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DLP tag renaming
Over on superuser we have a tag conflict.
DLP is used for both for DLP & DLP
Since it's only three questions it would be easy to retag them, but I don't know what tags I should use.
Any ...
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Anyone receive an email about a free t-shirt?
Just received an email for a free superuser t-shirts, along with a form to fill out. Is this legit?
admintech
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Request: cleaning Super User from a particular spam for password recovery tools
This morning came an advertising user for some password recovery products for Windows. It was obvious spam, and was reported as such, and deleted.
However, searching for their "product" shows that ...
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Questions about WordPress on Super User
I was updating my blog by installing wordpress on a server of mine, and I had a particular question.
As it seems, it is not allowed to ask any questions about WordPress the software, since the ...
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SU question closed as Exact Duplicate, but it does not seem to be the same to me.
I posted this question yesterday evening:
Good software to take a blog and format it for printing
It is a question looking for a software tool that will take a blog and format it for printing.
This ...
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Should this popular CW question be unlocked to allow it to evolve?
Why is this locked? Should it be unlocked? There is no apparent reason or explanation for locking it.
SU: What are some “must have” Windows programs?
The fact that no new answers can be added sucks (...
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SU retag request: [wireless-network] --> [wireless-networking]
Retag wireless-network(28) to wireless-networking(349).
Also, there is also the more general wireless(222), but this one may not be an exact match on all questions.
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Why did this question get locked on Super User?
After solving a puzzling problem with my new computer, I posted the issue on SuperUser.com
How to get an Acer Aspire Revo to connect to the wireless keyboard and mouse?
As recommended , I answered ...
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SU tags: recommend better tag for DSL (the linux distribution)
Someone posted this question on Damn Small Linux and tagged it [dsl]. Once I figured out why, I checked the other [dsl] questions and found another.
Since there were only two, I retagged manually. ...
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SuperUser retag request: [macosx] -> [mac] + [osx] (diamond mods only!)
There are only three [macosx] questions on Super User at this moment. All of them are closed (migrated from SU to elsewhere), so I can't retag them, nominate them for deletion, or even flag them for ...
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Could-be-computer accessories on SuperUser?
Are questions about accessories (specifically, MicroSD cards) that may or may not be used with a computer allowed on SuperUser?
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What to do about permanently outdated questions/answers on SU
I like Super User, often I have only to write the title of my question on the "Ask Question" page and the answer shows up in the "Related Questions"
Thus I want to keep it great.
Computer hardware ...
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SO GreaseMonkey Support - Here or SuperUser
I'm having trouble getting one of the GreaseMonkey scripts that Shog9 wrote to work (The DailyRepLimit tracker). Should I post the question on how to fix it here or on superuser? GreaseMonkey in ...
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Retag request: on SuperUser, rename external-harddrive to external-hard-drive
HDD-related tags on SuperUser:
hard-drive (291)
external-harddrive (91)
internal-harddrive (6)
network-hard-drive (1)
hard-drive-failure (28)
hard-drive-image (2)
I think the dash-enabled hard-drive ...
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Unusual Google Sitelinks for "superuser"
If you google "superuser" one of the sitelink options is a user account. Is that suppose to happen?
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Browers hangs for super user question
Just now , one user posted question : https://superuser.com/questions/68649/help-me-with-my-cisco-ios-config.
When ever i am clicking that question Browser hangs for some time and recovered and show ...
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SuperUser question scope
Most of the questions I see or ask on SuperUser are regarding computer software or hardware, but would other forms of technology that somehow connect to computing be valid questions? For example, ...
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Should we have catch-all questions on SU?
Someone posted this question on SU regarding troubleshooting Ubuntu.
The question needs some editing and was posted as a CW, however looking at it the question becomes to generalised when edited, and ...
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Who is this multiple "unknown (google)" user on SU?
There are a few of them, example: Click on the 'Users' tab and sort by name, they show as "unknown (Google), however they don't show up when you filter the user results.
Some of them even post ...
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What kind of questions are allowed on super user?
I asked a question on super user about compatibility between windows 7 and sims 2.
https://superuser.com/questions/56548/is-it-possible-to-run-sims-2-work-on-windows-7-closed
It got closed.
Is ...
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Please merge the ms-access tag into microsoft-access on Super User
On Super User, microsoft-access has 13 questions while ms-access has 6. No questions have both tags.
Also, two questions are tagged 'access' when one of the above would be more appropriate (access is ...
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Why so many barriers for newcomers on this dicussion forum?
In this age of fluid information exchange it seems odd that a site such as this one, that gives the impression of representing super users, would actually contribute to raising barriers to ...
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On which trilogy site does a "meta-computing" question belong?
I posted the question Best Practices for managing virtual personae to SU some time ago and it received very little attention. Maybe this is because it is not the appropriate place to ask the question....
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Why are the tags on my page arranged reverse alphabetically?
I just noticed. They are opposite of what I though they would be!!
Have a look:
https://superuser.com/users/8829/eskay
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Is Super User only for *personal* computers?
What about other computing questions, about things such as PDAs?
I guess this is kind of related to Are iPhone, iPod, iPod touch questions computer related (SuperUser)?
