Questions tagged [status-completed]
Indicates that the report has been resolved through the implementation of a feature or the fixing of a bug.
71
questions
15
votes
2
answers
160
views
Tag disambiguation: tag "short-selling" currently has two meanings
I've noticed the short-selling tag is being used both to refer to questions about selling stocks short in the stock market as well as the real-estate/mortgage concept of selling a property for a value ...
- 31.7k
15
votes
1
answer
271
views
Accounting Area51 proposal has been deleted
I noticed that in the help center article What topics can I ask about here?, the list of topics that are off topic includes:
Questions about accounting that are academic or have no bearing on ...
- 4,609
10
votes
2
answers
268
views
The "coupons" tag is being used for bond coupons, shopping coupons, and vouchers
Look at coupons. It is being used for bond coupons, shopping coupons, and vouchers. We should probably make some new tags. I suggest:
bond-coupons:
A bond coupon is an interest payment that the ...
- 17.2k
9
votes
5
answers
250
views
Shall we broaden the allowed topics to include consumer issues & protection?
There used to be a proposal titled Consumer Issues and Protection at http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/40853/consumer-issues-and-protection (now deleted)
Consumer issues didn't get as far as ...
- 25.3k
8
votes
1
answer
161
views
Should "microsoft-excel" tag be changed to "spreadsheet"?
Occasionally, we get a question asking about financial functions in spreadsheet programs. Traditionally, these are called Excel sheets and Excel functions, but really most spreadsheets (including ...
- 116k
8
votes
1
answer
55
views
Merge tags "abroad" and "offshore" into tag "international" and establish tag synonyms?
Do we really need the abroad and offshore tags? We already have the international tag which is used far more often than either of the aforementioned.
- 31.7k
8
votes
3
answers
214
views
Should we combine HSA and health-spending-account tags?
Should we combine the hsa and health-spending-account tags? Also, shouldn't it be health-savings-account instead of health-spending-account?
- 3,397
8
votes
1
answer
60
views
Make fsa and flexible-spending-account synonyms?
Similar to the request here to merge hsa-related tags, Should we do the same for fsa and flexible-spending-account?
I stumbled across an FSA question and realized it didn't even have a tag wiki, ...
user40002
8
votes
1
answer
107
views
Why is the current site self-evaluation still running?
I reviewed a question for the current iteration of the site self-evaluation back on April 23 (here's the link). I notice that the self-evaluation is still running. Isn't this kind of a long time for ...
- 559
7
votes
4
answers
187
views
Deleting the Armageddon Questions?
https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/12173/what-should-i-keep-in-a-metaphorical-sock-under-the-mattress and others appear to be a genre of question that want to discuss financial collapse, ...
- 173k
7
votes
1
answer
591
views
Should we enable the new banner that warns about our site's policy on AI-generated content?
First, please see:
Meta StackExchange - Sites can now request to enable a banner to warn about their policy on AI-generated content.
Is the Money community interested in opting in to displaying one ...
- 31.7k
7
votes
5
answers
307
views
Economics.SE is closing, do we want some of their questions?
The Economics Stack Exchange beta will be closed down next week along with a bunch of other quiescent beta sites. There's a movement building up (approved by the SE staff) to migrate as much of the ...
- 170
7
votes
1
answer
97
views
Merge tags 1099 and form-1099
Can we merge tags 1099 and form-1099 as they are same.
The tag form-1099 can be primary as we have all forms starting with form-. The tag 1099 can be made a synonym.
If possible we should also have ...
- 57.2k
7
votes
2
answers
44
views
Are old links updated automatically?
There are still links pointing to the old site(?). Will they be updated automatically?
- 688
7
votes
1
answer
73
views
Merge tags "share-repurchase" and "buybacks"
Description for share-repurchase:
Questions relating to companies buying back their own shares from the market.
Description for buybacks:
Stock buybacks refer to the repurchasing of shares of stock ...
- 17.2k
7
votes
1
answer
69
views
Can we have a 'Direct Debit' tag?
I have asked a question about direct debits today and noticed that there is no direct debit tag.
With 73% of bills payed by direct debit in the UK I think it would be a useful tag.
