Linked Questions
457 questions linked to/from Formatting Sandbox
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Stack Snippets Sandbox (This sandbox is deprecated. Please use the general Formatting Sandbox.) [duplicate]
This post is dedicated to testing out the newly announced Stack Snippets feature. Feel free to answer with your own Stack Snippets!
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3 answers
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Can we get a test.stackoverflow.com? [duplicate]
Or better yet: xyzzy.stackoverflow.com to test against? ETA: sandbox.stackoverflow.com is a much better name, and better encapsulates my idea. Thanks dbr.
10 votes
2 answers
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How to write text in small font [duplicate]
I remember seeing some questions and answers in which some text was written in small fonts, but, I haven't found a matching tag in the whitelisted HTML tags. How did they do this?
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1 answer
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Where to practice creating a post (for *stackoverflow) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: Formatting Sandbox first post here: stackoverflow posts can be very complex (using formatting code and other elements). hash appears to make heading... where is comment? //...
9 votes
0 answers
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Is there a sandbox to play with Stack Overflow API? [duplicate]
Just trying to figure it out without spamming the website. There really should be something to allow people to learn the API.
2 votes
0 answers
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Would it be a good idea to have a test site for the API? [duplicate]
I'm working on a little chatbot (no spam!) that I would like to be able to read questions and answers and possibly comment if there is an easily detectable duplicate. To avoid accidental spamming ...
2590 votes
45 answers
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Firing mods and forced relicensing: is Stack Exchange still interested in cooperating with the community?
The last weeks and days have seen some erratic behaviour by Stack Exchange Inc., such as likely illegal changes to the content license and the firing of an upstanding community moderator with no ...
781 votes
41 answers
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New Feature: Table Support
Update: I've just enabled this feature network-wide. All sites across Stack Exchange are now able to use tables. Thanks for all the feedback. We'll keep monitoring this question and we'll continue to ...
591 votes
55 answers
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We're switching to CommonMark
I’m Ham and I’m a developer on the Teams team here at Stack Overflow. Over the past few months, I’ve been heads down working on the way we turn Markdown into HTML when writing and editing posts across ...
195 votes
114 answers
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Opt-in alpha test for a new Stacks editor
TL;DR: We are testing our new open source Stacks editor that offers both Markdown and rich text input options. If you’re interested in testing it out and giving us feedback, you can opt in by visiting ...
1014 votes
24 answers
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Show all of my question/answers to me even if they are deleted
I would really like to see all of my questions and answers on the profile page, even if some of them were deleted, and I don't have enough rep to see them on the site. (Note that some questions are ...
2034 votes
7 answers
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What is the XY problem?
What is the XY problem? When asking questions, how do I recognize when I'm falling into it? How do I avoid it? Return to FAQ index Other languages: ES, JA, PT, RU
930 votes
25 answers
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Is there Markdown to create tables? [duplicate]
It seems like a lot of people try to display tables in Stack Overflow questions, but don't do a very good job. Is there Markdown syntax that supports creating a proper table?
2825 votes
9 answers
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A Terms of Service update restricting companies that scrape your profile information without your permission
Update (April 19, 2016): This change is now live. You can view the updated Terms of Service here, or read about them below. tl;dr: We’re planning to make some changes to our Terms of Service to stop ...
814 votes
16 answers
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Recent feature changes to Stack Exchange
This is an unofficial list/changelog of new features and various changes to Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange network. It is maintained by the community, while a Stack Exchange employee changes ...