Questions tagged [discussion]
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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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When should a moderator not use his super-powers?
I am asking this question because of a recent encounter with a moderator
on this post.
A moderator asked me to add an example to my answer, and when I didn't, he just
deleted my answer.
Some extra ...
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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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Questions to the moderators
This post is addressed at the moderators.
In my 11 years on SU I have been suspended two times for one week at a time,
for reasons that still today leave me perplexed.
My first suspension was when I ...
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Burninate the [ssid] tag
All of the questions tagged with ssid are related to wireless-networking. There are only 4 followers of ssid. All experts on wireless-networking should be experts on ssid. I see no purpose of the ssid ...
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Remove [zip-drive] tag?
A single question (about how to recover data from the obsolete drive). Although, it's possible that a museum or archaeology team could post a question asking to identify a relic.
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Add tag for drive-file-stream and for google-backup-and-sync
As the old Google Drive application is being depreciated on all platforms, I vote that we need new tags for its successors Drive File Stream and Google Backup and Sync in order to distinguish between ...
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Why was my edit, correcting a fact, rejected?
https://superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/756623 refers to 'Accent colors', but this ought be 'Theme colors'.
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Please undelete Automatic Wallpaper Manager?
I ask NOT for a reopen here, but would you please undelete [this question](https://superuser.com/q/679640/269574, so that at least, it can be shared, viewed, and benefit those who can't seek or see ...
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"Please stop berating the mods" -- should we start doing this or what?
https://superuser.com/users/707676/attie said "please stop berating the mods" to me in setting up external 1TB SSD . I made no single comment about the mods (at least, in their function as the mods; I ...
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How is it helping Superuser to prevent me from being able to vote up / down comments?
Genuine question.
I'm sure I'm not the only person who's been using this forum for several years, and constructively contributing every time.
Do Superuser maybe need to employ some better UX staff to ...
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Wait! Some of your past questions have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from asking any more
I'm not good at being synthetic.
This tool for checking the low quality is indeed really a great tool. When it went out there was no notice of a possible ban. I was critic about that and I'm happy ...
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The comments should not be deleted [closed]
Every time that someone don't like a someone else comment , they are deleted.
This should not going to happen in a free and open forum.
Of course , if comments contains insults , denigration , racism ,...
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Since when were command-line tools off-topic?
I previously asked this question on Meta to query the overzealous closing of this SU question as a duplicate. The moderator who initially closed it, without justification or explanation of the ...
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Is superuser still an active stack? [duplicate]
Posted a question then looked at the last 100 questions posted. Not many views, hardly any votes and maybe 1 or 2 answers. What happened?
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Should a question be closed as a duplicate of a different question because the other has an answer to the "duplicate"?
Should a question be closed as a duplicate of a different question just because the other has an answer to the "duplicate"?
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Can I ask questions related to my assignments here?
I have been asked to design a network topology as per the given requirements in my assignment. I've already created the network topology using visio, but I am not sure if its correct. So I need ...
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Downvotes on Necro Threads
What to do about grave diggers who insist on Frankensteining old questions and downvoting answers on 6 month old topics.
Not a biggie but just annoying to see rep points go down. (I have a fragile ...
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Isn't it better to remove Linux and Windows tags?
Every time i see a question related to linux, i have to ask the user what distro are you using? Same applies to Windows.
I think a linux tag is appreciated on unix.stackexchange.com since some users ...
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Is the subject of software licensing now off-subject?
My question is about the closing of the post
Should the code of my app that include libraries under LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c have to be public?
I have encountered and answered on this site ...
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Is the question about floating panel less unclear now?
Why isn't the floating panel focused when clicking on it?
Has it been clearer? If not, why is that?
PS: why is that question (which is now clearer) still bad?
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Why Attribution Alone Can't Prevent a Plagiarism Suspension
Question: Does attributing and referencing content sources in your answer alone protect you from having your SuperUser account suspended for plagiarism?
Important: Clear guidelines, consistent ...
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question is closed without proper reason
This was my question How can I benchmark Linux PC
I see its closed as not constructive. Which means,
This question is not a good fit to our Q&A format. We expect answers to generally involve ...
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Wrongly downvoted answer
Here:
PowerSpec G419 Missing Bluetooth?
I thought this question to be easily understood (I had no difficulty understanding it) and I am fairly sure my answer was correct and not speculation, and based ...
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Should we remove the [android] tag?
Recently there's been some contention regarding whether or not android questions are on-topic. Actually, It seems this topic has come up a lot in the past.
As we're on a bit of a tag-cleaning bender, ...
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Can my question be undownvoted?
I have received undue superuser hate (=down-votes). Could you please undownvote it? Thanks
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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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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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Superuser annoying forum
Why is Superuser so annoying to use?
I want to help people and went through the process to sign up now I am blocked from doing anything because I must have 50 reputation to comment. This forum is ...
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Could we please be a little bit nicer to new users? [closed]
There is a distinct decline in the level of civility here. Some of this is due to new users coming in and posting spam and other nonsense, but the offtopic and downvote buttons are doing a pretty ...
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