The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Partial answer and editing own question
I've posted a question and got an answer that wasn't totally satisfying but allowed me to solve 90% of my problem. I've accepted the solution of pnuts, but edited my question to the point that is not ...
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Appeal of a closed question
This question was closed while I was working on an answer, and now I can't answer it.
The person who posted the question revised it, yet it remains closed.
This question is a perfectly valid question. ...
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What should be featured in our list of off-topic close reasons?
Many people seem to think that question closure means that the question has come the end of its lifecycle here, while it's clearly not so. As part of making things more clear to the folks asking why ...
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Why are the tags “directory” and “folder” configured how they are, and not reversed?
Why was folder chosen as the authoritative tag and directory made the synonym instead of the other way around?
Directories are always directories in filesystems. A folder is an almost-cardboard ...
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Would the following question be more suitable for SuperUser or Stack Overflow?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17041477/shared-resources-on-a-partitioning-multicore-board
I am finding it hard to ascertain whether the above question would be suitable for here or Stack ...
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Expanding our product reviews for the blog
The Super User Blog has reviewed in the past a few products from other companies. I would like to propose that we expand this even further. I would like to setup a system whereby either users or ...
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Should Super User actively seek out partnerships/sponsorships with other companies?
Over the years, I have both contacted and been contacted by a few companies to perform reviews of their products on the Super User Blog with some success. Now that the blog is a bit more veteran ...
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Merge [pen-tablet] into [graphics-tablet]
Both pen-tablet and graphics-tablet appear to describe a computer input device that enables a user to hand-draw images and graphics.
(source)
Since we don't need two tags describing the exact same ...
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Should questions dealing with admitted cases of PEBKAC be closed as Too Localized?
A recent question triggered this, although I've seen many such cases in the past (as I'm sure have others). In all such cases the OP describes some steps that have been followed and also seemingly ...
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Should [charts] and [graphs] tags be merged?
charts - 205 questions tagged / 77% answered.
graphs - 148 questions tagged / 79% answered.
Both charts & graphs - 27 tagged with both / 74% answered
I think the real difference between charts ...
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When reviewing edits, what is considered a minor change?
I'd like to know what edits should be rejected as too minor, and which ones should be accepted? I'm thinking about things like:
Changing just the misleading title
Editing formatting of menu options ...
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Are diagnostics/troubleshooting issues on-topic and not too localized?
Following on from this question. I made a comment there:
By the same token, we shouldn't automatically close any question that says "virus" anywhere in the subject or body, because it may be that ...
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Closing virus-related-issues questions
Seems we have plenty of virus-related-issue questions. We also a lovely How do I get rid of malicious spyware, malware, viruses or rootkits from my PC? canonical question. Most of us know the only way ...
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Is there a way to send a hint to someone who suggest lots of edits?
As you can see from my rep I'm rather new to the "review suggested edits" privilege, so I'm searching for some advice.
Currently there are a lot of edit suggestions from one user, which mainly ...
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Comments to a question that should be answers
Problem:
A trend of questions being answered purely in the comment field of the question. There is no formal migration of this into the answer format to the question. As a result, questions that ...
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Should [hardware-failure] and [hard-drive-failure] tags be merged?
These two tags (hardware-failure and hard-drive-failure) are pretty much related to the same concept, albeit the latter is more specific.
Should they be merged?
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Should you answer a question that you know will get closed?
There are questions on SU that are sure to be closed for a variety of reasons. Should you post an answer if you have one? I would think so its OK if you know it will get migrated to another SE site. ...
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Are there optimal days/hours to post questions in order to get visibility and answers?
I know that maybe that's a a silly and weird question, if it's not appropriate please forgive me and feel free to close it.
Given the large amount of questions that the site gets daily, it may happen ...
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How to migrate a Not Constructive question when it's not off topic?
This question: Transfer Amazon S3 data to MySql Database, was closed as Not Constructive. Before it was closed, I thought it might've made a good fit for dba.stackexchange.com, so I asked in The Heap ...
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How to deal with reoccuring specific questions not being useful to others
Some questions like "Dualboot some GNU/Linux distribution (mostly Ubuntu) with Windows 7/8" are being asked more than five times a day and are broad in their nature, so I start to think about marking ...
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Can and should we have community wikis for identifying cables
I just picked up a fair amount of reputation from what was a fairly simple question that was about identifying a cable. On one hand, its not a great question, though one that needed some experience to ...
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What should you do when you're not receiving any reputation for your answers?
I have posted several answers on Super User where my answers are the only ones posted for the questions, and they have never been accepted, nor have they been voted on. What should I do to ensure that ...
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Reputation cost of downvoting
Why does downvoting an answer costs 2 reputation points while doing the same on a question not?
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My question was deleted but it isn't a duplicate
My question has been marked as a duplicate and deleted, but the question of which it supposedly is a duplicate doesn't answer my question. The solution given by Molly7244 doesn't solve my problem on ...
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Wouldn't everyone who has a post vote down the other posts?
I see how the answer method works here and on all Stack Exchange sites, but, can someone explain to me why those who have answers to a question can downvote other answers. Doesn't this seem a little ...
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Should I ignore questions that require more info on SU
Question Internet Explorer 10 immediately closes after opening ends with, "What's next?"
