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Should potentially "Dangerous" answers be flagged/deleted?
Referring to this question: Restore MacBook Pro to factory settings without disc, I find it rather reckless to post an answer to an OP that obviously does not know what the effects will be.
Should ...
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Is it possible to have 0 rep?
Can you have 0 rep?
If not, what am I going to do with all these counting from 0 jokes I found under my bed?
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Moderators deleting comments?
Whenever a SO question is migrated, it has a few comments that say "Belongs on SU" or the like.
This confuses the heck out of me because when I read a question, I read the question, then the comments,...
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Multiple Part Questions
I see a lot of questions that are kind of interviewing questions with multiple parts. The answers get daunting when it gets beyond 2 parts.
What should we do with these questions? Answer them in parts?...
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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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Should I Accept this answer?
I got an excellent Answer, but considering that the suggestion given doesn't exactly match what I was asking for, should I accept it. I'm asking here because the main Question (Is there anything like ...
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what should you do when you realize you stupidly asked a question on the wrong site AND had a bounty?
This should've gone to ServerFault, I'm thinkin'. Maybe I could just delete it and re-ask over there. Will I lose the bounty? It is sort of a SuperUser question, but it dawned on me that it would have ...
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Why is stating a reason not required when closing a question?
A few of my questions are closed and no reason is ever provided.. this is incredibly annoying, why was closing questions like the following allowed?
Examples:
https://superuser.com/questions/209110/...
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How do I deal with "not an answer" type .. answers ?
So, what should be the protocol for posts in answers sections which are not answers (you know - OMGWTFBBQ I HAVE THIS PROBLEM type posts)
Flag for ♦ moderator attention ?
Flag as offensive ?
Flag ...
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WordPress software questions on SuperUser.
I have recently had a question regarding my WordPress based blog closed. The closing comment says, "Questions on Super User are expected to generally relate to computer software or computer hardware ...
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Posting Logs and Config Files: Helpful or too specific?
Let's say User X posts this question:
I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha 2 and whenever I go to google.com it goes to fleshbot instead. It's a fresh install and I'm using OpenDNS. My HOSTS file is as ...
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Why do my questions never get answered on SU?
Ok, so some of my questions get answered after a long time on SU, but many of my questions site idle for much longer than I'm used to on the SE network. I'm used to answer times of a day, not no ...
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How does one get 996 reputation points with no questions and no answers recorded?
Or, why is my Meta reputation being accounted for so ... weirdly? Did something break?
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I have received 205 reputation points today
I check my reputation received today. It says I have received 205 points. I thought the cap was at 200 per day. Will it go back down to the cap sometime later or is this intended?
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API option to retrieve a list of tags
Is there an API function to retrieve a list of all tags?
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When does the reputation cap timer reset?
When does reputation cap time reset? Does it reset at specific time of the day? Or is there no timer but instead, the 200 reputation cap with any give 24 hour period?
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Proper Stack Exchange site for hardware recommendations
As title says, is there a Stack Exchange site for hardware recommendations?
Mistakenly, I thought that general (non localized) question about hardware without specific prices and stores would be ok ...
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Isn't it supposed to be a community managed site?
Today two of my questions were closed.
The first as subjective and the second as off-topic. First of all, in my humble opinion, there is nothing, what so ever, subjective or off topic in these ...
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Tag sets and tag name consistency
Tag sets have introduced a way in which identical tag names are associated across SOFU & SX sites. We've got a few inconsistencies with SO, e.g., while excel and excel, are the user and ...
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Tagging hardware qn about Mac Mini Server
Asked on chat:
Tagging question: what are the right tags for qns about Mac Mini, Server edition? I've seen using mac-mini and server together, but there's also osx-server, and maybe a new tag, mac-...
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Tags: google-desktop and google-desktop-search
I believe the two tags, google-desktop and google-desktop-search should be synonyms as they are one and the same product: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Desktop
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Why was this question about computer monitors closed?
Question:
What size HD widescreen monitor would I need to buy to match my 19" monitor?
I asked a question a few weeks ago to help me understand how to find a widescreen computer monitor to match ...
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How to deal with an answer which suggest "Windows XP Ultimate"-Build from a Third-Party?
I just stumbled upon this answer which suggest to use "Windows XP Ultimate", which is in fact a Windows XP System modified by a Third-Party (read: Not Microsoft).
I'm not sure about possible ...
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Answering a question you previously voted to close
This question was recently posted, asking very ambiguously about the Windows 7 SP1 RC. I voted to close it as "not a real question", since it was just asking for comments on whether anybody had tried ...
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Why was this question closed ?
This is getting plain ridiculous:
https://superuser.com/questions/204710/what-happened-to-the-corel-forums-for-paintshop-pro-closed
If this isn't a question about computer software (support for it) ...
