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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My question incorrectly marked as duplicate
recently I asked a question here WiFi keeps reconnecting when ICS is active on Windows 10 and its been marked as a dupe by mistake
cause even though it has a lot of similarity to USB WiFi Adapter ...
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Should I have flagged this question?
Earlier today, I came across a question asking for recommendations for software for an automotive repair shop. This question is clearly off-topic, and I voted to close it as "Questions seeking ...
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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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Was my suspension for commenting called for?
I have been suspended last week. No reason or previous warning was given,
but presumably it was because of my activity on Tetsujin's answer to
"What to do when my Mac is frozen?".
Since it ...
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How do we clean this up?
What Why can't I find a USB-C hub with multiple USB-C ports? was looking for did not exist at all previously (except for one Dell hub). Yet, people posted many answers because USB C is confusing ...
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How do I sign out of stack exchange? [duplicate]
Signing up or Logging in is straight forward. You click on the corresponding button at the top-right of the screen. Now how do I sign/log-out? Clicking my avatar takes me to some profile page. And no, ...
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Congratulations on 1 million users! 🎉🎉🎉
I just saw this a few minutes ago, saying you guys had 1,000,720 total users! I'm assuming this happened recently, so I though I'd bring it to attention!
This is a really good site that helps so many ...
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A question I submitted as a guest was removed. How can I recover the question, and why was it removed without any feedback?
I submitted this question as a guest, while logged out.
For reasons unknown the post was removed. Perhaps it was deemed unsuitable for Superuser or whatever, but in any case I would like to recover ...
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The Windows 8 Challenge has ended, thank you for blogging!
Winners will be announced on the Super User Blog shortly.
Please read
So you've submitted your blog post... Now what?
for guidelines on how to bring your Windows 8 Challenge blog post to http://blog....
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Suggestion to retag Microsoft Store
The Microsoft Store:
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Store
was previously called the "Windows Store". To that end, I see questions under both:
https://superuser.com/questions/tagged/...
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Where to ask for a software suggestion?
I'm wondering: what is the right place to ask for a suggestion for some software with desired functionality? (When the first choice - Google doesn't provide a sufficient answer.)
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What should we do with flash/shockwave questions?
Flash is very much dead, to the point where existing installations are being tombstoned, and microsoft is releasing patches to uninstall it. Any new questions are likely to be about replacing or ...
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Community Promotion Ads - 2016
It's 2016 now, and we've made some changes to the sidebar size. As such, we can now restart the Community Promotion Ads for 2016!
Keep in mind, we have updated some of the guidelines compared to ...
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Community Promotion Ads - 2015
The dawn of a new year, 2015, now approaches, or has already approached, either way it means that it is now time to reset our Community Promotion Ads!
What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community ...
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Community Promotion Ads - 1H 2011 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Community Promotion Ads - 2012
What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is Going On Here?
TL;DR -- put images and links in the answers. If they get voted up enough, they will ...
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Bad user experience - needs looking at
The question referred to was rapidly re-opened, but this meta isn't about one specific question being closed as a dupe; it's about the user experience once that happens.
I'm a big boy now. I can ...
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I would like to ask for a revision whether this question could be reopened
I have asked a question recently, which got closed as duplicate:
Extra wear of multicore processor when only a single core is used. Is there such a thing?
I believe that the post that was suggested to ...
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How was the guy granted 1k+ rep?
This guy has 1031 rep.
1 answer of score 0.
1 badge.
Member for 3 days.
How?
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Do we need the "used" and "user-friendly" tags?
Neither used nor user-friendly seem to be of much use to me.
And while we're at it, is refurbished worth keeping?
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What do I do when a question was closed for "needing clarity", but doesn't state what needs clarification?
I recently asked a question that was closed about 1 minute later due to it needing "details or clarity".
However, there weren't any comments in the closure remarks, and there were no ...
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Super user answer copied on another site [duplicate]
Unable to format disk: 'The system cannot find the file specified'
answer used here:
https://itectec.com/superuser/unable-to-format-disk-the-system-cannot-find-the-file-specified/
Is this ...
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Should the tag Telegram-Messenger be removed?
There currently is a tag called Telegram-Messenger with very few questions for it.
Telegram, like WhatsApp is a web app that has a desktop client for it. Although I can see how one would want to ask a ...
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answer converted to comment?
so I've been away for a while, and may be behind in the news-on-the-scene, but I am unclear on the mod/administrative rationale for the activity on this question/answer:
Is there any service like ...
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Submit your Blog post for the Super User Contest here:
This is an area were users can submit their entries for 'best blog post' part of the Super User 2nd Anniversary Competition. Feel free to post your submission here in its entirety. Other user can ...
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Looking for Super User's favourite webcomics! [closed]
What are your favourite computer related comics? And I don't mean "Webcomic A" or "Webcomic B", but which specific comic episode of Webcomic A? I'm trying to wrap up a blog post that would involve ...
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Why are questions off-topic for Super User being migrated from other trilogy sites?
