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Meta Stack Exchange (aka MSE) is the governing meta site for all Stack Exchange sites together. Use this tag to ask questions about this very site. In some sense, the [meta] tag is "Meta-Meta Stack Exchange".

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Will Meta Stack Exchange be removed now?

This site (Meta Stack Exchange) has various functions: (per the help center) Meta is for... ... … We plan to transition things like bug reports, user and customer support, user feedback, and company announcements off of Meta over the course of next year. …
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31 votes
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The question wizard might be useful for Meta Stack Exchange too; should we give it a try?

tl;dr Due to the special nature of Meta and the high rate of "lost souls", should we try out the Ask a Question Wizard here on Meta Stack Exchange too? … I think that such a question wizard would be useful on Meta Stack Exchange too, for three main reasons: Meta is different from other network sites. …
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Policy for SE employees influencing community decisions using mod powers

Under what conditions, if ever, is it acceptable for SE employees to influence community matters on the Meta site of a community they do not actively participate in by upvoting or downvoting posts? …
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Do we have incentive to burninate the [incentive] tag?

According to this answer by Shog9, a tag must exhibit a negative answer to all four of these questions in order to be considered for burnination: Does it describe the contents of the questions …
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When are questions about Stacks - Stack Exchanges design system - on-topic here on Meta Stac...

Stacks is a design system that is developed for Stack Exchange and maintained by Stack Exchange developers. In this way, it is both, about the Stack Exchange network and third-party. When is a quest …
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This tag needs some [clarification]

When looking at the questions, I see two main use cases: as a meta-tag for questions where the author wants to have something explained similar to comments or edits (requesting clarification from the … It is ambiguous at best and a meta tag at worst. Should we destroy it kill it with fire? Edit: After almost one week there was no disagreement with this request. …
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14 votes
3 answers
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Are old, link-only answers not-an-answer?

Yesterday I stumbled upon this answer due to the question being bumped. It is, by the official definition, considered not an answer: If you strip the markup (link), you are left with NO useful conten …
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12 votes
1 answer
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Where to ask about Stack Overflow for teams [duplicate]

When should questions about Stack Overflow for teams be asked here on Meta Stack Exchange and when on Meta Stack Overflow? … Most questions about Stack Overflow for Teams (a private Stack Overflow environment for a group of developers) should be asked on Meta Stack Overflow, not here. …
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Could we change the tag excerpt/wiki and clean up the [survey] tag?

are allowed on a specific site in the Stack Exchange network, ask on the per-site Meta. … If you have a question about surveys on a specific site in the Stack Exchange network, ask on the per-site Meta. …
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When are questions about Stacks - Stack Exchanges design system - on-topic here on Meta Stac...

In my opinion, a question is on-topic here on Meta Stack Exchange, when it is about the application of the design system in the software that powers the Stack Exchange network. …
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Where to ask about Stack Overflow for teams

In my opinion, a question about Stack Overflow for Teams should be asked on Meta Stack Overflow unless it affects multiple network sites. … Teams not shown in the incognito mode However, a Stack Exchange developer commented that the Teams developers probably monitor Meta Stack Overflow more than Meta Stack Exchange, so when in doubt, ask …
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Incorrect logo in Meta SE newsletter banner

On this meta site the newsletter form shows the Stack Overflow logo: Browser: Firefox 61 on Windows 10, no relevant plugins. The problem still occurs after a hard reload (AKA no caching). …
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This tag needs some [clarification]

This tag has been burninated! Users will no longer be able to ask for clarification. Thanks to everyone who helped removing this tag!
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