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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In the context of Web Applications, which are the tags that are not specific to a web application that are not meta-tags?
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Yesterday I posted the following question Please make [storage] and [image-storage] synonyms of [online-storage]. At this time, it received two comments mentioning that online-storage is a ...
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What question should be used (or set) as the canonical question for questions about split/transpose column values?
We have "yet another" question about "data transformation" in google-sheets that is about having a column filled with values separated by a character that should be split & transposed while ...
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34k views in less than a day? That's unprecedented
It also looks like a campaign to advance an agenda. To wit, this question:
Why does 1.1.1.1 not resolve archive.is?
At first glance, the question seems reasonable, even if a question about a domain ...
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Reputation how to get Stackexchange vote rights
I want to upvote the second answer as it is better Turning Google Timeline into a travel map
but for some reason new users or anyone with low reputation (But who has been using stackoverflow for 10 ...
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Feedback request - What are your thoughts on three-vote closure?
As in prior tests, I'd like to get some feedback from y'all about the impact of three-vote closure on your experience here Web Applications. I'd like to ask anyone who feels up to it to write an ...
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What we should do with formula-screenshot only answers?
In the last year we got a lot of answers that include only a formula and a screenshot to google-sheets questions. I just found an answer to FILTER(condition OR condition) syntax?
that include two ...
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Cancelling election - let's try something else? Testing three-vote question closure
UPDATE:
Thanks for participating in this test! I'll look at the info and see how it went.
In the interim, if you have any feedback you'd like to give, there's a place for that here:
Feedback ...
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What are the criteria for 'some of your questions have not been well received' warnings?
Similar question to this one:
Why am I in danger of being blocked?
I was actually blocked for some months. During that time I spent several hours going through my questions, my answers, trying to ...
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Let's vote! A project to bring some recognition to neglected content
There are currently 25,412 questions on Web Applications that are not closed or deleted.
Of those, 3,979 have no answers at all.
Worse, I think, is that there are 2,872 questions with answers, none ...
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Web Applications isn't for bad questions about app development and Super User either
Hopefully this will reach the eyes of one of ours community members that are voting to migrate to Super User "bad" questions about programming / developing apps.
Recent cases
Warning: Angular 6+ ...
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How do I delete my profile?
How do I delete my profile so I don't exist on this website please?
I've tried everything I can think of but by signing in with my Google account in error thinking it was something else.
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What is in common between [commons] and [mediawiki-commons]?
They have a lot in common, indeed they are about the exact same website:
commons
mediawiki-commons
Following common sense, we should merge them or make a synonym or other things we commonly do in ...
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
Fixed Opening
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall ...
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2019 Moderator Election - We need more candidates!
The nomination period for the 2019 election was scheduled to end in 15 minutes. However, in order for the election to proceed, it is necessary to have at least one more candidate running than there ...
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2019 Community Moderator Election
The 2019 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks,...
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2019 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it here.
Web Applications is scheduled for an election next week, August 5th....
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Please remind people that questions and answers must contain the data
Questions and answers often contain links to Google sheets but miss the data in the question. Perfect example for both Q and A*:
Splitting the contents of a comma separated cell into new rows
Can we ...
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2019 Moderator Election - why?
I know we haven't had a moderator election here in a while (6 years!), but why now? I don't get the impression that the current workload is too much for the current crop of moderators. Is someone ...
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Please don't double tag Google items
We shouldn't be tagging items with both google and some other tag like google-search or gmail. google should be used for the Google search engine. Use the specific app name for each app. Of course, ...
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Webmail apps not considered web applications
My question concerning the use of two features in Google Inbox has been put on hold, motivation being:
This question does not appear to be about web applications within the scope defined in the ...
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Are Stack Exchange sites web apps?
Are Stack Exchange sites web apps?
And if so, is it appropriate to ask questions on this site about how to use them?
Or do we make them go to the relevant meta site?
If we redirect them, why don't ...
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The Web Application Graveyard
We've all been there. A beloved or essential application shuts down. Maybe they ran out of money. Maybe they merged with another company. Maybe they just got bored. In any event, the app is no longer ...
