Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions, influence site policy, or debate a particular topic, with the goal of reaching a community consensus.
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How to get reputation to comment on my own post? [duplicate]
How do I get reputation? I just want to reply to a person on my own post.
But unless I'm being silly, I can't do it, so I want to ask how to raise reputation. Google was entirely unhelpful.
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Building reputation by answering or asking
What if one is more of an answer guy than a question guy? When I have questions, I usually find them already asked and answered but with zero reputation I cannot upvote or comment or edit, so what ...
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Why is this a bad post?
I've been trying to figure out how the up vote/down vote system works in this site. For example why is Why is this Samsung "RAM module" so slow? a bad post? I assumed that it's a bad post ...
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Allowing a user on an Android smartphone to control an antivirus software for all users on a Windows 11 and Linux computer
I wanted to post this on the Super User site, but I don't know if my post will be appreciated, so I thought I would post here.
The question is
Can I set up my computer network to allow a user on an ...
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Does anyone understand the goal of the recent spate of spam on Super User?
In recent days, Super User has been hit by a large amount of spam. Normally, spam has one of three four primary purposes:
to steal
to sell a crappy product/service
to infect the recipient with ...
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incorrectly applied syntax highlighting
Recently someone has been editing questions to mark every single <pre> block for YAML syntax-highlighting, even though the contents are not YAML – sometimes resulting in the post being a mess of ...
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Question wrongly marked as opinion based. Why?
The following question was marked as opinion based. As a result, it was closed and the author deleted the post before I could even give a factual answer.
https://superuser.com/questions/1866778/can-...
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Would this question about motherboard compatibility with PSUs be acceptable?
It's been a while since I touch CPU spare parts, so I was surprised when I found out that my HP Pro Tower 280 G9 PCI Desktop PC Bundle (6N0F5PA) motherboard is not compatible with my power supply - ...
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Why ignore beginner questions about Kali Linux?
Original question here as well as coped here for reference:
I've downloaded 64bit Virtualbox Kali Linux and after launching it I am almost immediately presented with the login screen. I've tried the ...
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How to handle my cross-site duplicate?
Today, I asked this question, which seems to be a cross-duplicate of another question.
The question itself is about usage of computer programs, so it does not belong on StackOverflow, but here on ...
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What's wrong with my edit?
I applied for this edit a few weeks ago.
https://superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/1148560
It was unanimously rejected by the reviewers. I'm not sure what I did wrong here - it seems to me that ...
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Why was my edit rejected if it improves the question's readability?
https://superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/1272732
The edit split up the wall of text, which usually deters answerers from even reading the post. The Markdown text was paragraphed and indented, ...
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Is it not allowed to post a link to a YouTube video in your answer?
I've posted an answer and explained all the steps in the answer. I wanted to add a short YouTube video that demonstrates the answer but SuperUser won't let me.
I add a hyperlink, put the url in and ...
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What's the best way to ask a similar question, but targeting a new OS?
I'm interested in asking a question specifically targeting Windows 11. I was able to find a Super User question focusing on basically the same topic from over a decade ago, before Windows 11 existed.
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Requesting guidance on the use of backtick formatting with manpage names
This question is partially inspired by a rejected edit to this post.
In the answers, inline backtick formatting is used for manpage titles such as mount(8) and sudoers(4). In the question, it is not. ...
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Are these question edits okay or did I take it too far?
I am talking about this question.
I want to talk about intent. I can see the question is far from perfect but I'd like to argue we can derive the askers intent: He seems to me quite desperate to ...
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I'd like to dispute a closure "How do you figure out what CPUs are compatible with a Desktop?"
Question in question here
While I've got the power to reopen it unilaterally, I've answered the question, and I think I'd like to take the opportunity to bring this up on meta.
While in general ...
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Knowledge Repository
The rule across the SE network is General Questions General Answers.
The sites are a repository of knowledge.
Mokubai said that it is not a place to collate encyclopedic information that Super User is ...
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Where can I ask this question about Computer Screen Technology?
I have asked a question about Computer Screens on Super User. Specifically, about understanding their (supposedly different) technology, certainly not a question about their use as computer screens (...
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Why was this non-opinion question closed as opinion-based?
When this question was first written, it was missing some key details. Thus, one or two people voted it as opinion-based. This made sense, as without those key details, the question could certainly ...
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How is this question about resolution off-topic?
I have asked a question about Upschaling and Pixel Replication
I have frequently heard that it is better to have a display resolution
with the resolution of the content you want to display on the ...
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Why was my answer deleted
I recently posted an answer which got deleted because apparently it doesn't answer the question and should be a comment instead.
Even after discussion with the user who commented on it, is not clear ...
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Can't see any previous solution for this: E-mail setting on Stack Exchange refuses to change
Here, on Stack Exchange. Attempting to change ancient e-mail setting to newer one. No longer have access to the old e-mail address. It took the change (as far as I can see) to the new one for logins, ...
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Should the [ps1] tag be used, and if not, should it be removed?
Tag ps1 has no guidance, with only 44 questions using it, however the main problem is .ps1 is a PowerShell profile and script extension, but is being used both for PowerShell and other shells that ...
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Why was this question on how to turn off Adobe Acrobat PDF reader in Google Chrome closed as not about computer hardware or software?
The question How can one turn off Adobe Acrobat PDF reader in Google Chrome? was closed as:
This question is not about computer hardware or software, within the scope defined in the help center.
