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Mathematica.SE User Inteface Problems

Yesterday, I noticed that my Mathematica.SE user page sometimes was different, depending on how I reached the page. Today, after I rebooted my computer, the appearance of nearly all Mathematica.SE ...
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Rearrangement of site toolbar

I just noticed that the site toolbar has been rearranged (I am tempted to say "scrambled", but I don't want to be rude :). I strongly prefer the old arrangement and would like to see it restored. What ...
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Fix typo in bounty message?

I'm somewhat excited to have just started my first bounty! Imagine my dismay to have noticed a typo in the bounty message... Can I fix this? To be explicit, the bounty message reads "One should be ...
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Active online student resources for learning Mathematica

Long time math lover; first time Mathematica user. I've really enjoy learning more about MMA (love the cloud!). But to expand my knowledge of the language at a level more appropriate to my skill I ...
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My SE Uploader has stopped working

The SE Uploader which has always worked well has stopped working. I reinstalled it and I get the pallette. However, when I click on Image the Wolfram window pops up with SETools`SEUploader`Private`...
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Sharing a notebook on the four color theorem applied to map of Florida

I want to share a Mathematica notebook to explain a problem that I'm having in applying the four color theorem to a map of Florida. My data and code exceed the limit of characters to post my question ...
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Question about the Mathematica Weekly Exchange Newsletters

Are the Mathematica Weekly Exchange Newsletters accessible on this Mathematica.StackExchange.com website somewhere? Thank you!
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What are best practices for posts

I am new to Mathematica Stack Exchange. I see many posts that seem to follow a certain practice: Text is in normal format; Code is in code blocks (ctrl-K) but does not include "In:" and "Out:"; Output ...
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how do I paste multiple lines of code into the chat (in the chatroom)?

The only way I know to copy multi lines of code into the chat is to copy one line by one line and for each line inserting a ` at the start and at the end. I have searched informations all over the ...
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How do I attach data file?

I want to post a question on how to open a certain data file in Mathematica. How do I attach the file to my post?
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What does the "Last seen" information mean?

When we are on a user's page, what does the "Last seen" information mean? Does this information indicate that the user (profile owner) logged into the system? Or that any other user saw something from ...
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Project Reduplication of Deduplication - Mathematica

Stack Exchange recently started a collaboration project with the University of Melbourne, in an attempt to improve the automatic detection of duplicate questions. More information on the project and ...
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What is the procedure for reopening a question marked as duplicate?

This question has been closed as a duplicate. I wish to suggest that the main issue has been missed when it was closed. How do I go about getting it opened? I have searched but not found the process.
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Adding a new tag to the Mathematica forum

How are new tags added to the Mathematica forum? Lately I've been working with celltags in Mathematica, and there have been quite a few questions on them in this forum. I think they are important ...
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How to search among your Favorites?

How do you perform a search that is limited to your list of Favorites questions?
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More buttons for Stack Exchange Android App

Would the possibility that the additional useful buttons for M.SE editor will be applied to the Android version or Chrome Mobile? The link below shows what I am wanting to comment: M.SE
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My profile icon changed without my doing. How do I get it back?

My profile icon changed this morning without my doing. Is this a known issue on the SE network? I liked my old blue-colored design. Is there any way to recover it?
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Ranking of which more replied my doubts

I believe that is not so relevant this question, because it is a mere curiosity. So I have several questions asked on this forum that were answered by several colleagues. It is possible to create a ...
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Cannot enter the (existing) built-in-functions tag

It just happened to me when asking a question. I wanted to add the built-in functions tag to my question. When I start typing it, this appears as an option, although I cannot choose it. Still, when I ...
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Deleting question

What happens to my reputation when I delete a question from me? I ask this because there are some issues that could be better prepared. Or is it better to edit them and improve them?
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It´s possible to delete some revisions that I have done?

ItĀ“s possible to delete some revisions that I have done? I would like to know about this because I consider some steps unnecessary.
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What is the maximum size for a animated gif?

I think I tried a couple of times to post an animated gif and sometime the file did not appear in the question. Then I ask: What is the maximum size for this type of file?
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totally confused about login: is it for stackexchnage or just individual site, e.g., mathematica.stackexchange

I had or have at least two accounts, one originally with mathematica.stackexchange.com for which my login was via Facebook (or possibly Google), which in turn used, let's call it, email-address-1. ...
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How can I post an equation in textbook form?

I am trying to describe a differential equation I am putting into NDSolveValue. However, it is complicated and I would like to express it in textbook form before I show how I have put it into ...
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A community voted to migrate my question, but it was closed - what do I do?

