You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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How do you unsubscribe from a StackExchange site and delete your profile?
I am getting a flag that this post doesn't meet the site's quality standards, so I suspect that some key word like ArcMap is missing, so my question is "How do you unsubscribe from a StackExchange ...
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Why are some code samples occasionally not colored?
Occasionally when I post a question on StackExchange and I copy and paste a code sample, when I publish the post, the code sample does not appear to color parts of the code like syntax highlighting. ...
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Is specialist/specification question about weather data on topic?
I have a specialist/specification question that related the geography but more like earth science or weather data namely whether darkness falls quicker in the spring / summer since it appears so where ...
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Suggestion: Make print tag a synonym of printing [duplicate]
There are 29 questions tagged print (with no tag wiki) and 72 tagged printing (with a tag wiki).
Should print tags redirect to printing?
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strange problem with numbered lists
I have always had so trouble getting lists to number but today had a problem with this answer
I created my numbered list and it was fine 1 -4.
then I added pictures between and it began renumbering ...
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Why is this post marked “Post is related to a rapidly changing event”.?
I see that this question: QGIS Server limitations ? has a notice under it saying "Post is related to a rapidly changing event".
I have gone through the following two questions:
What does the ...
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What to do when a post appears in multiple places in the Review Queue?
I've seen the following behavior several times while going through the review queue.
A new user comes along and posts a short answer to an old question (usually a comment like I'm facing the same ...
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Can I use the GIS stackexchange logo on my website? [closed]
If so where can I download it and under what conditions?
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Question regarding the “Disciplined” badge and deleting my own answer
The "Disciplined" badge is earned when you delete your own post with a score of 3 or higher. When I hover over the "delete" link on one of my answers, it says "vote to remove this post". In order to ...
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Should anonymous users be able to suggest edits?
I noticed that the "Community" user had suggested an edit to an existing, accepted, correct answer, that resulted in the answer no longer being completely correct.
Further investigation shows that ...
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Should we close Questions as duplicates of old, unanswered Questions?
While I was going through the close review queue today, I saw that this question
has been marked as a duplicate of this question from two months ago.
The old question does not have an accepted ...
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What to do about troll users?
http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/9946/kittensatplay
Apparently this user was banned for a month and is now back and trolling anyone who tries to help them. They will delete their questions after a ...
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Should the license, legal and copyright tags be made synonyms of each other?
Seems to me it would help with being able to locate general "legal"-type questions if these tags were to be synonyms. This was prompted by my perceived need to add these tags to this recent question: ...
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How do I follow a question?
I am interested in this question:
Reversing a "combine" function on a raster
I have seen this: How can I monitor questions on multiple SE sites? which allows notification for keywords and ...
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How to close my own question?
I asked a question yesterday and thought it is a different question from my previously asked another question. But now I am convinced that, actually it was a duplicate question. So, I wanted to close ...
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1answer
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How to post Angular brackets in code?
I was trying to post this answer: http://gis.stackexchange.com/a/44735/442
The answer has some code which has angular brackets. When I tried using the code sample button, the < & > interfered ...
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What is the best way to use an image within a comment?
I want to use an image within a comment (not within a question). How does it work?
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Losing reputation for unaccepted answers?
While browsing through another users reputation, I noticed an entry that sais "-15 unaccepted". Since I have answered a question and was not accepted in the end, I checked my own rep and found nothing ...
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Awarding “part points”
I've put up a bounty on a question, which got one response (not addressing the question). I'm reluctant to award the full points because it doesn't really answer the question. However I would like to ...
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Code prettifying disappearing and reappearing? (may only affect IE 8.)
[Edit] I first noticed this issue while working on a Python thread, but later I discovered it also affected a C# thread. So it was bigger than just Python (I changed the title for the sake of SEO). I ...
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edit to answer looks like spam
I see an edit on my answer.
The anonymous user has added many urls to my answer and deleted most of my post.
Should I reject this edit?
Question in gis stack exchange
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Images from “i.stack.imgur.com” uploading but not displaying
Seems the images can be uploaded to "i.stack.imgur.com" but not displaying in GIS Stack-Exchange.
Is there anyone else experiencing this issue or related issues with images in GIS SE?
[it might ...
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Please consolidate this user's related questions [closed]
This user has asked multiple questions towards the same end but not fully detailed any of them with their desired end results. It would benefit both the user and other readers if they were combined ...
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arcobject tag should be merged with arcobjects tag
Not sure why there is an arcobject tag with 6 questions by as many question askers, but it should probably merged with arcobjects.
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What mobile app do you use to access GIS.se?
I recently shifted to an Android Smart phone, and I was looking at various apps to connect to Stackexchange sites in general & GIS.se in particular. I checked a few of the apps out, but they ...
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How can I find deleted or migrated questions?
