Comment by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' on Rejected edit on one of my posts
As long as the answer hasn't been edited since the suggested edit, as the author, you can override the reviewers' decision.
View ArticleComment by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' on Rejected edit on one of my posts
Please read the general Stack Exchange policy and the Stack Overflow FAQ. I especially draw your attention to “When in doubt, click 'Skip'”. Once again, if you don't know, click “Skip”, not “Reject”.
View ArticleComment by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' on Joining a Team forces my Stack...
Speaking as a programmer, I am boggled by the idea that making it possible to modify a property that is for display only, not structured in any way, and has no uniqueness requirement so can't be used...
View ArticleComment by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' on Should "Very Low Quality" flags be...
@Shog9 ”This question should be removed from the site“. “Low quality” doesn't exactly say that, but the fine print under it includes “might need to be removed” (assuming that the VLQ flag is available...
View ArticleComment by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' on Can we get rid of this old locked...
@Mast That's my point. I want it unlocked to be able to delete it.
View ArticleComment by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' on Clean up of...
@divibisan Yes. A tag with no question will disappear from stackoverflow.com/tags after a day or so.
View ArticleComment by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' on Should we burninate the...
@Hack-R I assure you that a vast majority of kali-linux questions are not welcome on Information Security, Unix & Linux or Super User. It's negative, yes, because there's hardly anything positive...
View ArticleComment by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' on Trivial edit got approved
No, that edit was correct. Not a huge improvement, sure, but it did follow the guidance on titles: put relevant information organically in a sentence (“… with Gulp”) instead of using tag soup (“Gulp:...
View ArticleComment by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' on What description should we give to...
That earlier question was automatically deleted because it had no answer and a score of 0. The tag still needs cleanup. Or if it's now solely about a single topic, it needs to be renamed. I have no...
View ArticleComment by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' on Joining a Team forces my Stack...
Thank you! Can you confirm that the team profile is also independent from the developer story?
View ArticleComment by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' on Joining a Team forces my Stack...
@LightnessRacesinOrbit It's done now.
View ArticleComment by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' on New home page makes it seem like...
I just visited SO while not logged in for the first time since this change and I'm still confused how to see the questions. Well, ok, there's the top left menu, where I can click on “Stack Overflow”....
View ArticleDo not automatically expire single-use tags on Stack Overflow
There is an automatic job that deletes single-use tags after 6 months. No attempt is made at determining whether the tags are good and should remain, or whether the tags are a variant name of another...
View ArticleAnswer by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' for Is a self-answer of "looks like I...
A post that consists solely of “Question due to typo, case closed.” does not constitute an answer by any reasonable standard. A post that explains where the typo is would be a mediocre answer. A post...
View ArticleAnswer by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' for Merge the "Not An Answer" and...
The new flag should just be called “delete”. It should work like close flags do: bring the post to a review queue (the current low quality queue), and not be shown to moderators. There should be proper...
View ArticleOn the typing tag
The typing tag on Stack Overflow has two different meanings:The process of assigning types to program fragments (that's what the tag means on Computer Science).The process of pressing keys on a...
View ArticleData import from Careers to Developer Story is broken
Until recently, I had a Stack Overflow Careers profile. (Not publicly linked to my Stack Exchange identity.)Now this seems to have gone. I have a Developer Story instead. (Not publicly linked; does it...
View ArticleHow can I control the tags I show to employers?
In my CV“developer story”, a bunch of Stack Overflow tags appear never the top.The thing is, they aren't that good at reflecting my professional interests. For example, the first tag is bash, but I am...
View ArticleAnswer by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' for I don't want developer story
I share your pain.I used to have a profile on Stack Overflow Careers. I was happy with it so far — very few hits (unsurprising given that very few employers in my country use it) but the few I got had...
View ArticleHow can I see how my “developer story” appears to employers?
How can I see how my “Developer Story” appears to employers? (It isn't public.)
View ArticleGuidance when closing programming questions on Computer Science
On Computer Science Stack Exchange, we have a close reason that readsQuestions about software development or programming tools are off-topic here, but can be asked on Stack Overflow.That's not as...
