Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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Can I control the font size?
The font size I am getting for ELU is too small. I do not recall that it was like this before. Have I somehow made a change to my profile that will reduce the size?
The font size for ELU is smaller ...
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Comments were moved to chat room, chat room was removed?
10 days ago I asked this one well received question:
To avoid repeating "one"
As you probably know, there are a lot of questions on Stack Exchange sites that have dozens of comments. 20-30 ...
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Need help in understanding why my question was deleted
My question Modern politically correct English guide (10k only, screenshot below) was deleted. I am asking for help from the community here to understand why this question was deleted, and how I could ...
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Why my question has been locked on comments if it has 1 comment and 1 answer only?
Yesterday I asked this: Precise names for parts of a day (revisited)
There's only 1 question and 1 answer. Nevertheless it's been locked "on comments" and the rest of the interaction open.
I'd like ...
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How to duplicate formatting of dictionary extract, with italics?
When I quote from an online dictionary I like to duplicate the formatting as much as possible.
When using standard > block quoting I can't find a way to have a new line without inserting a blank ...
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Why can't a user delete their own question that was just asked and has had no activity?
The reference for this is the question delete a question on here.
Update 1: The actual answer seems to be that the user wasn't registered. However, this is not listed as a requirement on our question ...
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question ban not lifted even after 6 months
Last year I asked a few questions related to proofreading. I was a newbie and did not know about this question ban related thing. I have been wanting to ask one question from last one month but cannot ...
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I'm sometimes unsure about whether to answer a simple grammatical question or to suggest that it is more appropriate for ELL. What are the criteria?
[Before asking this question here on Meta, I did search for duplicates. There are similar questions, but I found no exact duplicates. If they do exist, please direct me to them, and I will delete this ...
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Quick migration to ELL
Why was this post quickly migrated to ELL? I think the question posed is just apparently an elementary one. It may well find a proper answer on ELL, of course, but why was it out of place on ELU?
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How can I see how many posts are truly in the review queue?
This question: Would ELU like to start a trial of only need 3 votes to close/reopen a question? mentions that the review queue is too long, approximately 160 posts. Since reading that, I have upped ...
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Drafts should save in Edit forms
I was under the impression that drafts of edits were saved. Is that not the case?
Now I lost one of my better answers in its inception because being on mobile and a bit clumsy I sometimes accidently ...
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Why does (almost) every answer in this question have a banner?
I admit I'm not overly familiar with how these banners work, but I was reading "What is the word that is used to describe the oversimplification or non-academic discussion of a complex issue?" and ...
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I can't ask any question
I'm not able to ask any further questions on English language and usage while I just asked three questions and all of them are short and brief. Thus, whatever I do, nothing happens and I'm really ...
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Are questions about film subtitles (translated into English) on topic here?
I read that some lyrics questions are on topic and some are not. Is it the same for subtitles? This could come up if someone watches a movie in a language other than English, and has a question ...
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Thanks for re-reopening the following question
The following question, besides being formulated in a much more detailed way, offers a lot of good information in answers that the “supposed original one” does not.
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Is there any way for a user to know if there is a report on them? [duplicate]
I just had a user comment on a question I posted that there was a 'Report' on myself. He/she deleted the comment fairly quickly, but it left the question as to whether what he/she said was correct? ...
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Reporting rude comments
I've noticed a number of unnecessarily rude responses to questions that I've made. Although there appears to be 'flagging' options for some elements, I am unable to do so.
Is this due to having a low ...
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Answer no longer shows? [closed]
I had an 'answer' to question I posted (link below) and it's no longer showing. Is there anyway to know whether is this a result of the user deleting the answer and/or removal from admins. If it's the ...
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Why there's no box (for me) to answer a question? [duplicate]
I am relatively new in this forum but I have already 101 reputation points from other stackexchange sites. There's no absolutely no help in this subject!
Reference: The above problem regards a ...
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Close reason. Unclear
My meta-question is about this question
Please pardon me for any mistake and kindly correct me.
I believe Unclear is synonymous with Vague.
I do not understand how is my question vague.
Am I not ...
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What is meant by the tag “reference”?
The reference tag has no description yet. Is it intended to be used for a question that asks for a reference where one might learn more about a certain topic, or document one's intuitive ...
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Did I ask a question, now deleted, tagged [psycholinguistics]?
My Deleted Recent Questions
page exhibits no questions tagged [psycholinguistics], but I thought I asked one?
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Is there a free online Canadian English Dictionary? [duplicate]
All Canadian English dictionaries appear to be under a paywall model.
Can anybody help?
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I would like to report an abuse of mod power
I’m reporting @tchrist for the abuse of his mod power, for the following reasons:
Deleting comments that were helpful but didn’t serve his question well:
All the comments from different users above ...
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How the heck do you do superscript (and subscript)?
I have been trying to reformat a recent post which calls for superscript to a footnote, and I will be danged if I can see how to do it without getting into (sup) with the little wedgie thingies — ...