I voted to close a question (unable to find the link, something about accessing Oracle database tables from Python) that I initially thought was off-topic because there was no explicit GIS aspect ...
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How do you flag a tag for moderator attention
I would like to know how to flag a Tag for moderator attention.
I saw the meta question on how to Merge incorrect spelling tags with correct. In the answer to that question, it was said to flag the ...
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How do you clear “Frequented” Tags
What does the pale yellow highlighting indicate on certain questions? It seems to appear at random and changes sometimes, but I haven't been able to find the trigger.
Here are two examples:
Can I ...
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Toolbar missing with IE8
When I access gis.se using IE8 from behind a corporate firewall, the toolbar is missing.
Update:
I've installed firefox 4.0 and get same results.
I do get an error code in IE8:
Webpage error ...
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How to make my previous queston active
I posted a question and I didnt get answer. Now I want to repost or make it active so that I can try my luck if I can get answer this time from the forum. How to proceed ?
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Is there a way to “subscribe” to someone's question?
I found another user's question and I would like to know what answers are given. Is there a way to "subscribe" to a question so as to get informed of answers to it? I know I could just bookmark it and ...
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1answer
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How to accept the answers
I want to know how to accept the answers when I got satisfactory answer and make the question answered??
This information is provided in faq.
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Why do I see a numeral in brackets in the Title bar?
I often see a number in brackets in the Title bar when GIS.se is open for a long time. What does it stand for?
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Where is my picture? [closed]
I uploaded a picture of my mug last week to gravatar, and while my picture shows up in my personal profile, it doesn't show up next to my name on questions and answers. It did for a while immediately ...
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How do “Tag synonyms” get accepted?
I have added a number of "Tag Synonyms" and there is another that to me make a lot of sense to either be merged with another tag, or at least redirected. They have been marked as "pending" for 3 ...
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Editor Abuse - Is it OK for somebody to completely change an answer that has high votes
I just had a serious WTF moment. Someone with editor permissions edited my answer here, inherently changing the tone and essence of my answer to match their point of view instead
Are there any ...
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Can I view another user's deleted answer?
I posted the second answer to a question and referenced the first answer in my answer. The user who posted the first answer has since deleted their answer. I'd like to add the info from that first ...
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Timeouts when attempting to post answers?
When attempting to answer this question this morning, I am getting timeouts. It took me several minutes to compose the answer - is there a time limit on that maybe? FireFox 9.0.1 (I'm on Win7) gives ...
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Anyone getting errors on attempting to save Edits to posts?
Lately I've been experiencing errors on attempting to save question edits. I will edit the question, say over a minute or two (edit title, body, retag perhaps), hit the Save Edits button, and I will ...
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Are “map numbering systems” on-topic?
I think I asked a question about map-numbering systems on the main site. Either I am mistaken and I didn't finally submit the question, or it got removed — maybe it's considered offtopic.
Would I ...
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what happened to old images?
In this Q the image it used to have has been replaced with "the image you are requesting does not exist or is no longer available (imgur.com)". This isn't the first time I've seen this. Previously I ...
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Need help dealing with rejection
Now that I have 10K rep, I get to approve, reject or improve edits to answers made by low-rep users.
Is there some way I can tell the person who made the edits that I feel their edits are too major ...
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Help with the “at” symbol (@)
When writing comments it's a common practice to use the @ to address the person you are talking to. Recently, the symbol and the user name after it vanishes after submitting the comment. Is it still ...
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How do I post code in the blog?
I'm finally getting around to writing a blog post and would like to include some c# code.
Is there a plugin or something available for me to use?
If so, could someone provide a link showing me how ...
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How do you remove a community wiki tag that I clicked on by accident
If I made a mistake and checked the "community wiki" flag by mistake when answering a question. How do I remove that and leave it as my answer? Would that give me my points back? :)
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What is “wont' let me post for 4 hours” about?
One of our new members said today "Actually, thanks for your help but I have an answer now. Alas stackexchange won't let me post it for another 4 hours!"
What is he talking about and why can't he ...
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How to format a comment?
Eg in this post's comment Kirk has formatted the URLs nicely:
@whuber Note that this users' first question is Mar 7. I agree that we
shouldn't display 0% when someone asks their first question, ...
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Flagging as Community Wiki
I have read many meta posts on Community Wiki's in this forum and stackoverflow's meta and I was curious as to why this post had been flagged within seconds of its post and the following ones haven't.
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User shown on recent questions list doesn't appear to have edited anything.
In looking at http://gis.stackexchange.com/, I see dslamb next to this question:
But when I open the question page, I don't see dslamb mentioned anywhere.
Is this a bug?
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How to see own Accept Rate and what is algorithm that determines whether it will be shown
Is it possible to view your own Accept Rate i.e. as it is seen by others?
As a secondary question, is the algorithm that determines whether your Accept Rate will be shown documented somewhere?
