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Same question multiple sites
Since many applications of GIS are multi-disciplinary in nature, I was wondering whether it is correct to post the same question in multiple stackexchange sites.
For example, many times when dealing ...
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Are questions on how to find Requests for proposals in a specific area (country, continent, etc) appropriate?
I am curious, as I'd like to ask the following question: "Where to find GIS related RFPs online for Canada?"
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How could we encourage more non-software related questions?
I don't like the fact that lately most questions relate to some software specific issues. I mean sure, thats where people get stuck probably, i asked some of them myself. But they re not those kind of ...
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Should we move to close old, abandoned questions with not enough detail?
By old, I mean about six months or older. By abandoned, I meant that people have asked for clarifications in the comments so that they can answer the question better but the OP hasn't responded in ...
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Should I rephrase my question through Edits or delete it and start over?
Is it better to start over again if the question is in some way flawed or should I just edit the question (including title and description) so that the earlier discussion is preserved.
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Is this paper map question appropriate for this site?
I work at a public library that houses an archival collection. We have a copy of a map lithograph from the Dominion Lands Office (Canada) dated 1878. I was trying to determine what the projection of ...
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Would there be interest in a weekly cartography GIS SE user contest with winning entries features on the main page?
Every week Photography SE users are encouraged to submit photos. The rest of the community offers critique which generates interesting discussions. Winning images are then displayed on the main page ...
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Bug? In profile, my questions, badges, votes, etc. are all gone…
At first I thought I wasn't logged in. But noticed my reputation shows up.
I get a big 0 for the rest of it:
Or did I just do something really, really bad and get it taken away? :\
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Why are there so many question with no votes but with answers that have upvotes?
Example (at the time I'm posting this question, the question below has 0 votes):
Problem setting IActiveView extent
And maybe the example above isn't the best example, but I see this happening a lot ...
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Are questions regarding 3rd party Esri extensions appropriate for this site?
I went back and forth on whether to post this question to the gis.stackexchange.com:
What is the maximum, allowable field length for a FacilityID field in a Cityworks geodatabase?
ESRI extensions ...
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Recent rapid question upvotes
i'm just wondering if anyone is noticing questions are upvoted very high, very fast. I'm not sure that there is an inherent issue with this.
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Guidelines on accepting answers for 'list of x' community wikis?
I thought it was strange to still have a cw question with an accepted answer option, but it appears this topic has been discussed on meta.stackoverflow.com.
I do like the suggestion of having the ...
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Is there any way to filter the questions based on interesting tags?
If I click on a tag I get all questions marked with that tag. But is there any way to filter the questions on the tags that I've choosen as interesting?
I'm adding this as a feature request, it ...
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Should we allow the tag [esri] for questions about specific ESRI packages?
Should we allow the esri tag for questions not about the company, but rather about its products? Currently it is being used to tag questions related to ESRI products.
The tags on questions tagged ...
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No questions are listed when clicking on a tag
When I click on a tag on the tag page, I would like to see the questions that contains that tag, as on StackOverflow. But on the GIS site, no questions are listed.
Why? What is the problem?