It's unbelievable that Super User is still being used as a dumping ground especially for questions not on-topic on Stack Overflow.
Latest example:
https://superuser.com/questions/194442/recommended-...
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Super Contest Winners: Week 2
This post is to document the week 2 winners of the Super User Super Contest, for the week ending Monday, September 6.
Congratulations to our winners this week!
Best rookie performance by Shogun and ...
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User spamming - intentional or not?
I feel that a user is asking questions without the purpose of gaining an answer, but to rather link to several other sites. Multiple links in almost all of his / her questions with less then half of ...
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Reopen a question edited by me... is that normal?
Whenever I can, I welcome new users to correct (edit) their questions, write comments and so on, as I believe it is easier for them to learn from a ready-made example.
I recently edited this question, ...
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2020: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the past 12 months.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange network ...
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Critique my [windows-7] tag wiki
I haven't seen any other tag wiki1 pages on Super User yet, so I didn't have anything to compare it to as I wrote up the new windows-7 tag wiki page. What do you think? If you can edit it, go right ...
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Location of the "( visit meta )" link
Can we please move that link to top right? Like this "log out | about | meta | faq" ? Please?
Update: Here is a screenshot
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I think SU has a newbie-biting problem
I was initially going to post this as an answer to Why do certain commenters take a rude tone with new users?, but I think there's a bigger problem here that requires more discussion.
Let's ignore the ...
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Super User website applications policy
I recently asked this question on Super User, and a big discussion arose on appropriate questions. The issue came down to the new verbiage in the FAQ:
I had figured that the websites line was just ...
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Where can I post a Winter Bash test question?
I want to post a test question to either:
Gain a Winter Bash hat, or
Test a theory about the criteria for awarding a secret hat.
Where can I post such a test question?
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How can software track [1] how many subscribers to subreddits, [2] if subreddit is private, [3] if submissions are restricted?
I have a question about my Super User post: How can software track [1] how many subscribers to subreddits, [2] if subreddit is private, [3] if submissions are restricted?
Update the question so it ...
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Question of the week #43 [duplicate]
Ok so apparently nobody was interested in the whole "42" thing, so we'll go back to the normal Question of the Week nominations:
Now we're into post #43 of the "Top Question" of Super User in the ...
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Super User logo meaning
There is always a meaning to the logos of certain brands.
Does Super User have a meaning to its logo? Take consideration of the look of it.
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Does anyone else hate the superuser "mustard" color? [closed]
I find it offensive: squarely in the baby-poo, vomit, etc category.
Edit: I'm referring to the background of the "alert" bar as well as the "welcome" box for not-logged-in users.
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Why is the "Spam" close reason for questions missing on SU?
I just came across a question on Super User I would have liked to close as spam. But looking at the resons for a close vote ...
... I noticed that "spam" was missing from that list. Along ...
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How do I create the Super User Logo in text?
The superuser logo has a square bracket and a curly bracket. is there a keyboard or ascii character for the "eye" dot?
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Is Super User always this slow to respond or am I doing it wrong? Can I do anything to fix it?
Early this year, I asked about a Windows 7 upgrade from Vista which made my computer unbootable, on an older account (which I can't find any longer). I followed it for a few months; it got ~50+ views ...
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Is asking how to configure an IDE for debugging on topic?
I can't figure out how to configure Visual Studio Code to debug PHP with xdebug. Would it be on topic to ask here? I am looking for a "How to" which actually works.
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Why is a question about ripping TikTok videos off-topic, but a [youtube-dl] tag exists?
Why is the following question downvoted/off-topic: How to save TikTok videos without watermark, with a local Open Source tool?
My request is feasible, technically speaking. Proprietary apps do exactly ...
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Superuser vs Unix/Linux vs Ubuntu - revisited
10 years ago at the time of writing, this question was asked:
Superuser vs Unix/Linux vs Ubuntu
regarding the distinction and overlap of scope between the three StackExchange website.
The accepted ...
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Superuser vs Unix/Linux vs Ubuntu
If I have a question about Ubuntu, I now have 3 places I could take it to:
https://superuser.com/
https://unix.stackexchange.com/
https://askubuntu.com/
It seems to me that Ubuntu is a subset of ...
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Can I get this question question reopened?
This question Is there any way to check for badblocks that address the two issues? get flagged as opinion based. But it's not. Some guy posted an totally untrue opinion based answer, but I really want ...
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What more info does this question require? [I am not new here]
I posted a question here - Can not authenticate device to use with Windows Your Phone app.
It was closed just by saying that it needed more info. What more can I add to this? I think I have made ...
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Asking question about Outlook.com
I asked a question concerning Outlook.com.
As I was not sure whether Superuser was the proper place, I did some research and realised that there is a dedicated tag:
outlook.com. The tag is relatively ...
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OBS's 4 Downscale Filters do? difference between 4 OBS encoders?
I'm very sorry about No. 1 What is the difference between OBS encoders?,
Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations are off-topic because they become outdated quickly ...
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