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How to set the specific part links in questions or answers to jump to them with Markdown Editing? [duplicate]
As shown below, I'm trying to set the specific part links in an answer to jump to them with Markdown editing on Stack Overflow:
<p id="part-link1">Part Link 1</p>
<p id=&...
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Why is the question title/header a link? [duplicate]
So, you opened this question. If you click on the title of it (e.g. the question header), it basically reloads the page.
Does this serve any purpose? Every browser has a reload-function (F5), why is ...
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Does the link to the chat appear only on the answered questions? Why, if so?
For example, I see "X people chatting" link in this post:
Also, wtf I'm the last poster in the Tavern? And why last message 54 mins ago? Clearly wrong. Last post was from rene and definitely not ...
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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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Is it good etiquette to refer folks to "asking good questions" essays?
Many of the newbie posters really need to read How To Ask Questions The Smart Way or one of the equivalent essays. Referring them to it would arguably be more useful than having to repeat all the ...
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Has the thinking on linking to external git repos (as an appendix to an answer) changed?
Is it ok to create public repos on git or svn to help illustrate answers for questions where the answer requires many steps?
I had a look for questions relating to this. e.g.
Share code related to ...
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Linking to same question on another (non-SO/SE) site?
On a question I just answered, I noticed that they link to an external site where they've also posted the same question:
Regarding memory usage of Java Application
Initially, I was about to edit the ...
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Full URL should always be clickable?
Example: mysite dot com slash directory dot html
Something like that was done in this question. After I fixed it, the OP rolled it back and added a note about not wanting it spidered for "obvious ...
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New idea for permalinking questions
There's a number of articles that suggest we lose some privacy in perma-linking of questions, because it ties to a user account's user id. This is somewhat true.
What if we implemented a tie table ...
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Link to questions in comments and posts
I recently discovered you could link to tags like this. Is there a similarly simple way I can link to questions? If not, maybe adding this could be cool? For example [q:19] could turn into a link like ...
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Etiquette: How do I insert some useful info into the form of a question
For example, I have found the link to a PDF with VS keyboard shortcuts very useful. But being constrained by the question/answer format, it seems a little clunky to ask the question "where can I find ...
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Is it okay to link to gist code pastes?
I have an issue that I detailed with code pastes on http://gist.github.com.
Would it be okay to provide a written description and link to the code pastes, or should I paste them in my question body ...
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Signature in question [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are taglines/signatures disallowed on stackoverflow?
I have a simple question - are links to personal sites allowed in people signatures in questions?
I have seen edits ...
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