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What is the process for bounties being returned to a user when an adequate answer hasn't been given?
I recently created a bounty on a question, that I feel did not get an adequate answer. There were a couple of attempts (and I appreciate the effort). However it wasn't adequately answered. The bounty ...
user842
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Is it really necessary to remove a term from the question title and replace it with a tag?
I realize there is much discussion here regarding best practices for tagging, but is it really necessary to remove a term such as 'Ubercart' from the question title, and replace it with a tag?
The ...
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The review page keeps to show the questions/answers of the day
All times I visit the review page here on meta or on the main site, the page shows the answers/questions of the day, instead of remembering the last tab I selected (e.g. "week").
Is this done ...
apadernoMod
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What does this number means, in the "low quality posts" page?
What does the number I see to the left of "show full question," or "show full answer" links mean?
apadernoMod
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Don't allow any tag containing "drupal"
As far as I can see, there is just two tags containing "drupal." drupal-commerce, and drupal.org.
For the same reason drupal-6 has been blocked, which is to avoid users who don't know the tags to ...
apadernoMod
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What information should I provide in my answers?
Is there any information that I have to necessarily provide when I answer to a question?
What information do you suggest to provide?
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What is the next step?
Tags for the Drupal version has been changed from drupal-7 to 7, but 7 is still the most used tag on Drupal Answers.
What is the next step? Should we check all the questions tagged with 7, decide if ...
apadernoMod
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The "edit" link in the tags page takes me to a different edit page
I tried editing the Wiki page for 7, but when I click it, I am taken to the page for editing the Wiki page for commerce. I tried the same with 6, but in that case, I get a error 404 page.
Could not ...
apadernoMod
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What information should be put in the "How to Ask" block at questions/ask?
During the discussion at Numeric version tags considered ... OK, the idea came up to put some more hints into the How to ask block on the right side of the ask question form.
The current text is (...
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Numeric version tags considered ... OK
As a followup to
Version tags considered harmful
TL;DR -- my main point in that post:
The danger of version tags is that they become de-facto requirements -- crutches to avoid thinking about what ...
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Why was the drupal-commerce tag nerfed?
I don't understand the decision to remove the drupal-commerce tag in favor of a general e-commerce tag (especially since there's still a tag for Ubercart specific questions). There are questions in ...
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How do I delete all answers and comments I've made?
I would like to delete everything I have contributed to this site. Is there an easy way to do this en masse, or do I have to go through and delete everything manually?
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How should I refer to third-modules installed on my site?
When referring to the modules installed on my Drupal site, how should I refer to them? Should I use the short name used from the module, or something else?
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Version tags considered harmful
We've noticed that a huge percentage of questions are tagged drupal-6 or drupal-7.
This is a dangerous pattern for your community to fall into. Here's why:
Version tags are redundant. The site is ...
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Which terminology and abbreviations are used in Drupal?
Which terms (and abbreviations), used in Drupal, can I find in posts on Drupal Answers? What do they mean?
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Should questions where the OP reports they find the solution, but doesn't add the solution as answer be closed as too localized?
Insert images with Media.
https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/1680/drupal-not-recognizing-updated-theme
In the first question, the OP updates the question one hour later the question was ...
apadernoMod
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Usage of the "filter" tag
What should filter be used for?
This term has two distinct meanings in Drupal.
One refers to content filters (hook_filter()), and the administrative side of this for non-technical people. The other ...
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Should we keep three different tags for Views, or should we merge all the tags, and use just one?
Looking at the questions about Views, I see there are 133 questions tagged views, 39 questions tagged views-2, and 35 questions tagged views-3.
I doubt that all the questions tagged views are ...
apadernoMod
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Drupal resource links
What are the links to Drupal resources that can help in understanding how Drupal works, and how to develop a Drupal project?
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What information should be given when asking a question?
What information should be necessarily given when asking a question?
What other information could help?
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Are there questions that could use the tag "vocabulary" without referring to taxonomy terms?
We have both vocabulary and taxonomy.
Are there cases where vocabulary is not referring to the "container" of taxonomy terms, for which taxonomy could be used?
apadernoMod
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Where is a good place to ask questions about Drupal AND Drupal modules?
Can anybody recommend a site for questions/ help with Drupal and Drupal modules? Something like Drupal Answers? I'm aware of the official Drupal forum, but it's like an echo chamber, unfortunately.
I'...
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"Drupal" in question titles?
Sometimes I see questions containing Drupal and the Drupal version in the title. Should I edit it out?
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What is the difference between Drupal Answers and Stack Overflow?
I've only just noticed the existence of Drupal Answers. In what way is Drupal Answers not redundant with questions on Stack Overflow with the Drupal tag?
I mean, I realize that some "traditional" ...
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Should you voluntarily delete your own answer if it is incorrect or inferior?
I'm personally in favor of retaining all history, even bad answers, as they make good answers look even better.
But for the purposes of keeping the site helpful and informative, should answers be ...
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How do I bump a question?
How do I bump a question, here?
Is there any suggested way, or a preferable way?
