Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions, influence site policy, or debate a particular topic, with the goal of reaching a community consensus.
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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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Reviewing questions including "is there a script" about userscripts
Tl;Dr: I'm reviewing open questions about userscripts. During this review I might suggest edits and flag posts. The intention of this post is to share my current ideas about the edits that I think ...
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What to do with [google-docs], [google-drive], [google-drive-file-stream] and [google-drive-for-desktop]
google-docs has 134 questions. Several years ago, "Google Docs" was the name of what currently is called "Google Drive". See What to do with "Opening local document files in ...
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Are questions about specific models of hardware okay?
I'd like to know whether Logitech K310 "washable" keyboard is still washable with one of the keys removed.
Would such question be okay?
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What is our stance on questions “Is there any software that can do X or can it be achieved natively with Windows"?
What is our stance on questions “Is there any software that can do X or can it be achieved natively with Windows"? Are they on-topic or off-topic? I don't know if that's regarded as a software ...
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Why can't I ask if hardware exists that does something, or fits a need?
I can understand not wanting shopping questions: that is a comparison between two products that exist that relies on the subjective input of the person answering. But if I have a need, it seems I ...
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Asking questions that are clearly answered elsewhere
Recently, I turned to "the internet" looking to answer an Excel question. Over the past year, I have found myself gravitating directly to SE/SO to answer many of my technical questions (much like I ...
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Design, cleanup, recycling tags
There are 3 "design" tags:
design x 75
web-design x 26
graphic-design x 20
The problem is that according to the design tag wiki, it already covers web-design and graphic-design:
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Use of [moderation] in Meta
TL;DR:
Should moderation be added to questions about the general practices of using moderation privileges in Super User? Could it be better to create a new tag, i.e. "community practices" or ...
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Why would a question with a valid re-title, be reverted to a non-question title?
How do I make a machine "blank screen" for a period of time (as a penalty) if certain noise levels are reached?
I spent a few minutes getting familiar with what was in the body and ...
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Where do we draw the line on questions involving human interfaces?
Computing is a "man-machine" system. Everything about a human interface has a human component; human physiology is what drives the requirements for the hardware and software. You can't talk about ...
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Reasons for Bounty
I just started a bounty on a question of mine, when I was asked for the reason why. Unfortunately none of the answers I could select were totally applicable. If I had the choice, I would have liked ...
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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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site scope about file descriptors
I did this question here a few minutes ago, then I tough it would probably be more in the scope of Unix and Linux.
Since super user have tags for I assume the question is on topic here, is it?
If not,...
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[Aero-Peek], [Aero-Snap], and [Aero], one and the same?
Shouldn't the tags aero-peek, aero-snap, and aero just fall under aero..? Maybe we could combine them?
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Kindly asking about explanation of moderating comments of an answer
There is a bit old question moved from Server Fault, with an answer commented unfavourable by moderators.
I'm not native English speaker and maybe I don't understand something sufficiently well...
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Are user-level troubleshooting questions appropriate?
Questions like: When Abode Reader plugin attempts to open web documents in IE8, sometimes a blank dialog box appears and the document fails to open.
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Why do deleted questions remove the reputation?
On a question on SU, I noticed I lost 80 rep because a good question was deleted. Why do the good answerers suffer if a question gets deleted? Is the information not pertinent?
I think it is, and so ...
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What does the "flip flop" hat mean? :-)
I got a secret hat! Is it magic? Am I being targeted by the NSA? Is the hat lined with tin foil? Does someone think I'm a flop, or does it just come with matching sandals? And if I'm a flip-flop - ...
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should [mathematica] usage/programming questions be on-topic on SU?
My main concerns are as follows:
a) we have a dedicated http://mathematica.stackexchange.com stack for them - if they are asked here, they are unlikely to get much attention, they are hard to find ...
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Are Windows 10 Preview questions on-topic?
Are questions about the Windows 10 Technical Preview (and its twin the Windows Insider Program) on-topic?
Given that we have a reputation for closing questions relating to beta software (we even used ...
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How long should tag wiki excerpts be?
I noticed that a tag wiki excerpt which I suggested an edit to was heavily trimmed down. The resulting excerpt is a bit too short for my taste as it fails to even briefly describe the topic.
Was the ...
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Warn users about losing privileges when starting bounty [duplicate]
I mostly use SuperUser in read&comment mode only. I could comment, since I had 100+ reputation, thanks to my profile on StackOverflow. Recently I started a bounty on this question and I was stupid ...
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What is the definition of "primarily opinion-based" on SU?
Example:
What are the advantages of a fixed IP address?
The advantages of fixed ip addresses are technical facts.
My question is: Why is this question closed as "primarily opinion-based"?
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What to do with [to-do] [duplicate]
The tasks tag says -
Tasks are processes that are to be done. A task can be an item on a
to-do list, a process that needs to be completed, a scheduled event to
take place, or any number of ...
