Questions tagged [discussion]
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Meta tag for tag-request
I think it would be helpful to have a meta tag tag-request in order to distinguish requests for new tags from other tag-related questions. Are there any reasons why this is hasn't been implemented?
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I just want to leave this off-topic question here
I just got back from work.
I have to do some cleaning in the house, then watch something to relax in order to go to sleep for the iteration of the next day.
So, why this question was off-topic I leave ...
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Why do I have to use a bookmark to logout of SuperUser? [duplicate]
I entered SuperUser via a standard Login. Then I couldn't Logout. There was no button or link to do that. I looked under the StachExchange sign at the upper-left, and all it produced was a message ...
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Wouldn't it be better to reverse the reputation used by superuser.com?
Situation:
1) I am an expert software professional
2) I recently found superuser.com from a search engine, because I found a particular Q&A useful
Desire:
1) Vote the two answers as useful
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Should the Vote to Close option be altered?
This question and my comment there made me think, and it seems to me that to completely avoid any sense of a "pack mentality" that could be applied to when votes are cast to close a question, the ...
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Parsing out what you do versus what you say you do
The decision by several mods on Using pirated copy of old windows versions puzzles me.
Yes, the poster knows he's courting disaster. However, if we stopped helping the clueless, we'd be whistling in ...
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Why was my answer deleted?
I posted this answer, which was deleted. Why was it deleted?
Added image of deleted post for <10k users.
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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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Why was this question closed as "Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations"?
I asked the following question:
Is there a list of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems that
Dragon Professional Individual intentionally do not
support?
http://shop.nuance.com/store/nuanceus/...
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My post was unfairly closed
I asked a question about my internet abnormality.
Bad internet connections running my program but most speed test results are normal except for one
I explained
How I discovered the problem.
How I ...
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Im Losing a lot of rep to edits that are not really necessary
I'm getting a lot of edits that are personal opinion, like the order of words, where I put links (see THIS example). Is there any way I can not accept the edits? There was also some capitalization, ...
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Why was this closed? [closed]
How many guesses per second are possible against an encrypted disk?
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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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I Need to Ask a Poll-Type Question
I am trying to find out the pronunciation of a computer term, but since it is (mostly) a poll-type question, I figured I would ask for advice first in order to avoid getting raped by the seemingly ...
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Open-ended questions... That old chestnut
I know there's plenty of hardcore users here who despise open-ended questions more than anything else on the planet, but aren't we going a little too far sometimes? There are times when asking the ...
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How do I earn reputation points on Superuser?
I am new here.
I am trying to thank (ie: vote up) or comment on existing questions/answers. But those activities all seem to require points.
Ok - I need points... but all the activities to get ...
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Instagram v VSCO v 'website or forum'
How can I simultaneously download original pictures from someone else's public VSCO?
How can I download some original-sized bigger pictures from Instagram simultaneously?
https://superuser.com/...
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Make the use of an OS tag compulsory for all questions
EDIT: You are all quite right. This is not a good idea.
If I had a penny for every time I have left a comment on a question asking the OP to state which OS they are using I would be one rich geek. ...
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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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Proposition to add a tag for "high refresh rate"
I searched for questions about high refresh rate displays and I found that they mostly use the general tag for refresh-rate. I think it makes sense to subdivide it further into questions about 60hz+ ...
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How many down-votes are "enough" down-votes
Let us say that a question is attracting down-votes because of being off-topic / no research effort / recommendation or any other reason for that matter.
How many down-votes can be considered ...
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Are coding cash bounties allowed on SuperUser?
I wish to offer payment for a 5 minute configuration via remote connection on my router to fix a configuration issue.
Are offers like this allowed on SuperUser?
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Where can I ask this question about Computer Screen Technology?
I have asked a question about Computer Screens on Super User. Specifically, about understanding their (supposedly different) technology, certainly not a question about their use as computer screens (...
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Unintended consequence of cheap downvotes and possible solutions
In our pursuit of great answers, we seem to have forgotten that even good questions can start out a little rough, or even very rough.
Downvotes are very common, and based on the comments following in ...
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How can I undelete this to answers
I posted this two answers, although they work and I test the solution, it seems that there is not very obvious since they were deleted on sight with this comment:
Please read the question again ...
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Tag suggestion for the new kind of browsers extensions
Can we have a "webextension" tag, (and/or a tag for E10s)?
PS: Saying "I disagree" if you disagree, is enough, no need to downvote every tag suggestion.
