Questions tagged [terminology]
The use or definition of a term in the context of Stack Exchange.
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The phrase "it is not currently accepting answers" (in close post notices) has nothing to do with "accepting answers"; coherence, please
When a question is closed, a post notice is shown and it states the question "is not currently accepting answers". Example:
This suggests that if the question wasn't closed, it could accept ...
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Minor terminology improvement for the AI policy
https://physics.stackexchange.com/help/ai-policy, https://webapps.stackexchange.com/help/ai-policy, https://superuser.com/help/ai-policy, https://serverfault.com/help/ai-policy, etc. state:
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Tag Info vs. Tag Wiki: be clear they are NOT the same
Here the user has just edited a "Tag Info" item.
They then read about a seemingly additional "Tag Wiki" that they might want to edit.
As Tag Info and Tag Wiki are probably NOT in ...
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What is "Community" in the Stack Exchange/Stack Overflow context?
I've been reading a bunch of messages from assorted staff. Some internal, such as on Meta, some in the company blog and other annoncements, and some on media releases. Most from the CEO, or C-level ...
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Is there a tag on MSE for the block of links under the post body and above the comments?
Is there a tag that can be used for questions related to the block of links under the post body? (share, edit, close, delete, flag)
If there's not, how can we name it?
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Ask a "public" question… as opposed to what?
When I clicked "Ask Question", the next page shows "Ask a public question". I heard that Stack Exchange can be purchased for use within a company through the Stack Overflow for ...
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Demonym (nickname) for a Stack Exchange user? [duplicate]
I wonder if there is a noun meaning a person who uses Stack Exchange.
Please see this question.
What is the equivalent of a demonym, but for organizations?
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What are 'ForYou nudges'?
I just did a tag merge; that always gives a rather technical summary of what database records have been updated. I understand most of the messages, but I'm puzzled by the ForYou nudges (this ...
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Does "sock-puppet" always carry the meaning of abusive, non-main accounts? Is there such thing as a "benign sock-puppet"? [duplicate]
Does "sock-puppet" always carry the meaning of abusive, non-main accounts? Is there such thing as a "benign sock-puppet"?
The source of my confusion is that the post "What are ...
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Can we please avoid calling this staff / bot / mod identifying label a "badge"?
Recently, indicators have been added to make explicit the fact that some accounts have a special status. Unfortunately, the term "badge" has been used to describe this feature; but calling ...
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Could we talk about turd polishing better?
Aside from the fact that you can actually polish a turd, it's a bit of scatology that might potentially be best flushed away. It came up in an answer to another question and I feel like it's worth ...
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Does "up to 50 users" in Stack Overflow Teams' free tier mean total users or active users?
In this announcement, we are told that
Now, Stack Overflow for Teams has a free tier for up to 50 users, forever.
Is that current users? Or total users?
I ask because I am associated with an ...
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What term is appropriate to use to describe activity/engaging with others on SE user?
If I were to describe myself as an active user, should I say "I'm a micro blogger at Stack Exchange/Stack Overflow"? Or is there a better term to use?
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Can I consider myself a moderator of any Stack Exchange site if I have 500+ reputations?
I have 500+ reputations on Stack Overflow which gives me the privilege to review some posts on SO.
So, can I consider myself a moderator of Stack Overflow?
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What's a disallowed tag called now?
Clearly there's a lot of work to do to fix it historically (and I will be quite miffed at people getting overenthusiastic about this) - but previously we had tag blacklists and tag blacklist requests.
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