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How do I get my question reopened?
My question was closed because it was not worded properly.
The helper box prompted me to edit my question but it is still closed.
I'm unable to find instructions on what to do next to get it reopened.
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Could someone review my post regarding product data?
I have a question about my Super User post: How does the WD_BLACK SN770 2TB connected to PCI 3.0 NVMe 1.3 compare to the Samsung EVO 970 Plus 2TB SSD? Heat, power at idle, speed at 80% full?
I'm not ...
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help with "opinion based" closing
My question, "SSL error 14090086 "certificate verify failed" in browser and in curl: how to troubleshoot? [closed]" was closed as "opinion based".
Would anyone be ...
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Question closed as unclear but an answer was already posted
This question.
The reason why the question was closed is "This question needs details or clarity". Let's follow the link.
Needs details or clarity - Sometimes we need more information in ...
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Clarification regarding Question Closure as Off Topic
I have a question about my Super User post: dnSpy: What do included reference assemblies affect?
This question was closed as off topic, it was asked in reference to dnSpy and how it recompiles DLLs. ...
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Why does the community have such vague rules that any administrator can adjust almost any question to fit them?
I wrote a question about computer hardware. A smartphone (tablet) is a computer these days. However, this question is "off-topic".
Let's admit. However, why then there are topics like this: ...
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Where does this question belong?
I asked a question about Whatsapp. It wasn't about the mobile version. It's a general question that is relevant to the desktop app as well as the browser version or the mobile app.
But someone thought ...
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My question incorrectly marked as duplicate
recently I asked a question here WiFi keeps reconnecting when ICS is active on Windows 10 and its been marked as a dupe by mistake
cause even though it has a lot of similarity to USB WiFi Adapter ...
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Question closed because I don't know what commands I can use on this case
I have a question about my Super User post being deleted: Need a command to find and move (and mix) subfolders (and its content) to another subfolder on the same parent folder, all matching specific ...
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Not sure why closed as "opinion based"
I have a question about my Super User post: ACPI thermal zone driver in Windows 10. Not always available
My post has factual information we have found and possibility of factual answers to the ...
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Is it possible to accept answers in closed questions?
Out of curiosity (since I don't have any closed questions), is it possible to accept answers on closed questions?
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"How to obtain a Laptop without hidden surprises" - suggestions improving the question
How to obtain a Laptop without hidden surprises was closed within minutes of posting with the stated reason:
Questions seeking for hardware shopping recommendations are off-topic because they are ...
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Why is my website question off-topic? Where should I ask then?
I just posted this question and readily it gets flagged as off-topic. The question is about websites that work as proxies. Super User seems to me a good place to ask, but anyway suppose that it's not ...
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Why is my firewall question off-topic?
Question is Block TCP/UDP high-latency connections
I thought it clearly fits "personal and home computer networking" category, as listed in Help Center.
Other questions on intersection of gaming and ...
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How to answer a question that was migrated away, then closed and migrated back?
In this question: my php script does not work, the answer was migrated away correctly to Stack Overflow.
Stack Overflow closed the question being unclear as I was adding my answer and that action ...
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Did I do something wrong with my question?
I just got a question removed, without any comment or explaination.
I'd like some opinions to know whether I did something actually wrong, or if my question might have just been hastly judged, due to ...
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My question has been put on hold citing a rule that I think I haven't broken. Is there any way to appeal the decision?
I have asked a question on Super User a few days ago. As it is common on the StackExchange family, it's quite an obscure, but very specific scenario, and I think unopinionated, objective answers exist ...
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I do not understand why my question is unclear
I have a question about my Super User post: Need to mass download by clicking browser buttons which use SQL
I made this question
It was put on hold because "is unclear what you're asking". But that'...
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Question put on hold as too broad
I don't want to be that guy who complains about a rightful disciplinary action against him. But I really don't know what I did wrong here. I asked a question about a problem I'm currently encountering ...
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Question on hold not notified
One of my questions was put on-hold, yet I wasn't notified. Is this the expected behavior?
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How to close the question that you had answer already?
I have a question about my Super User post: Windows 10 Creator Update Version 1703
I have get the answer i was expected so how can i close this question?
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In the middle of writing answer on a question when it's closed and losing the answer content?
Scenario
A moderator, review voters, etc. initiate a status change of a question to "closed", "off-topic", and so forth. At the moment of the approved change someone was already in the middle of ...
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Why close a straightforward question about master and slave drives?
This is regarding a question about master and slave drives. By the time Gareth completed an edit, the question was rather straightforward.
Being familiar with the technology, I found the question ...
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Why does the Community user mark questions as duplicates?
I recently came across this question which has been marked as a duplicate. What's strange is that this question has been marked as a duplicate by the Community user:
How can Community mark a question ...
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Question about computer software with 37 up-votes closed after six years?
Concerning question Can I create a new session in another tab or window in Google Chrome?
This is surprising to me for multiple reasons.
It's not off-topic, but it was closed
It was deleted
OK, let'...
