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Help us clean up Super User
Waaaay back in the early days of Stack Overflow Jeff wrote a blog post about the Stack Overflow Question Lifecycle.
Who decides what questions don’t fit? Trusted members of the Stack
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Rant: Owner Deleted questions -- there must be a better way
Twice that I know for fact, and another couple times that I suspect. The OP has deleted the question as soon as they know the answer.
I assume it was the OP, the two I know for a fact were both ...
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Reopening good question closed by OP
What does the "when i snap a window..." option do?
This is a good question. Admittedly, I didn't read carefully enough when I answered it, but in subsequent conversation we were able to ...
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Why was I accused of spreading ransomware (and had my question deleted) for asking about stopping a McAfee service?
I asked about how to stop a McAfee antivirus service (where I am an administrator of the computer) in the Super User community.
Why was my question deleted as "off topic: not related to hardware/...
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Why and When are closed questions deleted?
It seems closed questions are very insecure.
Why and When, are closed questions deleted? (Even highly voted well formed closed questions can be deleted). What is the argument that they can't just ...
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Why do questions get closed?
I'm having a hard time understanding the reasoning behind closing questions. Not that I think questions shouldn't be closed, but I do not understand the reasoning and/or thought processes behind ...
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Question deleted
I have a lot of trouble asking questions on Super User, and I just can't get it right. Can someone please help me out?
My question is https://superuser.com/questions/841437/want-to-print-to-...
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Why was this question deleted instead of closed?
I've found this question and voted to close it.
For those who can't see deleted questions, here is the original text:
Which One is Best News Paper App?
Because there are so many newspaper ...
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Dealing with low-quality questions that end up on Hot Network Questions
I've often commented on chat that "HNQs seem to straddle the line between the septic tank and greatness" - well not exactly but various things to that effect.
I came across a situation where a fairly ...
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Why can't I delete a closed question?
There is an specific reason to disallow that a closed question be deleted by his owner? I mean, if the question is closed and it doesn't reach the forum rules, why the owner can't delete it if he ...
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Time to delete the eBook reader questions?
We have a few questions about eBook readers that I think could be deleted. Most are OT and only invites things like this: Why was this question closed?
kindle 33 15 questions
nook 3 0 questions
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Undelete and historically lock question 913055: Troubleshooting a physically damaged (kicked) desktop computer
Question 913055, "I literally kicked my computer. Analysis and to do list for this situation?" (10k only), was deleted by a moderator after being closed as too broad.
While the question is ...
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Why the rush to delete migrateable SuperUser questions?
Given that a migration feature is planned, why the rush to delete questions that will qualify for this? Can we not just leave these questions closed and migrate them when this the migration feature is ...
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Question closed as dup but link to duplicate is a dead link
In such a case should the question be reopened? I am especially referring to this question here. You'll find that the question that's supposedly a duplication refers to a 404 page not found -- a dead ...
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Why is superuser moderated so strictly?
Had this already yesterday with two questions which were "pulled". For one I could even understand it.
Today (just now) the question here
https://superuser.com/questions/252728/library-loading-order
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Why was my question deleted?
This question that I asked several months ago appears to have been recently deleted:
https://superuser.com/questions/4143/what-interesting-types-of-things-can-dropbox-be-used-for
It had a large ...
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My Answer Was Deleted As Not An Answer But It Is
I posted an answer on ( Does Virtualbox support DMG files on non-Mac OSes? ), it was deleted, and cannot be undeleted. The reason being that it was declared as not an answer, but it is.
The OP's ...
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Question closed as duplicate of deleted question
This question has been closed as an exact duplicated of this question. However, the latter question has been "deleted for purposes of moderation."
Shouldn't the first question be deleted too?
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Electrostatic Discharge got deleted and reputation from the answers disappeared
A question about electrostatic discharge that I had answered was removed today, and with it I lost 592 reputation. The question is available via cache. I don't agree with the rationale for closing it ...
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Super User question of the week #30 was just deleted?
I wonder why Super User Question of the Week #30 (not sure if it made to the blog), being How to find and remove "spicy" media files from my PC, was just deleted?
I think it was quite a nice question:...
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Someone else's legit question deleted
(Edited to be a generic question; see old version if you're curious about specifics)
I googled a question (Q) I had and the only hit was to a deleted (but cached) Q here and it (the Google-cached copy)...
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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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How can I improve this question on how to see the commit size for each loaded DLL in Microsoft Windows 7?
I was told to improve this question: https://superuser.com/q/1681006/116475
I don't know what to add to it. Suggestions?
The question was removed by Roomba. The question was:
I read this answer by ...
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Was the canonical "which software to install on a new Windows box" question deleted?
I believe this question might have been the canonical "what should I install on a new Windows computer question". I always searched for that question when installing a new computer.
I won't argue ...
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Why has 'How do I corrupt a boot sector?' been removed?
Why was the question How do I corrupt a boot sector? removed from this site?
It seemed to be okay to ask and already had some good answers.
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'Best iPad stylus' question deleted as off topic
I had a question about the best iPad stylus that would meet general needs and outperform the others. However, it was closed.
There's tons of "the best ...." questions; why was mine deleted? It's a ...
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Why was this question deleted, and is it worth re-visiting the topic?
The question in question: How much faster is a 64-bit CPU than a 32-bit CPU? [closed]
I was recently trying to find a past answer of mine which detailed word-length and performance penalties, which ...
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Why was "Microsoft Office Professional vs. Home and Business" closed/deleted
Just saw a sudden drop in reputation, and I would like to know why that question got closed?
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Why delete a perfectly useful old question on the site?
This is my question
https://superuser.com/questions/13258/whats-the-best-simple-clipboard-manager-available
It has 21 upvotes and 13 answers, the best has 19 upvotes. I have been a member of ...
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Several questions on this site meet the criteria for automatic deletion, but aren't being deleted due to a bug. What should be done about them?
There are some questions on this site that meet the criteria for automatic deletion as RemoveAbandonedClosed or RemoveDeadQuestions, but aren't being deleted due to a bug, as they were migrated from ...
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Question deleted with no recourse?
I have a question closed https://superuser.com/questions/831078/yosemite-osx-install-stuck-on-first-step and a moderator comment "Don't use pirated software?" when this is not the case.
There isn't ...
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Why was my self-answer/post deleted?
Here is the question:
Can I use webex to show app from a remote desktop connection?
I followed up with an answer that was DELETED by a moderator. I can't figure out why a USEFUL post would be ...
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Please undelete and preserve 'How do you edit the name of a bookmark? (MS Word 2013)'?
Would you please undelete this question, which constitutes a common problem? I would be grateful for two upvotes, simply to protect the question from automatic deletion. Thank you.
Here it is quoted—...
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Please undelete Automatic Wallpaper Manager?
I ask NOT for a reopen here, but would you please undelete [this question](https://superuser.com/q/679640/269574, so that at least, it can be shared, viewed, and benefit those who can't seek or see ...
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Why are cross-posted questions deleted?
If a question is posted on multiple Stack Exchange sites, why are they deleted by moderators?
If they are unable to answer, why don't they leave them as-is? There are many experts who participate on ...
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