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Correct course of action when an answer is nearly word-for-word copied without attribution? [duplicate]

I was searching "C++ returning array from function" on Google when I noticed that the top two results - Stack Overflow and Tutorialspoint - had exactly the same short description beneath the ...
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Use Archive.org for links in answers?

I recently had the problem that a specific page was down from which I needed a script. So I used my standard way to obtain this file and searched for this page on archive.org and found the page and ...
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Dealing with malicious links internally/externally

Occasionally I'll notice a link within a question/answer/comment that might have been legitimately mistyped, however, I'm thinking this might not always be the case. If not paying careful attention ...
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How to copy links of answers and comments?

I've seen on SE sites where people post a link to some answer or comment, so that when you click on it, you're taken directly to that post and even highlights for a split second. I would like to know ...
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Can Stack Exchange sites generate pages that link directly to a specific answer?

I would like to be able to provide a link directly to an answer within a page without having to tell someone how to scroll down to the answer of interest. Is this possible or do the StackExchange ...
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Why can't I add an example http url in an answer? [duplicate]

I tried to answer someone's question about a URL format with an example: http://mysite.com/service.asmx?blah=something I got an error saying I can't save an answer with http in it. How can I get ...
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Could we add the ability to link to a specific answer to a question? [duplicate]

Elsewhere in meta I was in a discussion where an answer to a related question was very relevant. But I currently can't point to that answer, other than to say "the answer by author <here - link ...
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This Question has Answers Pluralization Bug

I found in interesting bug today, I tried to delete one of my questions and it said 'sorry, this question has answers and cannot be deleted'. But, in fact, it only had one answer...
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Clicking on a link to a comment/answer should reposition the page more intuitively

I would like to suggest improved behavior for hard-linking comments and answers, in order to improve the flow of UX. The intent of the suggestion is to make the linked content visible while avoiding ...
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Possible illegal content linked on answer?

This question's only answer suggested illegally downloading a book - I flagged it with other and this stipulation but it's been up for almost 24 hours. What else can I / should I do here?
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Can't use ideone to demonstrate that code from question actually compiles [duplicate]

In some cases, the code I'm placing on ideone is from the question itself. But SO won't let me post a link without adding code to my answer. Clearly the "code required in answer" decision neglected ...
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Direct link to specific answers [duplicate]

Would it be a good idea to have the capability to directly link to a specific answer? Sometimes when answering questions, I would like to link to another questions's answer, but it isn't always the ...
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Answer own question with a link to solution at another SE site?

I recently asked a question on Stack Overflow but didn't receive any answers so I posted the same question in gamedev.stackexchange.com (which I didn't know existed before). Now that I got an answer ...
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Answer with outdated links

I have a question regarding outdated links in answers. While browsing through Stack Overflow, I stumbled upon this post that was finally answered by giving the right hyperlink. Unfortunately, this ...
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Links to answers in a comment on the same page should resolve to anchor links

When there is a comment to a question, you can easily get a link to it from its timestamp, and when pressed, it will make the page go to its anchor and highlight it without reloading the page. But a ...
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