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I can't mark two answers correct, so how should I curate this nugget of knowledge?
I have collated both answers into a new answer, but don't want to give myself the points or kudos for getting a correct answer when I'm just clarifying two answers?
Hope this makes sense: see here:
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Can we educate users to stop adding "Belongs on xyz.SE!" comments without further explanation?
Similarly to people telling the OP to ask their question on Apple.SE, even if it's on topic here on SU, I think that there's a general problem with comments like the following:
This should be on ...
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Synonymize [ahk] with [autohotkey]
ahk should probably be a synonym of autohotkey
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Change FAQ for explanation questions
Since the consensus on this question seems to be that at least under some circumstances "how does this work" questions are allowed, I propose that instead of burying this fact under what types of ...
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Is it worthwhile to comment/answer old questions bumped by 'Community'?
I would expect most users to have already found an answer elsewhere, if their question is many months old. If I provide an answer, how am I supposed to know if it was valid, without any feedback from ...
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Where in the world wide web is Troggy?
Troggy, one of our moderators, appears to have been MIA for several months now. His last activity on both Meta and Super User are dating back to July 28th at last.
He appears to log in daily, but ...
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Are "explain the technology to me" questions on-topic?
The FAQ says (bold is mine):
You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face.
However, there are many questions where the user basically asks us to ...
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Proposal: Sponsoring some Community FAQs and Canonical Answers
The other day in chat, Daniel Beck and Surfasb helped come up with the idea of sponsoring questions with bounties to create or improve some Community FAQs and canonical answer posts.
If you're not ...
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Are we going for a public [sharing] tag or for specific [X-sharing] tags?
We have quite some sharing tags:
sharing
file-sharing
connection-sharing
screen-sharing
home-sharing
internet-sharing
web-sharing
keyboard-sharing
file-sharing
Will we go for the more public sharing ...
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Creating word games
Can someone please explain the controversy over my closed question?
I followed the FAQ to the letter.
Random's comment: Do something and then ask as question about it. Current format is polling/list ...
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mac, osx, and osx-lion tags
It seems that these tags are used very often to refer to the same thing (see here). In fact (unless I read the search results wrong) there are 1,860 questions that use both mac and osx, and 212 that ...
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Is it unethical to ask someone you know to review your posts?
Is it wrong if (hypothetically) person A asks person B to look at some of person A's best answers, hoping that person B will notice their quality and upvote them.
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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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Merge [radeon] into [ati-radeon]
radeon (x13) should be merged into ati-radeon (x94). It should also be a synonym of the latter.
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Having fun the the post editor [closed]
I have created some interesting uses using the link syntax of [text](url). These are for fun, and should not be used in quality posts.
Comments:
Edit to see...
Whitespace:
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When should an up-voted answer be off-topic when the question is on-topic?
The primary answer to question I washed my USB drive. Any long-term risks? was deleted as off-topic:
37 upvotes, answered 2011-12-28 22:03:55Z, deleted by a moderator at 2011-12-29 22:52:33Z
Seems ...
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Are consumer features of fingerprint biometric scanners on-topic?
My question about fingerprint biometric scanner was migrated to IT Security. I think I made it clear that the question is about consumer features of these devices, e.g. speed of detection, reliability,...
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How do I get my question cross-posted to Stack Overflow?
How do I get my question cross-posted to Stack Overflow?
It has not been answered and I am in need of an answer.
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Request to reopen question 372203
What's the difference between one-dash and two-dashes for command prompt parameters? was closed as 'not constructive'. I disagree. There is a difference, as explained on Unix.SE:
A double dash (...
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What could we do with the [error] tag?
Well, we have a tag called error. Its description says:
Please use a more specific tag instead.
Awesome. So what do all these 547 questions have in common? A non-descriptive tag. On Oct. 10, @...
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Windows 7 Edition-Specific Tags
There's a couple tags currently out there with <10 posts each, and I'm wondering if they're actually necessary:
windows-7-home-premium and windows-7-professional
While I'm aware that there are ...
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Tag Nuke Requests [comcast] and [verizon-wireless]
The comcast and verizon-wireless tags are on 16 and 24 questions respectively. As they are typical US-only ISP's could the tags be removed?
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Please burninate the [problem] tag
We've had it before and way before that, and also on SO, but the "problem" (which is problem) seems to be reappearing.
Can we please get rid of this meta-tag again?
By the way: There are a few ...
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Help clean up the Mac Office tags
Office for Mac uses versions like 2008 and 2011, which makes it different from Office for Windows (2003, 2007, 2010).
The word tag wiki suggests that for Mac there should be:
word-2004
word-2008
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Merge [vaio] into [sony-vaio]
vaio (x11) should be merged into sony-vaio (x93) and be made a synonym thereof.
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How do I force a peer review for my edit when I already have editing privileges?
How do I force my edit through the peer review system (for example, when I'm not sure if I did it right) when I already have editing privileges?