When is it appropriate to bump a question?
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Can I ask a module or theme question on Drupal Answers?
Can I ask questions about non-default Drupal core modules or themes, on Drupal Answers?
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When does a question stop to be specific for Drupal?
When does a question stop to be Drupal specific?
A question that is about an error reported by Firebug about the document type is a Drupal specific question, or is it a general question?
What is ...
apadernoMod
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Do we need the tag "windows"?
Do we need to tag questions with windows? Is there any reason to tag questions with that tag?
I can imagine users adding linux, osx, or windows-7 and then describing something that is not specific ...
apadernoMod
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Code review in answers
This question Table 'watchdog' was not locked with LOCK TABLES on custom module has some good answers, but the top voted answer and comments as well as being a valid answer veer into coding ...
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What is the purpose of the "change-control" tag?
I have noticed there are some questions tagged change-control, but I don't understand what the purpose of the tag would be.
May anybody enlighten me? What should the wiki page of that tag report?
apadernoMod
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Email titled "Top new Drupal Answers - Stack Exchange users for the week of Apr 18 2011" contains broken link.
Hello,
Congratulations -- you are one of the
top new Drupal Answers - Stack
Exchange users for the week of Apr 18
2011!
http://stackexchange.com/leagues/week/drupal/2011-04-18
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Adopt a question - offer a bounty to encourage participation?
One of the first things I did upon joining this site today was to go through the unanswered section (hoping I'd be able to answer one). I didn't end up finding one I felt I could answer, but I did ...
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Can we add drupal.org username as a profile field?
This would enable a simple 1:1 mapping of Drupal.org accounts and Drupal Answers accounts, allowing for some cool integration projects down the road.
For example it would allow Certifed to Rock to ...
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Add "general reference" as reason to close a question
In English Language and Usage is possible to close a question because it is a "general reference."
That closing reason would apply for Drupal Answers too.
apadernoMod
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Would it be better if people with little English writing skills use Google translation?
There are a lot of people who use Drupal whose English writing skills are poor. I feel bad writing this because I have no language skills at all even in my own native English. However, I have a ...
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Is it appropriate to ask for recommendations for Drupal hosting?
Is it appropriate to ask for recommendations for Drupal hosting? I'm unhappy with some of the changes my current provider has made to my account and I am starting to look for a new place for my sites.
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Module tagging name length
If you all choose to allow questions about specific modules, you probably have to agree on a common way to tag them. I see that taxonomy-access.module, update.module and others of the format name#....
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Unable to view all of "How do I dismiss" (vertical page size)
I have a problem with the "Administration tools > flags" page.
I clicked on "How do I dismiss?", and tried to scroll down the page to read all the text, but when I did it, the page have been scrolled ...
apadernoMod
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How to subscribe to a Q&A?
I can't seem to find a way to subscribe to a Q&A to get notified about new answers. I know I can "favorite" a question but that doesn't notify me of updates.
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It is not possible to edit a tag Wiki, nor create one
I was trying to add a Wiki page to a tag here on meta, but I have problems to create it: when I click on the button to create it, nothing happens.
I also tried to edit an existing tag Wiki, but again ...
apadernoMod
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Block the "cms" tag
Questions migrated from other SE sites are sometimes tagged cms. As drupal.SE is about Drupal, which a CMS, that tag should be blocked.
apadernoMod
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What should we do with answers that contains just a link?
I have noticed that recently some answers just contain a link to a project page; the user doesn't even report what the project does, nor why does he think the module suits the needs of the user asking ...
apadernoMod
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Are votes for a question migrated together the question?
Suppose that a user with an account on both Stack Overflow and Drupal Answers ask a question on SO, which gets 5 votes, and which is then migrated to DA where it gets 5 votes further. Does the user ...
apadernoMod
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Is there a way to promote drupal.SE on questions about Drupal on SO?
I notice that there are Drupal questions that are being asked on SO. I understand that some users prefer to not ask a question on a site that is still in beta, but maybe there are also users who don't ...
apadernoMod
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Which tags should be used for a questions about CCK fields?
When a question is about CCK fields, should the question be tagged with cck and fields, or just with cck?
Should we consider fields only for Drupal 7?
apadernoMod
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Revert the tag drupal-x -> version-x tag synonyms
In “Drupal-X” tags versus “version-x” tags, the question was brought up whether core version tags should take the form of drupal-7 or version-7. Despite the top-voted answer being that it should be ...
user7
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What is the difference between "sql-query" and "db-api"?
What is the difference between sql-query and db-api?
Are there any cases where a question is about a SQL query, but it is not about the database API?
Should both the tags be kept, or should db-api ...
apadernoMod
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Block the "drupal" tag
On a site about Drupal, drupal doesn't have any meaning.
The tag is used on SO questions, but when the question is migrated on drupal.SE, it should be removed.
apadernoMod
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Do we need the tag "php"? If we need it, which other tags should we use?
Do we need php? If we need it, which other tags should be have?
I guess that if we keep php, then we should also have javascript, and html.
Aren't there any better tags we should use?
apadernoMod
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