Questions tagged [discussion]
Questions that may not necessarily have a clear-cut right or wrong answer and are often subjective. If your question isn't a bug report, feature request, or request for assistance, or question with a concrete answer, it's probably a discussion.
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Do the moderators plan to close most questions on this site?
A mod has decided that showing research in a question is now a requirement. The requirement is retroactive. However most questions on this site do not show research. Do the moderators plan to close ...
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Let's make "research efforts" more specific: request to search the web app help
Please see As of today, April 2023, what do we understad that it's our intended audience and what is the first that we tell them about how to participate?
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Please bear with me. This post ...
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What's the difference between a website and a web app?
First order of business: this is for the FAQ.
How would you define the difference between a "website" and a "web application?" What makes a site a "web app?" We're going to need a clear, concise ...
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Does Web Apps Stack Exchange Require Research?
The Web Applications Stack Exchange site is in an interesting position regarding the topic of showing research has come up several times over the past years. As a community manager, I wanted to give ...
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Is showing research is a requirement when posting a question on WebApps SE? [closed]
I am confused about whether showing research is a requirement when posting a question on WebApps SE. Requirement means that if the OP doesn't show research, then the question must be closed.
One of my ...
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Is “needs details or clarity” connected to the help center article on questions that are automatically blocked for not meeting quality standards?
Recently, dozens (!) of old questions have been unilaterally closed in Web Apps SE as “needs details or clarity”, or closed as duplicates of questions also closed as “needs details or clarity”. (Some ...
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Why do the moderators refuse to clearly state whether showing research is a requirement when posting a question on WebApps.SE?
I don't understand why the moderators refuse to clearly state whether showing research is a requirement when posting a question on WebApps.SE.
What I have tried so far:
I posted Is showing research ...
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What should our FAQ contain?
We need to come up with "things specific to webapps that need to be mentioned in the faq. [...] [The] most relevant thing to focus on is that topmost section of the [faq]." [Jeff Attwood]
If you look ...
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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?
Overview
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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Is asking "is there a webapp for x" on topic?
These questions struck me as way off topic from the home page, but perhaps the question really was intended to be "is there a web app for this." Is this type of question considered on topic?
How can ...
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Site Attributes [closed]
Alright, so it looks like it's up to us to figure out the site attributes and a way to vote on them.
I think having a single post that will link to the others will help with the organization, so here ...
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Double standards on web app recommendation questions? [duplicate]
Yes... the webapp-rec problem again. Over the past few months we have put a wall up against new questions and deleted some of the old ones. But that's some not all, so seeing that we have been here ...
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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 meta-tag:
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The Web Application Nursery
So, The Web Application Graveyard is a little depressing. All those good apps that are no longer around. Worse, all that helpful content here that no longer has any use and is cluttering up the place.
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How do I ask a question that may require recommending a web app?
I have a problem that I need to solve, and it may require the recommendation of a web app or service. How do I ask this type of question so that it isn't closed?
(Inspired by this question at meta....
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Are questions about self-installed web apps on or off topic?
There are some levels to this... Which of the following question types do we accept and which do we reject as off-topic?
Recommendations for which web app software to install - not technical ...
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"What are some sites?" or "Let's make a list of X!" type questions
Here is a question
https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/620/what-are-good-qa-websites-out-there
entitled "What are good Q&A websites out there ?"
To me this seems to have nothing at all ...
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Troubleshooting guidance
There are some questions about issues that, rather than a deterministic answer, could require an heuristic approach (try & error, troubleshooting, etc.). Sometimes this could be because the user ...
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As of today, May 2023, who do we understand that is our intended audience and what is the first that we tell them about how to participate?
Preface
Please forget about what I said in Let's make "research efforts" more specific: request to search the web app help, and let's start from scratch. In this post, I'm trying to ...
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How are we supposed to show one's research when posting a question?
A mod has decided, against the community, that showing research in a question is now a requirement. How are we supposed to show one's research when posting a question?
Example: How can I view the ...
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Webapps.stackexchange.com versus Nothingtoinstall.com
Related StackOverflow Blog post:
Domain Names: The Wrong Question
Nothing to Install is a fine name, probably one of the best in the network. Yet, it's confusing to have half the people talking about ...
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New Design Launched
Hi guys,
The wait is over! As you can see the new design has been applied and nothingtoinstall.com is live.
I'd like to address a few issues.
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There were a few suggestions from the ...
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Is there a lack of voting on Web Applications?
I have noticed that there is a lack of voting on answers and questions. There needs to be something that encourages people to upvote useful answers, or upvote good questions.