Why?...
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Multiple questions on erasing data. Are they duplicates?
I was reviewing the question here: How to Erase All Data on Compaq Laptop and I found two candidates for closing as a duplicate of.
Securely erasing all data from a hard drive
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Erase disk before ...
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Why is this question about a web service not moved to Web Apps SE?
Where to find Google Cloud security notification
Google Cloud is clearly a web service/application. This is a good question that quickly got 2 answers. I don't see anything that would get it rejected ...
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Is software-rec an unwanted tag, yes or no?
Referring to Could we finally get rid of [software-rec]? I get overall impression we want to get rid of the software-rec tag.
At the same time someone is actively editing existing questions all over ...
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Pondering mod status tags
We've been using the status tags - things like status-review were used for 'internal' SU moderation tasks. At some point, review tags on per site meta get fed into tickets internally.
I feel like a ...
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Let's deal with the [if] tag, else it'll become a problem
The if tag exists, most notably on questions about the IF functionality in Microsoft Excel, but it has been used for all sorts of conditional and branching questions.
Is it worth keeping separate? ...
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Has it ever been considered to raise the 30K character limit for answers?
Most questions can be comprehensively answered within the confines of 30K characters, however there are the occasional comprehensive answers that could benefit from additional comprehensive info that ...
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Failed audit test: "how to run the program in safe mode windows 10?" [closed]
I just saw the question with the mentioned title, the question was "How to run the program in Windows 10 safe mode? I'd like to be able to run every program in safe mode,for example spotplayer ...
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Question which should have the answer "it is impossible"
I asked that question: https://superuser.com/questions/1842310/collaborate-on-a-ms-word-document-while-prohibiting-word-online
It has been closed.
But it seems, by reading all the comments, that the ...
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What suggestions does the community have toward helping reopen this question?
Here is the closed question:
I would like to have feed that is not automated/robotic from the website that I can use to help edit this question so it can get reopened.
Because this is the main ...
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Do we have a FAQ for why backups are desirable?
Every day (in the year 2024), about 385,000 people are born. At some point in their future, they will need to know that they need to make backups of their data.
Many of them may turn to Super User ...
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Requesting clarity on edits that update redirecting URLs
I frequently edit posts that include redirecting microsoft.com URLs. My reasoning is generally that a redirecting link today may be a broken link tomorrow, so as long as the redirect has preserved the ...
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User vandalized own question - roll back?
This question:
Content removed. I do not consent to "AI" scraping
Screenshot at the time I wrote this:
On other SE sites as well:
Rolling this back will return in a tug of war.
What to do?
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Strange behaviour of audit
In first questions review, I've downvoted the following question and I got:
What's wrong to downvote such a question?
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Is this question about automation appropriate for SuperUser?
I'm working on a data cleaning automation task.
Every month we receive an e-mail from a specific client with two folders with PDF files attached.
My goal is to find a way to download these folders, ...
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Can we get a description for the [ole] tag?
Could we ask for the description of the ole tag or its removal?
I used the tag in the sense of Object Linking and Embedding in How to compare TIFF files with tags 37680 (0x9330)?, but see http://...
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Edit that updates obsolete command-line parameters gets rejected?
Yesterday I came across this Chocolatey answer, but, surprisingly, the proposed command-line didn’t work. I then noticed several comments mentioning that the mentioned command-line parameter was ...
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How do we improve those banners you see when a question is closed?
For example, this question was closed (and rightly so) for asking for software recommendations.
Couple of problems:
The fact that the question was closed makes little sense, because why ask OP to ask ...
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Super User is trialling the new image hosting system
I was informed that we're testing the new image upload system. Practically, other than the URL changing, it appears to be identical.
If there's any issues with image uploads, feel free to post a new ...
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I am confused why I failed this audit
I received this audit in the First Answers queue:
https://superuser.com/review/first-answers/1243942
I am sure I downvoted the post, and it has in fact been deleted. So why did I fail it?
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Google Cloud will be Sponsoring Super User SE
Update December 23rd, 2024
The site sponsorship has been extended through March 31st, 2025.
Update September 20th, 2024
The site sponsorship has been extended through December 31st.
Update on June ...
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So many new spam bots thanks to AI - what can we do?
I keep seeing users like this, the quality of their posts is abysmal:
Can we get a captcha or something? Would that help? What else can be done? One of those things where you have to solve a little ...
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Is this harddisk question on-topic in SU?
Storage Drive Gone Bad - Ran a HEALTH check on my external drive with HD Tune Pro and REALLOCATED SECTOR COUNT is 4948. Need some advice
I feel like this question doesn't belong in SuperUser, but I ...
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What did I do wrong in my question about Windows Update?
I asked the question Windows Update gives 0x80070643 error on fresh Windows 10 install. I provided the steps that led to the issue and the troubleshooting steps I tried to solve it. When people ...
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“computer enthusiasts” is not a technical or administrative term and should be rewritten or dropped [closed]
This site claims to be “for computer enthusiasts and power users” as of 2024-02-22.
A power user can be roughly associated with a user performing system-related tasks, including tasks for many users ...
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I genuinely don't understand why this question was deleted when I asked for it to be re-opened?
Several years ago I tried to ask this question about how to make the best of the space in my PC for more case fans.
I thought I had put quite a lot of effort into researching for myself and then ...
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