Questions tagged [meta-faq]
This tag should be applied to questions that are about FAQs, but are not necessarily FAQs themselves.
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New User Chat link broken
This has gone on pretty much as far as I know, surprised no one else has asked it.
When a new user joins a room (under 20 rep - I believe this stopped happening with accounts created after the lobbies)...
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How to update the FAQ regarding non-English answers across the network on sites where the "very low quality" flag has been removed?
This question was closed as "only applicable to one specific site" as the change in question took place only on Stack Overflow. However, this question isn't directly asking about the ...
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Inconsistency on using comments to "add more information"
If you open the comment box, the grayed-out tooltip text says
Use comments to ask for clarification or add more information [emphasis mine]
However, the faq says
They are not for:
Providing ...
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The policy of editing out “noise” should be proactively explained and more easily referred to and justified
Across the network, but especially on Stack Overflow, it's considered important to edit questions and answers to remove noise. Of course I agree with this policy; it's part of what keeps the sites ...
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Featured questions in FAQ list [duplicate]
I just noticed on the sidebar of Meta that featured questions are displayed twice - once in the "Featured" block and again in the "Frequently Asked" block. The featured questions ...
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Guidance for "me too"ers (answerers / commenters and upvoters)
On Web Applications SE we have a lot of short questions that get lots of views and "a lot" of "me too" or alike answers, comments and upvotes.
Regarding me too upvotes, from ...
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Add anchors to Winter Bash FAQ [closed]
It would be nice to be able to link to specific questions (with their answers) in the Winter Bash FAQ. Especially this year, as the banner image takes almost the entire screen (on my MacBook Pro 13&...
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We talk a lot about offensive usernames
Today we had the following question posted:
What is SE policy regarding potentially offensive screen names?
The specific user mentioned had already been taken care of, but the question is asking about ...
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Make the Featuredly Asked Questions into only Frequently Asked Questions
Take a look at the sidebar right now on the main page, or look at my screenshot here:
Do you notice anything weird?
And how about now?
As the space for FAQ posts in the sidebar is limited to only 10 ...
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Are 'featured' questions also 'FAQ's? [duplicate]
On the homepage of Meta Stack Exchange, some community faqs are shown on the right sidebar. However, apparently it also shows featured questions.
Before deciding if this is a bug, should featured ...
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Make "The Comprehensive Formatting Test" into its own FAQ post
In the Formatting Sandbox there is one excellent answer, The Comprehensive Formatting Test. This answer gives examples of all known uses of markdown that are currently supported.
Whilst the answer isn'...
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Improve accuracy in the reasons for suspension
From a FAQ answer here on Meta (emphasis mine):
When an account is suspended
[...] The user page will have a visual reminder that the account is in timed suspension. It will also include a brief ...
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Why does the `FAQ for Stack Exchange Sites` appear in the unanswered tab?
When I opened the 'Unanswered' tab on the side, as shown below, the first question that shows up is the FAQ.
Why is it there? Why isn't it removed from the 'Unanswered' tab?
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Can we process the [faq-proposed] questions?
This Meta site has a tag called faq-proposed for people to propose questions being added to the FAQ. The tag currently has 130 questions, many of which are now years old. I believe that lots of these ...
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Why is it that the new pronouns FAQ was relatively well received with a positive score, but the post for clarifications about it has a negative score?
As of November 23, 2019, What does the Code of Conduct say about pronouns? has a (217 − 132 =) +85 score and Post for clarifications on the updated pronouns FAQ has a (267 − 599 =) −332 score.
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