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Tagged with external-links feature-request
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Trigger MRE error on ctxt.io
There are 20 posts containing a link to ctxt.io, some of which are questions not providing any minimal reproducible example.
The site itself states “This paste expires in <30 days.”. Thus, most ...
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Render links of these formats [duplicate]
I would like to have links like:
[Google](google.com) to render as [Google](http://google.com) and [Google Drive](drive.google.com) as [Google Drive](http://drive.google.com)
[Google]s(google.com) ...
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Feature Request: [Broken external links] [duplicate]
I was looking for a solution to a problem related to rendering a JSON file in HTML. I searched on Stack Overflow and found the answer to a similar question referring me to another question which was ...
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Should the pastebin link warning suggest using code fences instead of indented code blocks?
When editing a question with a pastebin.com link without accompanying code (e.g. How do I create tileable solid noise?), a warning is displayed saying that the link needs to be accompanied by code:
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Automatic creation of Internet Archive Wayback Machine links for external links [duplicate]
As per How to Answer:
Links to external resources are encouraged, but please add context
around the link so your fellow users will have some idea what it is
and why it’s there. Always quote the ...
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Auto Highlight the https:// part of the link in the new insert link wizard
Stack Overflow has updated the insert link wizard
Unfortunately the https:// that is automatically in the box is not highlighted. This means you can't just paste the link into the box anymore as you ...
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Please blacklist expirebox.com
Same reasoning as Trigger MCVE error on paste.ofcode.org: the content of https://expirebox.com is always temporary, and as such has a negative value for Stack Overflow.
Current usage: 80 posts
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Require confirmation before allowing mostly-image or mostly-link posts [duplicate]
There are loads of new questions (mostly from new users) which primarily consist of a hyperlink to data or code or a picture of data or code. For example: https://stackoverflow.com/revisions/52096324/...
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Can we block or otherwise indicate a link whose destination differs from the text?
I read with interest this question about an audit fail:
Audit Fail on Possibly Correct Answer to Obviously Poor Question
The issue was a link where the text read like a Facebook URL, but the actual ...
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Trigger MCVE error on paste.ofcode.org
There are 263 posts containing paste.ofcode.org, some of which are questions not providing any MCVE.
The site itself states “Your code is always private, and always expires in one week.”. Thus, most ...
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Should there be an automated message when cloud links are used in questions (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc)?
It's been said (here for example) that we shouldn't use personal cloud links like Dropbox, Google Drive, Spideroak, etc to share data files in questions because:
They tend to break over time and
They ...
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Add an optional field to link to source code repository when asking a question [duplicate]
I've run into situations where the original question did not include all the source code required to debug the program. Sometimes I've done this unwittingly, and to avoid this I find myself adding a ...
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We need a way to deal with deprecated web links and external resources [duplicate]
I have encountered this issue many times:
You search for hours for an answer to your question
Finally find a great answer
The answer only contains a snapshot or less with an external link to the ...
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Warn when people link to GitHub but not a specific commit
Often, people link to relevant source code on GitHub.
Many times - the link is to line numbers on the master branch. After some time, the code on the repository is updated and the link goes out of ...
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Redirecting codehaus.org to Internet Archive's Wayback Machine automagically? [closed]
http://www.codehaus.org/ terminated their services as of June 1.
http://www.mojohaus.org/ is going to migrate the content but many links to Documentation and Usage pages, FAQs, etc. (in fact all of ...
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