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Where do I ask a question about a tool that affects Stack Exchange functionality?
I asked another meta question about configuring NoScript to allow the Stack Overflow feature, Runnable Snippets, through the XSS filtering feature of NoScript. So far I have gotten several down votes,...
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How "general" must a problem be to warrant use of a language/library tag? [duplicate]
I posted this question:
AsyncContext response does not match original incoming request?
Which was related to a web application written in Java, built on Spring MVC, and (in my opinion) focused on a ...
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How can we handle questions about Jenkins properly?
In Jenkins version upgrade from 2.222.3 to 2.235.5, a question about upgrading a Jenkins instance was asked. I recommended to move the question to another site, as (from my POV) this looks unrelated ...
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Allow editing custom mod flags
I recently custom-flagged a post which demonstrates a pattern of bad behavior by a specific user. I flagged one of those posts and simply stated that the user posted others. I didn't attach a link to ...
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What is with "Thanks" in the developers' perspectives by gender section of the survey results?
Reading the results, and related to another discussion I found the results on Developers' perspectives by gender a bit confusing by the way it is represented, and perhaps by the way it was analysed.
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How can I improve the questions that make me be forbidden to ask new questions?
I've been banned from asking questions.
I have 2 questions that were voted negatively:
ReferenceError: ajax is not defined
Update an array in a Postgres table using a function?
The first question can ...
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Provide localized strings directing users to their language specific SO
I recently saw a question on SO that looked like it was written in Russian. I posted a comment suggesting they use ru.stackoverflow.com but realized they might not understand my comment.
Is there a ...
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Plans for compulsory brain-implant surgery? [closed]
We recently learned that Stack Overflow Jobs has developed a new technology:
I'm excited to announce that all new customers will be required to
undergo compulsory brain-implant surgery starting in ...
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Should questions be marked as duplicates if the issue is based on the same principles?
Today I marked https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30543171/a-callback-function-doesnt-work-in-an-asynchronous-call as a duplicate of How do I return the response from an asynchronous call? (Actually ...
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Is the original poster of an answer allowed to destructively edit his own content?
https://stackoverflow.com/posts/29198809/revisions
In this case, the OP wrote a well-received post and then just "destroyed" his post by editing it.
Is he allowed to do so, because it is his own ...
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What happens if a user has 2 accounts that vote on each others posts?
What if a user creates two logins and posts questions and answers by themselves and then uses the second account to vote on those questions and answers?
Is this case is handled or not? It helps ...
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Should I edit an obsolete (and incorrect) answer? [duplicate]
I came across this answer:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/9664327/688958
In short, it states that text/javascript is obsolete and that application/javascript should be used instead.
The answer was ...
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How do you best research your question before asking it on SO? [duplicate]
I've been wondering if there are some research tips before asking something on SO. I know this questions seems dumb but think about it. How do people get to know an answer by researching and the ...
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How to vote on an answer to edited question?
This answer currently doesn't address the question in its current state at all. I was going to downvote the answer and explain why with a comment. Then I read both the answer and the question more ...
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Why does my improvement request bar me from handling anyone else's? [closed]
Why can't I handle an improvement request on an example if I made one myself—for something that I can't handle obviously?
e.g.
first request asks for A
my request asks for B (I made the request so ...
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