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Usage of "external" tag - burninate?
I just removed the external tag from a question regarding viewing of source code for a browser, and it got me thinking that this is somewhat a meta-tag.
There exists tags such as external-hard-drive ...
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Community Promotion Ads - 2013 [duplicate]
As it is December 2012, we are now going to reset our Community Promotion Ads for the new year.
What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that ...
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Should questions about hacking networks be allowed?
I recently stumbled upon some questions blatantly asking for help in cracking wireless security passwords (Have a look at the tag aircrack-ng). Should those be flagged as "unwanted in our community"?
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Why call It Super User?
Stack Overflow and Server Fault are both clearly for problems in their respective fields. As such, why is Super User to be called Super User? Is it because it too begins with an S? What were other ...
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Tag cleanup weekend 1 - After action reports and impressions
We had about 4-5 users who were actively/obviously cleaning up, and at least one complaint of over efficiency.
How was tag cleanup weekend?
More specifically, if you were involved, what tags did ...
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Are questions related to download YouTube content allowed?
There are many questions about how to download video or audio from YouTube.
Here are the two tags youtube-dl and youtube. But in the
YouTube Terms 5.B., here I quote a portion of it:
You shall not ...
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Are we/you strongly opposed to using **bold**?
Background: I suggested to emphasize the real answer in this answer about password checking ("you supply both the old and the new password") by making it bold. The suggestion was accepted, but ...
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What's our threshold for profanity in comments?
I just handled a bunch of flags on older comments, flagging the use of the word "bitch" as "complain" or "is a pain".
Now certain words (mostly ones with 4 letters for some reason), I can get - but ...
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Could we finally get rid of [software-rec]?
I know that this has been covered before (for example here), but communities evolve constantly and our current view on this matter can be different.
In my humble opinion, software-rec should be ...
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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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Where to ask for computer hardware suggestions?
If I have a question about computer hardware, on which SE site should I ask it? It will involve asking for opinions.
For example,
"I need to purchase a computer for a conference room that will sit ...
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Suggestions for updating our FAQ
Based on the results of the vote for a change of policy we've drawn the conclusion that the majority of the users (who voted) are in favor of allowing appropriate tablet questions.
So the new policy ...
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The DOS tag is ambiguous
As it is, the dos tag is ambiguous. Even the tag wiki excerpt is split:
DOS is an acronym for "Disk Operating System." DoS is an acronym for "Denial of Service." Do not use this tag for questions ...
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Should questions about using a gaming console as a PC be allowed?
As you all probably know, gaming questions have long been off-topic on SuperUser. This has included questions limited to consoles, even though they are technically "computers". I generally ...
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How do I find out if I belong in SU?
I apologize in advance if this is a dumb question. How do I figure out if I belong in SU or not? This applies to both asking questions and providing answers.
I've been participating in SO for ...
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Add a 'No Caps Lock' message/hint/check on the website
I've seen a lot of questions that are originally in CAPS LOCK and with no formatting at all. Most recently, was this and this question with caps lock body, this question with caps lock title, and this ...
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How Could I Have Improved My Question To Avoid Getting Downvoted?
I have a question about my Super User post: Router Blocks Access To Single Site, Only On Selective Devices
I asked what I thought to be a detailed question but with no answers or comments -- only a ...
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Let's part ways with [computer-parts]
computer-parts appears to be a useless meta tag. Nobody is an expert on all computer parts and there is no reason to search for questions using that tag that I can think of.
Should we remove this tag?...
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Do we need "warning" and "alert"?
Similar to error-message, which we just got rid of, there are also:
alert × 26
warning × 37
Neither of these are really specific. They don't add meaning to the questions.
Sometimes, ...
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Are Hackintosh questions off topic because of community consensus or just moderation policy?
I was having a discussion with @Gilles lately, whether to allow questions about OS X being virtualized. In essence, the Apple license forbids virtualizing certain products, but the majority of votes ...
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Actually changing things through Meta
We have four principal categories of topics on Meta, with some overlap:
Bug: The site just doesn't work
Feature request: I want to have new shiny things
Support: How does this work?
Discussion: What ...
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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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The Super User blog is going away
We've been trying to kickstart the SU blog again, and well, it's mostly been tumbleweeds. We've had little to no activity, despite a few well meaning plans to.
That said, networkwide, blogs are going ...
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Please don't migrate game recommendations to Gaming
Hi Super Users! I'm Grace Note from Gaming, here to make a polite request.
A finalized ruling has been made. While I don't know if you even got any during the decision period after my request, I ...
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Why are mod-close rates so much higher for Super User than for other similar SE sites?
Why are the mod-close rates here on Super User so much higher than on other similar Stack Exchange communities?