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Do [missing] and [disappeared] constitute as meta tags?
There are (currently) 18 questions tagged missing
And 13 questions tagged disappeared
Am I right in believing that these tags are meta-tags and need to be wiped off ?
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Exactly what does "ignored tags" do?
Maybe I stupidly missed the explanation somewhere... When I set some ignored tag (under "interesting tags") - just how does this affect my experience on SuperUser?
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Is it kosher to accept your answer on your own question?
I've on occasion come across the answer to my question, and feel that it's the best answer, but do not want to "rob" anyone of rightfully earned rep... What do I do? Also I'm assuming that I do NOT ...
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Following up using comments
I've been in the situation that I answered questions with more than one-liners, and the original poster didn't follow up at all (commenting what was wrong with the answers provided by me and others, ...
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"closed as exact duplicate by" - suggestion
When a question is closed by a moderator as a duplicate, I believe that a reference should be made within the area below that states where the original Q/A resides.
closed as exact duplicate by ...
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What is the effect of down votes on a low-rep user?
If a user is new and receives down votes, they cannot get negative reputation (or even non-positive, i.e., 0) right? So if that user gets down votes, then earns reputation, does the loss of rep they ...
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Is superuser the proper channel to ask AutoCAD-related questions?
After checking out all the other StackExchange sites, CAD questions do not seem to fit into any category except maybe superuser. In the FAQ, superuser is described as encompassing general software or ...
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What to do with "Which Linux Distro for my Old PC" questions of super-user
We have a number of questions on SuperUser, asking which Linux distribution to use on the poster's old PC, and giving specs of said old PC.
A number of these questions have been closed as Duplicate. ...
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Are TeX/LaTeX questions off-topic?
This question was closed as off-topic. Yet it fits squarely within the topic of Super User as defined by the FAQ (it's a question about the beamer plug-in for the TeX program, to put it into general ...
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Is it ok to go back and "cleanup" questions and answers that I've asked/answered?
I've been looking though some of my questions and answers and realized that some of them are the highest quality that I want them to be at. Is it bad protocol to go back and cleanup questions and ...
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Too liberal use of the "off topic" button
I've seen a small handful of questions here marked as off topic that just baffle me. Here is the latest:
https://superuser.com/questions/197939/best-host-for-vmware-workstation/197942
How is that ...
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Will Meta Superuser consider adding a "# of views" sort function to the Superuser main page?
Will Meta Superuser consider adding a "# of views" sort function to the Superuser main page?
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Call to vote: Synonyms
I have found synonyms to all these tags, please vote up or down if you are eligible on to do so (2000 rep), 4 votes creates the association -2 votes kills it.
bittorrent
colors
shell-script
virtual-...
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Should we bury the old tag?
My tag crusade continues
The next tag I want to banish becaus I think it is a meta-tag is old
Is this a good idea?
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Computer build question
A new question about computer building was recently closed with the "Off Topic" reason. But the close text is a bit misleading:
Questions on Super User are expected to generally relate to computer ...
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Is command-line a meta tag?
I noticed that command-line had no tag-wiki. So I thought I might try to add one. Unfortunately I wasn't among the top 20 answerers in that tag so I couldn't do it.
I then thought about the bash tag(*...
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Super User tagging convention: Ubuntu and variants
I know I promised to open this a long time ago...
Super User has settled into some ad-hoc, but well-established, conventions for tagging questions about operating systems and their various versions. ...
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Asking for netbook recommendation
I've been thinking about getting a netbook as a supplement to my laptop, which would be my primary computer. I have some criteria for the netbook, but am not too fixated on brand or model. I browsed ...
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Add Another Answer—Why?
What exactly is the point of the Add Another Answer button? What would we need to do with it that we can't do by adding another clause to our already existing answer?
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Should questions be edited to show images in-line?
Looking at the first version of this question.
The image link provided in the question points to an imgur URL, so probably was uploaded using the magic now built in to the site.
So, should this be ...
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Subjective but still valuable questions
I stumbled across this question on Which HDD brand do you ..trust which was closed due to the subjective nature of it. While I agree it is subjective, I can't help but wonder where so valuable a ...
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how to deal with an answer that is resolved, but not answered?
For example, if the problem was resolved without answering the question, how do you deal with the question so that it doesn't remain opened.
Perhaps a device was replaced, or a different software ...
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list favorites?
I see it tells me very recent changes to any of them and how many. Today, this week, last month e.t.c.
But I don't want to see changes and I don't want to see just as far as last month.
Or rather.. ...
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How to see personal stats on SU.
I would like to see my personal stats on SU. I mean by that, how many entried I've edited, on how many questions I've upvote. This is to compare on how many votes, editions or anything I miss to get a ...
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