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The robots.txt file on chat.stackexchange.com does not work, likely because it returns HTTP status code 418 ("I'm a Teapot")

It apparently used to be the case that the robots.txt file on chat.stackexchange.com allowed search engines to index some parts of that domain; this robots.txt file was apparently intended to allow ...
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Review submission missing POST data when opting to leave a question closed

Update 17:57Z The issue appears to have been resolved. The POST data is sent with two keys: fkey and closeReasonId. I'm attempting to review an item in the Code Review SE reopen queue. After opting ...
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"An error occurred submitting the answer." when I tried to answer my own question

I had a question on the Unix & Linux Stack Exchange site: Zorin OS boots into emergency mode I was able to find out the problem after some time and decided to answer my own question. Here is the ...
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Image uploader reports "Request returned an error: [error] I'm a teapot"

While uploading a screenshot for a post on Super User, I managed to get the bizarre response Request returned an error: [error] I'm a teapot. In balpha's answer to Stack Overflow returning HTTP error ...
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Stack Overflow returning HTTP error code 418 (I'm a teapot)?

First a little background: I recently wrote a reverse proxy which I have found to work wonderfully so far, and being an avid Stack Overflow user, I thought I would try it out there. I was just playing ...
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