Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Is my question off-topic?
This question, is it off topic? Let me ask a different question as an example:
Question: Can I use Instagram, the mobile app, from PC? Not run the app on PC, no no no, can you use Instagram from ...
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Two good answers,how do I select one to accept?
I have a question about my Web Applications Stack Exchange post: Make Startpage search results page bold or highlight keywords used
One answerer tells me exactly what is happening about the startpage,...
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Emphasizing that questions about Stack Exchange are off-topic here, even though logically they on-topic
The question How to hide the welcome back message on Stack Exchange? was asked because I assumed modifying a website was perfectly suited Web Applications (Stack Exchange network is a subset of the ...
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Should we synomyze [google-play] and [google-play-store] or burninate [google-play]?
Currently we have
google-play 4 questions, 5 watchers
google-play-store 28 questions, 1 watcher
They look to be about the same. Since google-play has more watchers than google-play-store what will ...
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I tried to post a comment to an answer, but I got Comments may only be edited for 5 minutes. How do I get around this?
Sorry, Stack Exchange, but some people type slow and might need more than 5 minutes to type out a comment. How can I post a comment to an answer to my question, for clarification, if the site's policy ...
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Are questions about Google Assistant actions on topic?
I had a question where I'm facing problems with IFTTT integration of Google Assistant and Trello.
Though it feels very much on-topic, I can't find any google-assistant tags and Google Assistant isn't ...
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Web Application's updated site theme is live for everyone!
UPDATE - We've pushed this live for everyone now. Thanks to those who took the time to give feedback. Please do know, being live doesn't mean we can't address further changes for you! Write an answer ...
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Is Web Applications still the best stop for bookmarklets?
Recently, there have been some bookmarklet questions on Web Apps (both of the most recent posts were pertaining to employing bookmarklets on Stack Exchange sites, but let's hold that aside for a ...
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Are storefront sites like eBay, Apple App Store and Amazon considered to be “web applications”?
Are storefront sites like eBay, Apple App Store and Amazon considered to be "web applications"?
The current help page is pretty vague, it just defines a "web application" as "a website which behaves ...
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Improve questions that are off-topic?
I was looking at the suggested edits, and came across this edit suggestion, about this question.
The question is off-topic, since it's about a browser, and more likely to be on-topic on superuser, if ...
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“File is in owner's trash”
On the last days I found some google-sheets questions that have a link to demo spreadsheets that were moved to the owners' trash.
The textual message shown when opening any of these spreadsheets is:
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Suggestions off-topic?
For this question,
How do I download a YouTube video?
How is it not closed? Essentially it amounts to,
What software can I use to download a YouTube video?
Every answer is for a different piece ...
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How this (migrated) question is related to the site?
I just came across a question [1] that was migrated here from superuser.
It seems that this question is more about an upgrade of Moodle that encountered problems, rather than a problem with a web ...
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Question related to constraints & limitations of Amazon accounts across regions?
Please highlight how this is too broad and/ or could be made to go your way. I've pointed to such issues with Apple App Store ID's and accounts and widely written about issues with them. There's many ...
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Clarifications on rejected edits
I'd like to understand why two edits I made were rejected to understand better when, what and how to edit.
Added to an answer a clarification from one of the comments to that answer
What should be ...
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Should general WhatsApp questions be allowed?
Sometimes there are questions about WhatsApp, that are not actually related to the web application, like WhatsApp group with hidden numbers?.
The thing is, that on WhatsApp, the app is exclusively ...
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Where are users getting the impression that we are Gmail's help portal from?
Probably at least once a day, we have users coming to the site and creating posts about forgotten Gmail passwords, trouble with logging in, etc.
Anecdotally, many of these posts seem to be written ...
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How to treat questions that are non-relevant anymore?
I was looking at old questions, to find some questions without answers that it's worth answering, and I came across this question: YouTube videos embedded in Facebook are not playing when in HTTPS.
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Can you add “identify-this-video “?
I’m asking this because, I have seen a video from YouTube and I need someone to identify it and tell from where was this video taken from. And I’m having problems with finding this. Can you please ad ...
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Do we need to extend the [importxml] wiki?
Recently a clean-up project was started related to importxml and importhtml.
Rightnow the importxml wiki includes a quotation of the official help article which only describes the syntax and point ...
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Add importxml and importhtml tags
We have a ton of questions regarding the ImportXML or ImportHTML functions in Google Sheets. It would be useful if they were easier to find, especially as a lot of them are quite similar and those ...
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My question is on-topic here, isn't it?
I posted the following question yesterday:
Automatically fill From: field and add today's date in email's body, with Gmail Canned Responses
I was initially unsure if this would fit WA or SU, ...
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Migrated question from SU about Google Calendar rejection “is wrong” (IMHO of course)
The question How can I embed a Google calendar with Material Design? originally was posted on SU then migrated to Web Applications the rejected with the following reason:
This question appears to ...
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New tag for Amazon Alexa voice integration
Should there be a tag created for questions about integrating Alexa skills with various web apps (Google Docs, calendars, etc.)? The current alexa tag refers to the Alexa.com marketing site (also ...
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Community Promotion Ads - 2018
It's almost February in 2018, which isn't supposed to be the proper time to cycle these, but for this year it'll be once again, so we'll be refreshing the Community Promotion Ads for this year now!
