Can we close Markdown rendering bugs against a related but maybe not fitting...
We currently have 27 open bug reports for markdown rendering and most of those are of the type:The preview shows X, after posting it shows Ywhere X and Y can be any markdown/html that you can...
View ArticleWhy was this question about "is this question on-topic" closed as a duplicate...
I recently asked this question about whether it was on-topic to ask if there is a right way to organize child structs within a project's files. An answer to this question answered by saying No, because...
View ArticleClosure clarification, "Why has Stack Overflow banned the GPT web crawler?"
Why was Why has Stack Overflow banned the GPT web crawler? closed as duplicate of Will Stack Overflow disallow the GPT web crawler? ? Can anyone quote where in latter the former is answered?Cross-site...
View ArticleHow can I post to Meta on Stack Exchange Stack Overflow to accomplish my next...
My next badge award recommended by this site is for "participate in Meta" in order to increase my reputation points.But it then says you need "5 reputation points" to ask a question on the Meta...
View ArticleWhy is a question asking about how to improve a post on main being close...
I recently asked this question on meta about how to improve another question on main. Currently, the former question has a total score of 18 downvotes and 4 close votes. The close votes mention as a...
View ArticleWhy are questions on Meta about improving questions on the main site,...
I have noticed a common pattern:Someone's question(s) on the main site is/are not well receivedThat person comes to Meta to ask about how to improve the question(s), perhaps due to seeing a warning...
View ArticleDo we need a tag for questions about the Discussions experiment, or is there...
The Discussions experiment was announced in July on the Stack Overflow blog and on the Stack Overflow Labs microsite.The Discussion experiment started on the NLP collective and was expanded to other...
View ArticleDoes this question need more focus?
Recently, I've voted to close a meta question, which got instantly reopened by a CM after reaching 5 close votes. The question I'm referencing is this one.This question is about curating the new...
View ArticleIs OP's stubornness a valid reason to close a post on Meta?
There is a user (whom I'm obviously not going to name) who frequently appears in the comment sections of my posts and whom I'm frequently in disagreement with.Shortly after they join the discussion, I...
View ArticleHow to revisit the use of pros/cons to format discussion
The use of pros and cons has already been proposed more than once. One instance of something like this was proposed 11 years ago on Meta Stack Exchange, more recently here we had Asking for thoughts vs...
View ArticleHas GitHub Copilot been trained with data from Stack Overflow? [closed]
I read that it was not allowed to scrape Stack Overflow, but I wanted to know.I'm not sure if Stack Overflow Meta is the right place to ask this though.
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Blank edit text area on meta
Trying to edit my own post on Meta, I found myself unable to do so. The text area for edit is completely blank, although all other edit interface remains in place. I did not try to enter something and...
View ArticleWhere is the guide on how to ask a good question on meta?
The "how to ask a good question here" link goes to the Stack Overflow page for this.Virtually every time I ask a question here, I get lots of downvotes and negative feedback. I don't even know why I...
View ArticleHow to find a question by its old tag when that tag is synonymized with another
On Meta, chatgpt has been synonymized with ai-generated-content, but when I go to its tag page, there are only 7 questions listed when I know that there were way more questions with the chatgpt tag...
View ArticleMeta votes. Do they matter? Should they? [closed]
Each person means something when they cast a vote here, but without a standard by which votes "ought" to be cast, how can anyone interpret them in a meaningful way beyond "I personally (dis)like your...
View ArticleCan we remove the "temporary" classification from the Generative AI ban post?
Regarding, Temporary policy: Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) is banned, is there really a future where we will be okay with ChatGPT or any other AI answers?If we reach a point where AI answers are so...
View ArticleRequest to Update Twitter Logo in User Profiles [duplicate]
Recently Twitter changed its logo from the iconic bird to the letter 'X'. It has left our user profiles on Stack Overflow with an outdated icon. Could you update the Twitter logo to its new icon?
View ArticleTag disambiguation [global-inbox] and [inbox]
The global-inbox tag on MSO was based on the global-inbox tag on MSE, but the wiki and excerpt has not been updated in some time so it has fallen out of sync with the one on MSE.The excerpt on MSE...
View ArticleHow does Meta Stack Overflow work?
I've read in the Help Center that…Meta Stack Overflow is the part of the site where users discuss the workings and policies of Stack Overflow rather than discussing programming itself. It is separated...
View ArticleShould [question] be remapped to [questions] on Meta SO?
BackgroundOn Stack Overflow and Meta Stack Exchange, entering [question] in the search field shows results for questions instead of question. Upon looking into the details of the tag questions, we can...
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