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Question Appropriate for Super User
Please let me know if this question is appropriate for this community.
Recommendation for Connecting Multiple Wireless Headphones to a Television to Play Audio through the Television and ...
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What can we do about questions remaining for days on the Unanswered tab?
It would be nice to process the Unanswered Tab on a daily basis...
However, it feels like I am the only one passing by there, which is why there is barely any progress there.
What can we do such ...
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Why is this question on SQL migrated?
I've asked a question about SQL, not asking for a piece of code per se, but more of a general advice.
I hesitated between Stack Overflow and Super User, tried a search on the topic, found thousands ...
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How to post trivial answers when that is all that is required?
Often a problem can be solved with a trivial answer, which can be stretched to make one complete sentence. These kinds of answers are often done as a comment because they don't seem worthy of "answer"...
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Should duplicate answers posted within a short time frame be flagged?
Lets say there are two answers with the same content on the same question. Should the second one get flagged? This has happened to me, and I sent a flag. Want to know if it was the right thing to do.
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New Super User theme coming soon
As mentioned on meta.stackexchange.com several months ago, all network sites will be getting updated themes. Super User is one of the first sites that will be updated. As such, I'm posting the design ...
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Is batch script help allowed on superuser? [duplicate]
I've seen a lot of questions about .bat files (batch is a rudimentary programming language).
They're all about how their code does't work. I thought this would belong on stackoverflow, however I've ...
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What to do about torrents?
With, what appears to me, an outbreak of questions regarding torrents, torrent downloads, and torrent download optimization I am wondering what we should do with these sort of questions. Most torrent ...
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Misleading wrong answer in a popular question
There is a popular question about inputting Unicode characters:
How do you type Unicode characters using hexadecimal codes?
And an accepted answer:
https://superuser.com/a/90669/456981
The problem ...
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Why is voting and commenting still allowed after a question is closed?
What I know is closing a question means it's not appropriate to ask it in the community.
That's why it's closed, but is it fair to continue voting for such closed questions? Whether it's up or down ...
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Change in minimum reputation for review task
I've been regularly reviewing posts on SuperUser for the past couple of months now. When I logged into SuperUser today though, I was not given the review option as always. On visiting the URL directly,...
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Why was my question about not being able to boot from USB poorly received?
PC does not start from Windows 10 USB
It got downvotes almost instantly. I would like to understand why? Maybe I can improve my question.
I asked it because I kind of feel stuck in my quest to make ...
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Are tool requests on topic?
Are questions asking for a particular tool providing certain functionality on topic or not?
I don't use SuperSure.SE often so I'm not entirely sure what is in scope and what isn't. The faq made me ...
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How much negative result is there to having some aggressive edit refusers?
I generally don't take a strong interest in the process behind what occurs between when I suggest an edit and the edit becoming formalized. I was a bit bored today, and so I watched a little more ...
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A strange case of a deleted answer
Something strange has happened to me.
In the post
Unable to recover hard disk drive after failed formatting due to sudden power outage,
the user asked for ways to fix his failed WD disk.
I have ...
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Why is SuperUser such a negative board?
I have a question about my Super User post: Which cloud storage providers allow SFTP access?
My question (as above) got closed, which I kind of get but it's not useful to me or anyone else (loads of ...
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Make [standby] and [sleep] and [suspend] synonyms
I believe standby and sleep and suspend are three names for the same thing. Currently questions are split between the tags.
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Help with Audits [duplicate]
I find this ridiculous. Seriously.
I'm going around review & notice an answer. I found a little common misconception and tell the user about it, and then get this:
So this gives me a couple of ...
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Should every answer involving registry edits contain a warning to back up the registry?
I encountered this comment while browsing questions on Super User:
"Remember to always be careful with the registry!": Such a notice should be added, because newbies can mess up! Also, instructions ...
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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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Rename .net-core to .net and fix past synonyms
In November 2020, Microsoft released .NET 5.0 and the "Core" branding was removed.
Alas, 2011's Merge some .NET tags request messed up present times by doing the opposite - removing the word ...
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Informative comments, should they deleted?
I've recently come over to SU to ask a question, being an active user on SO. It seems at least here, that the opinion is that informative comments ta should be deleted, and wonder why that was so? I ...
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Why did these comments get deleted? Someone else wrote the same afterward and got over 20 upvotes
I asked this question: How can I check the version of Google Chrome without it upgrading itself without asking me?
Someone added a comment saying "why not unplug cable?" (perhaps worded differently, ...
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It’s annoying and hypocritical that reputation is split between StackExchange sites. [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why reputation is not passed between superuser, stackoverflow and serverfault?
Why am I not permitted to downvote, comment, or use community wikis here on SU (yet) when over ...
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Reviewing changes to the title
I have read this meta question and some of the linked ones and it seems like the title as a statement or a question is up to the OP which is fine.
My question is if I see a Suggested Edit that is ...