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1 ATI Radeon card in PCIe 2.0 slot for display. How to make use of AMD FireStream cards placed in empty PCIe 2.0 slots?
I have an AMD ATX board with 4+ PCIe 2.0 slots. 1 of the slots is
occupied by a ATI Radeon card which handles display. There are at
least 3 empty PCIe 2.0 slots on this ATX board. Suppose some AMD
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Closure of question and rude approach
My question here has been closed. Rename files 000…001…002… to 001…002…003 as too broad. From my point of view, it is clear what I am asking. I'm asking of a simple way for these files to be renamed, ...
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Why were my 2 edits suggesting formatting changes to numbering rejected?
Please see https://superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/756634 and https://superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/756633. Adding numbering helped clarify the multitude of solutions.
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Silently deleting comments: Not Cool Super User!
So, someone deleted a couple comments I made in response to someone else's comments. There was no messaging to me about when or why. That is totally uncool. This is cencorship, pure and simple.
Yes ...
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superuser.com reputation point issue- not sure this was thought out very well
So, I had an issue, and googled it. I found the solution I needed on this site, and wanted to thank the person who wrote it. I am not a regular user of this site, so I created a user account and went ...
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Is it legal to post content from overclock.net, if it is against their TOS? [closed]
One user is posting pirated content from the site overclock.net, here is what their TOS say:
Posting Content and Assets By posting content: You have confirmed that
you have not made this content ...
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Suggestion of a measure to avoid abandoned bounties
I see too many posts with bounties being abandoned on our site.
Bounties are an efficient attention-getter device which does well to attract answers to the post.
If the post is abandoned, this seems ...
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High threshold for "well-asked" questions
Various posters have previously complained about the voting patterns on SuperUser and the standard response is that down votes are accorded to "poorly asked questions". Well, it would seem that "well-...
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what to do when I am banned from superuser, and I have few questions to ask
without a notification I got negative votes and got banned for the last question I asked in superuser, I deleted it, but then I noticed it's not the solution, I have few answers to correct ,and my ...
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still no place for subjective questions? e.g. the recent vim question Deleted?
I see this interesting question
https://superuser.com/questions/324151/are-people-deluding-themselves-with-vim
was deleted
there was already one answer posted, and of course that's lost..
other ...
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Fair application of non-existent rules [closed]
Previously we had a discussion about ReactOS. Essentially there isn't a rule against asking about "pre-release" software, but those questions were closed because ReactOS is declared perpetually "alpha"...
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Why are substantial edits rejected when they don't also address all, potential minor, issues?
Some reviewers of suggested edits appear way to restrictive when it comes to approving an edit.
See for example
This suggested edit (Related meta post)
And this one (Disclaimer, this one is mine)
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Log-Out-Link is nowhere to be found [duplicate]
Do not answer "duplicate" - The link is definitely missing - at least not there where others claim it should be:
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somebody not justifying a downvote
I posted an answer here, and somebody down-voted it but won't defend his action.
He gave one reason which I replied to, but he won't defend it from there.
In this question here
How can I guess if ...
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Can I create a Facebook fan page for Super User?
I have created a Super User page on Facebook. I need information such as when Super User was founded, our mission, etc...check out the page and provide insights and suggestions...etc
I also need a ...
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Is the Commodore 64 Mini on topic?
The Commodore 64 Mini is a general-purpose computer that comes with Linux. It comes preinstalled with games, but it also comes preinstalled with BASIC that can load other programs. It is supposed to ...
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trigger happy moderators deleting answers for no reason
I know I can't expect quality of SO on SU, but moderators deleting answers for no reason at all? That's going too far.
How to mess up a PC running Windows 7?
It's not a duplicate, it's on-topic, it'...
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Why am I getting a question ban?
I have only asked 2 or 3 questions and got a ban without that warning. Is my status on other SE sites causing me to have a premature question ban here?
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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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The purpose of this community - down-voting and asking questions
Why downvote a question? It causes the user to lose reputation. Why not simply ask the person to restate and/or delete the question? I was told that this community only accepts one question at a ...
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Downvoting questions and answers
It appears that some are upset about the reputation people earn. I have received several downvotes without any feedback, so I don't think there is a problem with my answer. This answer has received 2 ...
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Add "windows" to super user description?
I had a tough time looking for the stack exchange Q&A for windows issues in order to post this question: windows issue . Finally someone directed me to this Q&A. The current description for ...
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A reply I made on my own post got deleted?
I posted a question to an issue I have. When someone offered help and asked a question about my machine, I replied to it, but that reply got pulled - with a message saying it didn't answer the ...
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