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Image modification tag cleanup
We have a number of tags relating to image modification:
image-editing (189 Q)
image-processing (85 Q)
image-manipulation (25 Q)
image-transparancy (10 Q).
None of the tags have a definition, and ...
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Link-only answer - but already self-explanatory
links to a zip containing drivers for Windows running in Bootcamp. I think the answer is pretty self-explanatory, but somehow I don't feel right to just leave them at is. I don't know what to comment ...
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Windows Features?
We actually have a windows-features tag (with 29 questions). I would just nuke it, but there are 29 questions. Any conceivable reason not to?
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Is handlebar a technical term that I am unaware of?
Please excuse my poor attempt at humour in the title, but should this suggested edit have been rejected?
I see two three issues with this post:
The term MacOS should be used with versions 7.5.1 ...
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To edit or not within 5 minutes if sensitive material
I've noticed that there is the 5 minute grace period where edits are not visible, Can Moderators See Edits Made to Answers Within 5 Minutes?.
The problem is, if I were to edit some one's post within ...
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Why is this question being voted to be closed?
I think my question is well-framed, within subject, and systemic. Maybe it's not possible to do what I want to do, but I think the question is valid.
So, why is it being voted to be closed?
How to ...
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Is this a review bug to the dreaded test questions
I was in review doing the duty and saw a very unclear question so I took action as such:
Suggest the OP edit the question along with the other usual language I use in such cases because their ...
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how to get question un-held?
I asked this question yesterday and it was put "on hold" by a moderator. I edited the question to remove the offending language and make the question more clear, but the question is still "on hold."
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Unanswered questions that are answered without upvotes or accepted answers
The Unanswered tab at the top shows that there are more than 8,000 unanswered questions, it also seems to increase every day. I think it's a bad behavior that this keeps increasing...
Don't ...
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What is the etiquette of linking files in SuperUser? [duplicate]
This is inspired by this answer
Personally, I'm always be on guard when someone on internet share files on private file sharing sites, like mediafire, google drive, and such. This one, particularly, ...
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Is popularity a criterion on which to decide whether or not to keep a question open?
I recently find this question "How to create a table with all the combinations of 0 and 1".
The statement is clear.
It's popular, many visits, many answers.
But...
The effort shown to find a ...
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Duplicate question, but different?
Inspired by this question
Already read this meta question for duplicate with different environment, and I can see the question should be left open because it is a Windows 8, not Windows 7.
However, ...
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How long should we wait to flag Low-Quality on barely acceptable answer?
Inspired by this answer
This answer does seem attempt to answer the question, but is unfinished when posted (although it did got edited after I reminded the author).
Left as is, the question will ...
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Can any software recommendation question be made on-topic by simply asking "how"?
Can any software recommendation question be made on-topic by simply asking "how"?
E.g., if the question asks "I am looking for a program that can do X", does rephrasing it as "how can I do X" makes ...
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Make [flux] a synonym for [f.lux]
For those who haven't never heard of f.lux before, here's a brief description via Wikipedia.
f.lux is a cross-platform computer program that adjusts a display's
color temperature according to ...
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How to close the community bumps
I've been on the site a small while - and i see the Community user bumping questions some of which , maybe even all of them, probably need to be closed/answered/something so that they don't get bumped ...
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Tagging something with [windows] and [windows-10]
Referencing this question, the community at large approved my edit. I removed the windows tag from the question, and replaced it with with windows-10. Later on, another user edit was made, adding ...
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Why was my question put on hold?
I asked a question about whatsapp: Is there an option to remove the "administrative" messages from a whatsapp chat? and it wos put on hold because:
"This question is not about computer ...
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Flagging a comment which links to a picture of the question
I've noticed a comment on a Question How to stop unicode glyphs displaying as "emoji" in MS Word 2016
Which states
Note that those characters are still displayed as emoji on many platforms ...
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What should we do if the question is duplicate (is already answered) in other site?
Specifically, I'm talking about this question. But if possible, I want a more general guideline on questions that already has answers on other site.
What should we do about these questions?
Right ...
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Tag suggestion for the new kind of browsers extensions
Can we have a "webextension" tag, (and/or a tag for E10s)?
PS: Saying "I disagree" if you disagree, is enough, no need to downvote every tag suggestion.
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Question in close queue is marked as duplicate, but the duplicate is terrible!
Recently I was looking through the close votes review queue when I came across this question, and it was flagged as a duplicate of this question. These two questions really are exact duplicates of ...
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Should we post a duplicate when no answer given
Recently I saw a question which had already been asked and is therefore a duplication. I will refer to these posts as new (the one posted most recent) and original post.
However, the original post ...
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Reasonable flags are getting declined left, right and center
When I first came to SU, if I flagged a comment, it would vanish. Back then, mods seems to have a deletionist tendency towards flags. Nowadays, mods almost always decline comment flags.
But things ...
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Disconnect the [intermittent] tag
The intermittent tag has 7 questions. It seems too meta to be useful.
Should we keep it around? Or is it time to end the connection?
