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Was this question closed because a new user made an (easily correctable) Markdown formatting mistake and (correctable, ESL) grammar?
WSL2 duplicated terminal was Mod-closed as "Needs clarity or details", but even as originally written it was (again) quite understandable to me. It definitely had two problems:
The new ...
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How is this a duplicate?
How to restore data after accidentally starting DD on a hard drive but stopping it before it went too far?
Let's look at answers in the supposed duplicate:
Click here in case you suspect corruption ...
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Are software-specific questions okay?
I checked out the FAQ and searched Meta. Couldn't figure it out.
I'm wondering how to change the default save format in Notepad++. It's not in the docs. What I typically get when I ask Q&A ...
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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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6242 people view a question and I am the first to upvote an answer?
I am not sure if this is a glitch or just a really weird coincidence. I was looking at the question Can a Windows XP desktop be made into a WiFi hotspot? and out of the 6242 people who have viewed ...
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Are questions on the form "will hardware component X work in my system?" really seeking "hardware shopping recommendations"?
I came across the question Will my PSU 450w be able to handle?, but I have seen this in many other cases as well. The basic form is that someone comes along, lists their system specs, and asks about ...
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Helping a user - Question clean up
I come looking for some guidance on how to best help a user in a couple of ways.
They have come asking a question, which is a follow on from this question on Superuser about a specific problem. But ...
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What should I do with a duplicate for which the flag aged away? Should the other question then become the duplicate?
I marked:
Disk usage at 100% during startup
+16
Asked 10 months ago
Modified 10 months ago
Viewed 14k times
6 answers: +23, +11, +9, +3, +2, +1
as a duplicate of:
Disk usage is always at 100%
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Why was NAA flag on link-only answer declined?
I just flagged this answer:
Text:
Have a look at this article:
Unicode Easy Keyboard Layout for XKB
as “not an answer” because it is a textbook1 example
of a link-only answer.
What’s ...
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Do I need to post more details in this question?
I posted this question a day ago but it has not received many views and I haven't received any feedback for it.
What can I do to attract more attention towards this question? How can I improve it?
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Why was my question closed (351486)?
My question was closed due to it being "Not constructive".
Now, I hate to be the one whining and stuff, but I really think the reason for closing the question is kinda.. odd.
As far as I can tell, ...
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What should I do about a question I posted that is not answered?
This question I asked ("How to deleting user data in Windows 7 on shutdown or start up”) is not being answered. What should I do?
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Do I need to prove the accepted answer is correct? AKA is my question unclear?
I posted an unclear question that I later tidied up, but now commenters are doubtful that the accepted answer (which was edited when I clarified my post) is correct.
I posted a screenshot to prove it,...
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Is my question about Netbeans more suitable for Stack Overflow or SuperUser?
I asked this question yesterday and one of the users pointed out to me that this question may be better for Stack Overflow. I feel that my question involves configuring Netbeans to run assembly code ...
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Is this harddisk question on-topic in SU?
Storage Drive Gone Bad - Ran a HEALTH check on my external drive with HD Tune Pro and REALLOCATED SECTOR COUNT is 4948. Need some advice
I feel like this question doesn't belong in SuperUser, but I ...
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I think my question was closed incorrectly
Recently my question on Superuser was closed for being a duplicate of another question, but I've checked that one out and what I found doesn't really help with the problems I'm facing. I've also ...
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Question about Linux/Android coexistence on a device are on topic?
I just find a closed question that asks about "Security Issues using Android/Debian Systems at the same time on a single device".
Originally was titled "Use MaruOS or wait for Ubuntu Phone with Unity ...
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Request to un-merge Question 386376
@Synetech has pointed out that Can't add a new search engine in Chrome is not a duplicate of Custom Chrome Search Engine for site with frames does not work. At the time of the merge, it may have ...
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How can I further improve my freezing laptop question?
Commenters suggested me to address their comments in my main post and I think I did. However, I have received 3 downvotes so I guess my question still isn't up to the mark. How can I further improve ...
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I got my first downvote and I don't know why
I'm pretty new to superuser and recently posted my first question as I was having trouble booting in haiku. (Haiku panics at boot "vm_page_fault: unhandled page fault in kernel space")
I ...
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Should I put this question on ServerFault or SuperUser?
I'm referring to this question: https://serverfault.com/q/624902/67975
Since it's about connecting to a domain, I put it on ServerFault.
But I'm considering putting it on SuperUser instead, because:
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Questions with expired bounty
In case of questions where the bounty amount expires, I believe the bounty is supposed to be given to the highest voted answer after the bounty was announced, with atleast 2 upvotes.
However, how ...
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What to do with "Opening local document files in Google Docs" from 2009
Please bear with me. I'm asking this because I'm got an edit ban because several of my lasts suggested edits were rejected. I'm guessing that people don't want that google-drive be removed from newer ...
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How to handle questions closed as duplicates, when the duplicate has been closed and deleted? [duplicate]
I came across How should I dispose of all of this old hardware?, which was posted in July 2011 and closed after about an hour and a half, with two answers posted.
That question is closed as a ...
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Getting downvotes I don't understand
Could someone please tell me what's wrong with this question I asked?, it first got a downvote and no answers, shortly later I changed the question and still I got downvoted again.