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It would be beneficial to have more participation on meta
Active users in week on meta has rarely reached even double figures and, given a reported number of users of over 100,000 that may not be healthy for the site because a mere handful of users are not ...
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Burninate [limit]?
I draw your attention to the limit tag. This seems to be a perfect definition of a meta tag.
It's currently on 43 questions. The tag excerpt reads:
For questions where upper or lower restrictions ...
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Old notable question closed as “Off topic” in December 2017
This question I asked in 2012 has more than 282,000 views and it was still getting upvoted till early December:
Is there any service that provides accurate driving directions to a location at a ...
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Overzealous app recommendation closing/deleting
So, here's a question that was closed for being an app recommendation request, and then later deleted. Since only 10k users can see it, I'll quote it here:
Is there a way (an app maybe) to find ...
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Burninate the [posting] tag
I draw your attention to posting.
There is, of course, no excerpt or tag wiki. It is attached to questions about "posting" on Twitter, Facebook, Facebook Social Plugin, Google Groups, Google+, Reddit,...
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Why is there suddenly a flood of Close votes in the review queue?
There's been a greater than normal number of questions in the Close Votes review queue of late.
Some are in there for good reason. However, a large number of them also appear to be on-topic, have ...
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Should we apply an historical lock to “Alternative to Facebook”?
Alternative to Facebook [closed] (Deleted 2017-10-12) is a question asking for a web application recommendation, so it's now off-topic.
It has:
43 points, 46 upvotes, 3 downvotes.
23 answers
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Burninate [usability]?
UPDATE Sterling work by @Rubén and there are at present no Qs with this tag - issue is 'moot'.
Tag usability lacks a Usage guide, has 3 followers and is currently applied to 14 6 Open questions:
Q: ...
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Let's not waste time trying to close old unanswered zero-score questions
If a question is
a month or more old
has the score of 0
has no answer
there is no need to close it. If you find it's unclear or otherwise unsuitable for the site, just downvote it. With the score ...
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Vote to delete “What's the best invoicing webapp?”
This question has the following close reason:
closed as not a real question by phwd♦ Feb 28 '11 at 20:19
It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is
ambiguous, vague, ...
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When should I vote to delete a question on Web Applications?
On Meta Stack Exchange Robert Cartaino's answer to When should I vote to delete a question? gives general guidelines about when we should vote to delete a question.
During the 7 years of Web ...
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Question marked off-topic, don't see why
My question was closed as off-topic.
The help says (shortened):
What topics can I ask about here?
If your question generally covers …
Using Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Google, or any ...
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Can we rename [google-documents] and [google-presentations]?
Ref: Can we rename [google-spreadsheets] and [google-spreadsheets-query]?
and: Please make [google-spreadsheet-charts] a synonym of [google-sheets-charts]
Please rename:
google-documents > google-...
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Web Applications not accepting questions about web applications
Trying to post for the second time a question about HYPERLINKS.
First on Stack Overflow, second on Web Applications (because error message said that it is a web-programming-related question). I ...
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Are five [outlook…] tags sufficient?
I don’t use Outlook and am confused by our tags for that which, in addition to outlook.com-calendar (no Usage guide) include:
outlook.com applied to 253 265 Open Qs, 18 Followers and a Usage guide of:...
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Do we need [hack] and [hacked]?
We have the hack tag (currently 6 Open questions) and the hacked tag (currently 21 Open questions); both without any wikis.
Do we need both tags?
Bonus: We also have security - when should one use ...
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Does [hipchat] remain appropriate?
The chat wars are heating up as $8 billion Atlassian totally reinvents its app to take on Microsoft and Slack.
On September 7, 2017, Atlassian discontinued the cloud-based HipChat, replacing it with ...
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The “new” Top Bar is now active on Web Apps
From New top bar is coming to the Stack Exchange network
I’m excited to announce that the top bar design that has been on Stack Overflow for several months is coming soon to the Stack Exchange ...
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What makes a Google Sites question off-topic?
I'm trying to interpret why my question was closed. My question involved my attempt to implement something on my Google Site. I was viewing the Google Sites system as a web application, and therefore ...
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Proposed: burninate [tables] tag
I draw your attention to the tables tag. Currently, there are 20 questions. They cover subjects like:
displaying data in Google Sheets
modifying tables in OneNote
fetching an HTML table with ...
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Should Web Applications meta have tag [site-recommendation]?
To quote from the Usage guide for tag site-recommendation (applied ~5 times, once a duplicate):
Don't know where to ask your question on the Stack Exchange Network? Give as much detail as possible ...
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Can we rename [google-spreadsheets] and [google-spreadsheets-query]?
We have two tags that include “spreadsheets” within them, and both refer to the Google product: google-spreadsheets and google-spreadsheets-query. In use 3,200 times (approximately) between the two.
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Are questions about corporate applications on topic?
Kronos Workforce Central is a cloud-based application for handling employee payroll, scheduling, and timekeeping. It is a commercial software suite licensed out to large corporate clients such as ...
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“on hold” 4.5 years after asking the question?
4.5 years, multiple editors touching it and 1400+ views later:
MediaWiki editor with paste for graphics?
Was closed as off-topic. Isn't this a bit silly?
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How and whether to use tag [merging]?
Update: Tag no longer exists.
There are presently two Open Qs tagged merging:
Did these have to be merged?
Duplicate user created?
One concerns merging questions (specifically two that have since ...
