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How does the bounty system resolve ties between two answers after the grace period expires?
In the event that both a bounty and its subsequent grace period expire without an explicit award or accepted answer, the help section How is a bounty rewarded? describes how the system automatically ...
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Why do questions display "-1 votes" instead of "-1 vote"?
When a question has a score of -1, it displays "-1 votes" instead of "-1 vote". Is this a bug?
How about replacing "vote" and "votes" with "score" instead?
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When should I use the custom moderator flag for off-topic questions?
I've looked over a couple dozen meta posts and none seems to specifically answer my question.
Recently, I raised a flag on a question, Why can't we build in python a JavaScript-like import system? (...
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Can't log in with new email to Stack Overflow
I have changed my old email address to a new one. The problem is that I can't log in with the new email address. It shows email, or password incorrect, but I can still log in with the old email ...
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First post not "no action needed" but already has a pending edit
I recognize that it is a bug / error that it doesn't alert the user that there is a pending edit and that that particular aspect of this problem has been discussed many times before.
However, I was ...
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How should my question about guarantees of freeing memory on program termination be tagged?
Does Linux guarantee freeing malloc'd unfreed memory on program exit?
I feel like in clutches here... I'd say this question requires a minimum of 6 tags, but as we know, the max is 5!
Yes.. I ...
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Most of the moderation links on Channels link to those on Stack Overflow instead [closed]
Contacting CMs and perhaps sending suspensions on channels makes me contact the user with the same user ID on Stack Overflow.
I would have tested out suspending myself, but it might lead to ...
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Undoing a duplicate super close vote
I just closed this question C# String reference not set to an instance of a String as a duplicate and realised after that it wasn't quite a duplicate. I suspect the answer will be useful since the ...
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Clarifying the assessment of a question when the community doesn't reach consensus
This is for discussion of the question Why is the sum of an int and a float an int? After several rounds of closing and reopening it without any clear consensus in sight, I think this should be put ...
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What is the Stack Overflow Constitution?
The "Stack Overflow Constitution" was introduced in Stack Overflow Podcast #88.
A big change to pay close attention to: We’re writing the Stack Overflow Constitution, and we’re asking you, our ...
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Can we increase the review audit ratio in Triage?
The Help & Improvement queue has some serious problems. We all know it is because reviewers in the Triage queue do not do the best job. Today I even got banned because of this.
Some other related ...
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How to compose yellow background blockquote?
Sometime I see questions or answers with a ivory/light yellow background blockquote to highlight or cited reference.
What editing syntax can I use to achieve this result?
And what's the official use ...
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What should be the exact purpose of a question?
I have had a few instances where I have had very specific issues that I simply couldn't find answers to on the internet. There have been other issues where I simply needed general knowledge about a ...
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Why can't you cancel an upvote on a comment?
I think there should be functionality to cancel an upvote on a comment. For example I was speaking with someone in response to a question I asked and I was on my phone. I [easily &] accidentally ...
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How do you attract attention to questions on Meta, if there is no bounty to dole out? [duplicate]
Here on Meta, we can't use bounties.
So what shall I do then, if I believe an old post of mine didn't get enough attention?