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Why was this question about securely wiping SSDs closed as "too broad"?
I asked the following question, and it was closed as "too broad". This boggles my mind, as the research I did for the question meant that I'd made it as specific as a question could possibly be, and ...
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HTTP Downloader Spam Answers
Just a heads up to reviewers tonight: there’s a newbie who has been posting answers to questions about large downloads. He has answered at least 5 other questions the same way: promoting his app. Here’...
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2018: a year in moderation
It's New Year's Day in Stack Exchange land...
A distinguishing characteristic of these sites is how they are moderated:
We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, in ...
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kvm tag should be re-synonymized to linux-kvm
Way back in the early days of SU the tag kvm was synonymized to kvm-switch apparently without a whole lot of discussion. But this is resulting in a lot of confusion, as most people seem to expect the ...
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Could we please be a little bit nicer to new users? [closed]
There is a distinct decline in the level of civility here. Some of this is due to new users coming in and posting spam and other nonsense, but the offtopic and downvote buttons are doing a pretty ...
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bold to emphasize main points? [duplicate]
I've been using bold to emphasize the main point I'm looking for, so people can see that and then read the details more. Is this a good idea? Example: How to not change title with winscp batch
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Question closed automatically; how to improve?
I asked a simple question (only visible to 10K+ rep users) about Facebook terminating my Internet connection, provided all the information I had available.
What am I doing wrong? How to reopen and ...
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suggestion for admin [duplicate]
There should be a way the person who asks the question can send $10 by Paypal to the person who answers the question without disclosing email. The site has the email, so just enable a button to send ...
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How to make good tag wiki excerpts for software tags?
I recently came across the tag deluge which apparently is a BitTorrent client. Seeing that the tag had no excerpts but a few questions I wanted to add one so that users can easily see what deluge is. ...
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Which UPS related questions are on-topic?
My recent question about an APC UPS was closed as off-topic ("This question is not about computer hardware or software, within the scope defined in the help center.") I flagged another UPS-related ...
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Trying to find one of my own (deleted?) questions
About 1.5 month back I posted a question about a strange problem concerning the connection to my smartphone through my router.
I'm trying to find it going through my questions, "all actions" and my ...
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Should some or all browser search engines now be considered on-topic?
This question has been asked before, including this one not that long ago: Is asking about search engines ( startpage.com + duckduckgo.com) On Topic on superuser?. Search engines are generally web ...
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Is downvoting a question constructive? [duplicate]
The only dumb question is the one that isnt asked.
Is downvoting questions constructive?
I came across this question today and it had a couple of downvotes before I answered it. This got me ...
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Answer edit rejected, explanation requested
https://superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/806847
The original answer contained a slightly rambling instruction on how to copy a system folder via Explorer, that ended with the text "Google it". I ...
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Why was my question on compatibility flagged as a "Hardware Purchasing Question"?
I am new to this Stack Exchange site. I recently asked a question about whether certain connections were standardized, specifically laptop 4k non-touch screens. It quickly got flagged as an off-topic ...
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Is it possible that some questions can be considered suitable only AFTER posting?
This is longer on my mind but now I experienced it also with my question.
Imagine there is a question which has real answer which can be found after investigation (whether it is more or less ...
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One same user's multiple answer existing at same time in same question? What is happened?
One same user's multiple answer existing at same time in same question? What is happened?
Is such things as one normal program logical for StackExchange site?
Is some help documentation for this ...
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When writing/editing an answer or a question - how do I insert an image through a web link / URL?
When writing/editing an answer or a question and adding an image through the "image-button":
Didn't there used to be an option to insert an image through a web link / URL (e.g. https://meta....
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Are questions about adblocking on-topic?
Our help says that questions about "websites or web services like Facebook, Twitter, and WordPress" are off topic. What about web browser add-ons, specifically configuring adblockers?
We've had ...
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Wrongly Closing/on Hold'ing questions?
If a question that can be seen by some as a somewhat broad question (and others not that broad), but can be (and gets) answered as if it is a direct question (Q&A), is it wrong or ok for a ...
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Add tag for drive-file-stream and for google-backup-and-sync
As the old Google Drive application is being depreciated on all platforms, I vote that we need new tags for its successors Drive File Stream and Google Backup and Sync in order to distinguish between ...
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Worth writing an answer for badly researched questions?
I want to ask in in "general" manner, but I would like to refer to this specific example. Just please don't get hung up to much at the "other" problems the question poses. Mainly I'm concerned about ...
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Would telling posters “Make Google your friend…” be a good idea?
I’m very new here, but I’ve been reading a lot of the questions and wondered if a reasonable answer would be:
Make Google your friend for 20 seconds before you ask questions.
Or if that would be ...
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How do I ask a question that may require recommending software?
I have a problem that I need solved, and it may require the recommendation of software. How do I ask these type of questions so that they aren't closed?
Note: This is for reference to point users ...
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Merge or synonymize request: [powershell-core] and [powershell-6.0]
Actually Microsoft changed naming several times and right now they called it Microsoft Powershell Core 6.0
Both tags contain no questions right now so it is better to put things in order right now.