It seems like creating peer review requests is a rare ...
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When to open a new question?
When a user finds an old unanswered question that refers to a problem he/she currently has, at what point is it acceptable to open a new question?
Although this may be duplication of sorts, I can see ...
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Using a temporary login
I login to the SE network with my GMail Open ID, but when I came to SuperUser.com today on another computer that's not mine, I was asked to login through the owner's GMail account. Is there a way to ...
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What should be done about questions whose answers go obsolete?
https://superuser.com/questions/75228/most-efficient-desktop-cpu-in-terms-of-gflops-watt is an example, but there are many more. Any answer given, while it may be accurate at the time, will not be in ...
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Ideas for celebrating Super User's 2nd anniversary
Super User's 2nd birthday is coming up in about a week, on August 18th (next Thursday). It has been discussed among community coordinators and other moderators, and we'd like to do something similar ...
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Beta Software (eg Windows 8 at this time) Too Localized? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should we have a sub-tag for beta/RC?
Would not any beta software (such as Windows 8 at this time) be considered too localized since it is subject to change and thus should be ...
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Convention for click on a button, then another button, etc
There is a standard way of representing a directory structure:
folder1/folder2/folder3/etc/file1
Is there a similar such convention we should use for indicating how to select an item in a series of ...
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Why was my answer to my own question deleted?
I posted a question about using the PowerShell rm command. Then, I posted an answer, after making it clear I was also soliciting competing better answers.
My understanding is this fits with the ...
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Why don't flags on comments show up with the rest of my flags?
I've flagged some comments, and that have been removed. Why can't I view the comments I've flagged?
Also how do flagged comments affect your flag weight?
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The right place
I have asked this: Can I have a QR code that will create a contact on the device?
I got the answer, but it was closed as off topic. How bout moving it maybe to StackOverflow? or another more suitable ...
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Are questions about online backup services on-topic?
Are questions about online backup services like:
Dropbox
Mozy
CrashPlan
on-topic for Super User?
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Reasons for Bounty
I just started a bounty on a question of mine, when I was asked for the reason why. Unfortunately none of the answers I could select were totally applicable. If I had the choice, I would have liked ...
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Is it legal to post content from overclock.net, if it is against their TOS? [closed]
One user is posting pirated content from the site overclock.net, here is what their TOS say:
Posting Content and Assets By posting content: You have confirmed that
you have not made this content ...
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Is this the most appropriate place to ask questions about Internet infrastructure?
I have some questions about the roles of ISPs, DNS, how packets work, etc.
For example: What service do ISPs actually provide?
I'm trying to categorically distinguish between transit ISPs and ...
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It annoys me that there's an Apple SE but so many Apple questions on SU
Stack Exchange management wrote a big post about why it makes sense to spin off some topics or areas into their own stack sites. If I have an Ubuntu question, it would make sense to ask it in the ...
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Question of the Week #33
Now we're into week 33 of the "Top Question" of Super User in the Super User blog. Please post and vote for your favorite question for this week.
Please post any question that you feel is of worth ...
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Why is there no badge for voting to close questions?
Out of curiosity, why is there no badge for voting to close questions? There seem to be badges (bronze at least) for using every other feature on the site pretty much, and I think it would be nice to ...
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I'd like to get the question on mechanical keyboards opened
I'd admit at this point of time that i'm apparently the resident keyboard geek and i have a bias towards getting this question reopened, and this is a blatant attempt to get it some attention, and ...
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Merge [benchmarks] into [benchmarking]
benchmarks (x6) should be merged into benchmarking (x73).
Additionally, there should be a new synonym benchmarking ← benchmarks.
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Can I ask questions related to hardware?
I have a question related to my new computer hardware. Would it be okay to ask it on superuser.com?
If the question itself should be described then let me know and I'll edit this post.
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Is it okay to send someone to a different forum to get an answer?
Sometimes I really wonder why people bring questions here that are very specific to a certain application.
E.g. AutoHotKey not working with Outlook 2010
I know that SU is for software and hardware, ...
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Duplicate Question, where the answer is the same, but the question differs slightly
This question:
Can any of the diff/grep utilities do a "file grep"?
Was voted for close as an exact duplicate of
Which duplicate files and folders finders exist for Windows?
The OP ...
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Three free video cards for Valued Community Members(tm)
I've been doing some upgrading, so this means I have some extra PCI Express video cards. They are not too shabby, either.
ATI 5870 1GB
ATI 5870 1GB
ATI 5770 1GB
Now, the two 5870 cards are still ...
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Are questions about TVs off topic?
About 2 hours ago, the question Why do enormous TVs take longer to turn on than smaller TVs? got closed for being off topic.
The question also has a comment that reads
TVs are not computer ...
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Is a question about computer output history really off topic or not constructive?
I'm trying to understand the scope of SuperUser and figure out what it is about my question about the history of computer display outputs that warranted closing.
It's my understanding that questions ...