Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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Why Was My Question Closed After Being Migrated from Stack Exchange Law to Here
Yesterday, I asked a question on Personal Finance & Money, but it was closed because it was off-topic. Then, I decided to post the same question on Stack Exchange Law, where it was migrated back ...
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How do you reach this meta page from the main page?
I don't see any links to here from the main Money page.
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Tag wikis and plagiarism
This is a reminder that the standard StackExchange rules on plagiarism apply to tag wikis and tag wiki excerpts.
Please do not copy them from other web pages, even if they are short. As well as being ...
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Use of chatGPT and other AI generators is banned
Use of text generated by ChatGPT or other AI generation tools is banned for now.
For now, the use of ChatGPT or other AI generation tools to create posts here on Personal Finance & Money is not ...
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What changed on my question by meta
Active page shows my question as edited, but I could not find what actually the Bot changed. How I could know, I was the author of the question.
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Why was my comment deleted, for this question about "where does the Value of Money go"?
Specifically, this question on Value of Money. I put a comment on the Question itself (two, actually, one in response to another person). All three comments are gone - any reason why? Alternately, is ...
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So why was this downvoted 4 times in 12 views?
The way this question is worded is exactly how law.SE would require it: In the hypothetical, with a hypothetical name, typically Bob.
This covers your asses from giving financial advice, so what’s the ...
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Where can I ask suggestions for a stock tracking app?
As per title, I'm looking for an iOS app that can track a set (technical name is portfolio?) of stocks:
give me the value of each stock in real time (this is something even the barebones Stocks app ...
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Regarding Web application recommendation
Is it on-topic here on in the main site to request for web application meeting a certain criteria?
Example question:
Web application that allows one to search for {country} stocks based on minimum ...
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This person's question was closed for incorrect reasons, and is compliant if the people that closed it knew the answer
In reference to this closed question: How to anonymously donate cryptocurrency to charities which only support traditional online payments platform?
The reason for closing this question was that it is ...
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Question gone without a trace
I was looking for answers to the question I posted this weekend, but I just found it has been deleted, without an explanation of any kind. I understand it may have been ambiguous or opinion-based, but ...
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Clarification on my deleted question
I asked a question here https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/126409/is-this-mobile-app-a-scam and it was deleted. No explanation was given. There were following comments present on the question, ...
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Reputation above 10, but cannot answer a protected question
For some reason, I could not provide an answer to the following question:
Can't pay with PayPal balance, only shows credit card to pay with
But my reputation is actually well above 10. No ...
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How to delete wrong tag that was created by accident?
I created a tag shorting-lending that I want to delete, but could not.
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I answered a question a couple of years ago and now it's gone
I just saw this question on the HNQ list Is it a good idea to copy a trader when investing?.
This reminded me of an answer I had given to a question on this site a couple of years ago. The question ...
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tag form-w-4 and w4 be synonyms
I am new to site, but feel that
https://money.stackexchange.com/tags/synonyms
should show
https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/form-w-4
and
https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/...
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Is asking for a general investment strategy profitability on-topic?
Requests for specific investment buy/sell advice; e.g. "should I sell X?" or "should I buy Y?" or "will X continue to go up?"
Is the question about, whether it is worth to buy Internet ads for a ...
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Candidates For Editing and Reopening
There are questions that are closed, but have high votes, and multiple answers. Over time it would be great for us to review these with an eye towards an edit that could make them a good on-topic ...
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On-topic to find new stocks in certain business area?
Is it on-topic if I ask for help finding publicly traded companies whose stock one can invest in, given that these companies are in a certain business area? I want to invest in AI companies, ...
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Is there a tag for building loan contracts?
Is there a tag for building loan contracts, or under which tag a question on that topic should be asked?
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Flagging abusive comments
It's occurred to me that there is a specific user here that has a bad habit of making directly aggressively rude comments implying or directly stating that people are stupid or ignorant when they ...
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Why can't I see posts or comments by a particular user?
I've noticed several times that I cannot see comments made by a particular user. On my own posts, or on posts made by others. The only reason I know those comments exist are because I see others @-ing ...
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Increase Rep Level for Commenting
This is the privilege list (communications) for our Stack:
The issue I am opening for feedback is whether we want to lobby for a higher level required to comment. Put a different way - "Do we feel ...
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merge accounts form keeps trying to merge the wrong way
I'm trying to merge the account https://money.stackexchange.com/users/57590/rpresser into the account https://money.stackexchange.com/users/57592/ross-presser. Both accounts are using the same email (...
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Are questions about student society bookkeeping on-topic here?
I'm the treasurer for a university student-run society. The society has between 500-1000 members and receives $10,000-20,000/year in dues from the membership. We are audited three times per year by ...
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Are questions about what a product is worth on-topic here?