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Should we encourage SO and SF users to answer on SU?
I find the quality and quantity of answers on SO/SF to be substantially better than on SU.
Troubleshooting questions on SU often get boxed answers from the first few Google hits. Same goes with How-...
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Why does SuperUser have such a horrific colour scheme?
I'll give you that it looks fairly unique, but looking like one of those awful Windows 3.1 / 95 themes you might discover a relative using does not evoke "Power User" in me!
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Tag styling on superuser
The tags on superuser has a 3-4 px thick blue border. Because of this, I find lists of questions a bit hard to read compared to stackoverflow.com. The border takes the focus away from the titles, ...
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What "mobile" questions are good for superuser.com?
What "mobile" questions are suitable for superuser.com?
If I ask how to configure a certain handset model so that the alarm clock rings in vibrate mode, then it seems to me this is 100% mobile and ...
flybywire
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Question closed because superusers think Second Life is a video game (it's a virtual world)
I did a total dumbass thing and asked a question on stackoverflow about Second Life. Then it was moved to superuser.com and was closed because it related to video games. I don't see how this was ...
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What to do when a user asks the same question on two SO Family sites and the original gets migrated
This question here was migrated to SU after the OP, listening to a comment left for him, asked the same question there already.
I don't have the rep to vote to close on SU, and I flag for moderator ...
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Should the “monitor” and “display” tags on Super User be merged?
Monitor and display, for practical purposes, mean the same thing, right? I propose that these two tags be merged on Super User.
[monitor] × 85
[display] × 35
[monitor] & [display] 7
Probably go ...
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Please change the commandline tag to command-line
There are 15 questions tagged command-line and 33 tagged commandline. I think command-line is clearer, but the two tags should be rolled up either way.
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Should questions regarding the legality of a website be allowed on SU?
A question was asked on SU regarding the legality of a specific site.
Is mp3panda.com legal?
Some users mentioned that we can't really confirm nor refute the legality of a website unless we know ...
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Are iPhone, iPod and iPod Touch questions computer related (Super User)?
I would think these devices are computer related enough for inclusion on Super User (I'd even say they were computers). Why are there 50 questions tagged iPod on superuser.com but this one gets ...
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Where's the border between good and evil on Superuser?
We just had a question on Superuser regarding WGA and the risks of ignoring those messages.
Now I agree with TheTXI comment:
The OP says that he could locate the
windows key and try to validate ...
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"Moving to superuser" closure of threads
I've noticed this for a while, especially on StackOverflow - someone will ask a desktop/enduser related question and very quickly the question will get closed with a comment/resolution of 'Moved to ...
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Retag Request: [windows-backup] -> [windows] & [backup]
Can you retag superuser posts with the windows-backup tag with windows and backup tags?
Windows - 435
Backup - 39
I think this would make searching and using the interesting/ignored tags easier.
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SuperUser tags: [nas] vs [network-attached-storage]
I've asked a couple questions on SuperUser that I originally tagged with [nas]. There were a few other questions out there with that tag already. After awhile, one of my questions got the [network-...
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Merge 'eee', 'eeepc' with the 'eee-pc' tag on Super User
The trademark is "Eee PC", so I assume the one with the hyphen is the best candidate to be the canonical tag. There are only three affected questions, so this one should be easy.
All glory to Joakim ...
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Why does this question belong on superuser?
https://superuser.com/questions/13830
I am not whining, just wondering
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Do we really need a beta period for SuperUser?
The StackOverflow software (if it has a generic name by now, I'd like to know) is fairly mature by now, and most of the kinks have been worked out. What's the point of having a beta period for ...
matthews
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SuperUser a WikiFest?
I don't know if it is the new breed of users flowing into SuperUser (I haven't done comparisons yet between the sites), or I'm just clicking into the wrong questions, but it seems to me that an ...
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Do you have any worries with liability on SU?
If not, why not? If so, are there certain types of advice (reinstall for example) that you would not give without disclaimer?
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Forbid "Best-Hardware" questions in Superuser
Problem: I calculated that about the half of Superuser's questions are about "Best Hardware" or "Best Laptop for Children" or "Any use sound card these days".
Suggestion for an improvement
Change ...
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Is the superuser beta invite-only?
I always wished I never missed out on the SO beta, so, I really wanted into the SU-beta party. But there's no application anywhere--it seems to be invite only. This left me...Disappointed.
But am I ...
Carson Myers
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Is meta.stackoverflow's engine a competitor for uservoice for 3rd party sites?
Is it better for a 3rd party website to choose StackOverflow engine for user feedback instead of something like UserVoice?
Price is a consideration, but I'm interested mostly in how they compare ...
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Reduce community wiki force threshold to <= 15 answers on superuser?
We are picking up tons of subjective posts on superuser.com so far.
One way to mitigate this is to reduce the community wiki force threshold from 30 answers (as it is on SO, SF, and here) to 15 ...
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superuser tag prerequisites
should questions on SU have a tag prerequisite for being either hardware or software, as all questions in theory should fall into at least one or other of those categories?
quite a few Q's are ...
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