Questions tagged [support]
If you have request for assistance with one of the site's features, use this tag.
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What to do with quiestion that would be "too localized" in previous stackexchange build? [duplicate]
Like this - data provided by original author shows it's not general problem or issue, it's just something that needs to be debugged for him, on his site. What to do with problems like that now, when "...
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Block code in lists - possible?
Sometimes it makes sense to write answer in points, and include couple lines of code in one point. However, indenting with 4 spaces does not work for lists, and breaking list with no-list text causes ...
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Why Add Image from the web shows error always?
Whenever i try to upload image From the web option it shows error, not able to upload, see the below screenshot. So i need to download the image from website and then upload through From my computer ...
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Bonus points not received yet
As per the rule,we get the bonus of 100 points at the score of 200 points.
And i have not received these points yet.
Can anybody help me in answering this question and provide me a valid reason for ...
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Are question about configuring tools for Drupal development off topic here?
If yes, why this is open?
If no, why this is closed?
In either case, why isn't it covered in FAQ?
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Any way to permanently delete answer?
It happened to me couple of times: I write answer for unanswered question, click submit, and now I see 2 answer, mine and other, posted just a tiny bit earlier. They are duplicates, or I find the ...
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Is there a way to automatically ignore other user?
Let's assume there is one user. His posts makes moderators disagree in comments. He sometimes edit his questions so that original meaning is totally lost, and so on.
I don't want put myself between ...
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Is it appropriate to change the scope of a question with a bounty on it?
What is the difference between clarifying and broaden the scope of a question?
A hint in an answer (which also solves partly the problem) lead me to new insight of the problem, but if I would edit ...
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Why a novice user need 50 points to comment on a question or a answer?
I think this site will be better if new users are able to comment questions or answers, rather than having to post comments as answers.
I found this post, but my question is why does a user need 50 ...
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If a user had several spam post, should not be deleted?
There is a user who had 3 spam post. That user is not deleted...should it be deleted? If that's the case how should we report or flag this user or similar users.
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What is the purpose of the user mention of type "@@username@drupal.stackexchange.com" in chat?
One of the moderators mentioned a user by the format @@username@drupal.stackexchange.com in a chat.
AFAIK, the mentions of the format @username are enough for the users to be notified. So, what is the ...
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How do reviews work?
Lately I have been reviewing some questions and late answers. I have also seen first questions that lack quality, grammar or have other issues that do not appear in the review queue so I assume they ...
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why there is a limit in flag spam?
I wonder why we have a limit in the spam flags. Should we not have a limit to flag spam post? I am curious to know why we have that limit. :).
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Are the "user reputation league" and "user accept rate" coming back?
I found out reading this question, that the "Reputation League" is taken down due to performance issues.
Lately, I've also noticed that the "Accept Rate" (which used to show below every user name ...
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How to undo Mistakenly post flagged?
I have flagged a post by mistake. is there any way to not count that post as flagged or i can do like something "un-flag" ..
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How to get badge "Unsung Hero"?
The Unsung Hero badge staed:
Zero score accepted answers: more than 10 and 25% of total
How to get this badge?
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What's the point in editing closed questions?
This is about a recent question by a user, which was closed as off-topic as it was meant to.
But then I noticed that one of the mods edited that question to correct the tags.
AFAIK closed questions ...
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Burninate the "php" tag
php is used from 153 questions. Considering that Drupal is a PHP CMS, the tag should be burninated. It could be used for many different questions, such as:
Questions about a Drupal function
Questions ...
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Others can't answer questions in this forum?
I can ask questions, but not answer any because it doesn't detect my being logged in, and if I try logging out, it keeps logging me in, but not recognising my login for answers.
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tag for community involvement?
In FAQ the questions about community involvement are allowed but there is not tag for it. Would it be a good idea to have one?
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When there is a spam question and there is also an spam answer should I flag both?
We have some spam questions with spam answer...is it sufficient to only flag the questions or we should also flag the answer in order that the moderators can take a look?
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spam attack...is there anything else that the community can do to help the moderators?
I feel that recently we are fighting more with the spammers. But is flagging enough to help the moderators? any other measure we can do? I don't know something like when you flag and it is trusted ...
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Is ok to ask what type of modules can help you accomplish a feature?
I was reading the FAQ but it does not say if I can ask or no about what modules can be useful to implement a feature or behaviour.
I love this site because I spent days doing research about how to ...
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What should I do when my question is closed?
I asked a question, but it has been closed because it was considered not a good question for the site.
What can I do? Does closing my questions mean I am not welcome to ask questions?
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Why a Bounty is removed of a question?
A few days ago a started a question for this question: I need a starting pointo to write a Views Form handler to show a Bulk Operation view field in each row instead of a single button?
