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Q&A Assist Chat?

In my experience, Q&A Assist gives some incredibly bad answers at times. It's main failings (for the Outlook questions I follow) are: In response to a simple consumer product question it will spew out a torrent of IT Admin advice that even a…

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Hornblower409 8,200

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Hornblower409 8,200

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Why Include "Other"?

Exactly what is the purpose of including Other" as a Child Subitem in the list of Platforms? It causes confusion, misdirection & delay to pull the necessary information from the questioner. Users should be encouraged to provide all fundamental…

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Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 435K

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Alison A 5,180 Admin

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Need a direct link to the most recent post

Consider this entry in the thread list: When I go to that question, there are five pages of answers. Stefan's comment does not appear to be on the last page, and there's no way I'm going to wade through five pages of answers and comments looking for it.…

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Suzanne S Barnhill 277.3K MVP Volunteer Moderator

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Stefan Blom 339.3K MVP Volunteer Moderator

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Get a direct URL link to a specific Q&A Answer or Comment

There are so many times when I want to link to an existing Q&A Answer or Comment but it does not seem to be an option. I know the mechanism is there because email notifications from Q&A can do this. e.g. This link from an email…

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Hornblower409 8,200

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Alison A 5,180 Admin

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User deletion of their own questions

Please add a feature for users to be able to delete their own questions, especially only a few minutes after they have posted them. This is basic forum functionality...

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Rdub2 200

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Alison A 5,180 Admin

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Show open/closed status of questions at all times

I was searching for an answer via Google and got to this MS site. I was not logged in. I was thinking the question I was looking at was closed to comments, but it didn't say so. I wondered if it would say that when I logged in, so I did, and I then could…

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R. Campbell 25

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AAA 140

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This new site is great. Here's 2 helpful tips to fix the Outlook Tag:

The "child tag" might want Apple to be added alongside Windows, if you're going to offer help the Apple iOS people. The "Select a child item tag" only offers "Classic Outlook for Windows" in the drop-down. "New…

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Jeff Davis 50

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Alison A 5,180 Admin

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Feature Request : Search within Q&A tag

I don't seem to be able to search the Q&A questions for a string in a specific tag. This limits my ability to check to see if the same question has been answered before. This capability should be added to prevent duplication in question answering.

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Gordon Byers 7,165

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Alison A 5,180 Admin

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Delete own post without giving a reason

It should be possible to delete one's own post without having to give a reason. I was looking at a question that was supposed to include an image, and there was a notice that the image was unavailable. I commented that the OP needed to repost the image.…

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Suzanne S Barnhill 277.3K MVP Volunteer Moderator

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Alison A 5,180 Admin

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Moving threads to a different language

When will moderators be able to move threads to a different language? I've seen several Q&A threads that are entirely (question and all replies) in another (supported) language.

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Suzanne S Barnhill 277.3K MVP Volunteer Moderator

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Suzanne S Barnhill 277.3K MVP Volunteer Moderator

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Is there an easy way to unfollow a thread

I subscribe to several “tags” that are often chosen by mistake or laziness by OPs. This triggers an email to me for every update to the off topic thread. I believe the only method to unfollow the thread/question is to open the thread and click…

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Duane Hookom 26,820 Volunteer Moderator

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Alison A 5,180 Admin

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Ability to fix comments

Hi, There is an ability to edit the question, but no ability to edit the comments. This would be quite helpful as well.

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Naomi Nosonovsky 8,906

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Neil D 32,840 Volunteer Moderator

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Return the << Subscribe - Unsubscribe >> Feature

Hello : Does anybody up here know. How to "Subscribe - Unsubscribe" from questions, discussions,.. Etc. Due to the massive number of questions about. How to enroll on the Windows 10 ESU -- where participated before, with answers and comments.…

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Usernames with special characters - Does this serve any purpose?

I am all for freedom of expression. But does this serve any purpose other than to make dealing with this user difficult? And I can see this being abused as a way of "Getting Crap Past the Radar". https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/users/q-9735/

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Hornblower409 8,200

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Erland Sommarskog 133.9K MVP Volunteer Moderator

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Feature Request: Include a Reply Button like the old Community form

When you got a response on the old Community form, there was a big Reply button. Worked fine. Now you have to reply in Comments. Pretty lame. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. That's an old saying because it makes sense.

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George Flach 0

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A suggestion about the opening screen of Q&A

As a long time user of answers.Microsoft I've needed learn how to navigate to basic types of operations on Q&A. Such as how to ask a question. Earlier this evening I realized that I didn't know how to do that. I read an article about the topic and…

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Phillip Richcreek 570

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CrazyKats 15,500 Volunteer Moderator

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Please modify the feature in Q&A - To remove profile followers

Here's the suggestion. if accidentally or purposedly I'm following a member there is a method to unfollow him by [(Find one of his posts > clicking the "Follow" link) Then display the "Unfollow" link)] by clicking that link. The…

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aReply4u0084 885

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aReply4u0084 885

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Locked Question notification to have link to where a question has been moved.

Almost every time I find a word for word perfect description of problem I'm having on the forum, the question is locked because it was migrated to some more appropriate place. Totally fine, I understand the necessity of moving question to more…

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Brandon 15

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CrazyKats 15,500 Volunteer Moderator

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Seeing the people who follow me

When I view my profile, I see several values, including the number of people who follow me. I'd really like this to be a link to show me who those people are, much like some social media sites allow me to see who follows me.

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Brian Tillman 25,040 Independent Advisor

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When I look at my profile, I want to know which answers have been accepted.

When I view my profile by clicking Profile under my avatar at the top left, I see the list of posts to which I've responded. I'd like to see an indication if any of those responses have been accepted as the answer, similar to what I see when I look at…

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Brian Tillman 25,040 Independent Advisor

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Brian Tillman 25,040 Independent Advisor

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Q&A Assist Chat?

Why Include "Other"?

Need a direct link to the most recent post

Get a direct URL link to a specific Q&A Answer or Comment

User deletion of their own questions

Show open/closed status of questions at all times

This new site is great. Here's 2 helpful tips to fix the Outlook Tag:

Feature Request : Search within Q&A tag

Delete own post without giving a reason

Moving threads to a different language

Is there an easy way to unfollow a thread

Ability to fix comments

Return the << Subscribe - Unsubscribe >> Feature

Usernames with special characters - Does this serve any purpose?

Feature Request: Include a Reply Button like the old Community form

A suggestion about the opening screen of Q&A

Please modify the feature in Q&A - To remove profile followers

Locked Question notification to have link to where a question has been moved.

Seeing the people who follow me

When I look at my profile, I want to know which answers have been accepted.