Questions tagged [status-completed]
Indicates that the report has been resolved through the implementation of a feature or the fixing of a bug.
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Make all recommendation questions out of scope and off topic, regardless of research
Maybe it's time to be final and state that any and all recommendation questions are just off topic and out of scope with the site.
The current close reason listed reads:
Questions seeking ...
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Reduce the reputation threshold to be allowed to cast a reopen vote on a closed question
Closed questions on Web Apps SE are almost never reopened by regular users only:
Only 1 question got reopened in all of 2023 without moderator help. TheMaster Oct 30 at 10:16
One of the reasons is ...
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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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What shall I add in this question on Slack to have it reopened?
The question How can I view the channels that I have been added to recently on Slack? was closed because it doesn't show research. It is now deleted due to Roomba. What should I say in the question to ...
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Rename [deviant-art] to [deviantart]
The tag for deviant-art should be renamed to deviantart to reflect the site's official name.
It's a tiny tag with just a single question, but I can't think of any reason not to use the site's proper ...
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Merge [formula] and [formulas] tags
formula × 2
formulas × 2
I suggested a synonym 'formulas' → 'formula'. Please vote.
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Should [google-talk] and [google-chat] tags be merged?
From Google's view point, they are one and the same product, Google Talk. So my question is: should the two tags (google-talk and google-chat) be merged?
From google-talk's excerpt:
Instant ...
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Why was this question on setting up automatic alerts for new YouTube videos matching keywords closed by a moderator?
This question was closed by a moderator as "needs details or clarity."
Can I setup automatic alerts for new YouTube videos that match keywords?
I wonder if I can set up a notification for ...
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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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Comments somehow overflow when adding a new one
This happens under Chrome 6 every time I try to add a comment on that page.
If I reload the page, everything is back to normal
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Can we black list [web-application]?
web-application has quite a number of questions tagged to it, but considering the name of this site seems to be rather redundant. I mean, technically, every question on here should have that tag.
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CSS bleed-thru on tags
I'm seeing an issue with CSS on Firefox (22, Windows) where the little triangles in the new tag icons are bleeding through popups.
Here's a screenie:
I have not checked it in other browsers.
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Change of Background Color Tag Badge
A few days ago I earned my first bronze tag badge on the google-spreadsheets tag:
I had to give almost 100 answers to gain the corresponding up-votes. On the chat I was telling that you can earn ...
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Question closed for "needs details or clarity" but it's so simple I don't know what more detail to add
My question How do I download all my videos from Google Photos? was closed with the following reason:
This question needs details or clarity. It is not currently accepting answers.
Add details and ...
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Why was this question on "Where can I see all my comments on issues on GitHub?" closed by one moderator?
The question Where can I see all my comments on issues on GitHub? was closed by one moderator. The reason given is:
This question doesn't meet the current quality standards. Rubén - People First♦ Apr ...
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Duplicate user created?
One of my questions got migrated here from SuperUser (which, by the way, I think was a mistake because I was asking about accesses to my Gmail account through IMAP, not about web applications). It ...
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Synonyms for Google Drive apps
Can we get some synonyms created? Google can't seem to make up their minds on what things should be called.
google-slides should be a synonym for google-presentations
Google Drive was originally ...
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Please rename [commons] to [wikimedia-commons]
There's only 12 questions, and I'm tempted to retag them manually, but...
commons is too generic, and doesn't have meaning without the existence of other tags.
Since all of the questions with that ...
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Rename [google-plus-circle] to [google-plus-circles]
Please rename google-plus-circle to google-plus-circles. This will match other similar tags (e.g., google-plus-pages).
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GAS [google-apps-script] tag
The Google Apps Script Developer Relations team chose SO as their Q&A platform. In doing so, they use the following tag:
google-apps-script
Web Applications, however uses this tag:
google-apps-...
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Badge total not updating
According to my recent activity and profile page (https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/21/chrisf) I've been awarded three badges, but the total on the summary is still saying 2.
In addition I've ...
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Merging tags [book] and [books]
Both tags, book and books refer to the same thing and thus should be merged. As stated in this comment: Merge 'formula' and 'formulas' probably they should be merged to books.
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Synonym Request & Rename
Synonym Request & Rename
word & microsoft-word, better to rename into tag:ms-word
Rename
excel ==> tag:ms-excel microsoft-excel
outlook ==> tag:ms-outlook microsoft-outlook
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Why was my question on listing all mails in Outlook closed by a moderator as "needs details or clarity"?
My question How can I see all mails in the Microsoft Outlook web interface (OWA)? (mirror) was closed by a moderator.
I chatted with the moderator regarding the closure and I believe the moderator ...
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Why is my PowerPoint question still closed even though I added more details?
My question "How can I disable "small caps" in my text in PowerPoint 365 on the web?" (archive.org snapshot) was closed by a mod as "needs details or clarity."
In ...
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Merge/synonymize [google-docs] and [google-drive]
Google Docs are now part of Google Drive. Should not google-docs now be a synonym of google-drive?
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Merge [facebook-<X>] into [facebook]
[facebook]: 138
[facebook-pages]: 8
[facebook-chat]: 5
[facebook-apps]: 4
[facebook-connect]: 3
[facebook-games]: 3
[facebook-alternative]: 2
[facebook-account]: 1
[facebook-groups]: 1
Could these be ...
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Please make [google-spreadsheet-charts] a synonym of [google-sheets-charts]
The official (current) name of the product is "Google Sheets", so tags about it and its functionality should reflect that.
Please make google-spreadsheet-charts a synonym of google-sheets-charts.
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Activity bugs for "seen" and "visited" in profile [closed]
There are two bugs that I've discovered when it comes to my activity. First, my account is barely a few hours old, yet my WebApps account says "3 days, 1 consecutive":
Second, and this one is even ...
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Discuss a particular question - Chat FAQ
From FAQ of Web Application Chat:
If you want to discuss a certain question that has been posted on Web Applications, you can create a room for it.To do so, just prepend "chat." to the question ...
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Please rename [stackoverflow] to [stack-overflow]
The tag stackoverflow should be renamed to stack-overflow better to reflect the site's official name.
It's a tiny tag with just three open Qs but I can't think of any reason not to use the site's ...
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Please rename [research-gate] to [researchgate]
The tag research-gate should be renamed to researchgate better to reflect the site's official name.
It's a tiny tag with just a single question, How to “unfollow” people on ResearchGate but I can't ...
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