Today I saw ...
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Are there any guidelines regarding tag wiki descriptions?
Yesterday, I had a couple of hours to kill, so I decided to improve the tag wiki by writing summaries and descriptions for some tags where those were missing. Today, I see that only a single one of my ...
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User "votes cast" showing wrong period?
I checked my profile today, and could see the I'm a user of this site "since 9 months".
But, at the bottom right of the profile page, I see:
It shows 12, 4 and 2 under month, week and day ...
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What is considered a good post edit?
Is there any suggestions about what it is considering good editing in posts? What kind of things should I not edit?
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Call to action: Add the "wsod" tag to the relevant questions
I have noticed that we get questions related to 500 errors and the White Screen of Death.
I think we need a tag for both of these so people can locate questions easier, and that we should potentially ...
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How to get answers to difficult Search API questions?
Search API is a popular, powerful, difficult module to work with. It's a module with its own ecosystem of specialist niches, from facets to its integration with the labyrinthine Solr/Lucene project, ...
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Why did closing a question delete (most of) the answers?
I closed a question earlier: https://drupal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2228/serious-issue-with-this-site
As soon as I did so, 3 of the 4 answers were automatically locked and deleted by the ...
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Block this spammer [closed]
This one has answered/commented two questions, both with spam.
https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/12373/clavier-arabe
I suggest blocking this user by admin.
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what it means to have a flag disputed?
In my profile, in flags history. What it means when you flag an answer or a question and the flag has the state disputed?
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Well-intending user repeatedly adds wrong tag, what do I do? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to contact a user to let them know their suggested edits are partially wrong
A certain well meaning community member has recently taken the time to edit questions and add ...
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Is it acceptable to ask questions about Drupal 8 after feature freeze?
On December first February 18, 2013, Drupal 8 enters feature freeze. It means no new features will be added after that date.
Is acceptable to ask questions about Drupal 8, after that date? If it is ...
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Burninate the api tag
May api be burninated? It is currently used in 126 questions, but that tag is not helpful at all. Knowing the question is about an API doesn't change the given answer, nor are there API experts who ...
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Do we have "Canonical questions", on DA?
I noticed recently that Why is Linux reporting “free” memory strangely? is marked as a Canonical question.
CQs seem like an excellent idea, but my digging around on the serverfault and stackoverflow ...
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Is it okay to use down-votes to attack another person?
I would like to assume the answer is no, but it bears asking.
I just discovered that someone has systematically gone through every question I've asked on drupal.stackexchange.com, and every answer I'...
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Alert says the vote limit has been reached, and to try after 16 hours
I am shown a alert that says, "You have reached vote limit try again after 16 hours."
What is the secret behind this?
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Is there a way to get a filtered list of questions I have asked that have answers, none of which I have accepted?
Like the title says, I'd like to get an overview of all the questions which have answers that I have not yet accepted. Is there a way to do this?
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Do moderator tools work on an iPad?
OK, I am still trying to get a handle on how the moderator tools work, but I had a problem tonight.
I attempted to handle a flag tonight via my iPad. The option to convert an answer to a comment ...
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How to get Drupal Answer bronze "Announcer" badge?
The Announcer badge is described as:
Shared a link to a question that was visited by 25 unique IP addresses.
I share link to my question and not my question @ facebook, g+, twitter and nothing.
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Why can I not undo an upvote?
Is this a new feature? I have not run into this in the past, though I admit that I may not have ever needed to undo an upvote until now:
Does this mean that if we accidentally upvote something or ...
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Re-opening questions that have been closed for perhaps the wrong reason
There's a vote to re-open this question: https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/12608/is-there-a-book-on-commons-available that's popped up in the review queue, and I was wondering how to handle ...
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What should I do when I see spam posts?
I found a post that I consider merely spam.
What should I do? Should I down-vote the spam, remove the spam link, or post a question on the meta site to ask them to delete the spam?
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Do we flag duplicate answers across different questions?
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Duplicate answer (different question)
The second is obviously a straight copy of the first; the second question will probably be closed as a duplicate, but what about the duplicate ...
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How do you find questions you have commented on in the past?
How do you find questions you have commented on in the past?
I need to add more detail or answer some questions I viewed in the past.
I didn't answer the questions but I left comments on them.
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How can you see a list of edits a user has made in the past?
Is there a way I can see a list of edits a specific user has suggested or committed in the past?
Really what I'm looking for is a list of edits made so I can see what is appropriate and accepted. ...
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Can I ask a question about Drupal's third-party module that is not technical?
Recently, I have started working on a commerce payment module (Commerce Pasargad). Now I am looking for a way to put it in Drupal Commerce Free Extensions page, but I didn't find any, so far.
Can I ...
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