More information could lead to a possible solution. Should I do one of the following?
request more ...
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SSD recommendation closed as off topic, but subject is on topic, what edits can re-open it?
I was looking for backup/archival solutions and wondered about the possibility of using (one or more) SSDs. Before asking, I searched for duplicates and I found:
Would an SSD be a good option as a ...
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Burninate the [service-rec] tag and delete its questions
The service-rec tag, aside from likely being a meta-tag, has 22 of its 23 questions closed for being off-topic and not constructive.
As I don't believe that this tag, or its questions for that ...
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Is it an appropriate question for me to ask how you can create animated gif files of molecules in Windows 7?
I thought maybe this question may fall under "software recommendation" which I've been informed is off-topic, if this is the case, would this problem be subverted by me modifying the question to:
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What is that number in the red circle next to StackExchange?
In the top left hand corner of this webpage that you are looking at right now is the word StackExchange. To the left of that is either a balloon like object with horizontal lines through it, or a red ...
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Windows 8: Hints, Tips & Tricks?
Is it possible to have a Windows 8: Hints, Tips & Tricks question on SuperUser, which is kind of like a community wiki (if thats the correct term), where one hint tip or trick is given per answer. ...
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What is the general philosophy with images on the tag info page?
New to reviewing tag edits so looking for some guidance. Noticed some edits inserting rather large images to tag info pages. The google-chrome was not one I reviewed but an example of a really large ...
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Why is “closed as not constructive” sometimes so destructive?
I was looking at the following and I found what I needed and I really wondered and felt actually pity for the guy who asked the question.
Flavor of Linux which is ONLY command line (and super ...
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Why is 589587 off topic? (Windows 7 64 RAM Drive)
The following question:
RAM Drive for Vista/Win7 64bit
I'm looking for a (hopefully free) RAM drive utility for Windows 7 64
(one for Vista 64 would also likely work). I use an SSD for my ...
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It is ok to to edit posts to add tags that are related to answers rather than questions? [duplicate]
I'd like to know if it is ok to add a tag to a post that help categorizing it but it is more related to the answer rather than to the question.
This doubt is related to this question Creating ...
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Using `Fixed Width` in Questions and Answers
Recently someone edited one of my posts (OK, maybe not that recently), and mentioned (as the reason for the edit) that it is not appropriate to use Fixed Width to highlight text in posts.
I haven't ...
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The [filter] tag is ambiguous
See list of questions tagged filter: some of them are about ffmpeg filters (used for resizing videos and such), some are about filtering data in MS Excel, some are about organising emails... none of ...
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When should a question that otherwise belongs on another site be simply closed and not migrated?
This question was closed as off topic, but was not migrated. I (incorrectly) decided to vote to close and migrate to Stack Overflow, but the question was not migrated for quality reasons.
I ...
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plasma tag itself is too generic, should be compounded and split into TV and workspace
As things stand right now, plasma is ambiguous. Questions labeled with it refer both to plasma TVs and to the KDE graphical environment, and this doesn't seem correct to me.
I suggest deleting the ...
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What happens if two or more users are reviewing the same question/answer?
Pretty much as the tile says, what will happen if two users are reviewing the same item?
Is it possible at all, or when one opens a review item, is the reviewed item not available to anyone else ...
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How exactly are we supposed to treat duplicates of questions that have no upvoted/accepted answers?
I flagged a question as a dupe of another one. Why, when I could simply VTC? Obviously because I'm compelled to do so due to the stupid changes to "close as duplicate" (which predictably have lead to ...
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Asking about native running software, question closed, no idea why
I'm trying to understand why my question about native running software was closed. A friend said this would be the site for me to ask my question.
What does it mean for software to run natively?
Why ...
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Request to reopen question 151431 [duplicate]
This question was closed as off topic but it is perfectly valid and on topic. The OP was not very clear and at first glance it might look like a programming issue (I imagine that is why it was closed) ...
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site scope about file descriptors
I did this question here a few minutes ago, then I tough it would probably be more in the scope of Unix and Linux.
Since super user have tags for I assume the question is on topic here, is it?
If ...
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I've been question banned - how do I ask better questions?
I've not been allowed to ask questions for a while now and it's quite annoying because there is a clear difference (in terms of community culture) between the sites.
I've had the best luck at ...
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Removing text when reviewing answers and new posts
A couple of seconds ago I removed parts of a text that was in review because the user was stating something that is not true for all cases. After a comment from another user I realized that the user ...
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Why do Suggested Edit Review audits often use the same user? [duplicate]
Whenever I get a Suggested Edit Review test, the proposed edit appears to always come from the same user account. The account belongs to a legitimate, albeit new, user.
This brings up a couple of ...
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Citing and Tag wiki
Is citing required for Tag wikis that come from other sources? If so, how does one do it? I am just curious as there is plenty of info out there and if something is a direct quote, should it be cited?
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Advice on approving edits
I have noticed a wave of improved tag edits in the review bin. I am seeking advice or awarness on the quality aspect of tag only edits.
Is this something that is OK on a large scale?
Note, I did not ...
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Why is Deltek off topic?
Is there any way for an individual to learn Deltek Vision?
Why was this question considered off-topic?
According to the FAQ:
Super User is for computer enthusiasts and power users. If you have a ...
