Questions tagged [questions]
For questions regarding the nature of a "question" on Web Applications Stack Exchange; e.g. how to ask, whether specific questions are appropriate, etc.
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Trello is making its users think we're a bug tracker or place for feature requests
If you've been watching the bloody shores as much as the rest of the regular users, you'll notice the uptick in trello questions since their launch.
For the general, "how do I make this work" things ...
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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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Are questions about browsers/plug-ins/add-ons 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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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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The Tour appears to give contradictory advice about browser questions
The tour instructs new users:
Ask about... Browsers and their features relating to the use of a web application (Greasemonkey scripts for a web application, etc.)
and later
Don't ask about... ...
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How should questions about defunct services be handled?
I was revisiting my reputation history tonight and came across an answer I submitted to a question about Aardvark, a social Q&A service that Google closed down during its "More Wood Behind Fewer ...
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Hidden Features of X
The first hidden features question was asked earlier today.
Now in my opinion these aren't questions that are suited for the WA site - there is no definitive answer for "What little known tips and ...
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What does the community think about asking (and answering) really simple questions?
I've got a few family members that are, well let's just say "not very technologically astute", and have asked me a few times similar questions on how to use different online services that most people ...
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How to deal with the fact that web apps are always changing?
Many answers are going to be workarounds. As web apps improve and solve these issues the workarounds break. Even official answers may change drastically over short periods of time with some web apps.
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Closing all questions regarding Google Reader
Given that Google Reader has been shutdown, I’d say that all questions regarding it should be closed. What say you?
(This should also apply to any and all “dead” web apps, since there can’t be any ...
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Should I Edit an Answer or Add a New Answer When One Becomes Outdated?
When an answer becomes outdated, such as a question about something in an older YouTube or Gmail version, should I be editing a currently accepted answer or adding new answer?
There are two cases ...
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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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Should we be concerned about possible copyright infringement?
This is my first visit to Web Applications, although I've been using the other SE sites for some time.
I left some comments on this question.
It kind of escalated. Did I overreact and overstep the ...
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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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Where are all of these Office 365 questions coming from?
It seems that in the last week, there's been quite an increase in the number of questions about Microsoft Office 365 products. (Excel Online, Outlook on the Web, etc.)
Don't get me wrong; I think it'...
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Copy questions from Super User?
Can we copy closed questions from Super User, or do you just want non-duplicative stuff.
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Why are some questions highlighted?
Recently (since today) I've noticed some of the questions are highlighted as in the picture below. What does it mean and how does it work?
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What am I looking for when reviewing low-quality marked posts?
Part of me wants to recommend incorrect or too short answers for deletion, but the community should take care of that part the other part of me says.
So, when checking low-quality content answers/...
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Cognito Forms says the entire Web Apps user base is actually part of Cognito's community
Cognito Forms, with the wording on their Support page, have new users to Web Apps thinking that it's actually all part of Cognito.
Have a question about Cognito Forms? Participate in questions & ...
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Tackling the List Problem in Detail
Previous Discussions:
Detailed List questions and CW
“What are some sites?” or “Let's make a list of X!” type questions
Are questions about finding sites to get free on topic ?
Short, Opinionated ...
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All 50 latest questions have score 0 or -1. Why do questions have such low scores on this Stack Exchange website?
All 50 latest questions have score 0 or -1 (mirror on web.archive.org):
Questions with score of 0: 36
Questions with score of -1: 14
Why do questions have such low scores on this Stack Exchange ...
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How to handle duplicate questions with different answers?
Here is the problem: sometimes there are duplicate questions that have different correct answers, depending on the respective app's version.
Here is an example:
old question: How can I disable ...
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Disappearing questions
Over the last few months I have noticed that the counter of the number of questions I asked went from 125 to 122. Any idea why? Are questions being purged?
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How to deal with MediaWiki questions
While digging through [mediawiki] I noticed some questions which are about using some specific wiki (such as Does the German Wiktionary have a way to request words to be added? which I don't think ...
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Answers as comments are correct, but no answers on questions - what to do?