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A question about “people reached”
The system tells me I have 'reached' about half a million people on EL&U in 21 months, which is quite a remarkable figure.
Can anyone tell me if this is done on the basis of IP addresses, that is ...
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How can you search pronunciations of words on Youtube?
I'm not sure this is on-topic, but I'm giving it a shot because it's a useful tool in hearing how different people pronounce words.
There was a site I used to use where I could type in a word into a ...
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My computer does bold on ELL but not on ELU
I have been "instructed" to come here and sort out my issue with bolding and italicizing text. Look at these words after the colon: just look. Do you see those terms, that is, "just look" in bold? I ...
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What's the bare minimum I need to add to this answer to meet specs?
I wrote an answer which is, I am told, "not in compliance with local attribution guidelines."
What, if anything, do I need to do to this answer to bring it up to code? Do I really have to add "...
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About closed questions
I am a new member. Can I answer an unanswered closed question? If so, how? I have an answer for a closed unanswered question
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Flag > Should be closed > Off-topic > Belongs on another SE site > Meta or ELL; but no other option
Why does form not offer "other" or sumsuch option when flagging a Question for a mod to move?
So I choose "unclear what you are asking", if it's not obvious how a question about Latin inflection ...
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Will this question be on topic here?
A line OA of length r starts from its initial position OX and traces an angle AOB=alpha in the anticlockwise direction.It then traces back in the clockwise direction an angle BOC=3 theta (where ...
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Commonly-available reference issue
This user posted this answer in October 2018.
I have an issue with the link they have provided.
The user has provided a definition from the OED and a link that takes you to the OED's homepage.
The ...
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Does EL&U have a newsletter?
I was browsing the various sites on Stack Exchange and noticed some having a "Subscribe to newsletter" button.
Does such a thing exist here? Are there reasons why there isn't one, in the case there ...
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Can tags be removed?
I was looking through the new tags and spotted "very" and "snowclone".
This made me wonder how tags are deleted, since I couldn't find a button anywhere.
Does one have to go to each question the tag ...
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Unlock “Why use singular they?” then reopen
You may be able to read the question I'm referring to here (if it's still deleted you'll need 10k rep).
Sometime a while ago there was a question asked on ELL (here, but it's deleted now) and ...
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Has traffic on ELU decreased recently?
Is it just a personal impression or after the implementation of the new layout on ELU traffic both in terms of question and answers is well below average?
I realize it is just a few days but views on ...
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How to see the most recent questions?
On other sites I see buttons/tabs for Newest, Frequent, Votes, Active, and Unanswered. I thought I used to see similar on EL&U also. Now I see only Active, Featured, Hot, Week, and Month.
What ...
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Why is promoting your product through your user ID not spam?
This new user https://english.stackexchange.com/users/324324/airport-chariot-car-and-limo has a user ID that nakedly promotes a car-hire service. In the last day or so they've posted a dozen or more ...
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Chappo Hasn't Forgotten Monica
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Understanding the Code of Conduct
This question from a new user asked if 'MSc holder in psychology' was grammatically correct. She noted, "This is for my personal statement for my cv", so it was of no trivial importance to the OP.
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What happens to bounties where the user who posted the only eligible answer deletes their account?
I recently posted a small bounty on a question. So far, the bounty hasn't attracted much attention, and my current bet is it still won't before the bounty expires.
There was an existing answer on ...
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Repetition in answer of what was already mentioned in original question
I'm going to use this as an example, but it's only one amongst many. Specifically, she already cites 1794 in her question, so I figured you can't rehash that date (relating to the Jacobins) in your ...
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Any book or PDF for over 300 single-worded prepositions
Recently, I came to know that there are 336 prepositions in English via reading an OUP blog:
... . And now the lowly preposition is finally getting the attention it deserves with The Preposition ...
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Determiner question
The question below seems to be very simple at first glance and swifty got closed:
Are articles pronouns?
However, the answer is not as clear as it seems at first glance. For those of us well ...
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Improper merger
The recent question about the early usage of optics meaning “point of view” has been improperly merged into an older similar question.
Can you please restore the new original question?
Thanks.
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When should I use “convention tag” in EL&U?
I searched the convention tag, but the top google search result says, "the convention tag has no usage guidance."
I have no idea which sense does this tag relate to. When should I use this tag?
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Flagging & reputation points
I tried finding an answer by searching, but in vain.
If we flag a comment or a question, do we lose rep pts.?
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Are the downvotes against my answers fair?
I know that we all sometimes think our answer is good or acceptable when in fact it isn't. Sometimes we fool ourselves in the moment, other times we stubbornly hold to our position. I've been a ...
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Can somebody please stop the harassing commenters!
They are really a plague on ELU.
This question has been downvoted and criticized for “no reason to be” by one of the usual harassing commenters.
Why do we have to waste time and energy with such ...
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Do we have a canonical post on the pronunciation rules for the /s, z/ possessive clitic?
I've seen many questions asking about the punctuation of words ending in possessive S. There are also many questions asking about the pronunciation of possessive S when a noun already ends in an S. ...
