Questions about the migration of posts to another Stack Exchange site
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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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I need advice on where to move some questions of mine
There are some questions of mine that have received few attention and I'm considering to migrate them to another site (if it's possible to do so), where maybe they are more pertaining and more ...
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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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Where should I migrate this question about HTTP/HTTPS?
I have a question about HTTP/HTTPS on Superuser. It has not received any answers:
SSL / https login issue
I was thinking of migrating it to Webmasters, or perhaps IT Security.
Which site should I ...
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Migrate question from SO?
I think this question should be migrated from SO. They've closed it and it has a TON of exp that could benefit this community.
I flagged it and RichB responded,
This should not be closed, it ...
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How do you have a question migrated?
How do you have a question migrated to another stack exchange site?
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Please be sure of your migrations
This question was migrated to the wrong Stack Exchange site by the Super User community. This isn't the only community mis-migration I have encountered and tried to clean up.
I have flagged this for ...
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What are the prerequisites for a question to be transferred over to Super User?
Two questions really:
What are the prerequisites for a question to be migrated over to Super User part of Stack Exchange?
Why was my question migrated over from Stack Overflow to SuperUser, if the ...
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Why was a question about SoundCloud moved to Web Apps?
Why was a question asking if there was a stand-alone player for SoundCloud moved to Web Apps?
The question has nothing to do with web applications, it's asking about if desktop software exists.
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Why was this non-programming question migrated from SU to SO?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11832505/simulating-a-bad-internet-connection
This guy was looking for a way to use a PC to simulate a bad network connection. I provided him with a way to use a PC ...
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Request to migrate a question to Raspberry Pi declined
I recently flagged a question to be migrated to Raspberry Pi.
Backup data rate on Raspberry Pi maxing out at 5 Mb/s. Why?
But it was declined with the following explanation.
don't really ...
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What to do with the [tag:octave] questions?
There are about 19 questions using the octave tag which is a legitimate GNU math based program similar to MATLAB. However, a majority of the questions that I've encountered have been language ...
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Question migrated but Stack Overflow user has no Super User profile
I just found this stackoverflow question migrated to superuser: How to switch to user perspective in Blender
It's OK so far but I see one little problem: The user has created an account at ...
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Should I flag comments left over after migration? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How should I request for comment cleanup on migrated questions?
When a question is migrated from another site, I often see comments left over like "this site is for ...
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Inconsistent Mod response to migrating Excel questions between Stack OverFlow & Super User [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When should questions be moved to AskDifferent/AskUbuntu/…?
When Excel questions at Super User are clearly vba or vbscript related I then will flag them as ...
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What is the best way to suggest that questions be migrated to other sites?
For example this question, macbook pro late 2011, mac os x lion 10.7.3, beach ball freezing, could benefit by being migrated to the Apple - Stack Exchange What is the suggested way to do so on ...
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How to decide whether to post on OS X related question on SU or on Apple.SE? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When should questions be moved to AskDifferent/AskUbuntu/…?
On one hand, my question is only applicable on an Apple device. On the other hand, many such questions ...
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Add Android Enthusiasts to the default migration targets, drop Gaming
As Android devices become more popular, Super User gets more and more off-topic Android questions. To quote our FAQ (emphasis mine):
If your question is not about...
videogames or consoles
...
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How can I request to move a question to a different Stack Exchange site?
I have a question that would be better off on Stack Overflow, but I asked it here.
I've added an edit asking it to be moved, but it's still here.
How can I request for it to be moved?
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Gaming question - Is this question acceptable on SuperUser?
I posted the following question on the Gaming site:
http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/48467/stuttering-audio-and-graphics-in-pc-games
Topic was closed and I guess deemed off topic, even ...
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Can we educate users to stop adding “Belongs on xyz.SE!” comments without further explanation?
Similarly to people telling the OP to ask their question on Apple.SE, even if it's on topic here on SU, I think that there's a general problem with comments like the following:
This should be on ...
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Are consumer features of fingerprint biometric scanners on-topic?
My question about fingerprint biometric scanner was migrated to IT Security. I think I made it clear that the question is about consumer features of these devices, e.g. speed of detection, ...
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Can I migrate a question from SuperUser to StackOverflow myself?
I asked a question on SU and it became obvious to me that it was a programming issue (of mine) and not a SuperUser issue. I added some more info, along with comments for the people who had responded ...
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How can I move a question to another SE site that isn't on this list?
I see I can flag my own question and click as off-topic to be able to move it to another site but I only see a few sites in the list:
In my case, I want to move a question from Super User to the ...
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Why can't I comment on answers to my own question?
Several months ago I was using this site to ask people and I got 90% good answers. In the past I could write a comment about their answers, but now I cannot see comment button.
I can just answer ...
