Questions tagged [support]
Use this tag when you need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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Should I close or delete my duplicate question?
I asked a question which turned out to be a duplicate (I haven't found it before, and I agree it is a duplicate).
Should I delete the question? But the user who answered will loose some of his ...
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How does one merge tags?
There are numerous entries under "colonization" and only four under "colonisation" which is just a different spelling. How would one merge the four "orphan" posts under the larger heading?
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Should this question go here or somewhere else?
I want to know what the first command-line interface was. That is, the first time one could type in a command with a keyboard and receive feedback via a screen or teleprinter, as opposed to entering ...
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vote to repopen
my question was closed because i mentioned societies tendencies toward bigotry toward me. i'm like nearly a universal minority so i bring out the worst in the parts of the majority who hold certain ...
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Tag synonym suggestion: world-war-2 -> ww2
There's a world-war-2 with eight questions that should probably be made a synonym for ww2. I'd suggest it myself but, as is usual for tag synonyms, I don't have the reputation or answer score ...
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The default color for the title of visited questions
In most stack exchange websites which I have visited, the color of the title of an already visited question is lighter than a non-visited question. Visually this is helpful. In History.SE the visited ...
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Newbie - unable to post comment!
I have down voted an answer and tried to add a comment to explain why - it worked the first time, but my tablet (laptop's died!) did weird things to it. Tried to edit it, no joy: deleted and started ...
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Can a mod restore a user's self deleted answers en masse?
While going through old questions I keep coming across answers by this user. As the remaining answers would suggest, they are generally at least of a decent quality, and many are very good. The ...
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Why don't you delete my account?
Please delete my History-beta account, as per my several unanswered requests.
Why don't you delete my account? I have already requested twice.
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Nuking Answers - Semaphore
Someone seems to be wiping out accepted answers to questions. How can this be stopped?
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Having trouble with the comment button
The comment button hasn't been working for me consistently, either on my hand-held device nor my PC. Any suggestions? Also, on Meta I'm not getting prompted with tag suggestions.
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Phantom review count
Recently I seem to be getting phantom review counts. In other words, the review counter on the menu bar at the top of the screen will have some number like "3" or "5", but when I click on it, the ...
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I believe that an OP jhas just threatened me in a comment
This question resulted in a lengthy discussion between OP and myself, culminating in this comment by OP:
@PieterGeerkens, the whole world in watching you. ā George Chen 54 mins ago
I had already ...
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How do I disagree with a flag?
Processing my review queue, I found that I was asked to evaluate someone elses flag that a given answer was "not an answer".
If I agree, I hit the "flag or disagree" button, and click accept.
I don'...
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Have you seen this man?
I wrote this warning on Judaism's meta site, however I wanted to also give this community a head's up - as this is the sort of site that the individual is likely to want to disrupt with his antics.
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Is it possible to completely erase an answer?
I want this deleted answer to be completely erased:
https://history.stackexchange.com/a/10002/466
Is it possible?
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How do I rescind an edit review?
I accidentally approved
https://history.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/5786 . Can I cancel or rescind that action somehow?
First, I did not even get a chance to look at it before my hand ...
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What is "comparative Google searches" in Site Self-Evaluation?
I clicked on "site self-evaluation" and generally understand the idea.
However, I think the text needs some explanation.
Run comparative Google searches on these questions
I think I'm quite good ...
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Whatever happened to the 50-point bounties?
Are they no longer allowed? Is this a local policy or a stackwide one?
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What is the difference between tags "monarchy" and "kingdom"?
I suggest they would be combined.
As I read questions of kingdom they all could be moved to monarchy.
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What is wrong with my tags summaries?
A couple weeks ago I spent some time to add wiki tags summaries for many void tags. Some of them were accepted (thank you), but some are rejected.
Please explain what I did wrong, so I could not make ...
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Is it OK to answer old questions?
Because I'm quite new in this group, I'm reading archives and sometimes find interesting questions. Some of them already have answers, some -- also accepted answers. But I feel I can answer in another ...
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Question about community-accepted answers
How many votes an answer has to receive so to become accepted by the community?
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What is the maximum amount of downvotes for one user's questions/answers by another user?
In my previous question I did not get my answer and instead of it I have been suspended and did not get the reason. I think it was to make cool down mods and some other users who are angry about my ...
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How can somebody suggest a new tag?
What's the best way for a person without tag privileges to suggest a new tag? In this particular case it's about tag "Bulgaria", which I believe doesn't need further explanations. I couldn't find any ...
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Why do we have both "ussr" and "soviet union" as tags? Can we merge them?
As you now know, there are two distinct tags, one labeled soviet-union and the other ussr. Given that the latter stands for "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics", I propose to merge them, perhaps ...
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Undelete a question?
I accidentally deleted my question 'Where did the tradition of Christmas come from', and would like it undeleted. I thought that I should have done more research first, so then I remade it and wanted ...
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Merge [war] into [warfare]
We have a war tag and a warfare tag, that I think should be merged, in the context of the site they mean exactly the same.
I'd prefer warfare to be the master tag, but that's not really important.
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Working with references is not a History?
I have asked a question about interpretation of references in literature and was told that this is not a history question!
Here is the question that I'm referring:
Understanding what these ...
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I Recieved an Error Trying to Add A Synonym, Why?
I tried to propose a tag synonym for ww2, but I received the error "Only moderators can propose version specific synonyms". I thought after 1200 rep, you were able to propose tag synonyms. Does ...
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Will someone please delete the tag "democeracy"
It is just a misspelling of democracy that the OP didn't intend to use I'm sure.
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Is there a comment button for the history stack-exchange?
Hi I'm an avid member of the stack-exchange sites.
As a history major I love the idea of a history Q&A site and the formatting, style and overall design of the Stack-exchange sites presents a ...
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Are genealogical questions on-topic here?
I recently came across some information that indicated a spike in the usage of my given name (Mark) in the 1960s, and wanted to see if there was a cause for it.
Would such questions be on-topic here? ...
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Missing a reason for bounty
I just created a bounty and I would required to select one of the following reasons:
Authoritative reference needed
Canonical answer required
Current answer are outdated
Draw attention
Improve ...
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Why can't I edit certain questions?
I don't have edit privileges yet, but I can submit edits for review which I have done a few times. But certain questions don't show me the edit option, such as this one. I had just corrected the title ...
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Wikipedia Versus S.E History
What questions do I just go to Wikipedia for versus asking the questions here please provide exacting guidelines?
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My reason for using this platform
I have long had an interest in history, and always heard these far fetched rumors which are the basis for most of my questions so far as they come up regularly. When I saw this platform I was like ...
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tag-synonyms and tagging to attract experts/journalists/students of history?
I was thinking about how we can use superiour features of Stackexchange to attract those people to this site.
I made already the suggestion to tag historically, not only thematically.
Another thing ...