriate comment.
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Privilege, badges, and reputation problem

If you have dates then perhaps this could be more specific, but based on your reputation graph you have indeed lost reputation (102 points from November - just based on your graph) - and this would ta …
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