Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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Is it because of insufficient reputations that “reopen” button under closed questions cannot be seen?
A new user with reputation less than 50 told me that she can see no "reopen" button under a particular closed question. Is it because of insufficient reputations that "reopen" button under closed ...
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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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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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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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What good reference works on English are available?
Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.
What good reference works on English are available, and what kinds of questions are they good at answering?
General ...
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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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Why can't I (101 rep) answer a protected question?
This question is protected: "To answer it, you must have earned at least 10 reputation on this site." I have 101 reputation, so why can I not post an answer?
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Reduce advertising… but what advertising?
At 200 reputation, you are supposed to gain the priviledge of reduced advertising on the site. But, I currently don't see any advertising in the spaces defined on https://english.stackexchange.com/...
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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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Why does it say “Sorry, we can't accept this question”?
I've tried asking a question but the page shows the message:
Sorry, we can't accept this question.
Here are the exact characters typed into the textbox:
Question Title:
what's a consumer-tech ...
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Closing a question: How are migration possibilities determined?
I was going to put a close vote with suggestion to migrate to writers.se on this question here (about the use of names in formal writing), but when I tried to cast the close vote, the only target for ...
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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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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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Naming vs. Single word requests
It seems that naming is off-topic and single words requests are on-topic on this site.
How do I identify whether I'm asking a naming question or I have a single word request?
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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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Where did the help pages go?
So there is a new top banner bar on my SE pages today, and I can't figure out where the help pages went (links to the Tour, Help Center, etc.). What am I missing?
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Possible database problems!
The following question was attributed to me, but it is not mine (it is not my writing style, nor was I using this web site back in November 2010; in fact, I only started using this web site within the ...
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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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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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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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How can I view the content of deleted chat rooms that are linked to in moderator comments?
According to Monica Cellio's Meta SE answer to Is chat room transcript link permanent? (from November 2017):
rooms with little activity are auto-deleted, meaning that only users with high rep (10k ...
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Is it possible to edit a moderator attention flag
I flagged a question, intending to suggest it be moved to the language learners site but realized after I submitted it that I had typed "ELU" instead. I did not see anywhere I could edit my flag ...
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Logging out/off of ELU
How do I log off this site? I'm certain it's easy but I'm currently flummoxed!
I utilized the tags below just so I could post the query.
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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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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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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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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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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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Information about info pages!
Have the info pages been introduced recently? (or have I failed to see them so far?).
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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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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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What to do when my question is unanswerable [duplicate]
I posted a question with a single-word-request, and although I got multiple answers, it became clear that no such word exists.
Now, I'm unsure what to do with my question. Do I pick the answer that ...
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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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Speaking of comments
I've seen that usually a number of 30 comments calls for removal, why not this time?
Please move to chat the extremely long trails of comments posted under this question and its main answers.
