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When reviewing, can we remove these dreadful "Congratulations, this was only a test" questions
Every so often, we review some questions, close questions, reopen questions etc, some of which do take a bit of time, thought and consideration, to suddenly be told
"Congratulations, this was a test!...
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How do you ignore a certain user on Super User?
So, I want to ignore questions for certain users from my Questions/Unanswered feed. How do I do that?
The main reason for this kind of feature is that not everything that annoys me is against the ...
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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 ...
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Why has this question on BlueJeans people account inference been placed on-hold as off-topic as "not about computer hardware or software"?
Regarding the question: How does BlueJeans estimate the number of meeting participants?
Why has this question on BlueJeans people account inference been placed on-hold as off-topic as "This question ...
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Why is there no walk through on how to build reputation?
I understand why there is a large step to entry - but it should be possible to contribute almost immediately because, well that's why I came here in the first place. Is there a walk-through our best ...
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Reuploading non-broken images from imgur to stack.imgur
Gareth has been editing many of my posts recently to upload images that were already at Imgur to stack.imgur.com. Many posts were submitted after the whole let's just replace i.imgur with i.stack....
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Question incorrectly marked as a duplicate...
I just posted this question:
How can I control my Mac remotely?
It specifically asks how I can remotely control my Mac.
It was subsequently closed and marked as an "exact duplicate" of this ...
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How can I delete superuser account?
I don't want to keep my account on superuser because this site doesn't suit my taste, how can I delete it?
I have looked into my account but it seems there isn't any option like that, but maybe I am ...
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"iBooks vs. Kindle in terms of number of textbooks for students" -- appropriate question?
Is Superuser the appropriate site to ask about whether the Kindle or iBooks platform has more textbooks available and which platform offers a better experience (i.e., I've seen the Apple ads with the ...
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Shouldn't 'mark favorite' give the same reputation as an up vote? Or even more?
I suggest that marking a question as favorite should give at least as much reputation to the writer than upvoting the question... After all, if the user intends to come back to the question later, it ...
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How to deal with censorship by a high rep user?
I've made a few comments on an old post, which was (unfortunately, IMHO) closed as OT.
Some appended to some answers, trying to contribute and provide more info and evidence on them, but another ...
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Please review the deletion of my answer of the post mentioned here
Several days ago, I posted an answer to the following question:
rsync: identical files (contents, size, timestamp) between source and destination are not being seen as identical
A moderator deleted my ...
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Please be mindful of non-programming and development question migrations
Stack Overflow is a site for programming and development questions. This question was recently migrated to Stack Overflow even though it has nothing to do with programming and development: Create ...
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Why are people voting to close my question?
How is CMD's convert command able to convert FAT to NTFS without data loss?
I've recently updated the question to directly respond to criticism that the question is off-topic based on the claims ...
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Is there any way to delete my question that has comments and answers?
Some days ago I posted some repeating questions in superuser. As a result they are no longer accepting questions from me. Now I want to delete those questions. But the problem is that, those questions ...
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Merge [remote-desktop] and [terminal-services]
Tags remote-desktop and terminal-services refer to the same thing. I think that terminal-services should remain, since it is the official name of the functionality, also it covers more than just ...
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Synonymous meta tags about tagging
There are some meta tags about tags that seems to be synonymous:
retagging is a synonym of retag-request.
tag-synonym-request is a synonym of tag-synonyms.
tag-wiki-suggestion is a synonym of tag-...
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Why was Straighten Microphone Cables closed?
Why was my question Straighten microphone cables closed?
It is a practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that I currently face. It is not chatty or open-ended.
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My question was wrongly "put on hold" as "off-topic"
My question is truly clear-cut: Do devices that implement certain machine code instructions (which are an extension to the ARMv8 ISA) exist? (I give instructions for how to check it.)
As per the ...
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Why did my comment get removed?
I left a comment answering another comment on
Eraser: "Warning: This computer has had System Restore or Volume Shadow Copies enabled.". Does my USB flash drive contain any copies of files stored?. I ...
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Is superuser.com or another StackExchange site an appropriate way to ask information about websites?
I was going to post to superuser.com a question of "I had a rough encounter with X; people should really be warned. Where besides Yelp should I post?" However, I'm not sure that questions about ...
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How to log out? [duplicate]
How does one log out of Superuser - Stackexchange?
I created a user id and password, and was able to post as a result,
so I'm pretty sure I'm logged in.
But I cannot find a "log out" button or link....
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Why has this question been downvoted?
Based on the fact that it's a specific problem that applies to many people, could be invaluable to those using MediaMonkey, and has no answer anywhere else I was expecting it to get at least a handful ...
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SuperUser posting for FrameMaker
I have tried three times to contact, who I thought, was the mediator for the SuperUsers site and cannot seem to get a response. The following is what I wrote:
DavidPostill - When I look at the first ...
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Please migrate my question on Automatic Wallpaper Manager?
