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Bounty 25 or 50?

My bounty was auto-awarded and one answer shows a (+25) badge. But the bounty was for 50 points. What's going on? Also, how did it choose, since it's not the highest scoring post nor a new post.
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I've completely rewrote one of my deleted questions to lift a curse. What to do?

That question was deleted by the “roomba” because of the last reason shown on the help page. If it’s edited soon after closing, it doesn’t get deleted and can be re-opened easily. Normally, the ques …
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Shortcut link to another Stack Exchange site

What's the shortcut syntax to link to another Stack Exchange site? I can't remember and it's not in the help center! But I know it's worked before.
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Please revisit this timely on-hold question soon

My post Can characterization contributed by actors (not the writer) have a significant effect in building a rich and enduring imagined world? has been put on hold. My on-topic question is whether non …
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what is the number next to the 'review' link?

I always assumed the number next to the review link was the number of items in the queues, ans its non-matching caused by the queue being emptied (by others) without updating the indicator. But now i …
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"move" threads to chat?

I was surprised to see the conversation still in the comments, after accepting the suggestion to move it to Chat. It copied the messages, not moved them. Did something go wrong?
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"access to site analytics", is that a new thing?

I just got access to site analytics achievement, which the linked help says is at 5000 points. Is this a new feature that's being applied en masse to everyone who qualifies, or what?
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Why hasn't the site awarded me the Curious, Inquisitive or Socratic badges?

I wonder what “positive question record” means exactly? @Brythan noted this link which gives a formula that is approximate or an early draft or something like that. (total questions - negative qu …
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Why aren’t my spoiler markup working?

On Recognizable natural numbers for alien message? I used >! at the beginning of a paragraph in 3 places. Only 1 of them works! What's the problem? I went over it carefully for stray spaces, and see …
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Why aren’t my spoiler markup working?

James K fixed it, and explains in the edit comment that two consecutive spoiler blocks don’t work.
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Tag for cubeworld questions

With the recent duplicate question concerning a cubeworld, I realize that there are quite a few on cubes and other shapes with similar questions such as what the gravity would be like. And these shou …
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Strange rep cap behavior: how did I get 201 for the day?

How did I manage to get 201 points for the day just ended? The Rep panel just shows the last upvote with +1 after a long string of blanks since I had already reached the limit of 200. I have noticed …
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Is an alternative use of TeX reason to remove it from a post?

respect the CSS and site design Some people overlook provided features for markup (headers) or don’t trigger the recognition of numbered lists and bullets properly, etc. Don’t make up your own formatt …
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3 votes
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Why is my link messed up?

What is the best planetary orbit around a black hole in order to support life? …
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Is this a case of vote fraud?

I noticed that this question: Given present-day Earth as we know it, how could I fake a radio transmission as coming from a distant star? Had a downvote on every answer that seemed to be applied in a …
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