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Please add the existence of the Meta tag to What is Meta
On our Help Center Page What is Meta the following sentence is used:
Feel free to ask questions about Stack Apps on Stack Apps, tagging them with the discussion or support tags.
Can we somehow add ...
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Where do I look for a new-to-the-network technical-overview introduction to what a script/app/etc. basically is, incl. differences between them?
Where do I look for a new-to-the-network technical-overview introduction to what a script/app/etc. basically is, including differences between them?
Basically, I'm looking for onboarding documentation ...
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When are Stack Apps questions shown with thumbnails instead of regular statistics?
Today I was browsing a tag here and I noticed that on the first pages, all questions are shown with thumbnails (most of the time, just the default one):
However, from page 5 on the formatting is like ...
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Why does the 'Apps' tab show hot questions and the 'Scripts' tab high scoring questions?
The Stack Apps homepage has two unique tabs which are not present on other sites: Apps and Scripts. There is a slight difference between the two, which is visible upon hovering:
That's right, the '...
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Can I ask questions about features and functionalities of the Stack Exchange Android App here?
Is the "Stack Apps" Stack Exchange site the appropriate site to ask questions about features and functionalities of the Stack Exchange Android App?
It says 'Apps' in the title, sure, but you'...
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How can I see how a Stack Apps summary looks for a particular app?
When using one of the templates (app/library/script) while writing a question here, the top of the post will contain some HTML comments:
<!-- thumbnail: https://example.com/some-image.png -->
&...
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How is the Hot Apps and Libraries list determined?
I was wondering how the Top Apps / Hot Apps and Libraries list is determined. It currently looks like this (click to enlarge):
I've tried to compare it with the list of questions tagged app, both the ...
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Using the API for one-off batch jobs
I'm considering using the API for a retag job not supported by existing tooling as per this meta post (of course, I'll make sure the community supports the effort before going forward).
I'm planning ...
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Please add gallery thumbnails to this site's search results
I would like to link to a list of all my stuff, but I'd like it to display with thumbnails and excerpts (like it does on tag searches).
Is this possible? It seems like a reasonable use case, but for ...
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Moderation request: Please make `app-key` a synonym of `api-key`
Refer to Are "api-key" and "app-key" the same thing?.
Although I've now retagged the questions that used app-key, there are still plenty of places where the redundant term is ...
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Is my script's API usage okay?
I've written a short Python script to help people review C and C++ questions on Code Review. It uses the API version 2.2.
I've already asked there for a review of that Python code, but I would ...
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How can I get a user's Meta site details in the API call?
This query returns the details of the Main sites only:
/associated-users#ids=2855348
How can I get the Meta site details also in the same query?
Do I need to add any ...
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Do the questions tagged "placeholder" need it explicitly in the title?
I have create a placeholder question, but just noticed that all the other ones have "(placeholder)", "[PLACEHOLDER]" or some variant in the title.
Do I need to include it in the title if it's tagged?
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Why does dropdown comes in "Rev" when we edit published app?
I have published an app and editing it. One new "Rev" tab is created and it is giving me a dropdown as shown here. Why it is being created here? It is not created in any other Stack Exchange websites ...
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Moderation request: Make [user] a synonym of [users]
Please make user a synonym of users.
I proposed a synonym but there aren't enough high-rep users active here for that mechanism to work.
Currently*:
user has 5 questions, no tag wiki and no tag ...
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Can I post a suggestion for a stack app? [duplicate]
I have an idea for a stack app. However, I can't program it. Can I post an app suggestion?
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What's the difference between the Stack Exchange API and the Stack Overflow API?
I heard about the Stack Overflow API. Is there a Stack Overflow API available. Or is it the same as the Stack Exchange API?
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Should feature-requests, for third party apps, be flagged as "not an answer"?
I spotted this "answer" as a first-time post:
Feature Request
Please add support for proxies.... It would be helpful to people behind proxies.
Like "ME"
I was going to flag it as "Not an ...
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Are "api-key" and "app-key" the same thing?
When tagging my last couple of questions about registering for a key, I noticed there are two similar-looking tags:
api-key - 35 uses and a tag wiki
app-key - 10 uses (Update: retagged), no ...
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User on main site, also on meta?
If a user has an account on one of the stack exchange site, I thought they had an account on it's Meta site.
This doesn't seem the case in the associated users API route for one user (that's all I'...
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Announcing API version 1.1 and Roadmap
As has been announced on the blog, we're rolling out a minor revision of our existing read-only API.
While the blog post gives some high level details, I figured [app] developers would appreciate some ...
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-430 rep - why?
I just lost 430 rep. from 6777 earlier today to 6347.
This seems to be localized to my account only.
Why?
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Why have recent dev-tip posts been forced into community wiki without explanation despite ongoing community self-regulation?
Preface
Please note that this question is neither about community wiki nor reputation, rather about acceptable moderation, (to stress that I've made it community wiki in itself). Therefore I need to ...
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Version 1.0 released 9th of July
For a lot of us, that would be next Friday.
At some point - most likely after noon PST - version 0.9 of the API will be replaced with the final 1.0 release.
There are no expected interface changes ...
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How do I get the ten reputation required to post an image for my app?
Funny that in order to enter and include a screenshot, you need ten reputation points. Go figure.
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Prevent that posts tagged with app or library enter Community Wiki mode when the owner edits it 8 times
I've edited my App 8 times and my question has switched automatically to Community Wiki (I'm aware that it's reported in the faq).
The main reason of these many edits is my shaky english, but I can ...
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Is dev.meta.stackoverflow.com gone?
Sorry If I am posting in wrong place, but when I try to login to dev.meta.stackoverflow.com today, I got password protected page and looks like previous password is not valid anymore.
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