Questions tagged [users]
This tags is for general questions about users and user accounts.
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Why do some users have an association bonus even if they are not in any other Stack Exchange sites? [duplicate]
Why do some users have an association bonus even if they are not in any other Stack Exchange sites (as shown in their profile)?
P.S.- I came across many users recently (like this one or this one).
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Deleting or destroying an account should raise a flag on any other accounts on the network
I have previously asked for a CM message to be raised when a user is destroyed for spamming
Raise a Community Manager message when an account is destroyed for spamming
but I have thought of a ...
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The Stack Exchange Active User Base
I have this question related to the Stack Exchange active user base.
According to this webpage, currently, there are around 661,293 Stack Overflow users who have at least 200 points as their ...
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Does the Age Eligibility section of ToS apply to biological or mental age? [closed]
Current version of the Public Network Terms of Service (accessed 2021-02-13) includes a section about underage users:
3. Age Eligibility
You must be at least 13 years old to access or use the Network ...
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What happens to posts by an underage user whose account was deleted?
If an underage user's account is deleted, will their posts still be there?
I know that if a normal account is deleted by the owner, their posts remain. But, is it the same for underage users?
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What is a Curator? What is the Curator Team?
The recent Stack Exchange platform roadmap makes many references to "Curators", a "Curator Team", and a "Curator Support Team":
https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/01/28/the-...
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What can I do to find how many distinct users contribute to all the posts and comments this query seaches for?
I have used the query below to form a result table and now I need to find how many users are contributing to it. Is there any way I can achieve that?
SELECT p.Title,p.Body,c.Text
FROM Posts p
JOIN ...
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These users are shown to have deduction in reputation but there are some mismatches [duplicate]
In this month's Users tab, at the last page, the following users are show to have deduction of reputation.
Some have offered bounties and have got downvotes, but certains users' profile doesn't show ...
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Show leaderboard for colleagues
Is it possible to show the leaderboard for a group of users, for example friends or colleagues using a list of user IDs?
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How can I sort users by how many of my questions they close voted?
I posted questions. Some got closed. I'd like to see which users close voted them most often.
E.g., display: user X close voted to close 23 of my questions, user Y close voted to close 17 of my ...
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Is chat only in Meta, or are there chat spaces particular to each site? [duplicate]
I want to chat with a user in a beta site (Space Exploration SE) where I have over 100 reputation at the moment. I recently lost some reputation by starting a discussion in the form of a question ...
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Let's provide a way to expunge old suspensions
All the changes happening in the world have made me think about how "records" affect people even years after they have arguably "served their time". Stack Exchange has followed the ...
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Finding a possibly deleted user account profile page
Where is the "about" page for user8680478?
If "my" URL is:
https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/177328/thufir
I tried:
https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/8680478
but that just gives me a 404 ...
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Why are Unicode characters allowed in usernames?
I find it to be very informal,
Some names can vary between Japanese letter/words (for example!) or mathematical notations.
It makes it way harder to find these accounts in a simple search.
For a site ...
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Is it worthwhile to try to engage spammers?
I used to have an in-your-face attitude toward people who posted spam, often adding mocking comments in their own broken-English style of writing (e.g. "high qality SPAM, download now, click here flag ...
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