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I've used superscripts as footnote references a few times (e.g., ...close-vim-from-the-command-line ) . Is it possible to link these so that they jump down to the appropriate place (such as the bot …

One area where we can improve the site in this regard is in helpful and consistent use of Alt tags. For some guidelines on how to do this, see How to Use Alt-Text .

Here's a relevant discussion (I'm sure there are others), from meta.stackoverflow: Why Aren't People Voting for Questions? …

conversion should be synonymous with format-conversion convert should be deleted or made a synonym of conversion Should video-conversion be a separate tag, or should this be rolled into 'conversion/f …

Can a username be flagged as offensive? Are there guidelines for what would reasonably be considered offensive?

I know that the revision history of questions is editable and viewable. Is this also possible for answers?

Short version: I flagged comments on an answer ; flags declined ; question deleted. Huh? (Or possibly, question was deleted and then either simultaneously or post-deletion, the flags were declined) …

I know there was some consideration in the past about making sure Askubuntu was accessible (usable with screenreader software, e.g.). For instance, the UDS-N session in October 2010 included talk abo …

Lately, I'm seeing a lot of questions in the review queue which are marked for closure due to being 'too localized', or 'not a real question'. Some of these are marked on the same day they're asked …

tl;dr : I commented on an old answer to show corrected links. Is there a better way? This has recently come up for me because of the accepted answer for this question: Is there a way to autodetect …

It's annoying, but if someone really wants to do it, I'm OK with it as long as the content is appropriate. It would be nice if it was reasonably unobtrusive. If it gets in the way of the answer cont …

This looked a bit unwieldy for flagging, so I'm posting this here instead. I've looked through several of the dual-boot questions, trying to find ones that looked like duplicates. I have found seve …

For a couple of these, I've edited the posts so that the translation appears at the start, before the untranslated original. I clean up the translation to the extent I can, but leave the non-English …

Here's a fairly good treatment of the question (and related voting) from the Big Meta (meta.stackoverflow) : When Should I Vote? . It covers the bases pretty well. That being said, I think as lon …

I don't think it matters much, as long as it's understandable. The only case where I think some caution is called for is in editing other questions/answers (or correcting them). If I edit a post, I …