View ArticleAnswer by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' for Help test the new Top Nav: phase 3...
My first reaction to the site, about 5 seconds in, wasEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK IT MOVES THE HORROR because the super-mega-expando search box is annoying....
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Bring back the Ask Question button
With the new top navigation, how do I ask a question?Oh, I need to scroll right. Or make my browser window very wide — if I make it full-width on a cheapo monitor (1920x1080) in portrait mode (which is...
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Answer by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' for Eeek, the super-mega-expando...
Given my low hopes of this being fixed, here's my custom CSS for moving the search box towards the left and making it expand seamlessly towards the right. I also removed some of the blank space to the...
View ArticleEeek, the super-mega-expando search box is annoying, part 3
New top bar, new super-mega-expando search box, and it's almost as annoying as the previous one.The box expands when you type in it and contracts when you unfocus it. It expands towards the left, which...
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Make the indicator of unread inbox messages more visible
Inbox indicator in the old top bar: Inbox indicator in the new top bar: That number has gotten a lot smaller.¹I admit that it makes sense to still show the icon, so as to give an indication of what...
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Answer by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' for Make the indicator of unread inbox...
Given my low hopes of this being fixed, here's my custom CSS. Here's how the right-hand side of my top bar looks now:I use Stylish (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, IE?; quickstart, detailed explanations). I'm...
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Answer by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' for Fix jerky motion of the user icon...
Given my low hopes of this being fixed, here's my custom CSS which condenses the top bar and moves the search box towards the left, making it expand seamlessly towards the right. If you don't like all...
View ArticleAnswer by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' for Jobs tab title is dynamically...
With Stylish (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, IE?; quickstart, detailed explanations), you can make that field narrower.@-moz-document domain("stackoverflow.com") { /* Shorten e.g. "Developer Jobs" to "Jobs"...
View ArticleAnswer by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' for This tag is [history]
No, the tag should not be burninated. It needs to disappear, but not by burnination.The history tag is widely used where some other tag would be more appropriate (browser-history, etc.), and on...
View ArticleAnswer by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' for Are developer-centric questions...
If we're talking technical questions such as How do I sign my application for the Apple Store?then yes, this is on-topic, as much as How do I pack my application in a self-extracting executable?But I...
View ArticleAnswer by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' for Should "Very Low Quality" flags be...
Whether an answer is not even wrong sometimes requires understanding the question, but most answers that should be deleted don't fall into this: link-only answers, follow-up questions, thank-you...
View ArticleHack at the hacking tag [duplicate]
The meta tag of the day is hack and its siblings hacks and hacking.I thought they'd be a cesspit of “watch my l33t h4king skillz” (i.e. “I have no clue what I'm doing”), but at a quick glance that's...
View ArticleAnswer by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' for Clean up of...
status-completedAll the tag synonyms in this post were viewed and synonymized based on the similarity of the tags. If you feel that any of the synonym needs to be removed, or if you need to add a new...
View ArticleAnswer by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' for Clean up of...
All but one of the tag synonyms in this post were viewed and synonymized based on the similarity of the tags. If you feel that any of the synonym needs to be removed, or if you need to add a new...
View ArticleAnswer by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' for Is [graph] an appropriate Stack...
There are already more specific tags for these various meanings:graph-theory for the data structure (nodes and edges), and the related graph-algorithm (I suspect these should be synonyms).plot (and...
View ArticleAnswer by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' for Trivial edit got approved
If you notice a suggested edit that is wrong on your own post, you can go to the suggested edit review and reject it after the fact. Conversely, if you notice a suggested edit on your own post that was...
View ArticleAnswer by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' for The teams feed sits on top of the...
Yes! I just joined a team, and now when I visit https://stackoverflow.com/, the page first displays questions from that team (about half a window height's worth), and only then the familiar content...
View ArticleDisambiguating the [mocha] tag
The mocha tag has at least two meanings:With JavaScript: Mocha, the JavaScript test frameworkWith Ruby: Mocha, the Ruby mocking libraryWhat should they be disambiguated to? Are there other uses of the...
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