Questions tagged [cross-posting]
Cross-posting refers to posting the same question on multiple websites.
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Flag as duplicate from another Stack Exchange site? [duplicate]
I recently noticed a question that was asked by the same user, the exact same content, at the same time (within minutes) across two Stack Exchange sites - Stack Overflow and Geographic Information ...
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Should a question be posted on the site with the most expertise or the most interest?
Should we give priority to interest or expertise when choosing where to post a question?
A question may be of more interest to users on one Stack Exchange site, but the users on a different site may ...
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Where do Neovim-questions belong? On Stack Overflow or on Vi / Vim Stack Exchange?
There is a Vi / Vim Stack Exchange. Both on that and on Stack Overflow there is a neovim-tag. It has more questions on Stack Overflow than on the Vi / Vim Exchange.
With all the traction Neovim is ...
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Magic link for commenting cross posted questions for maintaining one copy
I've seen many cross-posted questions occur again and again. It is okay that users urgently seek answers for their problems. The problem is we need to write and add the link of the consensus them ...
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Dissonance between allowing signposts and forbidding crossposts
I want to call out the dissonance between Stack Exchange favoring redundant content within one community and forbidding redundant content between multiple communities.
How can we say that duplicate ...
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Ebooks or Graphic Design Stack Exchange for a question about using InDesign to create ebooks?
I have a question about exporting eBooks from InDesign: How to tell InDesign to skip color in css export for the ePub export
I asked it on Graphic Design Stack Exchange. But I do not know if that was ...
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Where in my cross-posted question should I mention that the question is cross-posted?
What I understand about cross-posting: Usually, don't. But whenever you do (like if it's really justified to do so), then mention it.
Ok, assuming for the sake of argument that something is allowed to ...
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Can I copy and paste (with citation) someone else's unanswered question on a Stack Exchange site onto another site, if it's on-topic on the new site? [duplicate]
I found a question on CS Stack Exchange, which was asked in March. It is too old for migration. There are unanswered electronic questions on Stack Overflow as well. Specifically, I am talking about ...
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Posting questions on different Stack Exchange sites [duplicate]
I asked a question on unix.stackexchange and after not getting an answer for two days I asked the same question on Ask Ubuntu. There I got an answer immediately.
Should I now delete my first question, ...
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Maximizing visibility when your question works on two metas but you have to choose one?
I'm trying to decide which of two sites is better for a specific question, and so, before deciding, I'd like to first ask about that question on those sites' metas to find out where it's more on topic....
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How can I "ping" other communities / Stack Exchange sites without cross-posting the question?
I found that an interesting and important question that someone asked on one SE site is likely to benefit from answers coming from users who frequent other SE sites. What are the best ways to attract ...
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What other Stack Exchange sites support crossposting like Mathematics and Math Overflow?
The general rule is no crossposting, but what other Stack Exchange sites like Math and Math Overflow approve this after seven days? Can we list them here?
I can't remember where, but I remember some ...
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What's the policy on crossposting unnoticed posts from beta communities? [duplicate]
I have posted a question that in my opinion fits best into a beta community.
Overall, the attention was not satisfactory although I even posted a bounty and the limited response I got was positive. ...
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Is cross-posting the same question in different languages allowed?
I saw the question Is cross-posting permitted and I am wondering:
What's the deal with multiple languages?
For example asking something on the the German TeXWelt (of course written in German) and on ...
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Unable to close question because of "answer converted to comment"
I posted a question on Stack Overflow:
Postgres: Why did adding index slow down regexp queries?
Because of lack of reactions, I later posted the same question on DBA Stack Exchange:
Postgres: why did ...
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