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Windows question closed as duplicate of Linux
How to reorder the files of a FAT32 file system?
This question was closed as duplicate; however this does not make sense. The closed question is for Windows, and the supposed duplicates are both ...
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please review hold on my blocker question
https://superuser.com/questions/1057348/blocker-setup-to-protect-non-technical-users has been rewritten with objective criteria.
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How is this question off topic?
https://superuser.com/questions/1028107/fatal-error-when-running-the-game-war-thunder
The purpose of Super User is for asking for help on the topic of hardware issues or software issues. Last I ...
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I have an answer for my "too broad" keyboard question that was closed yesterday - shall we re-open it, or forget it?
So my question What could have caused the * key on my numeric keypad to stop working in Windows 7? got deleted yesterday as too broad. I just voted to undelete it today, because I figured out the ...
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Why is a question on Inkjet refill Off Topic for Superuser?
How do I refill a CD887A inkjet cartridge?
My question is on Inkjet Printers and how to refill them with ink(a very common operation).
The Wikipedia definition of Computer Hardware includes printers....
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Why was “What programming languages can I assume on a random Linux server by default?” closed?
Why was What programming languages can I assume on a random Linux server by default? closed?
The close reason is too broad, but I don't understand what makes it too broad. I'm confident that my four-...
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Question closed as too broad because of the wrong belief?
I asked this question and was closed as too broad because of the statement that it would require upward hardware compatibility but which is wrong. (ᴡɪɴ9x still works natively on latest hardware with ...
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Edited question to bring it into scope, how does one get the "on-hold" removed?
I edited a good (in my opinion) question from another user in order to bring it into scope. My edit was approved, but the question is still on hold.
What is the right way to bring someone who can ...
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Question incorrectly marked as duplicate
I recently asked https://superuser.com/questions/930988/where-does-chrome-store-credit-card-data, which was closed by a moderator, stating that it's duplicate of Google Chrome view saved form data.
I ...
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Questions put on hold and then deleted tell the user to edit the question or comment, neither of which is possible
Questions put on hold and then deleted tell the user to edit the question or comment, neither of which is possible.
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How to reopen a question?
If a question is closed but then later the edited, how do you go about re-opening it?
I came across Unable to open Outlook 2010 on Windows 7 in one of the review queues. Originally, the question was ...
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Why my question was closed?
I'm referring to this one.
The reason was "Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on ...
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Appeal regarding the closure of a question
I asked a question and it was closed as being primarily opinion based. I frankly don't see how and am willing to listen to anyone who is willing to explain how a question about latency in RAM is ...
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What's wrong with this question?
I received down-votes for this question:
https://superuser.com/questions/753966/looking-for-a-forum-with-anonymity-support
Now my understanding is that it is not a question which has readily ...
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My questions were closed as duplicates. How come?
I was going to reinstall Windows on my computer, but I wanted to clarify first some questions I had. So I started searching through superuser.com. I've found answers to my questions but they were ...
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In what cases do I see a more elaborate off-topic close reason?
In some cases, I see a newly extended off-topic post notice:
closed as off-topic by OneUser, TwoUsers, ThreeUsers, FourUsers, FiveUsers
This question appears to be off-topic for this site. While what'...
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Why is the general off-topic close reason when closed by a moderator slightly shorter than when closed by the community?
I noticed a discrepancy in the general off-topic close reason (when the question is not about computer hardware or software within the scope defined in the help center). When the question is closed by ...
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Why was my comparison question closed?
A while back, I asked a question about how the Raspberry Pi compares, but it was closed as "Not Constructive". I don't see how. I'll break it down:
As it currently stands, this question is not a ...
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Why offtopic and if truly offtopic then where to ask it? http://superuser.com/questions/610759
I asked this question How to determine whether audio is music or not
I have read https://superuser.com/help/on-topic and I am baffled as to why was it put on hold and later closed as OFFTOPIC by ...
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Which Stack Exchange site should I post a question about certificate providers to?
https://superuser.com/q/571905/172193
That was closed as being off topic. In my mind it ''does'' "relate to computer software" just as much as such questions as "What's a good free GUI zip client for ...
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Why is my question being VTC'ed?
I asked this question on SU:
I can't open phpMyAdmin, get error 301 or 500.
It got already 4 off-topic VTCs in less than a day.
From the popup box:
Questions on Super User are expected to ...
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Why was this question plus answer closed?
IE10 unexpectedly sends a HEAD request for PDF. What has changed?
I had a genuine problem. I am not the only one. While I researched the question, which was not obvious, I came upon the solution. I ...
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Can you repeal a closed question?
There have been several questions of mine here on this site that have been voted by users to be closed. The majority of them I understand the reasoning to why they were closed but a few I don't agree ...
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2 diamond moderators closed a post
How did this question get closed by two diamond moderators? I was under the impression that a single diamond moderator vote to close immediately closed the question.
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When people select different close reasons, what will the final reason displayed be?
Just wanted to know, when different people select different reasons to close a question, what's the reason finally displayed? Is it the one that received the first close vote? What happens for ...
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