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Flagging Questions as off-topic
When flagging questions as off-topic, and we are given options to choose a site it should go to... What determines that list? For example, if I see a question on SU that I think should belong on the ...
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Is it okay to inform users to stop promoting Apple.SE when a question is fine to stay here?
Now that we see a quite large amount of OS X Lion questions here on Super User, I've seen people telling the OP to go to ask on Ask Different.
Of course, the folks at Ask Different want their site ...
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Mysterious question migrated 12 times
I just navigated to SU and saw this:
The four five twelve questions are exactly the same; they have the same answers, comments and the same question, just different ID numbers.
I suppose this ...
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Migrating questions to the Ubuntu or Linux/Unix Stack Exchange sites
I just realised that there are Stack Exchange sites for Ubuntu and Linux/Unix.
Why aren't all the Linux/Unix/Debian etc questions on Super User getting migrated there?
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Why do comments usually get removed from Questions?
For what reasons do comments usually get removed from questions?
What is meant by channel id > 100 in 802.11?
I just disagree with this question being moved from Security.SE to Super User. ...
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Edit tags on migrated question
This question has been migrated to Stack Overflow (you'll probably have to search on [macro] to see the stub), and now because of the bad decision to link it directly to that question on SO, it can't ...
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Why can't we flag as “off topic” for other SE sites?
When we flag as "Off-topic" and suggest another SE site, we can only choose from a couple options. I've been in the situation where I want to flag a post as Android or iDevice, but can't select these ...
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Migrated question showing wrong account as asker
This question was asked on SU, then migrated to MSU. The question says that the asker is the user who actually answered the question before it was migrated. The actual asker is no longer shown, and ...
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Did I ask about Adobe Acrobat here in error?
I am wondering if anyone can help me (perhaps by migration?) find an answer to the question I posed a little over a week ago? It involves changing an Adobe Acrobat pre-packaged template for PDF ...
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Inappropriate migration to SF?
This question was migrated to SF a bit ago:
Suspicious redirection to russian pages. Is government spying us?
After being received by us, it was quickly closed as being off-topic (I would have ...
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Question migrated to other stackexchange site displays full name
I registered with my Gmail account and prefer to go by my initials. I recently had a Q moved to the Apple sister site and it automatically displayed my full name. Is there a way to prevent this ...
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Migrating Android questions
Thank you for migrating questions about Android devices to Android Enthusiasts. I know they're off-topic here and we're happy to help folks at the site dedicated to the devices.
However...
Please be ...
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What to do with questions that are duplicate on other SE site?
So, this question got my attention, there's an exact duplicate on SF that has already been answered. Migrating it to SF would probably get it closed there as exact duplicate. Should we just close it ...
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Please save this useful question
my question was migrated from stackoverflow
A Google approach to email
I think its a really good question "Does Gmail show real data or is it fake or prediction?" and it might be useful for other ...
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Consider migrating all questions tagged Android to android SE
There are a few dozen questions in Super User tagged android. Most of these have been closed as off-topic. They should be migrated to the relevant SE.
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Moderators deleting comments?
Whenever a SO question is migrated, it has a few comments that say "Belongs on SU" or the like.
This confuses the heck out of me because when I read a question, I read the question, then the ...
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WordPress software questions on SuperUser.
I have recently had a question regarding my WordPress based blog closed. The closing comment says, "Questions on Super User are expected to generally relate to computer software or computer hardware ...
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Please don't migrate game recommendations to Gaming
Hi Super Users! I'm Grace Note from Gaming, here to make a polite request.
A finalized ruling has been made. While I don't know if you even got any during the decision period after my request, I ...
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How Do I Reclaim a Migrated Question?
If I asked a question on ServerFault but it was closed there and moved to SU, how do I claim the newly migrated question? The specific question is ...
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Add a migration path to Pro Web Masters from Super User
As of now we have
39 questions tagged cms
14 questions tagged joomla
21 questions tagged drupal
22 questions tagged wordpress
And the questions on the above and other web master ...
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Possible to “protest” the transfer of a question to another forum?
I just asked my first question on Super User, and found it to be the most appropriate category among the Stack Exchange sites.
However, it was immediately migrated to "Web Applications", an unrelated ...
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Do we want to have an option to migrate to AskUbuntu?
With 3341+ questions tagged ubuntu would this seem a good migration option?
The most recent ones are:
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Will an option to migrate to gaming be added to Super User's close dialog?
The same request as this question but for the gaming site.
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Why are questions off-topic for Super User being migrated from other trilogy sites?
It's unbelievable that Super User is still being used as a dumping ground especially for questions not on-topic on Stack Overflow.
Latest example:
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How to deal with a cross-posted question which belongs to SU ?
Some days ago, I posted this question.
This is a cross-post from Ubuntu SE. The question has also been answered.
I now know that cross-posting is discouraged. However, I think it belongs here. IMO, ...
