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Change or retract a vote to close
This may have been discussed on MSO but I don't go there any more, so I wouldn't see it and don't believe we should have to search elsewhere for answers relevant to this SF.
It happened again today b …
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Should licensing questions be closed?
After seeing yet another licensing question I'm wondering whether I'm right in thinking they should be closed. While it can be difficult or slow getting answers for technical questions from the vendor …
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Answer posted to a locked question
This question was locked by Mark Henderson 3 hours ago (as I type) but the last answer was posted 2 hours ago. How is that possible?
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No editing toolbar
It appears something has broken, for me at least. The editing toolbar is currently not visible when posting a question or answer, yet if I edit an existing one it's fine. I tried FF, IE and Camino on …
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Rep gain through edits alone?
After noticing a lot of old questions getting dragged back to the front page I looked into why - They've all been edited to fix broken links pointing to a single domain. I then got curious about the …
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Should we delete closed questions?
I believe that crap and/or off topic questions merely attract more of the same, whether they are closed or not. With that in mind, should we make more of an effort to delete them, especially the reall …
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Option to flag a user, not just their posts
When I see what looks like spam by a new user I go check out their other answers. Very often they all promote the same product or service. In the early days I would only flag one such answer but disco …
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What happened to the appearance of the vote count?
I just got back on after a couple of hours away from SF and the vote count and some of the other text is now looking kind of anaemic or anorexic. What happened? Why did it get changed? I don't recall …
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"Leave open" votes
In the close votes review queue we are able to select "leave open". What does that really do? Does it counter one of the close votes or is it just a "feel good" option? If it actually does something w …
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Is it possible to reverse an answer accept?
I thought this had been addressed before but if it has I can't find it.
There was a question asked a day or two ago which has what at first site appears to have a good answer. The OP accepted that an …
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What happened to the "Read the FAQ" banner?
Maybe this belongs on MSO, as it may be site wide. It appears the banner that prompts new visitors to read the FAQ is no longer being shown. This is just slightly embarrassing because I've been tellin …
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Why the major FAQ/help change?
If you go to at any half decent Q&A or discussion site the very first thing you see is a prompt to read the rules/FAQ. The reasons for it should be self evident and. …
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Using "not a real question" as a close reason on questions that have answers
I have seen, and voted on, quite a few questions that are and indeed should be closed as NARQ, despite having answers. I can't see why it having answers should make any difference. For the particular …
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Any way around this: "Edits must be at least 6 characters; is there something else to improv...
Yes, it is too harsh. Not all valid edits require 6 characters. Same story with comments. Just have a look at how many times we've added something like "(stupid 15 character minimum)" to the end of ou …
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Answering your own question: officially encouraged and unofficially despised?
You got downvotes from me because:
You didn't ask a question, although sysadmin1138 has edited it to add a question since. I also cast a close vote on it for the same reason.
You gave an answer to a …