I'm browsing through the unanswered questions area of the site and I've come across at least a three questions that have correct answers in the comments area and even suggested correct by the OP.
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Feedback to 'please write a script for me' questions?
Recent example: auto-fill for new values in google spreadsheets
Downvoting is one thing, voting to close as too broad maybe? But both these don't give feedback to the user so that (s)he can learn how ...
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How do I "reopen" a very old question with a poor/outdated answer?
I'm looking for a better answer to this very old question: How can you write queries in a Google spreadsheet so that the columns are kept up to date?
How do I get new attention on it to farm better ...
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Google Spreadsheet Questions Grayed out
Why is this question grayed out?
I de-selected the follow star in the tag pop-up:
only to realize that the tag was removed from my favorite list:
So I re-selected the tag again. What did I do?
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Is it OK to ask about rules of web applications?
Is it appropriate to ask about usage rules of web applications? For example "I posted the lyrics of a song as a comment to that song on YouTube and my account got locked without reference to which ...
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Is it OK to submit an answer to a question that you, yourself, have asked?
I have a particular question that may be useful to the community, but I already know a possible answer.
Am I able (allowed) to submit an answer to my own question?
I'd hope that anybody would be ...
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How did my question become extremely popular within a few minutes?
I asked a question about something on Facebook which at first had very little views/activity. I got an answer, it solved my problem, and I accepted it. 3 hours later, I come back and there's now ...
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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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Is there a way to bookmark questions on Stack Exchange?
There must be a way to 'follow' a question or even a user through SE (i.e., it's easy to do it with browser bookmarks).
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Should off topic specifically include multiple questions in a single post?
I would expect this to have been mentioned already but I have not seen where. This question seems to be in many parts and, though there is a theme to these for the OP, the topics seem reasonably ...
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Problem with question view count
I guess there's a problem with the view counts of questions. One of my questions do have an answer, but the view count is 0. Shouldn't it be at least 1?
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How to handle off-topic questions when there is a more appropiate SE site
When encountering an off-topic question, what are the best ways to handle it when the more appropriate site is:
A fully public stackexchange site (e.g. stackoverflow.com)
A stackexchange site in ...
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Why do I get a: This question doesn't meet our quality standards?
Why do I get a message
every time I try to create a question?
Can you be more specific?
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Must the OP specify whether they are using the web version of the product of interest in their question?
I read on https://webapps.meta.stackexchange.com/a/4789/18147:
By the other hand in the case of Slack, as it happens with a lot of "software as a service", it has multiple apps for ...
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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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Another task for the task jar: Close questions about defuncted web applications
According to The Web Application Graveyard, created in 2015 by ale,
questions on applications or application features that are no longer available are off-topic for Web Applications as no one will ...
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A task for the task jar: Clean up facebook questions and tags as they are bumped by Community user
This is about the intersection of several concerns and because it's related to one of my ignored tags. I will not be ignoring it so much, anymore.
Hourly bumps by Community user of neglected posts (...
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Can we ask about Microsoft Visio?
I have a few questions in the usage of Microsoft Visio. Can I ask questions related to them here?
I know this place is for webapps but still I was thinking if I can ask here.
If not here, is there ...
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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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Closed probe questions
I was going through some tags and questions and saw the https tag and:
Can I have Gmail notify me when it is unable to retrieve mail from my other accounts?
It seems like closed probe questions for me....
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Making most viewed questions friendlier for non tech savvy users
Tl;Dr: Lets make the most viewed questions friendlier for non tech savvy user.
We have several questions getting a lot views, few of them have a high number of votes, but most of them barely have ...
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Serial downvoted by a moderator
I got serial downvoted by a mod (Rubén Rivera) a few hours ago:
The questions were viciously chosen so that they will be removed by the Stack Exchange automated removal question script (a.k.a. Roomba)...
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Assuming bad intentions
I have posted a question asking to classify (give a name) for the Youtube banning policy. The moderators have claimed that I have a purpose different from my question and closed the question. So, it ...
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