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Tagged with hyperlinks discussion
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Why was my flag on this link-only answer declined?
I flagged this answer as not an answer because it's a link-only answer:
My flag was declined as "a moderator reviewed your flag, but found no evidence to support it".
According to Shog9's ...
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The problem of the no longer working links
After some time it is physiological that answers may contain outdated links.
And it is a pity.
I see a couple of identification strategies:
A script that actively runs across the entire database to ...
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Should answers suggesting a tool that is no longer available be flagged?
While reviewing a different answer to the same question, I noticed this answer:
The answerer is providing a solution using a software they wrote themselves, but the link to that software has gone ...
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Edits which simply change the way URLs are referenced
I've had an edit suggested to one of my answers which changes the hyperlinks I put in from:
http://wwww.somewebsite.com/question_about_something.html
to:
Question about something | Some website
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How should I deal with link-only answers where the information in the link can't be copied?
Usually link-only answers are considered low quality and their author is encouraged to edit them to include the relevant part of the linked page in the answer itself and if they don't do so, their ...
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What's the right flag if a link has malware
I flagged an obvious spammer whose site was blacklisted by google for malware. Its straightforward since it is spam on the other hand What would be the proper action if a legitimate user posts a link, ...
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How do I recommend software in my answers?
I have a piece of software that I would like to recommend as a solution to problems. I'm trying to avoid answering with "link only" answers, and so I need help on how I can answer valid ...
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Is there is a limit of how much "quoting" a linked reference I can have in an answer?
This was actually prompted while I was editing an answer that was link only, but there have been times that I myself have found a useful site with detailed instructions. Most times, when I'm ...
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To hide links or not to hide links: that is the question
Should I slightly obscure links continually? Should I obscure long links? Should I obscure all links? Should editors be obscuring my links?
This is my first meta question here; the FAQs is well ...
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"closed as exact duplicate by" - suggestion
When a question is closed by a moderator as a duplicate, I believe that a reference should be made within the area below that states where the original Q/A resides.
closed as exact duplicate by ...
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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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User spamming - intentional or not?
I feel that a user is asking questions without the purpose of gaining an answer, but to rather link to several other sites. Multiple links in almost all of his / her questions with less then half of ...
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