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Are the Server Fault and Super User domains officially supported by the API?

Yeah, Serverfault, Superuser are supported just like StackOverflow. There was a post from Geoff Dalgas in dev.meta, but I don't see the post here related to that Let me quote some part of the post …
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Can we have subdomains under stackapps.com with application or library names?

For example, http://stackmobile.stackapps.com (George Edison) http://stackdeck.stackapps.com (iconiK) http://stackapplet.stackapps.com (George Edison) for application or library owners? I think …
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API methods that return a single Item by id: unnecessary parameters to remove?

Yes, it is correct to have those parameters, because those are not only for single item. They planned (may be already or partially work) to accept vectorized request like /questions/1;2;3 above …
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Can I apply the API Key first and do the application later?

I don't have an application to submit at the moment, but can I apply the key first?
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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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What will be rate-limit of two different applications with two valid API keys from same IP?

What will be the effective rate limit of two different applications with two valid API keys from the same IP address? Will it be whatever only one of the keys can use? So maximum 10k? Will rate-limit …
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Key Limit is 10k or 100k?

Getting Started FAQ Question says 10k API "Hello World" code But I see 100k on Response Header X-RateLimit-Max 100000 X-RateLimit-Current 99993 Just typo in nginx setting or something like that? …
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API having more rights than a 0 rep user.

Actually, there is timeline for any users, that can see up/down votes as well. https://stackapps.com/posts/551/timeline
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What is the Errors endpoint used for?

Pass the parameter ?type=jsontext to see error JSON http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/errors/404?type=jsontext http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/errors/500?type=jsontext Note: if you don't put ?type= …
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Access to /users/recent/ (Recent Activity) through the API

Current API is read-only, and /users/recent info can only viewed by yourself (404 for other users). So, API shouldn't expose the informations that real site doesn't. Actually, there is users/timeline …
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Can the no-key request limit be increased to 1000 for a certain amount of time?

Can the no-API-key request limit be increased to 1000 for a certain amount of time - maybe 1-2 weeks?
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Prevent that posts tagged with app or library enter Community Wiki mode when the owner edits...

Edit: I am afraid, it is by-designed at the moment. Please take a look at this FAQ on meta The post has been edited eight (8) times by the original owner. It is to prevent, question bumping in …
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`type=jsontext` JSON results for help pages

It was deferred before, but I still think it would be great feature for code generators.
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Are these fields redundant?

Flags does not included in score in real site, so we need both. (When someone flag it, community user put a temporary downvote for 2 days)
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Do tags have "Id" field?

According to help page, there is no "Id" field. But I am just wondering if there id "Id" field for tags, can we get it through API too?
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