Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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How is "extended discussion" defined
I want to know what the "official" definition here is, of "extended discussions", because when the comments under an answer are being used to further troubleshoot or gain relevance to said answer, and ...
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Create 'Telegram' tag
I was looking for some Telegram related questions, and noted there's no tag for it, although there are quite a few questions about that topic.
Can someone with the Create Tags privilege can create ...
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How do I find my own questions?
I cannot find a link to my own questions (that I asked). Nor can I find anything obvious in searching for "my questions" or "How can I find my own questions".
EDIT: OK, So I have a partial answer.
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Why can't I answer a question that requires a reputation level less than mine?
I not able to post an answer to Create a Bootable Windows USB from a OS X to work on a PC? It states "posting an answer now requires 10 reputation," but I have a reputation of 101.
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How can I earn 100 reputation bonus
In the past I earned the 100 reputation bonus from the Stack Overflow website.
I am wondering if and when I can reach again the bonus from the Ask Different website of the community knowing that a I ...
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"Typing Fingers" is in need of cleanup
I found a question here that needs cleanup when I was reviewing.
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/90066/app-or-webapp-for-learning-touch-type-on-ios-with-apple-wireless-keyboard
It got ...
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Answered Questions that help Instructors
For those of you who are able to reply, thank you for your help. I can't vote you up on here for some reason but I appreciate you.
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Where did privileges go on the main site?
I was looking to see what my next level of privileges was, but could not find the Privileges page linked from anywhere (I had to resort to a Google search)
Have I missed it, or is it truly missing?
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Why was my question closed?
So I woke up this morning and decided to go check on my most popular question with 5 upvotes, located here. I was hoping for an answer, as it's a question I'd really like answered - it's very ...
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Editing profile on meta
I cannot edit my profile on the Ask different Meta.
I had an issue (posted on Stackexchange meta) with merged accounts and loss of info and rep. This has now been fixed.
I am now having an issue ...
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Can the username autocomplete be keyboard accessible?
Both in chat and when posting comments, an autocomplete box shows up for users.
Can this be made so you can select the user using the up arrow key, then the right/left arrows? So, let's take the ...
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How to propose tag synonyms?
I want to propose a synonym for a tag, how do I do? I have read that it is available to create tag synonyms for users that have 2.5k rep but I don't know from when it's possible to propose a tag ...
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Why are my edits rejected for being superfluous?
Sometimes when I make edits to a question or an answer, it is rejected for being "superfluous." Why is that?
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Unable to comment on certain questions
On the iPhone app, when reading a question that does not have any comments from other users one is unable to add a comment.
There is only the option to "add an answer".
For example, on this question:...
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Top bar shows more review tasks to be completed than the sum of tasks at /review
Can someone explain to me the discrepancy of the displayed number to be reviewed in the top bar and the sum of the actual review tasks to be completed?
The top bar icon shows 4 but when I go to /...
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How to undo Unicoins changes
I used the Uniconis to make modifications but now I do not like what I got.
Is there a way to undo the modifications like scrolling title bar ect.
What is Unicoins:
It is a popup on the right hand ...
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Accepted answers sometimes are not above all the other answers
I've occasionally stumbled into Q&A's that have more than 1 answer and an accepted answer, but the accepted answer isn't on top of the answer list.
iPad calculator app
Why does Spotlight keep ...
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is the consecutive day counter working properly?
I have been visiting Apple.SO every day throughout the day including yesterday, and today I see the counter has gone from about 15 down to 1 :-( This is the second time it has happened (last time I ...
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Where are close votes?
Where are close votes located on questions and answers? I don't see the number of voters anywhere, on any question.
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How to improve this question?
How to improve this question?
I have searched the web (Bing), there is no result for this topic.
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HappyMacUser and ConcernedMacUser
These accounts from this thread looks like needs merging:
ConcernedMacUser
HappyMacUser
Is it possible to merge unregistered accounts?
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OSquestions copying Ask Different
I did see a bunch of questions on this topic. And I saw an answer saying that it is fine if they say the source is from AD. Though here it look just as if the AD question was native to the site ...
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I think there is a bug in the system
I seem to be the victim of a bug that effects the reputation "score" system. About two days ago I a question which was down voted that day and the day before it was asked, how can that happen?
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How do I create a link to Ask Different chat from Ask Different main?
I've seen links to chat (so as not to have a conversation in the comments).
How do I create one? I've searched the meta here and unfortunately unable to find the right one.
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Issues with rendering on chrome
Please take a look on the screenshots. Logo and vote down are not properly aligned. I tried clearing my chache and still its there.
