Questions tagged [help-center]
For issues regarding the help center of Stack Exchange.
616
questions
14
votes
1
answer
138
views
All references to the FAQ in close reasons should be changed to Help Center links
Close reasons still have links to the FAQ in them - these should be referred to as the Help Center, since that's what it is now.
Not Constructive (emphasis obviously mine)
We expect answers to be ...
user206222
7
votes
2
answers
109
views
Incorrect link for FAQ on deleted answer
When an answer is deleted, it says "Why was your post deleted? See the faq." with a link
https://stackoverflow.com/faq#deletion
Which points to this FAQ page:
https://stackoverflow.com/...
- 295
89
votes
25
answers
3k
views
Introducing a brand new, consolidated, Help Center
UPDATE: This is now live on all Stack Exchange sites. You can access it at /help or by clicking the "help" link in the top nav or footer of any page.
We can all agree that Stack Exchange is a ...
- 24.2k
5
votes
3
answers
143
views
How can an user have a lot of upvotes on many questions but still have low reputation
How does a person having 137 upvotes on a question have only 198 reputation?
See the profile of Marco.W. on stackoverflow.com.
I see some statistics like below, but I am unable to get it exactly.
...
- 439
7
votes
1
answer
93
views
Circular reference in Help --> Other (aka "contact us directly")
This rough diagram should explain what I mean: (reference)
The "If your issue was not covered above, please feel free to contact us directly" line should be removed from the page it's referring ...
- 173k
10
votes
1
answer
235
views
Correct nonsense sentence on "Established User" privilege page
The Established User privilege page contains the following "sentence":
An expanded usercard is only available if you have have at least 28 characters in their "About Me" section of their profile.
...
- 1,813
6
votes
1
answer
197
views
Why is the Stack Overflow Help Center ignoring my question?
I submitted a question via this link and have gotten no recognition of having even submitted a question. Nor has the email sent directly to [email protected] received any response.
Are there ...
- 163
9
votes
2
answers
326
views
Update the meta FAQ to clarify when meta voting should be different from regular voting?
I recently saw a comment by Shog9 saying that he disagrees that downvotes are different on meta
This surprised me, as I find almost everything Shog writes to be well thought out and correct, however ...
- 19.3k
12
votes
3
answers
267
views
"contact us" takes us to a "help center"
Logic tells us that if we want to contact the Team, it should be about:
issues
feedback
bug reports
other not listed above
This help center covers absolutely every point (even the "not listed above" ...
- 5,573
10
votes
0
answers
79
views
Badges not represented as so in the privileges
In the "Set Bounties" help center page, the badges are not represented as actual "badges", but rather plain text.
Since it's not the case on the other pages, I think it's a forgotten style so I ...
- 243
6
votes
1
answer
107
views
Specify tag score requirement for suggest-tag-synonyms in privilege info page
On the page for the “create tag synonyms” privilege, which is otherwise quite thorough, the requirement that one needs to have a tag score of 5 in that tag is not mentioned. I propose that this ...
- 4,463
21
votes
3
answers
277
views
Revise FAQ to require affiliation be mentioned in questions as well as answers
The SO help center, "Promotion" section says:
... you must disclose your affiliation in your answers.
(my italics). I suggest it be revised to say something like:
... you must disclose your ...
- 7,224
0
votes
0
answers
112
views
stacktrace link tag for comments / answers / anywhere for Stack Overflow
I've reached my limit of the number of "please read my stack trace to me" questions posted on SO. It's essentially like someone wanting you to read to them. I keep answering politely, but there must ...
- 101
23
votes
1
answer
262
views
Custom sections in FAQ don't work right [closed]
Stack Exchange 2.0 sites can customize their FAQ pages to fit their needs, including adding new sections. For example, Unix and Linux has a cross-posting section. The title shows up correctly in the ...
- 65.8k
13
votes
1
answer
110
views
Mention chat in the FAQ
From the FAQs for all sites, under "What kinds of questions should I not ask here?":
If your motivation for asking the question is “I would like to participate
in a discussion about ______”, ...
- 5,001
17
votes
0
answers
108
views
Addition to faq or /ask: Stick around
I think this should be added to the faq and/or on the /ask page:
Advice to stick around for about 15 minutes after posting. Often this is the time when the fate of a question (or answer) is decided (...
- 490