I've personally seen ...
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Web Applications Anniversary Contest [closed]
The Contest is now closed
Please check back later for updates here or on chat for the winners
If you were following from Celebrating our Birthday, we would like to have a contest so here it is!!!
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How do I write a great question?
I want to write a question that will be easily found and answerable by the people who know the answer. I also want people who have the same question in the future to be able to find it and the answers ...
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How do we promote our site?
Looks like we need to ask the questions and help work out how to run this site. Given that, and given this questions current absence from this site, despite being featured here: http://blog....
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What should we do with WordPress questions and how tag them?
Users are starting to ask questions about WordPress.
If they ask about WordPress.com I think they are on topic, but what if they ask about plug-ins that currently are not supported by WordPress.com ...
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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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Are API questions on topic or off topic?
I sent someone over here from Stack Overflow to ask this question:
https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/8965/whats-the-reliability-of-google-chart-api-service-closed
First off, I'm sorry. I'...
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Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange Moderators Strike
2023-08-07: Moderation strike: Conclusion and the way forward
Note: I'm back to regular activity.
2023-08-02: Moderation strike: Results of negotiations
Notes:
A recurrent question about the above ...
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Are questions about browsers accepted as long as they are related to using a web application?
There already are questions about bookmarklets but are questions about browsers (plugins, features) accepted (as long as they are related to using a real web application?).
For example, questions ...
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Is it accepted to answer recommendation questions with non web-based solutions?
I'm referring to this question where one of the solution is a non web-based app. Do we want that or should we only answer with web-based solutions even if there are better apps out there?
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How to write a tag wiki
There needs to be a guideline of what's the recommended way on Web Applications to write a tag wiki. Feel free to use this post as a starting discussion and eventual future FAQ for WebApps tag wiki ...
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If I'm working on a web app, do I ask here?
If I'm writing/developing a web app, do I post questions here? Or is it just for 'users' or client-programmers of existing web apps?
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Why was this question asking how to view all the messages one posted in a Slack channel closed by 1 mod?
The question How can I view all the messages I posted in a Slack channel? was closed. It was posted over two years and a half ago, attracted 12,000 views, 24 upvotes and not a single downvote. Why ...
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Is "community wiki" the synonym for "poll"?
all the "lists of xyz", "hidden feature of abc" etc .. should be marked community wiki instantly. i am somewhat under the impression that the term "poll" would fit better :) i mean, almost all "cw"s i ...
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Is showing research is a requirement when posting a question on WebApps.SE? [duplicate]
I wonder the following: Is showing research is a requirement when posting a question on WebApps SE?
Requirement means that if the OP doesn't show research, then the question must be closed.
Note: I ...
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Are questions about "adult" web apps on or off topic?
Would it be appropriate to have questions about adult-themed apps that potentially could contain links to such 18+ sites (in answers or questions)? Just asking 8]
Return to what should our FAQ ...
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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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Why aren't people voting? How can we get people to get more engaged?
I've been noticing a trend here where it seems that people just aren't voting.
It's the 11th of October, and a grand total of three people have managed to vote more than 10 times during that span. ...
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Are questions about browsers appropriate?
Are questions about browsers, plug-ins, add-ons and features appropriate for Web Apps?
For example is this question: Google Chrome Password manager something that should be asked here or at Super ...
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Moderator nominations [closed]
Should we be selecting moderators for the site?
Given Jeff's answer I hereby open up this question for moderator nominations.
Each nomination should be a separate answer. Link the name to the user's ...
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Do we want to reduce the number of votes needed to Close/Reopen questions?
Recently Stack Overflow reduced the number of votes needed to close/reopen questions from 5 to 3 after a successful experiment to see if it was worth it.
The results were that it did improve the rate ...
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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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Clean up project: Office 365
I draw your attention to the tag office-365.
There seems to be a bit of confusion on what this tag is for. Granted, the description isn't great, but that's fairly easily remedied.
A goodly number of ...
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Reopen "What do the red dashed lines mean in Google Maps?"
The question What do the red dashed lines mean in Google Maps? was closed, but I don't see a reason why it should stay that way. While it may have been unclear in its first revision, I edited to make ...
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Still daily web development questions. Should we tweak the site name?
A significant percentage of the questions we get every day are still about web application development, even though this site has never been about that.
I can kind of understand. This site is ...
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Revisiting the decision on Google Analytics
Way back in the early days of the site there was a discussion about whether questions about Google Analytics were on- or off-topic.
Are questions about Google Analytics on- or off- topic?
The ...
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