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What is our stance on questions “Is there any software that can do X or can it be achieved natively with Windows"?
What is our stance on questions “Is there any software that can do X or can it be achieved natively with Windows"? Are they on-topic or off-topic? I don't know if that's regarded as a software ...
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Link only answer with many steps
This is my answer.
I've searched a bit in meta and I think I've got a feel of what should be done with link-only answers.
However, in that question, there are some options for real-time ...
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Why are questions which are on hold, never deleted?
So today while working on bad tags (Looking at you delete!) I found two questions on hold
https://superuser.com/questions/1201542/how-to-password-protect-file-on-delete
which I believe add nothing ...
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Sad [Addons] ? Sad un's!
addons - even the description is terrible.
I propose it's nuked, because grouping questions by the fact they are about an add on for another program, is really not useful for any kind of searching at ...
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When is it appropriate to decide for a questioner whether or not an answer answers their post?
When is deleting an answer an appropriate response because it 'might not' (in the opinion of someone who displays a basic lack of understanding of the differences between how the windows console and ...
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What can one do when a poster accepts a ridiculous answer?
It sometimes happens that I come upon a post where a completely ridiculous
answer is accepted by a clueless poster.
The immediate gut-response is to do something, since leaving the situation as-is
is ...
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Proposed resolution for [ide]
Every few years, we do a cleanup of ide tags, for example:
Many questions tagged "ide" should be tagged "pata"
Old monthly tag cleanups
Someone just anonymously cleaned up ...
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Bronze badges are getting repeated
I don't know is it supposed to be like this or it is a bug but the badges that I've earned before are showing again for me to earn. Total number of badges that I've earned before was 6 now it is ...
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Don't hate the [player] hate the tag
The player tag feels like a classic meta tag, and one likely to be misused. I saw it in use for a question what seems to be a glorified cd player but could refer to audio, video or other software that ...
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Is this answer with 140 up votes really an answer?
I ran across this answer posted on a question so simple and direct the title says it all:
What is the D-shaped icon next to my USB-C port?
I've tried to capture the essence of the answer in the ...
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What is wrong with me?
I am a relatively new user to Super User, but quite experienced in the SE network of sites (about 95K on SO, 70K on MSE). I guess I know quite some of you from either of those sites.
I add great ...
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High threshold for "well-asked" questions
Various posters have previously complained about the voting patterns on SuperUser and the standard response is that down votes are accorded to "poorly asked questions". Well, it would seem that "well-...
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How to deal with suspicious 'legitimate' link?
So I tried to help clear the "First Post" review today, and stumbled into an answer referring to a site, that seems legit, but in my experience may be malware site that looks like official site. I'm ...
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Are these two questions about viewing ZIP file contents actually duplicates?
I ran across two questions which are marked as duplicates, but which appear to be asking slightly different questions (I say "appear" since the wording is ambiguous), and whose answers are answering ...
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Why was this question closed as "Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations"?
I asked the following question:
Is there a list of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems that
Dragon Professional Individual intentionally do not
support?
http://shop.nuance.com/store/nuanceus/...
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Merge tags [802.11] and [wireless-networking]
Merge tags 802.11 and wireless-networking.
Considering wireless-networking has wifi as a synonym …
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2017 Community Moderator Election Results
Super User's fourth moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the new moderator is:
He'll be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank him for volunteering, and ...
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Why was my post about Windows 3.1 icons found in Windows 7 placed on hold?
I have a question about my Super User post: Why are there Windows 3.1 icons in Windows 7?
I recently posted a question about icons I had located in C:\Windows\System32\MorIcons.Dll. Almost as soon as ...
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Add synonym "windows-10-creators-update" -> "windows-10-v1703"
The various updates for Windows 10 should have tag synonyms for their official titles. This would include the following:
windows-10-creators-update -> windows-10-v1703
windows-10-anniversary-update ->...
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What happens when a VLQ queue question is re-flagged by those without close privileges?
Whilst reviewing the VLQ queue, I came across a question which I thought should be closed:
In my view the VLQ flag was appropriate, so I would Recommend closure.
However, as I don't have the vote ...
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Please stop migrating crap
Please only migrate good, but otherwise wayward questions. Latest exhibit is this question:
Facebook open graph html5 audio
I have a system that share on facebook a flash audio player, but the flash ...
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Why was this question about recovering metadata from an image file closed?
The question Recover metadata information from photo was closed as off-topic.
IMO the question is asking how to recover (meta)data from an image file, not about the camera used to capture the image.
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Closed question, but still want to continue discussion
Prevent excel from considering date based on system's date format
Based on the question I flagged this as duplicate and it got closed. However, it seems it is not exact duplicate as I thought.
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Why is my question about accessing network shares off topic?
My question:
How to browse a shared network drive as if it were read only
It's a question about software, and I hoped there would be answers like: "You can mount a read-only drive in explorer by ...
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Is “You have reached your question limit” the same as being banned?
I saw Question ban without any reason (after long awaited ban lift...), and the issue he went through is similar to mine.
I posted a total of seven questions in superuser.com: Two of these have one ...
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