Unanswered Questions
106 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Can we get +10 reputation for upvotes on questions?
It used to be, a long, long time ago, that asking a question awarded +10 reputation. After some deliberation, this was changed to +5 reputation network-wide. The reasons at the time for this change ...
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One Weird Trick All Spammers Hate
Puzzling.SE hasn't really seen much spam in the past, but we've had just a bit of it recently. Since it hasn't come up before, the question of what to do about it hasn't come up either.
Using This ...
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The many-eyes effect
I want to alert puzzle writers to a potential cognitive bias I'll call the many-eyes effect. Many people try to solve your puzzle, but only those who succeed post. It's tempting to imagine the posters ...
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List of bounties with no deadlines
This is a list of unofficial, deadline-less (hence not searchable) bounties offered by users on various challenges on the main site.
Disclaimer: There is no guarantee that the user will award the ...
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Enough “22+4” questions. The originality is lost
There has been a recent spate of related "22+4" questions that can all be answered by using different cyclic numbering systems. The OP's always say "use base 10," perhaps not realizing that that ...
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Best puzzles of 2018 Q3 (July - September)?
This question is part of the best-puzzle award series.
What are your nominations for the best puzzles, here on Puzzling.SE, of the third quarter (July / August / September) 2018?
Suggested ...
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An appeal from a newbie - in-jokes
I've recently joined this community and discovered an interest in puzzles that I didn't know I had. The atmosphere and camaraderie are great.
The only problem for me is detecting in-jokes.
Example
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Is it okay to place my thought process on a puzzle as an answer while it doesn't answer the question?
Sometimes I don't know the answer to a puzzle, especially with math related puzzles, but I do like to share to others what I already discovered, to help others in finding a solution for example. Is it ...
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Proposed policy on mathematical questions
For background, see:
Should mathematics questions really be on-topic here? (about "routine" mathematics questions)
What tricky mathematical questions are on topic here? (about "heavy" mathematics ...
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Improved interface to posts of common interest?
Q:
What do these three recently well-received Meta posts have in common?
Change “unanswered”
search to “unsolved”
Should we have a meta-sorted list ...
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Is there an informational page or other list of rules specifically for Puzzling.SE?
Maybe I'm just overlooking it, but I cannot find guidelines for this specific site anywhere. All the links (e.g., What kind of questions should I ask on Puzzling?) go to the generic Stack Exchange ...
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State of meta.puzzling.SE rules
So, it was recently asked when a community consensus is reached. Additionally I have observed a lot of users having no overview at all of the current rules, so for the last few days I have been ...
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Congratulations Gareth! and the end of an era
Change is afoot! In the list of all users ranked by reputation.
I've been #1 in that list, the highest-reputation user on Puzzling SE, since early 2015. But it seems the time has finally come to give ...
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A script to add spoiler tag to the selected text
Introduction
When I write an answer I find it very time consuming to add the spoiler tag to every line so I have written a small script that do it for me.
How to use it ?
select the text
right ...
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We've graduated. When are the moderator elections?
I've noticed that on most SE sites that finally make a leap into the big leagues (a.k.a. graduation), the first order of business is moderator election. If I recall correctly, I have seen this precede ...