For comparison, I pulled the questions for the last (roughly) 11 days to analyze close-...
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This question was closed-as-dup but the accepted answer is out-of-date
Google brought me to this question:
Is there a way to identify the busy (CPU-consuming) tab in Firefox?
But that question is marked as a duplicate of this one:
How to find out which firefox tab is ...
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Merge [bugcheck] into [bsod]
bugcheck contains 16 questions, practically all of which are about bsod. "Bugcheck" is the technical term for a BSOD and so the tags should be merged.
Your thoughts?
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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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Do people still use a [downloader]?
Nice useless meta tag. downloader is only a useful tag when people tell you just what downloader they are using. On its own it serves no purpose.
Only a few questions tagged with it so it's an easy ...
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Clean out our [container]
The container tag appears to be too broadly scoped to be useful in its current state. With its oldest question being from 2010, it is used for many different areas of expertise including but not ...
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Don't give us static about deleting [dynamic]
dynamic is meaningless. Seems like it mostly attracts Excel-related question for some reason. There are also some questions on random topics, like folder binding, task scheduler, DDNS, dynamically ...
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Synonomize tags for new Firefox
Quantum is the release name for Firefox 57. It looks like people are referring to the new browser by either name, and we have tags for both. It is probably useful to have both tags, but they should ...
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Adding the notification icons to the blog
My home page is the Super User Community Blog
When I launch Chrome, I like to read the blog and to see if I have new notifications.
Unfortunately, the notification icon are not in the bar, so I must ...
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Sorting out Chrome-related tags
Someone's muddled the chrome-related tags!
Chromium is an open-source web browser. Chrome is a closed-source derivative of Chromium made by Google. Chrome OS is an operating system based on the ...
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Gentle reminders to mark an answer as accepted?
I often see questions which have one or more answers that are comprehensive, correct, helpful, and have many upvotes, and yet the question remains without a marked answer. Generally, it seems like the ...
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Where do you draw the line between a "stupid" question and an acceptable one?
I'll be honest, at times, I've been tempted to downvote a question simply because the solution is blatantly obvious to someone with even limited computer experience.
Many questions like these are ...
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Preferred location for "shell scripting" questions
On Super User, many questions are about "shell scripting" - Unix sh and bash, Windows cmd.exe. Should they stay on SU or be migrated to Stack Overflow as "programming"? IMO, bash can be called "...
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Should I edit those pesky empty tag wikis?
Every day I plan to grab a couple of empty tag wikis and edit them to provide at least a reasonable popup information to users of Super User.
Where possible, I plan to write an extended full wiki ...
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What is the correct way to style this community's name?
If I'm writing about the website at https://superuser.com/, and I wish to refer to it by name, should I call it:
Super User
SuperUser
Superuser
superuser
Or something else?
(Context: I'm modifying ...
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Is it rude to answer a question that has been solved in comments?
In this question
Make system sounds louder than device
A couple different people helped the OP discover the solution to his problem in comments.
In cases like this, is it best to just suggest to ...
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Should the accepted answers be unpinned on superuser?
Inspired by this
Stack Overflow now doesn't pin the accepted answer as per this post
We no longer pin the accepted answer (with the green checkmark) to the top of the list of answers. By default, we ...
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Should I accept an answer for someone else's bounty?
I see a mod posted a sizable bounty to my question:
Why is checking Windows Update so slow?
I'm wondering if I should be accepting an answer in order for the user who posts the correct answer to be ...
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Is using British spelling discouraged?
I wanted to fix a typo in the title of this question when I saw that in the question body behaviour had been edited to behavior by another user.
Is this necessary? Should I (we) start to think about ...
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Promotional text in answer
On this answer, there is a text and link that seems like promoting a service from the user. The answer itself seems good. It does not disclose its affiliation, though, although can be inferred from ...
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Is it important to mark a question as answered?
I asked Can Windows CE 6 auto-run an application on an inserted USB stick? that never got any responses, but while waiting I ran some additional tests that strongly suggest the answer to my question ...
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Should I perform a duck test when reviewing suggested edits?
Duck test:
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
In this case:
If it behaves like the Original Poster, then it probably is the Original ...
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2014 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as ...
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Can Moderators See Edits Made to Answers Within 5 Minutes?
Can moderators etc. can see edits made within 5 minutes?
I ask because I answered a question one minute after someone else but they quickly changed their answer to include information from mine. But ...
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ChatGPT - what do we flag as?
How do we best flag [fairly obvious] suspected ChatGPT answers? Do we need to flag for a mod every time, or spam… or…?
These are usually already attracting human attention - comments underneath, a ...
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