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Vienna, Austria

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I study computer science, with research focus on video coding and human-centered multimedia quality evaluation, and work as a software developer.

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Decision on rejected edits should be displayed as a notification to the editor

feature-request suggested-edits notifications rejected-edits asked Jan 29 '12 at 14:19

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162 votes

Using the Stack engine for the blog – a long-term idea for maintaining a healthy blogging culture

discussion feature-request blog blog-overflow asked Nov 3 '11 at 21:09

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138 votes

Let users with sufficient reputation use “problem” in titles

feature-request status-declined title question-restrictions asked Oct 9 '11 at 9:53

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76 votes

The time of automatic review bans should be increased with every new ban

feature-request review moderator-tools review-audits review-suspension asked Mar 29 at 10:13

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75 votes

What are PATH and other environment variables, and how can I set or use them?

path environment-variables community-faq asked May 16 '11 at 18:25

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70 votes

Stack Exchange needs a better way to inform their moderators about feature and policy changes

feature-request moderators newsletter asked Mar 26 at 9:29

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69 votes

The “Vote to Close” button for duplicates is inefficiently placed and shouldn't move away

feature-request status-completed voting vote-to-close asked May 30 '11 at 11:02

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66 votes

“$” is silently removed from links used in comments

bug status-completed comments hyperlinks asked Jan 13 '12 at 10:49

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50 votes

Moderators should be able to remove / burninate a tag themselves

feature-request tags moderator-tools moderator-abilities asked Mar 4 '12 at 12:12

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47 votes

Is there something we can do against “Ask this on xyz.SE” comments?

discussion comments migration cross-posting asked Jul 20 '12 at 2:49

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