Talk:Stack Overflow

"Moderator removal" section

While the issue has received some news coverage, and should likely be mentioned in some fashion, the phrasing of the current section is not at all neutral. The inclusion of external links in body text is also inappropriate (especially when one of those is a link to the removed moderator's blog). Furthermore, as the issue is also a recent development/current event, it remains to be seen whether the incident even has any lasting impact, or what the aftermath of the incident will ultimately be. And finally: the fact that the incident centers around a particular individual means we should be very careful what we say and how we say it, per WP:BLP.

I'd suggest deleting the section and waiting to add it (or see if it should be added) until the situation works itself out one way or another, rather than trying to present a one-sided perspective of a developing situation. V2Blast (talk) 08:35, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

The situation has been escalating and mutating for the past 4-5 months. What's considered developing at this point? -- OliviaZoe0 ❤️ (She/her) (talk) 15:07, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Other uses for StackOverflow - AI and job candidates

Google is using StackOverflow to creep up on job applicants via Hire with Google ATS:

Research candidates automatically with Google Search Google Search provides more background on a candidate by automatically surfacing links to their profiles from sites like LinkedIn®, GitHub, Behance, Stack Overflow, US Patent Database, and others... Source: https://hire.google.com/applicant-tracking-system/

No time to research RS for this~now, but let us add it here if you find them. Zezen (talk) 16:01, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Disclosure

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Edit request

Please add the following to the History section:

• "In September 2019, Stack Overflow named Prashanth Chandrasekar as its new chief executive officer."
  
• "A few months later, Teresa Dietrich joined Stack Overflow as its new chief product officer."
  
• "In May 2018, the company launched Stack Overflow for Teams, a private section on the public website for developers looking for answers to work-specific questions.The company also offers an enterprise version for large companies."
  
• "In November 2019, the company launched a new integration with Microsoft Teams, which gives developers the ability to find answers to questions from Stack Overflow within Microsoft Teams."
  
• Replace this: "On 3 May 2010, it was announced that Stack Overflow had raised $6 million in venture capital from a group of investors led by Union Square Ventures." with the following: "Stack Overflow has raised $68 million in funding. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Bezos Expeditions, Index Ventures, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures, and more."
  

Please add this to the Statistics section:

• "Stack Overflow conducts an annual Developer Survey asking nearly 90,000 developers about salary, learning techniques, career building, and tools used."
  

Thank you!
Wikidelrey (talk) 01:08, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

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Reply 26-FEB-2020

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• Your edit request could not be implemented because the provided references are not formatted correctly. The citation style predominantly used by the Stack Overflow article is Citation Style 1 (CS1). The citation style used in the edit request consists of bare URL's. Any requested edit of yours which may be implemented will need to resemble the current style already in use in the article – in this case, CS1. (See WP:CITEVAR.) In the extended section below titled Citation style, I have illustrated two examples: one showing how the edit request was submitted, and another showing how requests should be submitted in the future:

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Bare URL reference formatting: The Sun's diameter is 864,337 miles, while the Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles. The Sun's temperature is 5,778 Kelvin. References 1. https://www.booksource.com 2. http://www.journalsource.com 3. http://www.websource.com In the example above there are three URL's provided with the claim statements, but these URL's have not been placed using Citation Style 1, which is the style predominantly used by the Stack Overflow article. Using this style, the WikiFormatted text should resemble the following: Citation Style 1 formatting: The Sun's diameter is 864,337 miles,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sjöblad|first1=Tristan|title=The Sun|url=http://www.booksource.com|publisher=Academic Press|date=2020|page=1}}</ref> while the Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Harinath|first1=Prisha|title=Size of the Moon|journal=Science|issue=78|volume=51|url=http://www.journalsource.com|date=2020|page=46}}</ref> The Sun's temperature is 5,778 Kelvin.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Uemura|first1=Shu|title=The Sun's Heat|url=http://www.websource.com|publisher=Academic Press|date=2020|page=2}}</ref> Which displays as: The Sun's diameter is 864,337 miles, while the Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles. The Sun's temperature is 5,778 Kelvin. References In the example above the references have been formatted according to Citation Style 1, which shows the author, the source's name, date, etc., all information which is lost when only the links are provided. As Wikipedia is a volunteer project, edit requests such as yours are generally expected to have this formatting done before the request is submitted for review.

• Kindly resubmit the edit request below at your earliest convenience, taking care to ensure that it makes use of CS1. If you have any questions about this formatting please don't hesitate to ask myself or another editor. Regards,  Spintendo  19:28, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

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