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What if a community wiki grows into a monster?
Disclosure: I am knowledgeable about data recovery, I do data recovery for a living, I am part of a group of 20 or so data recovery professionals with who I share tips, knowledge etc..
Please keep in ...
user705502
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What is the purpose of downvoting community wikis?
I was browsing for a solution to download files from a link into Google Drive and came across this answer, which is a community wiki, and has at the bottom of it the text
EDIT: Please note that ...
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Should we be copying other Stack Exchange sites Q&As so we can create "canonical" Q&As here?
Due to our broad scope we often have overlap with other sites on the network, in some cases it could be seen as useful to be able to close questions as duplicates of those on another site. This will ...
MokubaiMod
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Community Wiki article about shrinking Windows 7 for SSD
I would like to create Community Wiki question about shrinking Windows 7 for SSD drives.
SSD drives become cheap, many people ask about this and there is no single thread about this.
Today I wrote ...
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Answered my own question, now it's community wiki?
Answered my own question, now it's community wiki?!
Reference: What speed is 'fast' and 'faster' in VLC?
What's going on here?
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OT: Community Wiki or Blog Post request
I was wondering if SU would support the idea of having a case modding contest of some type, NOT for reputation points, but for sheer SnG.
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Should I make my answer a community wiki post?
I think this is an incredibly handy usage of Notepad++'s macro function. Is that criteria for making it a community wiki post?
How do I add "input" to my macro, to replace text in Notepad++...
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Should we create a Community FAQ about diagnosing internet connection issues?
Internet connectivity issues are very common. Fixing them mostly involves several steps that should be taken in order to make sure where the problem lies, beginning from checking network settings, ...
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Should we have a Q/A on setting PATH and environment variables?
Questions about setting environment variables and/or the PATH are very common, I guess, and in most cases the answers are the same.
There is a CW answer on how to set the PATH on Windows, but as far ...
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Why answers or questions are converted to "Community wiki"?
Why answers or questions are converted to "Community wiki"? as one of my answer and one question are changed to Community Wiki.
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Create go-to CW questions for recurring topics on SU?
There are certain questions that keep appearing on Super User.
Should we create a few standard CW questions to point to when closing?
Here are a few topics that could use some standard guides, feel ...
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Should this popular CW question be unlocked to allow it to evolve?
Why is this locked? Should it be unlocked? There is no apparent reason or explanation for locking it.
SU: What are some “must have” Windows programs?
The fact that no new answers can be added sucks (...
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Should we curb down on "most useful" questions?
Possible Duplicate:
Can we please have more strictness on SU?
I know they're useful, but it's getting rather annoying. SU is overrun by all sorts of most useful questions. I wouldn't mind this ...
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SuperUser a WikiFest?
I don't know if it is the new breed of users flowing into SuperUser (I haven't done comparisons yet between the sites), or I'm just clicking into the wrong questions, but it seems to me that an ...
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Why was my question on Superuser changed to community-wiki?
How do I set up SSH so I don't have to type my password?
It's a specific question with a specific answer. I thought community-wiki was a ghetto for "Must-have super-awesome for $FOO" type ...
richardhoskins
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Reduce community wiki force threshold to <= 15 answers on superuser?
We are picking up tons of subjective posts on superuser.com so far.
One way to mitigate this is to reduce the community wiki force threshold from 30 answers (as it is on SO, SF, and here) to 15 ...
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Super User attracting too many open-ended/subjective questions?
The top listed questions on the front page of superuser.com at the moment:
Side Effects of Reformatting Hard Drive
Must have iPhone applications
“Must-Have” Firefox Addons?
What is Wolfram Alpha good ...
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