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How can I change the email address associated with my Stack Exchange OpenID?
Any way of doing this, as I no longer use my Gmail account, and can't seem to change the login address to my new one?
How can I change the email address associated with my Stack Exchange OpenID?
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Add "views" ordering to answer list again
There once was a views sort order for answers in a user's profile, but it apparently was removed. It is only available for questions.
While it might need to be made clear that it's not answer views, ...
Daniel BeckMod
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Retagging questions with the answer
This is a bit related to this topic on MSO.
In a recently suggested and approved edit a tag was added to the topic, but it only became applicable through the answer. The user didn't know the tag was ...
Daniel BeckMod
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Merging Stack Exchange Accounts
How do I merge my Stack Exchange accounts, or more accurately – how can I use the same profile on http://gaming.stackexchange.com and here (Super User), as well as probably other sites in the 'family' ...
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Why was my "not an answer" flag marked helpful, but the post not deleted?
I flagged this post as "not an answer":
I had the same problem as Dan Dyer. I followed slesker's instructions and now my problem is solved.
Now, to the openoffice developpers: I really ...
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When people give good answers to the wrong question
I asked this question last night just before going to bed. In summary, the question was "Why does my browser ask me before it will make an HTTPS connection?"
I've got two answers now, but both have ...
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Close question after some days of acceptance (if user accept the answer)
I get disturbed by an answer for a question posted by me, if I did accept and confirm an answer a couple of months ago. I better suggest you to close/mark the question as "no more answers needed".
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Are purely non-technical answers to technical problems on-topic?
I edited this question yesterday as part of a cleanup spree. It had already gotten a fair bit of activity, but someone tweeted a link to it after I edited it, and things really took off.
The topic of ...
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Why "Please only post one answer to a question"?
What should I do when I know multiple different ways of doing something asked in question? Should I add them as separate answers or as one comprehensive answer? I think they should be separated, but ...
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Why doesn't my superuser account show up on the network-wide accounts list?
I am using the same Google account to register for Super User as I did for Stack Overflow, Server Fault, and IT security, but my Super User account doesn't show up on my network-wide profile accounts ...
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Should I delete answers with no votes?
Assuming that I had answered a question and didn't get any votes(up or down) for a month or some weeks, should I worry about delete it? I mean, should I assume that it is a bad answer as well if it ...
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Target audience of answer on SU
You have to remember this site is called "superuser" not "idiotuser". You said "it's useful to have such a warning". I don't think it's useful to you at all. It's useful to somebody that perhaps doesn'...
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How does SuperUser/StackExchange survive?
I was looking over Stack Exchange to see something about donations or another system that provides financial sustainability to Super User, and I didn't find anything. Stack Exchange must require a ...
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What are some good, general guidelines to follow when answering questions?
I thought it might be wise to have us come up with a list of good, general guidelines to follow when posting answers to various questions. Obviously, everyone has their own opinion about how to go ...
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How can I move my Super User account associated with one Google to another Google account?
I switched my Google account which I used to log me into superuser.com
This currently is my only way to access superuser (old google account). My question is: how can I associate my new account with ...
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Should duplicate answers posted within a short time frame be flagged?
Lets say there are two answers with the same content on the same question. Should the second one get flagged? This has happened to me, and I sent a flag. Want to know if it was the right thing to do.
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Recommending own products
What's our stance on relevant product recommendations? The paragraph in the FAQ is clearly not enough in this case.
As a recent example, a developer of an Outlook plug-in/addon started answering ...
Daniel BeckMod
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Superuser "Too Many Requests" shows Stackoverflow artifact
While opening all StackExchange sites at once (Opera -> Links), superuser gave me the page that told me there were too many requests.
The title of the page contained "StackOverflow", not superuser or ...
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Cannot vote on answer unless edited because it is locked
I tried to vote on the other answer to my question, but it says I can’t unless it is edited because my “vote” from 45 minutes ago is locked. The only vote on that answer was from well over a week ago ...
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Should duplicate answers be posted, just to include screen shots?
I stumbled upon this question which has an answer posted (and edited) months ago. Just today, a new answer was posted with the exact same steps as the old answer, but including screen shots of the ...
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How can I search through all Stack Exchange sites at once?
Including Area 51, Super User, meta... everything. Is there a simple way to do it in one search?
I'm pretty sure Google-tweaking could do it, but I'd rather have an online tool for it - even if it's ...
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Are there any applications that allow us to ask/answer stack exchange questions from the desktop?
I am looking for an application that acts as a stack exchange client, typically on the desktop.
Features:
Can ask/edit questions
Can answer questions
Can comment
Supports MathJax
Nice to have's:
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How do I deal with "not an answer" type .. answers ?
So, what should be the protocol for posts in answers sections which are not answers (you know - OMGWTFBBQ I HAVE THIS PROBLEM type posts)
Flag for ♦ moderator attention ?
Flag as offensive ?
Flag ...
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Advertisement answers and company references
What is the proper way to handle
Answers that specifically mention a company's products in a way that obviously is more an advertisement than a real answer
Answers that refer to a (company's) weblog ...
Daniel BeckMod
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Proper Stack Exchange site for hardware recommendations
As title says, is there a Stack Exchange site for hardware recommendations?
Mistakenly, I thought that general (non localized) question about hardware without specific prices and stores would be ok ...
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Is it ok to go back and "cleanup" questions and answers that I've asked/answered?
I've been looking though some of my questions and answers and realized that some of them are the highest quality that I want them to be at. Is it bad protocol to go back and cleanup questions and ...
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Why isn't reputation passed between Stack Exchange sites?
I don't understand it, why do we have to make our reputation separately on Stack Overflow, Server Fault and Super User even if the accounts are linked?
benjisail
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Add Another Answer—Why?
What exactly is the point of the Add Another Answer button? What would we need to do with it that we can't do by adding another clause to our already existing answer?
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Is it OK to downvote link only or link/copy/paste answers? [duplicate]
This is related to this question from Diago last year. I have seen a lot of answers with either a link only, or a link with a short description copy/pasted from the developer's website.
Personally ...
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Synchronization of Profiles Between Stack Exchange Webistes
Is there a way that I can easily synchronize my profiles between the Stack Exchange websites? It would be even better if I could just use the same profile across their websites.
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Is the notification of other new answers whilst typing an answer broken?
A couple of times recently, I've started answering a question and by the time I have posted my answer, another has appeared.
In the past, I have received a notification at the top of the screen ...
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Increase number of visitors to a question (without bounty)
I need a tricky idea to increase the number of visitors to my questions on Super User. Sometimes I ask a question on SU where the answer is really important to me but after a week or more just has 10 ...
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Should we encourage SO and SF users to answer on SU?
I find the quality and quantity of answers on SO/SF to be substantially better than on SU.
Troubleshooting questions on SU often get boxed answers from the first few Google hits. Same goes with How-...
Ben S
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Is downvoting link only answers acceptable?
Related:
Ban lmgtfy (le me google that for you) links
Based on the Why is linking bad? question as well as Are answers that contain only links really good answers? question, is it acceptable ...
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Superuser homepage answer bug
I was just looking at this post that had 2 answers, but on the home page it said there were 3 answers.
Edit: I just went back and the third one is there now, does SU have some kind of timing problem?
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