- 181
7
votes
2
answers
113
views
The Review count in top bar shows 10. However there are no review items
For past few days I keep seeing the count of review items as 10. When I click on review there are no item.
Instead of showing a count of Zero, there is a count of 10 ... it increases to 11 or 12 and ...
- 57.2k
7
votes
0
answers
46
views
Meta tag box has lower z index than footer, so appears below when question box is expanded
Here I have my question box expanded so it pushes down the footer. I then click the tags box, and it's below the footer:
Here is an animation:
No other site does this - in all others the suggestions ...
- 285
6
votes
3
answers
141
views
Is a question about purchasing power off-topic?
Should this question be considered off-topic? I have my own opinion which I'll post as an answer.
Is there a measure that uses both cost of living plus income?
I don't know much about economy and ...
- 30.1k
6
votes
1
answer
61
views
What does the [decision] tag mean?
The decision tag currently has eight questions thus tagged, covering a wide range of topics.
Their only common thread among them seems to be that they are somehow about someone trying to make a ...
- 4,609
6
votes
1
answer
49
views
Issue with new design: Deleted answers are no longer colored/shaded
With the new design, deleted answers are no longer shaded a different color. This is confusing when trying to review/moderate the site.
Here's an example picture (from this question). There is no ...
- 17.4k
5
votes
1
answer
270
views
Dear Community: Could you please help us by completing the site self-evaluation? Thank you!
Good day, all.
There is currently a site self-evaluation event underway for Personal Finance & Money. If you haven't already completed this evaluation, could you please help us out and review ...
- 31.7k
5
votes
1
answer
145
views
What are the best tools question - Should it stick around?
What are the best software tools for personal finance?
Does this question still belong on our site? I have a feeling that if it was asked today, it would be closed as not answerable/not specific, ...
- 17.4k
5
votes
1
answer
53
views
Should the "savings" and "saving" tags be merged?
I don't have enough reputation in either tag to suggest one as a synonym of the other, but I don't think it's necessary to have both. The savings tag is used on 145 questions, while the saving tag is ...
- 15k
5
votes
1
answer
36
views
Issue with new design: Suggested edit review page is clipped on the right side
Saw an edit request.
Right side clipped in both Chrome and FoxFire
- 173k
5
votes
1
answer
60
views
Remove the "finance" and "money" tags and prevent their use in the future
To the attention of Stack Exchange Inc. staff:
We've got a couple of tags on the site which are redundant / intrinsic:
finance, currently on 31 questions.
money, currently on 3 questions.
I believe ...
- 31.7k
4
votes
3
answers
77
views
Should we permit questions that ask for specific loan providers to be named or recommended?
Refer to this question:
https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/20426/which-banks-allows-a-student-living-in-india-to-apply-for-unsecured-lines-of-c
Should we permit such questions asking where to ...
- 31.7k
4
votes
4
answers
154
views
Why was a question about bank runs closed?
This question was closed as "off topic". From the list of what's on-topic, I think it's definitely about personal finance, e.g. it falls under "Best practices for saving..". For the specific off-topic ...
- 30.1k
4
votes
2
answers
65
views
Difference between tags "income-tax" and "income-taxes"
There is an tag income-taxes. I see few question tagged with this.
We already have a very popular tag income-tax .
We already have a plural generic tag taxes and it doesn't make sense to have ...
- 57.2k
4
votes
3
answers
54
views
Does it make sense to merge the tag "financial-education" and "financial-literacy"
Does it make sense to merge the tags financial-education and financial-literacy
Edit: Please vote the options so that we can decide which tag to keep
- 57.2k
4
votes
1
answer
57
views
Remove "problem" tag
There are currently 6 questions tagged with problem. A couple of them are basically just homework problems, and a couple are along the lines of "help, I have a problem". Aside from one, they all have ...
- 9,543
4
votes
1
answer
65
views
Merge tags "hedging" and "hedge"
Description for hedging:
for questions that relate to hedging. A hedge is an investment position intended to offset potential losses/gains.
Description for hedge:
A hedge is an investment to reduce ...
