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Are printers and their hardware problems (NOT a driver issue), on topic for Super User?

I didn't think that this question was on topic under Super User. I didn't flag it because printers are sort-of computer related, but... if it's only hardware?

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modified Aug 3, 2011 at 19:25

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Is it possible to ask this question in a "constructive" way?

My recent question Which keyboard layout(s) is/are objectively better?, was closed as "Not constructive" by a moderator. My intention with this question was not to solicit debate, but rather to learn ...

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modified Aug 1, 2011 at 14:56

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Changing the FAQ to allow "Soft Questions"

I noticed a tag on the mathematics SE site that is "soft-question". It is used to identify questions that are more based in opinion than a "how can i solve x" but still on topic (a recent example: Why ...

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modified Aug 1, 2011 at 6:43

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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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modified Jul 29, 2011 at 0:42

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Trying to understand why attempting to get recommendations on software products is off-topic

I have a question here: https://superuser.com/questions/313573/recommended-time-attendance-time-clock-systems. It was closed and marked as off topic, but isn't the point of this Q&A to discuss ...

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modified Jul 27, 2011 at 19:22

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What is the difference between shopping recommendations and hardware-rec tagged questions?

I noticed that there is a hardware-rec tag that people use for hardware recommendations with over 200 questions. Earlier today I answered one that got a couple "shopping recommendations are off topic" ...

slhck

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Jul 27, 2011 at 6:50

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Meta questions are also managed by root users?

Are meta questions that do not meet the FAQ requirements (off topic, not constructive, duplicated question, etc) are also closed, migrated, etc? Or it is available to discuss any doubt about superuser?...

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modified Jul 26, 2011 at 21:04

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are questions of the type which option is better A or B allowed?

I have been noticing some questions that appear (to me at least) to ask questions of the type in the title, and I was wondering, if absent any "hard" facts, such a question is allowed? Examples is ...

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modified Jul 26, 2011 at 17:35

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Suspicious downvote pattern

I have noticed some suspicious downvotes on my questions recently. Jul 25 -2 23:44 downvote XML, XHTML, SGML and HTML Jul 23 -2 51 mins ago downvote GUI editor for editing djvu ...

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modified Jul 26, 2011 at 14:02

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Is a question about the possibility of an iPad virus on or off topic?

I want to ask, "is it possible for an iPad (or other iOS product) to get a virus?" but I'm not sure this is on topic. Is it? Btw, I'm pretty sure that it (getting a virus) is not possible (having ...

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modified Jul 21, 2011 at 21:13

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If I delete an old valid or closed post, will I lose the reputation gained from it?

If I delete an old valid or closed post (including question and answers), will I lose the reputation gained from it?

slhck

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Jul 20, 2011 at 19:44

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What is with these invalid flags?

Two of my recent flags were marked as invalid, but I have no idea why. The first one was a duplicate post, only 4 questions below, and was not only closed, but deleted. I flagged it as "Dual post, ...

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modified Jul 20, 2011 at 10:39

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Are Community Promotion Ads shown based on keywords in questions?

I came across this while I was browsing through the Newest Questions. Are Community Promotion Ads shown based on keywords in questions? Or was this just a happy coincidence?

slhck

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Jul 19, 2011 at 22:47

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I Need to Ask a Poll-Type Question

I am trying to find out the pronunciation of a computer term, but since it is (mostly) a poll-type question, I figured I would ask for advice first in order to avoid getting raped by the seemingly ...

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modified Jul 19, 2011 at 4:49

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SU Retag request: bootup & booting -> boot

It seems kinda redundant to have booting and boot separate; although one is a verb and one is a noun, it seems like it would be simpler to keep them under one tag (for organization's sake). I'm ...

studiohack

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Jul 19, 2011 at 4:45

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Best forum to ask ABBYY questions?

Maybe it's here? or elsewhere? I'm currently posting on mobileread.com, but thought there might be a better community for "power users" (ugh, i hate that term).

studiohack

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Jul 19, 2011 at 4:43

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Is the superuser site the place for troubleshooting?

I'm having problems with VirtualBox, and I want to know if SuperUser is the right place to troubleshoot the issue.

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modified Jul 19, 2011 at 4:43

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Why was question 311149 marked off-topic and closed?

This question was marked as off-topic. This of course includes a link to the FAQ which actually I had read before asking my question. None of the other Stack Exchange sites seemed to apply. The part ...

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modified Jul 18, 2011 at 17:50

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Define Scope of Community Promotion Ads?

I'm looking at the Community Promotion Ads submitted, and am wondering if they are being used in the best interest of the community. I envisioned that these ads would be used to promote products and ...

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modified Jul 18, 2011 at 3:19

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Reopen request for question 311304

How to find a given game room in all TS3 servers? is a question about a desktop software, how to operate it. It's not about gaming, and it's not about Google searches. Why was it closed?

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modified Jul 17, 2011 at 17:04

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Community ad was locked/deleted

Just out of curiosity: I put a link to a free-for-non-commerical-use web application I am affiliated with in the community ads section. Now a moderator locked and deleted it telling me rules I did ...

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modified Jul 17, 2011 at 12:52

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Is it wrong to ask people to accept an answer to their question?

