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GD.SE site behavior and the future
There have been some issues of site behavior and in an attempt the mods tried to be diplomatic, commutative, and reach out to people to solve issues and give guidance but this has appeared not to work....
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PSA: Please do not edit spam
We sometimes get somewhat on-topic questions or on-question answers that contain a link that is completely unrelated to the question or blatantly shoehorned in. Please do not edit these questions to ...
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How to embed screen capture videos as animated gifs in answers?
Reading If we wanted to write tutorials or explanations for work done how would we go about doing that? I saw a discussion of how to embed videos in answers.
We don't do video, but we can have ...
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Are questions about paper choice on-topic?
I'm considering to change the paper I used for printing to another one with slightly different grammage (grams per square meter) and not sure whether this is a right choice.
Would asking a question ...
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How do I ask a good question on how to do something with software?
I need help solving some graphic-design problem with software.
What do I have to keep in mind to help the community to help me and get useful answers?
This is a FAQ intended to be linked in the help ...
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Why was my answer recommending a font-identification service deleted?
Somebody posted a question asking for a font to be identified.
I answered this question recommending a service that can automatically identify most fonts.
In my experience, this service is really good ...
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Why can't I simply vote to close as belonging on other SE site.. but not meta?
Vote to close.....
Off Topic...
Belongs on other Stack Exchange network....
I get this....
Question is not meta related. Actually I think the question belongs on stackoverflow.
Notice I can't ...
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Do all my screenshots need to be in English?
By answering a question on GD.SE yesterday i encountered the following problem:
Since i am german, i'm using all the CC Apps in german language. Therefore all the screenshots i make are german aswell....
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What are our current policies and guidelines for closing questions?
I can cast close votes and perform close and reopen reviews.
What are the current community policies for this and are some rules of thumb that can help me make a decision?
This is primarily intended ...
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Is it possible to delete images from SO server once they've been added to an answer?
I added an image to an answer which I should not have. I am replacing the image in the answer. However, the old image is still on the SO servers. Can it be removed by me?
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How should we deal with multiple questions per question?
In particular new users sometimes ask a question that contains multiple subquestions which are better off as separate questions.
How can we identify when such a question is too broad?
How should ...
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How serial is one vote?
Today, serial voting was reversed, decreasing my reputation by 10. I don't care about that, but I would like to understand how a single vote would be considered as "serial voting".
Help says:...
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How should the canned comments in the low-quality queue be used?
When I review answers in the low-quality queue and choose Delete or Recommend Deletion, respectively, I can choose from a series of comments or No comment needed.
What effect do they have and when ...
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Flagged a question, now how to change the flag?
I was reviewing this question and flagged it as off-topic. A few minutes later I actually found an earlier duplicate, much better formulated and with better answers. I tried opening the "flag" menu ...
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Is imgur having problems?
Are you experimenting problems viewing and uploading images imgur this days?
I want to know if it is a local thing with me or we are all having issues.
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Now that we're "big time", did I lose my review privileges?
While we were in beta, I reviewed new posts. Is it just a function of the redesign, or did I lose the ability to review? I'm guessing that now I'm below the level where you can review posts.
I used ...
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Are Software Usage Questions Acceptable?
I'm having a problem with gimp, and I am not sure if this is the right place to ask the question.
If this is not within the scope of the community can anybody recommend any other communities where I ...
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What would be an appropriate use of HTML or CSS tag
If code implementation is off topic in this community, then what would be suitable question regarding HTML or CSS? because the tags exist...
What are HTML and CSS tags all about?
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How can I ask moderator attention for a misspelled tag?
...except for asking a question on meta, that is?
There's a new tag, called oveprint, lacking an 'r' somewhere between the e and p. Since I don't have wiki editing privs yet, how can I attend someone ...
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Please help me improve and undelete this question
Simple request for help getting a potentially very good question from a new user over the line and undeleted:
What factors make a campaign go viral? (formerly "Viral campaign?")
The original ...
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should we ask question and answer them implementing always an images, if it is possible?
I think that this group should, more than other groups, play on the implementation of images in questions and answers. We are working with visual, and we need a more visual approach. Shouldn't insert ...
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Ding ding ding! Dejavu
Iv'e often wondered about duplicates, most of the time they are onlyy so and so.
Check these two out:
How to turn curves into a series of straight lines in Illustrator
Automatically transform curves ...
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How do I confront the rude and especially sarcastic and exaggerated comments under my questions on this site by multiple users?
Before I was banned, on 1 or 2 questions there were a few comments which I felt somehow were not nice to me and not following policies of be nice, in my opinion. For they were exaggerated so that I ...
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Bullet formatting
Is there any way of tightening up the bullet formatting when using nested/indented bullets?
For instance, this post uses levels of indenting to emphasise a point, but seems to lose a bit of the ...
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How to get to the good stuff?
