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Icons of the badge counts
Based on the idea from the math site where they use different shapes for bronze, silver, and gold badges, what about having different prompts for ours? Gold could be a (root shell) #, but I'm not sure ...
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Abusers of closing votes
Pattern of Abuse. Or maybe just a pattern of reviewing?
So as one of the top candidates in the potential review abuse department, I will put in my two cents. I think the pattern you are seeing may ...
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Abusers of closing votes
Since I've been named as a possible abuser of close votes (and since voting-to-close is fresh in my head), I'm happy to speak to my votes. I am not shy about voting my opinion on Questions and Answers,...
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Remove condition of having minimum 15 reputation for upvotes
I applaud your desire to upvote those that have helped you. Sadly SPAM and other nefarious activities are a sad fact of the modern internet. So these limits are in place. But it turns out your idea ...
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Can automatic deletion of "low-quality" posts be turned off?
Sorry, but this is a network-wide feature, not something that can be configured for each site. That said, this statement is really problematic:
Regardless of whether a post is truly low-quality or ...
terdonMod
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Icons of the badge counts
I was bored so I re-made the badges' design proposed by Jeff Schaller. My take on it is according to the aviation.SE, which has the biggest badges that I managed to find on SE (increased here by a ...
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Many times I "forget" to give (deserved) upvotes, because I would have to scroll up again
Keyboard shortcuts are already available. Enable them in your preferences:
The help ?:
Voting v:
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Feature request: Watch other person's question for answers/updates
It won't show up in your SE "mailbox", but there is an RSS feed for every question: the link is at the bottom of the page:
Subscribing will allow you to monitor updates to the page.
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Ask "Do you really want to resurrect this question?", and let the mods vote whenever someone answers a question that's older than 6 months
I would go even further than NotTheDr01ds and say that the person asking the question is only tangentially relevant. If the question can stand on its own and doesn't need clarification, then the job ...
terdonMod
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Mark accepted answers on side panel
There is actually a style that applies the color (answered-accepted), but then another one overrides it; I can't tell if this is intentional or not. This is what it looks like with the color coming ...
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Abusers of closing votes
Glad you put it.
I came to U&L (and whole stackexchange site) to learn, and I learn more than I answer question.
understanding U&L
The difficult mission of U&L is to mix plain english ...
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Can those who voted to close a post voluntarily give up reviewing reopening the same post?
No.
And, again, no.
Neither are a good idea.
To clarify, and head off the inevitable complaints about the brevity of my answer, the people that originially voted to close are in fact the most ...
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8
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Order users by country? Feature Request
There's no option currently on the site for that, but there are a bunch of Data Explorer queries that might work depending on what you're trying to do. It's a little tricky because the "Location" ...
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How features are integrated in between Stack Exchange forums?
According to How do I enable dark mode on other sites in the network?, it is not yet available outside of Stack Overflow:
Dark mode is currently in beta and only available on Stack Overflow. You ...
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Ask "Do you really want to resurrect this question?", and let the mods vote whenever someone answers a question that's older than 6 months
I do realize that it can be frustrating when you spend time answering a question only to then realize that it's due to a NATO (new answer to old question). But keep in mind that the site isn't here ...
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there should be some indicator to a Q&A if it's used in another question.
I think you're looking for the "linked" box in the sidebar:
Any time a question, one of its answers, or a comment links to another post, both posts will show links to each other in that box
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Make Link Colors Brighter and/or add Dotted Underline
Suggestion: Make links brighter, add dotted underline
My suggestion is to make all links a brighter blue or a different brighter color and/or add dotted underline to all links to make it very clear ...
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How to create a side by side code box?
In the answer you linked, I would format it as:
infile
1 2 3 4
a b c d
# $ @ %
outfile
1 a #
2 b $
3 c @
4 d %
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embedding gists from github in stackexchange.com
No. That would be the same as linking, which means that should the gist disappear, the question/answer here becomes useless.
Won't fix.
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Trustworthiness of Stack Exchange (Unix & Linux)
It speaks nothing of the culture. We're safe.
You have to be aware that you are browsing an Internet - and while answers are generally accepted and encouraged by Community, these might still be ...
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inform about edits after downvotes
it would be nice to be informed of edits to a post which one has downvoted
I had a similar thought, and chased it down through various Metas, eventually landing at Stack Apps: Get a list of posts you'...
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Feature request: Watch other person's question for answers/updates
You can favourite the post by clicking on the star next to it (below the voting buttons). In your profile, there will be section for these questions which will show the number of changed posts. It's ...
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6
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Unix tagging vs linux tagging?
We have a unix tag but because the entire site is effectively about Unix this tag would get abused and become pointless. Therefore it's restricted to only historical aspects of Unix. There are a few Q&...
slmMod
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1 Implement: Zero Comments
I don't think comments are a problem on unix.SE.
It seems to me that they're deleted less aggressively here than on other sites, which IMO is just a good thing. There's nothing inherently wrong with ...
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Could the site's subdomain be changed to linux.stackexchange.com?
Unix is very much on topic here and always has been. Yes, we get fewer questions about Unix than we do about Linux, but we certainly get questions about both. We also get questions about macOS and ...
terdonMod
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discourage images of text on /questions/ask?
This is actually already implemented to some degree for new users. It's just that at 15 rep, the warning message goes away so that more experienced users don't see it any longer. New users that ...
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Users having offered a bounty on a question should be allowed to comment irrespective of their credit
The rep threshold for commenting is super important to avoid spammers flooding the site with comments advertising viagra or whatever. This is one of the rules that have a very clear, very important ...
terdonMod
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Feature request: Watch other person's question for answers/updates
Yes, it is possible now!
Refer: The Follow Questions and Answers feature is now live across the Network for more information.
You can follow any question and answer (not posted by self) and you'll ...
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Is there a way to de-prioritize your own question?
No, there's nothing you can do, and nothing you should do either. Just consider yourself lucky. There's no reason to feel bad if one of your questions gets more attention than you think it deserves. ...
terdonMod
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