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Color changed (orange) for up-down vote on main site and for my avatar on meta.tex.se [closed]
I have not understood the reason of the different color of my avatar on TeX.SE.meta and the main site as the up/down vote and other backgrounds are all colored with the color orange. Why?
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(Meta)^2: How to ask a meta question?
Looking at a couple of meta questions, including my own, I have the following (Meta)^2 question:
To which extent does asking suggestive questions defeat the purpose of meta?
The point is the ...
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How come we can't put a bounty in meta?
I was wondering why someone could not put a bounty on their question here on meta. Is this by design or has the community decided that it is a bad idea? Because, at SO you can put a bounty on a meta ...
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What makes a good community advert?
The Community Promotion Ads - 2013 question has recently appeared on meta. In a comment there, tohecz points out that the stats for the 2012 ads show that older ads get far fewer clicks than newer ...
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Why are badges in Meta separate?
In Meta.TeX.SX, everyone's TeX.SX reputation is displayed. However, the badges on Meta are separate from the badges on the main site. Why is there the following inconsistency?
Reputation - Same on ...
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Should {accepted-answer} be a synonym of {accepting}?
Should accepted-answer be a synonym of accepting?
I think that they are too similar too be told apart and, thus, should be synonyms. The only topic relating to accepting answers that is useful to ...
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should some unanswered "meta" questions be closed?
quite a few questions on this meta branch are technically "unanswered". some are about general information of a durable nature, but some have clearly outlived their shelf life.
is it desirable to ...
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Discussion about TeX Community Polls
Please discuss any ideas and issues about TeX Community Polls in this thread to keep it tidy.
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How can we encourage people to participate in the meta site?
Discussing on meta helps to improve our site. Besides askings questions and answering of course, voting is especially helpful in making decisions.
What can we do to encourage people to participate ...
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Rename {accessability} to {accessibility} (on meta)
It's just a typo, "accessability" isn't a standard spelling, you can ask dictionary.com, Macmillan Dictionary, Merriam-Webster or whomever. Google judges 170m : 805k in favor of "accessibility".
On a ...
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How long should the site remain in Bootstrap mode once it leaves Beta?
I believe that the default for a new site is to enter bootstrap mode, which is a state where reputation limits are relaxed while the site revs up. From the SE description:
Bootstrap Mode helps to ...
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Is SE the right platform for the meta site?
In the spirit of "horses for courses", is the SE software the best platform for the meta site? At MathOverflow, they use a traditional forum for the meta site and I feel that it works very well. ...
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