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What do we do with answers that are outdated?
Due to the transient nature of web application features, many of the answers on WebApps can quickly become outdated.
Example 1
Part of accepted answer no longer applies: How to send email with ...
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Please stop posting dummy comments on Google-Fu (this site “main” chat room)
According to this answer to Exclude the main chat room from automatic freezing/deletion
This is now implemented. Main chat rooms do not freeze automatically due to inactivity.
It looks that the ...
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Let's clean up some meta tags
First, let's look at the advice from What are tags, and how should I use them?
Avoid meta-tags
Do not use meta-tags in questions. Here are some tips
to help you determine whether a tag is a ...
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Are questions regarding versioning software functionality on-topic here?
Take this question for instance. In my opinion is not about the web interface functionality, but about how versioning software works, so it should be closed.
Should these questions be left open? Or ...
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A regular user failed to flag a question that was duplicated a week ago
I have been unfairly treated. I spent an hour of my time to do research to answer this question, so I even missed the lecture I had that morning, because I wanted to sort this out and give a thorough ...
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False grounds for “on hold”
Anyone concerned about questions being put on hold on false grounds, see this example: https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/99849/is-free-google-app-engine-as-slow-for-everyone-else-too
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Weird answer edit revertable?
I edited this answer and then @jonsca edited my edit by removing a section.
As can be seen at https://webapps.stackexchange.com/posts/9781/revisions , he removed:
. Also, note: You cannot use more ...
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Are primarily security questions about Google accounts on-topic?
WebApps.SE ostensibly replaces Google support forums, such as the Google Photos Help Centre and the Google Drive forum. Stack Exchange is preferable, because answers are better quality (due to ...
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Google-Fu chat room frozen
This is the first time I've seen the Google-Fu chat room frozen:
Can't we keep the Google-Fu chat room permanently active?
If not, I want it to be.
I'm in this chat room, if you want to chat: http:...
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Do we need a close reason for questions asking about proprietary/non-public information or policies?
We get a fair number of questions that are similar to Email Taken and also not found on Instagram (not picking on any one user in particular, the question just happened to be at my fingertips).
I'm ...
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Shoutout to this community for its good work!
I didn't do my part and asked a good question on the wrong subsite of StackExchange; it belonged to Android Enthusiasts.
Somebody migrated the post, I think a user named Alex, who was the user with ...
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Community Promotion Ads — 2019
2019 is here! And with the new year, as usual, comes a new iteration of Community Promotion Ads! Let’s refresh these for the coming year :)
What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion Ads ...
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Specification of “Facebook Safety Check/Crisis Response” being about the featured *Notification* [closed]
For about wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Safety_Check working through the question https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/103217/will-facebook-safety-check-work-if-my-account-is-stuck-at-a-...
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Do we need a canonical “How can I recover my Facebook account” question/answer?
We've been getting a fair number of "I can't get into my Facebook account" questions that are generally pretty poor.
We could use a canonical question and answer for recovering a Facebook account ...
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Is it OK to revise an answer by adding answerer's social/professional profile without his/her consent?
There are two answers* which have been revised, where the editor has added a Disclaimer on behalf of the answerer, by adding his LinkedIn profile link. And these edits have been approved.
I just want ...
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Why is this question bad?
What make messages to Facebook page not delivered?
This question has 2 downvotes. I know only the voters know why they think it's bad, but if you are a voter, then why is that? I think the only ...
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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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Is “Un-stick sticky search bar (like on YouTube or Facebook)” a canonical question?
I have an issue with Google's recently introduced sticky search bar in its search portal. I find it annoying because it is useless to me and takes away my precious screen real estate.
I looked for ...
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2018: a year in moderation
It's New Year's Day in Stack Exchange land...
A distinguishing characteristic of these sites is how they are moderated:
We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, ...
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Two good answers, so 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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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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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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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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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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Is this site really the right place for Amazon Web Services?
We have a number of questions tagged with amazon-web-services, amazon-ec2, and/or amazon-s3.
Is this really the best site for these questions? Okay, granted, AWS makes it really easy to spin up and ...
