Skip to main content

All Questions

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
6 votes
1 answer
125 views

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: ...
17 votes
1 answer
368 views

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 ...
4 votes
1 answer
59 views

Synonymize [ahk] with [autohotkey]

ahk should probably be a synonym of autohotkey
-1 votes
1 answer
76 views

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 ...
6 votes
1 answer
94 views

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 ...
7 votes
1 answer
202 views

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 ...
12 votes
3 answers
231 views

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 ...
16 votes
4 answers
343 views

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 ...
3 votes
1 answer
38 views

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 ...
4 votes
2 answers
73 views

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 ...
4 votes
1 answer
89 views

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 ...
-2 votes
1 answer
98 views

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.
19 votes
2 answers
433 views

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 ...
5 votes
1 answer
40 views

Merge [radeon] into [ati-radeon]

radeon (x13) should be merged into ati-radeon (x94). It should also be a synonym of the latter.
0 votes
1 answer
85 views

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:       ...
6 votes
1 answer
75 views

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 ...
4 votes
2 answers
108 views

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,...
-3 votes
1 answer
74 views

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.
4 votes
1 answer
73 views

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 (...
14 votes
2 answers
158 views

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, @...
10 votes
1 answer
58 views

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 ...
5 votes
1 answer
76 views

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?
6 votes
1 answer
98 views

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 ...
5 votes
1 answer
152 views

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 ...
4 votes
1 answer
38 views

Merge [vaio] into [sony-vaio]

vaio (x11) should be merged into sony-vaio (x93) and be made a synonym thereof.
5 votes
1 answer
98 views

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 ...
4 votes
2 answers
75 views

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 ...
2 votes
2 answers
2k views

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 ...
2 votes
1 answer
83 views

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 ...
15 votes
5 answers
481 views

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 ...
1 vote
1 answer
75 views

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 ...
2 votes
4 answers
114 views

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 ...
3 votes
2 answers
155 views

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 ...
0 votes
1 answer
42 views

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?
0 votes
1 answer
47 views

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 ...
3 votes
2 answers
117 views

Are questions about online backup services on-topic?

Are questions about online backup services like: Dropbox Mozy CrashPlan on-topic for Super User?
2 votes
1 answer
104 views

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 ...
-8 votes
2 answers
358 views

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 ...
4 votes
1 answer
79 views

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 ...
2 votes
3 answers
753 views

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 ...
7 votes
2 answers
222 views

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 ...
1 vote
1 answer
72 views

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 ...
4 votes
2 answers
231 views

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 ...
5 votes
1 answer
46 views

Merge [benchmarks] into [benchmarking]

benchmarks (x6) should be merged into benchmarking (x73). Additionally, there should be a new synonym benchmarking ← benchmarks.
3 votes
1 answer
112 views

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.
1 vote
1 answer
78 views

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, ...
9 votes
3 answers
329 views

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 ...
25 votes
6 answers
989 views

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 ...
3 votes
1 answer
97 views

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 ...
8 votes
1 answer
172 views

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 ...

1
53 54
55
56 57
64