Accordant with the answer at Would the displacement of this question help?, would you please migrate https://superuser.com/questions/679640/automatic-wallpaper-manager to another apt website like ...
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Should we really have the 'disciplined' badge?
I think the disciplined badge is a bad idea.
We are trying to get good answers and questions on this site (and, I guess, all SE sites). There have been 192 of these badges awarded to users, but, ...
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First time visitors cannot upload images - This is annoying
First time visitors cannot upload images.
This is very annoying I would imagine for both parties!
Can we create something which (for a totally wild example), when a first time user tries to upload ...
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Which Stack Exchange site should I post a question about certificate providers to?
https://superuser.com/q/571905/172193
That was closed as being off topic. In my mind it ''does'' "relate to computer software" just as much as such questions as "What's a good free GUI zip client for ...
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Why did my answer to this question get deleted?
Why did my answer to this question get deleted? I think I was misunderstood in my intention to clarify the problem and to help with a program I've written myself.
I posted a link to my website and I ...
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Why can’t I post an answer to a question titled: “ASUS Armoury Crate installation fails with error 102”
Of the questions I have only one: why, if I found a possible solution and registered only to write an answer, I can't do it because I don't have a reputation? It turns out to be absurd.
But I have an ...
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Can the "migrated from StackOverflow" notice expire, please?
There are questions that were migrated from other sites, e.g. Stack Overflow.
These questions have a migration notice, e.g. Remove audio from video file with FFmpeg
(Sorry, I didn't know where to ...
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Why was that question was declared off-topic?
I thought all questions about browser add-ons where on topic.
In that case, I’m failing to understand, why this question is not in the scope of this website :
Does Encrypted Media Extensions is ...
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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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Question deleted with no recourse?
I have a question closed https://superuser.com/questions/831078/yosemite-osx-install-stuck-on-first-step and a moderator comment "Don't use pirated software?" when this is not the case.
There isn't ...
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Why can't I delete my own question?
So today I asked this question: https://superuser.com/questions/464472/why-do-all-my-usb-devices-malfunction-now-and-then
It was closed within an hour. Fine, OK, bad question, whatever. I'll delete ...
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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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Why questions are closed and why asking new questions are banned?
Its good to organize and maintain the forum and make it look good and have question or research or knowledge sharing. As in stack exchange specially super user i have faced strict rules of closing ...
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How do I log out of superuser? [duplicate]
I logged in to superuser to uprate a good answer, and I prefer to log out of sites before leaving them for my (and their) security, but I don't see any "Logout" button in the title bar or in any of ...
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Should a short error message be formatted as inline code, bold or simply with double quotes?
Should a short error message be formatted as inline code, bold or simply with double quotes?
Example:
What is the difference between Error: blabla and Error: huhu?
... or ...
What is the ...
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Q&A Posts - The Question
I'm looking at starting to do Q&A posts here on SuperUser for problems that I encounter, from uncommon problems to common problems. Obviously, the answer will have the most info in the entire post,...
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Highlighting questions with accepted answers as [solved]
I've seen this elsewhere and personally think it's a very useful feature. When questions have an answer marked as accepted, [solved] gets added onto the end of the page title. This then appears in ...
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My comment(replies) to other user were deleted
I have a question about my Super User post: Recovering Windows 11
My comment(replies) to other user were deleted. They didn't violate any rules and they were on topic and valid replies to the user. ...
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Deleting a question that was unsuitable
Why is not possible to delete a question where another user has posted an answer ?
What if the original poster realized afterwards that it as in fact a bad question to ask; and perhaps should have ...
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Would the [desktop-shortcut] be the same as the [file-shortcut]? [closed]
Would the [desktop-shortcut] be the same as the [file-shortcut]?
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Is there a way to show people why their -1 was wrong?
So my question comes from How to automatically hide files put in a specific folder? Bon Gart was very quick to downvote my answer (be sure to look at it post terdon's edit) Is there anyway, other than ...
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Add 'Fault' to the Meta required tag list
Is it possible to add something like 'Fault' or 'Failure' or 'Crash' to the list of tags that you have to pick one of in order to post to Meta? For example, with yesterday's data centre down-ness ("...
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What do I do when a question was closed for "needing clarity", but doesn't state what needs clarification?
I recently asked a question that was closed about 1 minute later due to it needing "details or clarity".
However, there weren't any comments in the closure remarks, and there were no ...
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It happened again: My question has been closed inadvertently
So it happened again. One of my questions has been closed inadvertently. The folks who have closed it claimed that it is not about hardware as outlined in the help center.
However:
1) I have read ...
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Not entirely sure on voting protocol/preferred question types
I have a question about my Super User post: Windows 10 will not install update
Hi ya'll. Hate to be a pest and I'm sure "why was my question downvoted? RAGE FACE" queries are hideously frowned upon, ...
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Is it policy to move Apple/Mac OS questions to Ask Different? [duplicate]
If a question is clearly Mac only, not even Terminal/nix-related, is it best to simply move it to Ask Different?
Apologies if this was asked before, a search didn't find it.
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