Linked Questions
34 questions linked to/from Documentation for Stack Exchange engine URLs?
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Are Stack Exchange URL parameters defined anywhere? [duplicate]
Are the parameters used in Stack Exchange URLs defined anywhere?
For example, I just encountered a stackexchange.com URL with rq=1, and I frequently encounter stackexchange.com URL's with cb=1.
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Add data.SE style "magic links" to comments
Ask yourself how many times you typed the following in a comment:
[meta](https://meta.stackexchange.com)
Me, personally, I'm sick of it. Can we have some data.stackexchange.com-style "magic links" ...
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How can I link to a specific answer?
Is there a permalink I can use for answers/comments?
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List of unlinked pages on Stack Exchange sites
Here is a list of special, unlinked pages (they may be linked in questions and answers) on Stack Exchange sites. Most pages listed here are work in progress or legacy. Currently, this list is ...
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Can we have a profile URL?
Like the Facebook profile URL, LinkedIn URL, can we have a URL at Stack Overflow? Maybe it can be a good addition to a resume!
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Why does this URL have "?as=1" at the end of it?
Recently a URL was posted on Ask Different that looked like this:
https://music.stackexchange.com/?as=1
Why does it have the "?as=1" at the end of it? I understand that it is part of the ...
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Automatically redirect anonymous user from unanswered duplicate question to corresponding answered version
Duplicate questions that use different words to describe the same problem are important for people to find the content via search engines. But the user experience when an anonymous user arrives at a ...
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How do I "share" a link for the new badges?
On Stack Overflow, I see a set of three new badges: Announcer (bronze), Booster (silver), and Publicist (gold). Their common description is "Shared a link to a question that was visited by x ...
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Is there a way to shorten Stack Overflow URLs?
There is a link to refer to a Stack Overflow question, but does SO provide a shortened URL?
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A clear policy regarding links to Wikipedia vs. Wikiwand or m.wikipedia.org?
Most people who link to Wikipedia on Stack Exchange sites do so with the regular en.wikipedia.org links, but occasionally you also find www.wikiwand.com/en or en.m.wikipedia.org versions – which have ...
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Why did the format of full-form URLs to answers change?
As I pointed out in this answer, the URL scheme for full-form links to answers has changed from:
https://site/questions/question-id/question-title/answer-id#answer-id
to:
https://site/questions/...
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Can we please get a /users/me URL?
When describing certain activities to new users, it often becomes necessary to direct them to their user profile. I got to thinking that it would be nice if we had a /users/me URL that would ...
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Is there a way to find the highest voted comment on a particular SE site?
On EL&U, there is a 123-vote comment, and I'm wondering if it's the highest or not. How can I find out?
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Stack Overflow's robots.txt is completely useless
User-Agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /posts
Disallow: /posts/
Disallow: /tags
Disallow: /tags/
[...]
Wikipedia says:
Some major crawlers support an Allow
directive which can counteract a
following ...
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Let /m/[number] link between Main and Meta
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http://judaism.stackexchange.com/m/1473 should link to Meta.Judaism.SE post #1473.
http://meta.judaism.stackexchange.com/m/1473 should link to Judaism.SE post #1473.
And, of course, ...
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