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What is the general consensus here about "thanks" at the end of questions?
According to this page on Meta Stack Overflow, salutations, tag lines, thanks, etc. should be removed from posts. If I do that here, are my edits likely to be accepted? Is it okay if I remove those ...
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Community Wiki on the rise?
I noticed that there a lot of questions that are flagged as community wiki, even if there is not that much answers or are quite new. For instance there are 10 questions on the homepage currently. Is ...
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Can we make the AskDifferent blog more easily accessible?
I just wanted to go to the blog in order to leave a comment.
However, it really took me a while just to get there! I simply could not find a link.
How come the blog is so hardly accessible? What ...
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Suggestion - Possibly Sitewide - Inbox Feed?
I might be being dense, but I was wondering if there is a RSS feed that displays entries from our 'inbox'? If not, then perhaps a feature suggestion.
I use a RSS reader a lot and it updates ...
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Planning the Ask Different Anniversary Extravaganza
January 28th, 2012 will mark Ask Different's 1-year anniversary of graduation!
Stack Exchange has offered to support a special Ask Different event in honor of that anniversary.
I've added an answer ...
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How should we handle questions about activity illegal outside the US?
Someone posted a question about changing the IMEI of their iPhone. A UK user flagged this question for asking about an illegal activity, and indeed it is in the UK. However, I haven't been able to ...
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Clicked tab is backwards
You have got the ‘clicked tab’ metaphor in reverse:
To me, it looks like all the other tabs are clicked. Or maybe it’s the Apple® way.
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Multiple Tag Wiki Edit Screen Style Bugs
It seems that some old and new style bugs have cropped up with the various style changes that have occurred over the course of 2011.
Which is, well, all of them? :)
Let's take a look at the tag wiki ...
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Can we add iOS-like scrollbars to this site?
I know that people using Lion will have nice, pretty scrollbars, but what about those of us who don't have Lion? I was wondering if we can add some iOS-like scrollbars to the site. I think that it ...
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Update: It's iPhone 4S week!
This week, we’re kicking off a “Hot Topic of the Week” series.
How it works: One topic is designated each week, and each person who asks a question relating to that topic will be eligible to win a ...
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Is there a place where I can find all the community wiki questions for Apple.SE?
Pretty simple...I was just curious and didn't know where I could find all the CW question. Is there a place where I can find all the community wiki questions for Apple.SE?
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Remove or update answers that are incorrect due to technological advances
I have come across some answers that are now incorrect since the launch of iOS5. Such as this one
Should another answer be put down or should we change these answers to make them factually correct?
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Should all badges be attainable?
I looked at SO meta, and they have removed the badge for participating in the beta.
I think that all the badges should be attainable for everyone, so badges like Beta and precognative.
I do ...
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Community vote to answer correct answers that have been left unaccepted
This is an extension of the question 'What to do with original posters who don't accept correct answer'
I have seen a few new users who have had an issue and used this site to get their answer, after ...
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can we have Tag Icons
On Stack Overflow the facebook, Android, and adobe tags have icons on, could we allow Icons for tags such as iTunes, App Store, Bluetooth, Mail.app, etc?
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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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Are questions on Apple-like hardware for PCs on-topic?
I flagged question Are there any non-Apple multi-touch trackpads on the market? as "off-topic" and also commented that it probably should be migrated to Super User. The flag was declined with a reason ...
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Community Promotion Ads - 2012 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Community Promotion Ads - 2013
For one reason or another, we missed 2H 2011. Nevermind that, though, let us commence with 1H 2012! And yes, it starts in December.
What in the ...
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Should we discourage shortened links (bit.ly, etc.)?
I've noticed that people post bit.ly links quite often. I don't notice it as often here as the other SE sites, but it's still a problem, in my opinion. There is no reason to post a bit.ly link at all. ...
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What is the number next to the "review answer/question" button?
What's the number next the "review answer/question" button?
Is it the number of people who have reviewed the question/answer?
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Why is there a Google Plus ad on the main Ask Different site?
Is the google plus ad a community promotion advertisement or something else?
I clicked it but nothing shows if I don't log into google - what is this?
https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?...
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What to do with original posters who don't accept correct answers
Been noticing many questions in the "Unanswered" portion of AskDifferent that have factually correct answers. I've even spotted one frequent offender (105 questions, 61% accept rate).
What do/can/...
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Would questions about the iPad 2 Smart Cover be acceptable?
Would questions about the Smart Cover be considered on topic? It is an Apple product, but isn't really a computer hardware piece, more of just an accessory.
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If the original poster (OP) question is unclear, is it OK to ask OP question to clarify in order to provide a better answer?
I'm looking for accepted practice so as not to offend other members (I was downvoted and told not to do that). Thanks.
