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Can we get the option to sort favourites into categories?
It became available in 04th, January, 2013 a new elasticsearch-based search engine which included the term infavorites: as an addtional option for searching favorite threads.
The below answer of Joh …
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Downvoting comments
I believe downvoting comments would mislead users from its original purpose:
They are helpful in positively keeping the workflow toward good Questions and Answers, which is the SE main objective.
W …
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Is there a way to edit a question (or answer) without bumping it?
As pointed by Mapperz, Shog's answer on:
Is there a way to edit a question without bumping it to the front page?
says there is no way to edit without bumping the question (despite he says also that …
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Meta could use "close because it's no longer relevant" flag
I suggest that if a question in GIS Meta is on-topic, unanswered and it is believed to be "not relevant anymore", then there should be an answer explaining why.
That would be likable to avoid discus …
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Any reason not to import tag information from the main Stack Exchange meta site?
PolyGeo's answer contain links which explain why not doing this in an automatic fashion.
However, I second your effort on manually filling excerpts and wikis for tags in GIS Meta. I also do that spor …
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The FAQ doesn't discuss answering
The new help center page now addresses answering.
How do I write a good answer? section is a start link one can provide for new users.
Additionally, we might consider building a GIS Meta thread with …
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Change vote dropping criteria when a user account is deleted
There was a recent modification in the system about how dropping of votes works when an user is deleted or decides to leave the Stack Exchange community (see Don't throw away all votes when a user is …
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Modifying custom close reason for when pictures of code rather than formatted text are prese...
I sympathise with Joseph's answer; however I have another suggestion:
Questions seeking help to debug/write/improve code must include the desired behavior, a specific problem or error and the sho …