I've got a bunch of tags for my profile that are related to my interests - but the questions that come up in my feed are always the latest ones and have no relation to my tags. Something seems not to ...
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Where did these upvotes go?
Just a question for curiosity's sake... I don't really care about the 'points' but it does seem odd.
I noticed that I had a notification under the Recent Achievements section, so I clicked on the ...
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Is questions on geogebra on-topic?
I've got some questions regarding geogebra (about tool options in geogebra), and wanted to know if this is the right SE site.
Some questions I have are of type "How to draw this (eg:curve) in ...
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Are CAD questions allowed?
That is Computer Aided Design, like Onshape, Solidworks, Autodesk Inventor, etc.
It's for designing graphics and 3D models, but not really sure if it's considered graphic design.
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Submit a question for locking
This question about a certain font gets a lot of views (5K at the moment), and answers, although it is essentially unaswerable - because the original font is not a digital font. Which leads to people ...
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I can't edit some questions, the edit button is grayed out
There is THIS question and I wanted to edit it to make it clearer and also add the image inline but I can't. The edit button is grayed out. I have seen this once before and I wanted to know why some ...
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"You have X flags remaining."
I just flagged a question because I wasn't sure whether it was too localized or a discussion question or what have you — it just didn't smell right to me. I got the message that I had something like ...
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Seeking photo editing advice but picture is 7MB - where to upload it?
One photo from my camera has a really strange effect that I don't understand - either what caused it or how to fix it.
I can't upload it here because of the 2MB limit, but imgur seems to compress it ...
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Why did a question become a Community Wiki?
Why did What are common mistakes that you see in "professional" designs? become a community wiki?
When I'd originally posted it, I was worried it may be too subjective. After positive ...
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Too Much Spam :(
Recently in GDSE the spam increased a lot; there is company or person who is spamming about keto diet all the time; I flagged and downvoted a lot but isn't there any other way to stop this?
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What does this warning mean?
When I try to mention 2 users in a comment, I see something like this:
Only one user can be tagged. The post owner will always be notified.
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0 view but 2 answers, the main page works in a strange way?
Why my question get 0 view but 2 answers? I think the main page is not work correctly, could you please fix it.
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Why is Stack Overflow not one of the options under "close" > "off-topic" > "migration"?
When closing a question why is meta.graphicdesign.com the only migration option?
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Are questions about how an image effect may be created allowed?
I am looking for a site to ask how a certain effect on an existing image may have been created.
I want to create a program that recreates the effect and need to understand the different steps (like "...
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Proper flag for copyright/watermark removal questions
When flagging questions about how to do something that shouldn't be condoned, such as watermark or copyright removal, what is the appropriate flag?
I didn't see anything that alluded to these sort of ...
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Does Graphic Design have a chat room?
On Stack Overflow there is an option to talk in a chat room on the right hand column when someone needs more details on a question. Does Graphic Design have that option?
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Has gold tag badge question closing been removed?
I can no longer close questions with simply my vote.
Previously I could close photoshop and Illustrator tagged questions with one vote because I have the gold badge for the adobe-photosop and adobe-...
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What does it mean when answerers usernames do not link to account profiles?
There are 2 answers to this question: Exponential degrade or similar effect to this one
Both have usernames specified, but they have the same icon and no links to profiles:
What does this mean?
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Who owns the Graphic Design chatroom?
The Graphic Design room doesn't seem to have an owner:
Of course, the low activity in the room now means that it's fine without an owner, but I think it would be a good idea to give somebody the ...
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How to include image or diagrams in this page?
Since I am new to this forum, I have not much idea about framing the questions of right sort to this group? Moreover, I am unable to upload images in this page along with the question text. As I am ...
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Why do we share rep on beta and here on meta?
I noticed both the design beta and meta sites share the same rep. SO and the corresponding meta separate the rep between each site. Why is it different here?
Note: this isn't meant to discuss which ...
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a lot of questions on composition, should we make a wiki or resource reference?
I was even one of those people asking a question of this kind compelled by the need of finding a good way, or variations of ways on make compositions.
What you think if we can put up a wiki of ...
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Why do I keep losing "consecutive days visited" on the main site?
I have GDSE in my "visit frequently" bookmarks. I am trying to earn the "Fanatic" badge, for visiting 100 days in a row. I KNOW I have made a point of being on the site every day. But my "consecutive ...
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Is it possible to reverse my choice on the moderator election?
I'm currently viewing on mobile (with show desktop site selected) and as I was flitting around the candidates statements I pressed my first choice by accident.
Its not the end of the world if it's ...
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Duplicated question with another solution
There are some questions from other years that now have a new answer or solution.
As this case:
How to force paths instead polygons when exporting images as svg?
What to do?
Flag it as a duplicate (...
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Can't ask any more questions
Can anyone help me here? I have two questions being voted as off topic and too broad by some of the stack members. I have also emailed to stack exchange regarding this issue. But, they've asked me to ...
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