I asked a question on Computer Science. It got migrated to Mathematica (after agreement from the Community). The question on the new site got lots of attention, but was then closed by a moderator ...
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Automate standard comments?

From a comment exchange under a closed question: I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because the issue it raises is not a Mathematica issue but a mathematical one. That it is formulated in ...
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Reverting unintended change of display name

Is there a way of reverting an unintended change in display name?
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How to change the registered mailbox

I register the SE account by ***@gmail.com.But now I want to change my mailbox to ***@163.com.This action is admited in this site?
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Who can I ask for help to edit a question put on hold?

One of my questions has been put on hold as primarily opinion based and I want rephrase it to meet adequate criteria. Before publishing the edited version, I would like to submit it to more ...
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What happens to reputation after 200 daily limit?

Today is the first time I have earned more than 200 reputation in one day. 200 is the daily limit. However, I am still earning reputation. Currently I have an Accept and 5+ answer Up-votes that are ...
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How do I change my review vote?

I selected the wrong button when reviewing this question. I did not see a way to undo my mistake. Is this possible?
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Escape single quote [duplicate]

How to escape the ` quote in inline code mode? It applies to e.g. Global` i.e. mathematica context symbol.
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Proper way to provide a link to the Mathematica documentation in a question?

I am a new user exploring the Mathematica Documentation. If I had a question on a particular cell in the Documentation how would I link it to a question on this site? From googling around I ...
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How can I get a good-looking display of a large output in a question?

In this Question both of my displayed outputs are a mess on Chrome. The first one (with radicals) creates huge parenteses and runs off the right of the page, and the second one (with large integers) ...
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Where is David Park's Mathematica site?

Anybody know the current location of David Park's Mathematica web site and, in particular, his "DrawGraphics" page that contains links to his add-on "Presentations"? In the recent past I've tried to ...
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Change my login username (ID?)

When I originally joined Mathematica StackExchange I had an email address like [email protected] that I that I use to login and that I would call my username. Since then I have changed my email ...
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Are accepted answers of score 0 making a topic "answered"?

So I was going to search for unanswered questions with at least one answer which should be then of score 0 since the topic is unanswered. According to advanced search I thought it should work: ...
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How to make a Community Wiki answer

I see many references about Community Wiki and when it might or might not be approriate to make an answer with Community Wiki status. I can't locate the mechanics of how to make that happen. What ...
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When will I receive a inbox message for a comment?

I used to think that, when I'm not the author of a post, I'll only receive a inbox message as a reminder for a comment if I've commented under the post and another commenter under the post adds a @...
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How to input ` in StackExchange [duplicate]

The ` is used to close the code-inline,But how can I input following code?
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Search for questions with expired bounties

The recent Meta 1644, as well as StackExchange help, describes advanced searches. What terms would be used to search for questions with expired bounties (i.e., bounties created more than seven days ...
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How to paste an open PopupMenu into answer?

I have been using SE Tools to paste graphics into answers. I would like to paste an open PopupMenu into an answer. However I can't seem to do it using SE Uploader. I see it in other people's ...
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How do you find the link for an answer

I am trying to give a link to an answer generated by Daniel Lichtblau. However, looking at his page he has so many answers that I could not find it and there is no search box to help. I know the name ...
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Follow a post so I can read any new answer

I would like to know how I can follow a post so I can read any new answers concerning this post.
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Can no longer write Chinese characters in posts. Why?

I tried to include Chinese characters in a post today, to illustrate something about Unicode strings. The system didn't allow me to submit the post. I got this: Why is this restriction in place? ...
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Searching personal account questions

Is there a way to search for something that exists in just the questions I have posted on Mathematica Stack Exchange?
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DO I really need to log out of MMA SE to use another identity in other SE fora?

Up until a couple of weeks ago I was logged in SE with two different identities. This one for MMA, Math, Physics and a 'secret' one for drugs, weapons and sex (or something like that...). I was able ...
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On acceptable questions/topics for MSE

Sorry to ask such a basic question. I thought it would be easy to do this, but I really can't find an explicit policy on acceptable subjects for MSE. If there's no such explicitly written-out policy,...
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How to correct typos in tags

Recently, the conersionrules tag was created. Setting the discussion of its usefulness aside, how can we correct its spelling (should be conversionrules)? On the tag's synonym suggestion page, it ...
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paste code greek letters [duplicate]

When I post code here that contains greek letters, they are displayed as \[Beta], then some good people modify my post to change to proper display. But how do I do this myself (and without having to ...
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