I was looking through some of the questions I've answered, and an unsettling amount have: Not accepted an answer Not given extra details to help people answer In essence, these questions are now ...

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modified Jul 17, 2011 at 11:08

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Help needed to reword a question so it can be re-opened

Yesterday I posted this question: https://superuser.com/q/310549/86676 There were a couple of comments... one of them suggested I should try asking the question on Server Fault, but I don't ...

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modified Jul 15, 2011 at 9:19

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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 ...

Jeff Atwood

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Jul 14, 2011 at 11:06

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Is downvoting link only answers acceptable?

Related: Ban lmgtfy (le me google that for you) links Based on the Why is linking bad? question as well as Are answers that contain only links really good answers? question, is it acceptable ...

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modified Jul 12, 2011 at 21:14

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Is a modern phone not a computer?

Re the FAQ: If you have a question about... computer hardware computer software and it is not about... electronic devices, media players, cell phones or smart phones, except insofar ...

James T Snell

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Jul 11, 2011 at 23:02

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I'd like to ask a question to which there is no right answer

I'd like to solicit feedback regarding utilities people use at work and at home to keep their systems running, to resolve issues, to perform IT magic. And not just any utilities, but those most ...

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modified Jul 9, 2011 at 6:34

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Why the differing statements when dealing with duplicates?

When closing a duplicate, a message pops up above the question saying Possible duplicate: < link > but underneath the post, it will say: Closed as exact duplicate by: < list of users > (...

Jeff Atwood

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Jul 5, 2011 at 9:25

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Request for reopening question 305862

I don't understand how my question is off-topic. It talks about a desktop app, called Steam browser. https://superuser.com/questions/305862/is-it-safe-to-pay-for-games-through-steam-app-browser-...

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modified Jul 4, 2011 at 14:09

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How should we treat questions that break NDA?

How should we treat questions that break NDA? For instance: questions about Mac OS X Lion. Should we close them? Or just leave them be?

Jeff Atwood

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Jul 2, 2011 at 3:04

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Invalid flag but question is closed?

I flagged a question as an exact duplicate, but it was marked invalid and then the question was closed? Was my flag valid or not?

Sathyajith BhatMod

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Jun 29, 2011 at 5:30

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Can we please have better tag wiki excerpts?

Today someone proposed lots of tag wiki excerpts edits that all followed the form: Questions about <tag-name>, <description of object>. Why do we need the Questions about element? We don'...

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modified Jun 26, 2011 at 21:20

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Why are changes applied without any reasoning or community agreement?

Please align the Excel tags isn't agreed upon, while Can we please standardize the Microsoft tags? has been there for ages and has been a consensus which we pretty much agreed up. Why does a ...

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modified Jun 26, 2011 at 13:12

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Random is closing questions as duplicates that should not be closed.

I have run in to this twice today. As I was typing a answer Random closed this and this question. For the first one, I understand that that one is truly a duplicate (even the poster said so in the ...

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modified Jun 19, 2011 at 22:43

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How specific should tags get? e.g., [3tb-hard-drive] vs [hard-drive]

Been doing some tag cleanup recently and noticed this oddity: Boot utilities for 3 TB hard drives Now, in this case it almost makes sense since this is very specific to the potential problems that a ...

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modified Jun 19, 2011 at 19:20

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Are questions related to repairing a console on-topic?

According to this questions that are only about consoles are off-topic. However I was wondering if this is the same for questions that aren't about gaming, but rather repairing a console. For ...

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modified Jun 18, 2011 at 20:31

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Are sock puppets an issue on Superuser?

Is sock puppeting (whereby people hold multiple personalities) an issue on Super user? OR, do people think, is this an issue on the Stack Exchange Network?

Pylsa

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Jun 16, 2011 at 14:16

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Can we help users get around potentially contractual limitations from their ISP, such a data caps?

This question was just asked about circumventing data usage caps. Where does this fall on the legality issue? Should we promote this kind of behavior, or discourage it? I'm all against data usage caps,...

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modified Jun 15, 2011 at 15:31

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On the 1st anniversary of Superuser, I just want to say "Thanks".

I have had an abundance of useful help and direction from users. Thanks.

studiohack

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Jun 12, 2011 at 22:50

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Why are late answers allowed?

Why are new users allowed to post late answers to questions from so long ago? Most of the times it's not even useful and it clutters up the Top Questions page.

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modified Jun 11, 2011 at 16:12

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Ambiguous Tag: "atom"

Current status: The tag atom in its current form is used for both: The Intel Atom CPU architecture The Atom standard for XML-based web feeds Resolution: There already is an intel-atom tag. I've ...

Sathyajith BhatMod

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Jun 11, 2011 at 4:12

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Zune questions getting closed on superuser?

Can we get some sort of official ruling on questions for the Zune on superuser? Because closing this question I asked is bullshit. https://superuser.com/questions/119566/anybody-know-how-to-get-...

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modified Jun 9, 2011 at 23:38

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Is it sometimes too easy to identify a downvoter?

I once asked on meta stackoverflow - should downvoters be identified... Should downvoters be identified? An unpopular idea, understandably given the possibility of a petty downvoting war. The thing ...

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modified Jun 9, 2011 at 7:56

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