Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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User delete policy? Re: Baelnorn [aka Damnit-just delete me already]
RE: https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/660/damnit-just-delete-me-already
What's the story? Can't someone delete their account?
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Why do privileges have different reputation requirements on other SE sites?
I just noticed that the reputation requirements for privileges are higher on gaming.stackexchange.com than on rpg.stackexchange.com. For example, Create Tags is 150 here, but 300 on Gaming, and ...
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Why couldn't I submit changes to a question?
I tried to edit the question "Do: Experience with the journal" to be of a more a question and answer format, following some of the other changes I've seen on the site. I changed the question to "How ...
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Tag Request: creature-size
As I don't have enough rep to create tags yet, I'd like to request that 'creature-size' be added as a new tag. A question that would have used it: What are the advantages and disadvantages of ...
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Bulk extraction of answer text?
It has crossed my mind more than once to use some of what I consider to be my better answers here as the basis for my own blog.
Is there a way for me to easily extract my answers from RPG.SE?
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Why do some feeds not work in chat?
I've been trying to add the RPG Bloggers Network RSS feed to the chat, and just can't make it work. It's a feedburner feed, and we have one of those working for Gnome Stew. I've tried playing with ...
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See non-featured questions for a tag
When I search for questions with a given tag by entering, for instance:
[gurps]
into the search bar, or by clicking a tag like gurps, I invariably end up on a page telling me there are no featured ...
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How do question migration paths get set up?
When you vote to close a question, a list of related candidates to move the question to shows up. For us this is only Meta.Rpg.
How does this list come to be? Is it strictly manual?
If it's manual, ...
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Citizen's Patrol Badge... why?
I just got awarded the Citizen's Patrol badge... but I don't think I flagged anything recently.
Anyone know why that might happen?
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How to contact a user?
I'd like to thanks one user for some changes he made to one of my question, how can I do it?
I've done it trough the comments, but I'm not sure he will get my answer, am I wrong?
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Should "corrective action" votes disappear when they expire?
By "corrective action", I mean close/delete/undelete or any other type of vote that may change a post's good-standing status.
Refer to this thread, but I'm sure there's more like it.
The thread ...
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Do Community Wikis affect my statistics, particularly the Accept Rate?
I've just posted a couple Community Wikis to help build lists of common RPG/DnD terms here. Although answers to CWs should (theoretically, I believe) be contained within one community-edited answer ...
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Where is the FAQ about Moderator Tools?
Call me a dummy, but I can't seem to find this. I know there was some form of FAQ provided shortly after I gained access to the Moderator Tools, but I am having trouble locating it again.
Could ...
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What does the exclamation mark on a timestamp mean?
I've noticed a couple of times that in comments (where I've seen it, but maybe it's in questions/answers as well) that sometimes the stamp is
-- UserName X [time unit(s)] ago !
Where most other ...
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More than 2 levels in bullet points
In a number of questions, I've found the need to use 3-4 levels in bullet points (ex: here).
Would it be possible to request the devs implement arbitrary nesting of unordered and ordered lists?
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How do I actually remove my account?
I've seen some people vanish from rpg.stackexchange.com so I assume there's a way to delete the account, but I can't seem to find said mechanism. Note, I only want to remove from rpg, not from the ...
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Countdown indicator to end of beta (or count up from the start)
I don't see an easy way to find out how long this site has been in beta for - this sounds like a fairly easy, useful, feature to add to the stack-exchange sites.
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Does the new spoiler code work?
I tried editing a question earlier, to implement the new spoiler code, and ran into some troubles. I'll be using this thread to test my usage of that code to make sure I'm doing it right - instead of ...
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Why is my question "subjective and likely to be closed"?
When posting a question recently, I filled in the title field as follows:
Can you Shift, or move your speed, while Sqeezing?
Immediately after moving off the title field, I got the following red ...
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Proposed tag synonyms for [dnd4.0]
dnd4e, dnd 4.0, 4e should all be expanded to "Dungeons and Dragons 4e"
The tag wiki could include instructions on how to search the community wiki for hints, links to the compendium, and the rules ...
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Where did the Community Wiki option go?
I tried to mark a post CW, but I can't find the check box that used to do that. Has it moved, been removed, or is it just my head that's not on straight?
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Forking a question, because answers pre and post edit are significantly different.
Query for a mod: How can DMs effectively telegraph specific dangers in D&D? is no longer relevant as an answer for the edited question, but as many of the answers are answering the "tone" question ...
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Confused about "Adding Comments"
Over in This Thread I posted a response that really should have been a comment. However I don't see the option to add a comment to the question. In fact the only place I have the ability to add ...
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why does the site say an existing tag can't be created with this low a reputation?
for my first question i tried tagging it nwod (for new world of darkness) and changeling. The system tutut-ed at me saying that ...
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Where is the link to get from the new chat page back to meta/parent site?
I clicked over to the new third place from the banner on the parent site (which is cool btw). But I couldn't find a link back to either meta or RPG.se itself. There was a logo in the upper left that ...
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How to know what last affected my reputation?
Seems like I should be able to figure this out on my own ... yet here I am :)
Example, I returned from lunch to find my reputation went up 35 points. Cool! However, I'd like to know specifically ...
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What are "blue" questions?
I noticed today that some questions on the Parent site seem highlighted in blue, but I can't find an obvious differentiator between these and other questions. Was there a recent change to the system? ...
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My Reputation Seems Frozen?
In the past 24-ish hours I've gained 75 rep (or so says my responses) but my score hasn't changed from 768.
Anyone else experiencing something like this?
Is it because I've only been active on Meta ...
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Can we get a graphic design?
I've been planning on making a business card I can hand out (and pass around the design) for rpg.stackexchange.com. I can setup all the text I want, but it still looks plain. Could someone design a ...
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What should I do about spam questions?
I keep seeing spam questions on the site. Usually about poker, for some reason. What should I do about those? They make me angry. They make me want to HULK SMASH.
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Did you spot a redundant tag? Possible tag synonym? Post it here. [closed]
Instead of generating a bunch of questions about how specific tags may or may not be the same, lets have them all in one place.
One pair (or triplet, etc) of redundant tags per answer.
This is just ...
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Linking articles to answer questions
Is it appropriate to answer a question by simply linking an existing article and possibly giving a short summary as to why that answers the question?
Example: Myself
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Where's the "vote to close" button?
I was considering voting to close I'm creating an original setting for D&D--where do I start? as a duplicate but there is no 'close' button.
Vote to close takes 250 rep (which I have)
Is it '...
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Where did my close votes go?
Once again, regarding this question on the main site. I haven't looked at it in a while, but at one point there were 3 votes to close on it.
I've been a member of Stack Overflow since it was first ...
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Is there any way to merge questions?
There are two excellent questions about beginner RPGs; one specifically calls for younger players, but the answers are very similar between the two. Is there a way to flag these for merging?
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