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What can users do to address orphaned questions with newer/better answers?
Now that the dust is settling over Lion and iOS 5, there are a large amount of questions that had been asked in the past that had either a workaround or a not-quite direct answer, but now there is a ...
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Is the copy editor badge not working?
According to the description of the copy editor badge, the requirement is for you to edit 500 posts. I have done that and I don't see the badge. If you look on the users page, you'll notice that both ...
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Why has my flag weight turned to decimal points?
I just looked at my flag weight and it has a weird number:
Is it supposed to be a decimal number? Or is this a bug?
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Should we try to start killing off the community poll questions with this one?
Jason had a nice comment in the chat room and I'd like to see if there is enough common interest to start killing these unanswerable questions off.
Got any tips or tricks for Terminal in Mac OS X?
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Search box text colour
Just noticed that the colour of the text displayed on the search results page does not show the search query very clearly until the search box is re-selected.
Blank search box waiting for a query:
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I'm an indie Mac app developer, can I use AskDifferent as a support forum?
I'm an Indie Mac Developer with several apps, most of which are fairly technical or even developer- or web-developer-targeted.
I'd love to have a StackExchange-style forum available for my users to ...
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Revise/delete moderator flags
Is is possible to revise/delete moderator flags? I flagged something yesterday that I should have added a note to instead of just flagging with the canonical flags. If it's not possible, can this be ...
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Help! My computer doesn't work
My computer hardware and/or software is not working the way I want it to.
What information should I be sure to include in a post on Ask Different in order to enable people provide helpful answers ...
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Should we forbid all "Which Mac is the best for..." questions?
I noticed lately a lot of "which Mac is the best for..." questions.
Here is a list, and I practically only used the development tag:
Which MacBook Pro configuration is best suitable for Iphone/Ipad ...
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Should we create a canonical iCloud Q&A question?
We are getting more and more questions about iCloud, and if you go through the icloud you will find a lot of them relate to people misunderstanding iCloud and how it works, including backup.
On SU we ...
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Pixelpalooza - Requesting a feature to normalize sizing of portrait iOS screen images by default (not just for landscape images)
I often find myself not uploading a screen capture from my iPhone since the default size of a retina sized picture is quite large.
In landscape it would be quite intimidating if the system didn't ...
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Enforcing one-question-per-question
Sometimes users (especially new ones) post several good, substantive questions in a single post. This leads to all sorts of chaos with regard to the answers, and we have the one-question-per-question-...
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Discussion of Beta software is against the FAQ
I had problems with my iOS device, because it was running on iOS 5 Beta 7 and the device became unusable as the Beta expired. I had no idea what to do with it and how to restore it to normal mode, so ...
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Considering reopening this question
This question was closed due to not having a wide enough audience. I personally think that it should be reopened, as many people do use Quicksilver. What are your thoughts?
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Why can't you @reply more than one user?
Why can't you @reply more than one user? It seems like I should be able to @reply at least two users. I've run into this problem several times now. Is there a reason why you can only @reply one user?
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How can I view comments on deleted Questions?
I asked a question on AskDifferent and someone replied to it by deleting it. I got 2 notifications that my question has been answered but now that I've logged in to the site, I cannot see those ...
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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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What are this site's quality standards?
I am unable to post a question because "it does not meet our quality standards":
Where can I learn about said standards? I see no mention of them in the FAQ.
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When should I ask here, and when should I ask at Super User?
So what's the difference (assuming i'm asking an apple related question)?
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Now that iOS 5 is out, help promote Ask Different [closed]
Now that iOS 5 is shipping, there will be zillions of iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch users upgrading, and they'll have lots of questions. And since all those questions will be new, Ask Different will ...
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Is it acceptable for a user to have multiple answers for the same question?
In this question a user has answered the question twice; is this acceptable, or should the answers be combined?
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Profile Menubar Tab Opens Automatically
When viewing the Ask Different blog when logged in, the Dashboard/Navigation bar is visible. On page load, the profile tab (the tab with your name on it) opens until you move your mouse. It's a bit ...
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I successfully suggested an edit to a tag wiki. Why no [tag editor] bronze badge?
Several days ago, I successfully suggested an edit to a tag wiki, yet for some reason I haven't earned the bronze tag editor badge. Does anyone know why not?
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Are product designation or naming questions appropriate here?
Im unsure about the appropriateness of questions about the origin of product names or other designations. For example I can't see the distinction between these questions:
What does the "i" ...
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Visual bug when viewing your own questions
I just asked a question and noticed what I think is a bug.
When you view a question that you have asked, you see the "Know someone who can answer..." message at the bottom, as well as the "Would you ...
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