I'v asked alot of ...
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What is the problem with this question?
Can someone explain with words, how is this question:
NFS Server/Client administration of multiple machines through a GUI
... off-topic from SuperUser?
Just to clearly point out that I've read the ...
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Super User question of the week #30 was just deleted?
I wonder why Super User Question of the Week #30 (not sure if it made to the blog), being How to find and remove "spicy" media files from my PC, was just deleted?
I think it was quite a nice question:...
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How was this question not a real question?
I'm just wanting some clarity of why this question was closed. It states that the question is "ambiguous, vague, incomplete, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form", ...
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Why this question is still open and not migrated?
Why this question "Windows utility to render which key I am pressing on-screen" is still open and not tagged as "software recommendations" and migrated to softwarerecs.stackexchange.com ?
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Would this question be on-topic for this site?
I have this question:
Title: How can I access the fm radio chip in my Android smartphone.
Content: Android is based on a Linux Kernel, and is therefore a variant of Unix. As such I would expect some ...
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Myths about batteries
I asked a borderline question on 07 August 2012. I asked what the pros and cons were for different rechargeable battery types, using a context of applying those battery types.
The question was ...
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Why is this question "opinion-based"?
This question got closed for being "opinion-based".
I don't completely get why it's perceived that way. The kind of answer I was hoping for was something along the lines of: "USB 3.0 ...
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Why was my "not an answer" flag marked helpful, but the post not deleted?
I flagged this post as "not an answer":
I had the same problem as Dan Dyer. I followed slesker's instructions and now my problem is solved.
Now, to the openoffice developpers: I really ...
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How is my question about the Windows Registry off-topic?
I've got the question
https://superuser.com/questions/1651185/does-windows-have-any-protection-against-programs-that-refuse-to-uninstall (deleted automatically by Community, only for 10K+ users)
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Someone else's legit question deleted
(Edited to be a generic question; see old version if you're curious about specifics)
I googled a question (Q) I had and the only hit was to a deleted (but cached) Q here and it (the Google-cached copy)...
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Is this question a bad question?
I asked this question recently on Super User and even included my work to solve the problem. I am wondering: is it a bad question, is it missing anything?
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Would this question about correct usage of MS Word styles be on-topic
I'd like to ask this question about microsoft word styles, and I am not sure whether it is ontopic here:
When is it advisable to modify the standard style in a word document?
I would like to ...
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Can a question about Windows SSH clients find a more appropriate site to live on?
Windows CLI SSH client? seems to be bringing in a fair amount of users.
It would be a shame to let all those people ending up there via Google search results hit a 404.
Can this question be moved/...
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Is this question really not constructive, if so how can I salvage it to get some answers?
It's a bit old but I came to remember that I had a question on non-standard RAID implementations, which got shot down for being non-constructive. I do not agree with that assessment and would like to ...
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How can this question about display adapters / protocols be made acceptable?
I recently asked Which of VGA/DVI/DisplayPort/Thunderbolt/HDMI supports all the others?. It was closed and eventually auto-deleted:
The reason given was that it was a hardware shopping recommendation....
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Understands why question got closed, still not sure how to rephrase
I asked a question and it got put on hold with the motivation that it's asking for a service/software which quickly get outdated etc. I'm perfectly fine with the action taken and I do understand the ...
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Is this question a copy?
Looking at this question, I recognise both of the two large images in the top two answers - I'm sure I've seen both on a Stack Exchange question somewhere (I suspect not SU), but for the life of me ...
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Finding hard to fit into right site between Super User and Web Applications
This is addressed to the OP of How to wrap lines of code in Rstudio IDE? in relation of the following comment
I am lost. My questions are migrated between Super User and Applications back and forward....
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What to do with a question about a script for Windows XP that became a list of different types of scripts
How do I set the desktop background on Windows from a script? from 2008 has 8 answers,
the OP usercard shows the OP user name but not a link to their profile.
It hasn't an accepted answer.
none of ...
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Is there something wrong with my question regarding Outlook?
I asked a question Outlook 2013 gives Windows Security warning when adding live account on the website and only got a downvote. I am not sure why.
Can anyone explain whether my question has some ...
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What was the right way to ask this question?
I have absolutely no idea what is the right way to ask this question.
Diagram for Text Syntax
To my own understanding I did not seek for "product, service, or learning material".
Can you ...
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I created a resource for an answer. Are there specifications/rules to include it as picture or link?
I answered to this question "Looking up gnuplot abbreviations", in the beginning giving only the method to find the meaning of the abbreviations used or usable.
After I've created a a resource (a ...
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I like to see more answer on virus problems - at least to break them up in 5-10 categories
Regarding this question:
https://superuser.com/questions/131176/a-hidden-program-virus-send-hundred-e-mail-can-you-have-any-experience-on-som
I like to see more answers on virus problems because I ...
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Questioning whether question deserved to be closed
This question:
https://superuser.com/questions/164876/opinions-on-areca-backup
I was looking forward to getting people's opinions. I haven't heard of the program before and wanted to know if others ...
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Question closed and Edit suggestion rejected
Can someone explain why this question was closed? To my opinion it was a clear question. However, since it was closed as unclear what you're asking I explained it with an example and the edit was ...
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