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Questions that may not necessarily have a clear-cut right or wrong answer and are often subjective. If your question isn't a bug report, feature request, or request for support, it's probably a discussion.

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Graduation, site closure, and a clearer outlook on the health of SE sites

As an active participant in a low-volume, but high-quality (well, mostly!) SE site, this is reasonably welcome news. One of the most tangible effects of "graduation" is, of course, the bespoke graphi …
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Should we rename or remove the "beta" label?

Let's not remove the "beta" language but rather, make it meaningful. The programming analogy has its roots in SO's raison d'être, the hoary origins of the SE network, and suggests the obvious solution …
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Winter Bash 2014 closing remarks - ideas for next year

Show the tag-wikis some hat luv! AFAIK, there was no hat action relating to curating the wikis. These are meaningful parts of the SO/SE system. Enhancing them takes a bit of effort, and has lasting v …
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How to format code on stack overflow

Surround inline code with back-ticks, begin blocks of code with 4 spaces or a tab. Done! Example: Surround inline code with `back-ticks`,... (Preceding line begins with four spaces.)
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Has this ever been considered?: Upvoting/Downvoting edits

While I'm not sure, my hunch is that animuson♦'s answer might have in mind the "technology" sites (it was composed in June 2012, after all -- what was the spread of the SE network at that point?). My …
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\\ while typed in comments

I just ran across this behaviour in an AskUbuntu Q&A, and it baffled me. With this input: The `\` character escapes the `.` character. the output in an "answer" is: The \ character escapes the …
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