- 17.2k
4
votes
1
answer
26
views
Tour page: mention that questions seeking off-site resources are off-topic
The tour page currently says:
Ask about...
Personal investing and asset allocation
The financial aspects of homebuying
Best practices for saving for retirement, education, and other goals
Strategies ...
- 17.2k
4
votes
1
answer
107
views
"put-options" and "call-options" vs "puts" and "calls"
Do we need puts and calls when we already have put-options and call-options?
Not all puts and calls have to do with options (e.g. there are put warrants, call warrants, puttable bonds, callable bonds, ...
- 17.2k
4
votes
1
answer
64
views
Merge sales-tax and sales-taxes tags
I noticed that we have both sales-tax and sales-taxes, both of which with a significant number of questions. (20 and 47, respectively, but only 7 questions with both.)
I propose that the two be ...
- 4,609
4
votes
1
answer
61
views
Should we remove the "personal-finance" tag? How to?
The tag personal-finance seems completely redundant for this site, and I want to remove it. Any objections?
Stack Exchange folks: I'm also wondering how I would go about doing this. I don't see ...
- 31.7k
4
votes
0
answers
37
views
Useless tag: how-to
I found a tag that looks useless: how-to. There are currently only 5 questions with that tag. I think it is a useless tag because it is too general. There are currently more than 2500 questions that ...
- 17.2k
4
votes
0
answers
61
views
Why was one of my answers marked as spam with no apparent justification?
One of my answers was marked as such with no apparent justification.
This subtracted 100 points from my reputation score. Downvotes are one thing. But marking an answer as spam when it is on topic, ...
- 1,385
4
votes
0
answers
49
views
Wrong title for Beta badge
The badges page says that the Beta badge is for people who participated in the Stack Overflow beta. Other StackExchange sites don't seem to have this problem (see diy or ubuntu), so I don't know if it'...
- 101
3
votes
2
answers
91
views
3
votes
2
answers
76
views
Should "debt-collectors" and "debt-collection" tags be combined?
I noticed today that we have both debt-collectors and debt-collection tags that seem identical.
debt-collectors has 19 questions. It has no tag excerpt.
debt-collection has 35 questions. The tag ...
- 116k
3
votes
2
answers
35
views
Should we merge the tags 'bank' and 'banking'?
Should we merge the tags bank and banking? I think they mean the same thing.
- 31.7k
3
votes
1
answer
70
views
Merge tags w2 and form-w-2
I am not sure if the tags w2 and form-w-2 are the same. If they are Can we merge this.
Else can we have tag wiki to explain the difference.
A synonym may not be required as search for w-2 ...
- 57.2k
3
votes
1
answer
52
views
Rename "interactive-broker" tag to "interactive-brokers"
It appears that "Interactive Broker" is a misspelling. It is supposed to be "Interactive Brokers" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_Brokers).
interactive-broker should be ...
- 17.2k
3
votes
2
answers
40
views
Is there a valid difference between home-loan and mortgage tags?
Should both the home-loan and the mortgage tag exist?
- 17.4k
3
votes
1
answer
58
views
Bug: BasicallyMoney.com links do not show up in linked question side bar
Related to Are old links updated automatically?, If a question links to another question on BasicallyMoney.com, those questions do not show up on the linked sidebar.
- 17.4k
3
votes
0
answers
24
views
Merge tags "volume" and "trading-volume"
Tags volume and trading-volume are about the same thing. Should they be merged?
- 17.2k
3
votes
0
answers
59
views
How often are questions deleted?
Is there some sort of warning or time period I should be aware of? I assume several questions that were just deleted had low vote counts, although I don't remember off the top of my head. I mainly ask ...
- 15k
2
votes
3
answers
309
views
Can we remove "Strategies for earning more money" from the on-topic list?
In theory, "Which non-mathematical subject could I tutor to make the most money?" is on-topic, as our help centre explicitly lists
Strategies for earning more money
It doesn't feel like a ...
- 30.1k
2
votes
1
answer
69
views
Should [wealth] be a synonym of [net-worth]?
I was reviewing some edit suggestions for the wiki of wealth and it basically suggested that it was related to net-worth. There is only one question with this tag. I think we should either make a ...
