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What to do when an answer seems like it was copied from somewhere else?
I came across an answer on a question that looked rather suspicious. For context, the user has 1 reputation, with only a few answers on a couple of other sites.
The answer in question was posted on an ...
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1
answer
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How can I improve my first question?
I have a question about my Super User post: How to create a PXEboot for tails OS?
I'm new to this site I find very helpful and of very good quality.
How can I improve my first posted question?
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1
answer
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How do you gain reputation without asking something?
I'm Talha Yaser, and I need reputation to comment. How do I gain reputation without asking a question on this platform?
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Why do certain commenters take a rude tone with new users?
I saw this question: Video Player code (JavaScript, HTML5 etc), and I thought it might be good to give the person a way to solve the problem, even though it isn't on topic for this website. I've ...
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What happens when we see "Votes cast by those with less than 125 reputation are recorded, but..."
When casting a down-vote with less than 125 rep you will get the message
Votes cast by those with less than 125 reputation are recorded, but do
not change the publicly displayed post score.
I am ...
5
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1
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What links count for the 2 link limit for new users?
According to the help center, new users with less than 10 reputation can't post more than 2 links:
New users cannot:
post more than two hyperlinks at a time, either in a post or their user ...
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1
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What should we do when new users post questions as an answer?
What should we do about stuff like Serge's answer to this question? On the one hand, his question seems similar too the one being asked and it would probably serve well as a comment or something ...
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Questions from new user / non serious users
I have been actively answering "simple" questions on Excel with examples by uploading possible answers to file sharing sites (google drive).
I somehow feel that there are too many non-serious new ...
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SO user new to SU starting with 101 reputation?
Out of curiosity - how can a user start out with a rep of 101 on SU? I'm looking at the profile of Merlin and even though he has no activity visible to me (no votes anyhow), he seems to have started ...
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1
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Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions from this account message in stackoverflow
Why am I getting the following message in stackoverflow ?
Oops! Your question couldn't be submitted because:
Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions from this account.
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New User limitations
How long does it take to NOT be considered a 'New User'. Is it reputation, day/hour based?