My friends wants to buy a computer from me but we don't know what is it worth. Is money the right place to ask what a Dell Latitude E7450 is worth selling for or is there some other place where I can ...
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Situational Anonymity
I was about to ask a question on SO PF&M when I realized that I had to disclose details that I would prefer to keep private. This wouldn't be a big deal generally but I am well known on several ...
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Is it on-topic to ask questions about money in politics?
Is it on-topic to ask questions about money in politics?
Let's say, ask for an explanation about why x government asks you to pay some specific taxes, for example?
Or is it more on-topic in Politics ...
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Answer with biblical documentation deleted
I posted an answer here to Should I charge my children interest when they borrow money?
The answer was live for a couple days but I see that a moderator has deleted it. I am confident that I ...
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My answer was converted into a comment. I thought I answered properly
My answer, https://money.stackexchange.com/a/63749/25694, was converted to a comment and I am not sure how to find the exact reason for it.
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Posted question now completely missing
I posted a new question about 10 hours ago. I verified it got posted and starred it as a favorite so I could reference it easier.
That question is now not listed in the SE system. I thought maybe ...
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Voted best answer revoked?
I was voted the best answer on a post - and I was the only one posting. The question was then downvoted and I no longer have the reputation from being the best answer. Is this related? Or did the OP ...
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Some website is scraping SE questions and answers. Is SE doing something about it?
I got a pingback on my blog a non-SE site (link removed) and apparently they just copy all the questions, answers and even comments, including the embedded links.
What does SE do about it?
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OASDI -> Social Security
Request for tag synonym
OASDI -> Social Security
My understanding is that they are different names for the same thing[1]
OASDI stands for old age, survivor and disability insurance, which is more ...
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Would my question be on-topic for Money.SE?
I want to ask a question asking why the 'new' chip & pin system in the U.S is considered such a big deal, compared to the rest of the world (who have had this system for a while).
Would my ...
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When to say "Just use Google"
I've been posting some answers and comments here and there. I noticed there are a lot of questions that could be answered if the OP just knew how to use basic a google search. Should those be ...
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Generalist Badge - is this working
I notice that not a single "Generalist" Badge has been awarded on this site. The way I understood may be incorrect. But I think quite a few would be eligible to get this badge.
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Is the "Accounting" tag wiki accurate?
When I read the following wiki: https://money.stackexchange.com/tags/accounting/info, I am getting mixed messages.
Firstly, it mentions that all accounting questions must be personal. In my mind a "...
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Does cc-by-sa allow you to revoke rights to answers?
Contributions to StackExchange sites are licensed cc-by-sa.
Are you allowed to revoke the rights to an answer after you've posted it?
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Is double entry accounting a discussble topic here?
So, I'm trying to learn double entry accounting, and go figure, it's hard. At least, to the uninitiated, it is.
Now, I've spent the last while on meta trying to find out whether or not my question is ...
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Spam Account on Site
I have encountered this spam account that seems to be only be used to promote a business. Can the account be suspended?
https://money.stackexchange.com/users/14581/user14581
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Number of Views?
How did Why might it be advisable to keep student debt vs. paying it off quickly? get nearly 2K views so quickly? The questions before and after are at a tiny fraction of this number.
Is this a case ...
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Does an open vote counter a close vote?
Does voting to "leave open" counter a "close" vote?
From what I've seen, it doesn't seem to.
How does this work?
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How do I find questions closed because it was averred as "off-topic"?
I'm trying to find such questions so that they can be promoted and resolved in my new Area 51 proposal: Area 51 Proposal: Finance (including Corporate, Public Finance).
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Does Tex markup work on this site? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can we support Latex formulas on this site?
I recently tried to format a financial formula using the Tex markup that I've seen used on some of the other math/science oriented ...
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Referring users the Money.SE site -- Is it possible to track signups?
So, I setup a Twitter account a few months ago to test for referring users to the Money.SE site. I can track the click through rates from Twitter to SE, but I'd like to be able to track the number of ...
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May I ask on MS a question about how to explain Quantitative Easing side effects to kids?
I would like to ask this question on MS:
"How would you explain to kids what happens when a Central Bank prints
more money? It's simple to explain that it saves the banks and the
States by ...
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Change in Reputation
Till yesterday my reputation was 4769. Today I notice its gone down to 4701.
I understand reputation can go down because of various reasons [unaccept an answer, unvote, down vote etc].
But I would ...
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When do names revert to USERxxxx?
I've seen new users who choose a name and ask a question, revert to USERxxx after a few days. What causes this?
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Protect against possible malicious downvotes?
First of all, I am not a person who cares reputation scores. But the recent sequence of downvotes on my questions may indicate personal attacks from some user.
Following is a screenshot from my ...
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