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How can I undelete this to answers
I posted this two answers, although they work and I test the solution, it seems that there is not very obvious since they were deleted on sight with this comment:
Please read the question again ...
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New Super User no reputation problems [duplicate]
I'm running in to some Super User issues as with no reputation, you can't ask a question on Meta, nor comment on anything, so my only option to gain reputation seems to be editing previous answers to ...
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Is there anything we can do about ancient questions being bumped?
I keep coming across ancient questions that are now completely irrelevant - for example What do these error messages mean and how to fix it?.
My first thought was "Use a newer release of Ubuntu?!" ...
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Should we merge the encoding and character-encoding tags?
As the subject indicates, should encoding and character-encoding be merged?
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Merging [character-set] and [charset]
Both are about character sets, but they don't have any wiki
character-set has only 8 questions
charset has 24 questions
I think charset should be made a synonym of character-set
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"Defuse" potentially dangerous links?
Does any kind of policy exist in regards to handling potentially "dangerous" links? In this particular case I'm looking at How to crash Microsoft windows internet explorer 11? and removed the http ...
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The correct usage of software version numbers in questions
I initially thought that the software version number is an integral part of each software-related question, but I've started to backpedal after discovering how questions may quickly become outdated ...
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Is a general question about licence types off topic?
I would argue that this question: "Is ISO 32000-2:2017 (pdf-2.0) non-free and non-open format?"
is off topic because it's not "about computer software within the scope defined in the help center". I ...
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Is Spam Assasin configuration on-topic?
My web host company handles my email & they run it through Apache Spam Assasin.
Using CPanel, I only see options to black/white-list domains, but I would like to mark as spam based on certain ...
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Why am I getting a refusal to help answer a question of mine?
I asked a question about getting the intimate details (well network type, what cert was used to connect to a network connection) on Windows 10. Question for context: Replicating a wireless connection ...
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Useful tag edits rejected
As part of retagging mikrotik away from the Manufacturer Meta-Tag to each individual product (mikrotik-routeros and mikrotik-swos), I've added relevant tags to questions that mentioned Mikrotik but ...
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My question still on hold after adding details?
I have asked this question and it got put on hold for the lack of details and for asking many question.
I have edited it to one question and I have added the details that have been requested from me ...
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Should old opinion-based questions be significantly edited?
This question What display size and resolution is good for reading PDF in double page view? is closed as primarily opinion-based. I attempt to edit it like this, but it says I'm editing too much. What ...
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Parsing out what you do versus what you say you do
The decision by several mods on Using pirated copy of old windows versions puzzles me.
Yes, the poster knows he's courting disaster. However, if we stopped helping the clueless, we'd be whistling in ...
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Retag [mikrotik] to [mikrotik-routeros] or [mikrotik-swos]
mikrotik is a manufacturer meta-tag. Mikrotik makes a variety of routers, but for all intents and purposes they have two main products: RouterOS and SwOS (their operating system for switches). I ...
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No feedback on answer from the person who issued the bounty (replicating the problem)
In regards to this question I would be interested if my (first) solution works, but I wasn't able to replicate the problem. Where should I ask how to replicate a problem? Seem kind of counter ...
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Question about structuring posts
I would argue that, for the majority, paragraphs as well as short sentences almost always make it easier to read like in this suggested change. But the change was rejected for the following reason:
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Where do I report superuser site bug?
Where do I report a bug I find on the superuser site (it's just a minor one)? I only found a help center entry for security vulnerability. Maybe it's one of the cases where I'm just too stupid to do ...
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Why was this question about downloading / uploading put on hold as off-topic?
In this question, the asker seems to be asking about how bandwidth usage is counted. A possible misunderstanding of its accounting may have led the asker to believe that if bandwidth is "used" by the ...
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Deletion of OP's (admittedly poor) self-answer
In this question: Bash: I want to type a tilde. Pressing F10 gives me '1~' instead of just '~', the OP eventually posted their own answer, describing how they solved the issue ...
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Why is the question about knowing which window manager too broad?
How to know the window manager a specific program uses?
Why is this question too broad? I only ask one question at a time, which is specific and answerable. I think this kind of question is very good ...
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which question is the duplicate?
Where is the Ubuntu console on Windows10?
How do I install Bash on Ubuntu on Windows 10?
The first has about 6 times the number of upvotes (for the question and accepted answer)... so 66 total ...
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Editing an Answer & Private Messaging
I'm mainly post to the Stack Overflow meta. As a result, I don't have enough rep to actually post a comment in this meta and I am not a new user.
There was a post I added a significant improvement ...
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Moderator justification and considerations for closing a bountied question prematurely
Questions
I'd like to hear thoughts from non-moderator community members perhaps regarding this and their take knowing all the detail and perspective as I wrote about below regarding the ...
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How should I treat spam in the Low Quality Posts review queue
Recently I have come across several posts in the Low Quality Posts review queue on Super User that I believe to be spam. My understanding is that spam should be flagged as spam, and should not be ...
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