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API docs for “stack overflow” still feature v1.0 docs

I guess I'd call this a doc bug. Currently the page http://api.stackoverflow.com redirects to http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/usage, which says at the top "Don't use 1.0, use 2.1". This URL ...
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API docs titled “v2.0”; should be “v2.1”

The documentation is titled "StackExchange API v2.0"... this should be updated to "v2.1" as it's not readily obvious that version 2.1 has been published otherwise. https://api.stackexchange.com/docs
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No token field in the docs test page for /me/reputation-history

There is no form field for an access token at: https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/me-reputation-history https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/me-full-reputation-history After attempting to Run the ...
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Typo in API filter documentation

When using unsafe filters, the API returns the highest fidelity data is can reasonably access for the given request. should be When using unsafe filters, the API returns the highest fidelity ...
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Mistake in API 2.0 Documentation - Wrong item type for Careers Message

On https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/types/inbox-item the Careers Message example shows the wrong item type.
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Dead link in documentation

On the docs for question timelines the link for "Question" points to /docs/type/question when it should point to /docs/types/question
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Stylistic error on the JavaScript SDK documentation page

There is a small stylistic error on the JavaScript SDK documentation page. Your application must have the client side OAuth flow enabled, and must not have disabled the desktop application ...
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There is a small discrepancy in the docs for users-id-associated

The main doc page, https://api.stackexchange.com/docs, shows /users/{id}/associated while the method page, https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/associated-users, uses /users/{ids}/associated. It's ...
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Events: field request

The "Event" object doesn't have an easy way for getting at the object relating to the event. There's a link field, but I don't fancy having to parse the information out of that (although I could). ...
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There is a typo in the authentication documentation

There is a typo on this documentation page. It says "The explcit OAuth 2.0 flow" but it should say "The explicit OAuth 2.0 flow".
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Minor typo in /tags/{tag}/top-askers/{period}

The discussion for the above method says "Returns the top 30 answerers active in a single tag, of either all-time or the last 30 days." It should be corrected as askers.
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Documentation of /users/{id}/top-answer-tags conflicts with implementation.

According to the documentation: /users/{id}/top-answer-tags or /me/top-answer-tags – Get the top 30 tags (by score) a single user has posted answers in. However in practice, when retrieving data ...
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type related_site not listed in 'by type' tab list

The type "related_site" is not listed in the 'by type' tab in documentation.
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Minor spello/typo on the “Complex Queries” documentation page

The documentation page Complex Queries has a minor typo or spello: The ?filter=total build-in filter is provided for just this purpose. Should instead be: The ?filter=total built-in ...
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What is the “inname” parameter to the /tags 2.0 API?

I'm just playing with the new 2.0 API and in /tags there is a field inname that I can't find any description or documentation for. What does it do? Is it like the old filter parameter on the old API? ...
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Documentation has broken link (JSONP)

On Wikipedia, JSONP now has its own article, instead of being part of the JSON article. The documentation links JSONP to Wikpedia:JSON#JSONP. It should link to Wikipedia:JSONP.
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Meta Stack Overflow API Try-It form sends request to Stack Overflow API instead of Meta API

Meta Stack Overflow API Try-It form sends request to Stack Overflow API instead of Meta API
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What happened to the /stats method?

I can't find the /stats method in the new usage documentation. A quick run of http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/stats reveals that the method is still there. However, it is not documented.
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The user and owner objects appear to be optional in the question timeline result.

This is probably just a simple documentation fix and not really a bug. The doc for the /questions/{id}/timeline method says that the user and owner objects are not optional, but they aren't always ...
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Methods that return comments document body and comments parameters but they do nothing

Methods that return comments document the "body" and "comments" parameters, but they have no effect on the results, which cannot include comments and always include the body. Specific methods: ...
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Inconsistency in the handling of multiple IDs with a duplicate

There appears to be some inconsistency in the way multiple ids are being handled, especially when a duplicate exists. Duplicate ID is significant For example, when requesting a timeline of multiple ...
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questions/{id}/timeline documentation: timeline_type values not listed

The timeline_type for post timelines just says "string" for the "values". From a cursory look at a few questions, I've seen the following types of events: question answer comment revision votes ...