I am using mountain lion, Chrome Version 21.0.1180.79
Landing Page:...
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Can Ask Different Blog administrators add custom CSS?
There are times when it would be very useful to be able to use custom CSS for a blog post.
Under the blog's Dashboard-> Appearance-> Stack Exchange Options, I see a CSS Folder option. Does that mean ...
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"Ask Different" logged me in with a different account
I created another user account on my computer, and visited Ask Different. I logged in using the same username I normally use (and I am using now), but despite I used the same ClaimID OpenID account, ...
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Closing question as should be on other SE site
I think that Question about C++ navigation should be on Stack Exchange. So I tried to flag it as off-topic - the off-topic box only gave me the choice of meta for this - on other SE sites it would ...
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Where should I report? iOS Stack Exchange app not allowing Google login [duplicate]
The stack exchange ios app is failing in the google login flow after it returns from Google web flow.
Where’s the right place to report this?
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How to improve this question
This question was closed:
Free WYSIWYG Markdown editor
with the motivation
Questions asking to recommend or find a Mac, book, tool, tutorial or other off-site resource are off-topic for Ask Different ...
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Why was this Spam or Offensive? Can this be reversed?
I just noticed that this post was deleted as spam or offensive. I understand the deletion because it's not an "answer", but this was NOT SPAM or OFFENSIVE!
Can someone please reverse this, as it ...
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Rename "one-note" tag to "onenote"
Microsoft OneNote doesn't have a space in its name, yet one-note has a hyphen in its name.
Could the hyphen be removed from the tag name?
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Does Ask Different have a different tag-suggester than other SE sites?
I’m using an old version of IOS Safari (original iPad). Of course, there a lot of minor irritations with the UI. One of them is that on all SE sites, selecting a suggested tag takes anywhere from ...
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What tag should I use for a question about the original iPhone?
There are specific tags for iPhone 4, iPhone 3gs, iPhone 3g, but why not the original iPhone?
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Tag wiki reputation bug
I assume this is a bug, tag wiki editing now requires 20,000 reputation?
https://apple.stackexchange.com/privileges/edit-tag-wiki
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Why is my Meta profile showing 0 score when I have over 10?
If you go on my profile on meta all tags have a core of 0. Whereas if you click on some one then tags that score is over 10!
Why is this?
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What exactly is "change" in the rep leagues?
As seen in this screenshot:
I have more "change" than I have "total reputation". What is this "change", and why is it so much higher than my total reputation?
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Why was the "accepting user input" question received on the site while being off-topic?
Disclaimer: Don't flag broad, as it's all very interconnected and can be answered well in one post. One shouldn't repeat the whole story again and again. Also, I had exams so had avoided discussions ...
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How to find my answers where another answer has been accepted?
I am trying to do some cleaning.
Is there a way to find out in my answers' history (1500), if there is a another answer to the same post that has been accepted?
Here is example of why:
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Is It Allowed To Post Ideas About Solution To Collutz Conjecture Here
I am new new here. Am I allowed to discuss my ideas about proof of the Collutz Conjecture?
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How to flag an answer as not answering the question
I flagged an answer to one of my questions as not answering the question asked. It got declined for lack of evidence. I flagged again stating specifically that it would be better as a comment because, ...
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How can I make my question comply to all Ask Different guidelines?
My question to improve: How to check if the screen replacement part for iPhone 5s is an original one?
Some clarifications on questions from bmike:
Are you looking for knowledge? If so, remove ...
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Why haven't some of my shares been recorded?
I had everything I needed to qualify for Level 2 in the contest - the 20 required questions with 2 upvotes each, the votes, and even the sharing.
I posted a picture on my website with the text "Ask ...
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What can I do if a useless answer is about to receive a bounty?
I have a question with a bounty and a leading answer that's useless and appears not even to have understood the question. Is there anything I can do to prevent the bad answer from receiving the bounty?...
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It would be good if you could please undelete three comments on the YouTube Kids autoplay question
There were about half a dozen comments still visible on the YouTube Kids autoplay question. I flagged just one as "no longer needed" (too chatty), but all of them got deleted.
It would be most ...
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How do I float questions to the top?
I have several questions that have not been answered and consequently, they floated to the bottom of the question list. How do I get the question more towards the top again?
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Suspicous downvoting?
I was browsing AskDifferent and asking questions when out of nowhere I got 3 downvotes in a very very short span of time.
They were on these questions: Does the 'unibody' design of the MB/MBP ...
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