Recently Active 'discussion' Questions - Page 58

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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.

Jeff Atwood

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May 14, 2011 at 8:36

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My post was unfairly edited and locked

My previous post was getting edit and I think the edit was wrong. Look at the Revision 2, sblair completely changed my post, which include a line here: "I want one of my friends to buy a 1TB hard ...

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modified May 10, 2011 at 19:23

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Reputation needed to get SU in network profile

How much reputation is needed in Superuser to get it on the reputation chart in network profile? I had like 60 points before the linking bonus, and the reputation from stackoverflow starts from 11 in ...

DMA57361

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May 8, 2011 at 12:59

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Suggested tag synonym: blogs/blogging

blogs and blogging seem to be basically similar in content. In principle, the former could be about reading blogs and the latter writing them, but I doubt that distinction would survive. Also, blog is ...

Sathyajith BhatMod

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May 8, 2011 at 12:04

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Closed MSE question - What would be acceptable? How should I ask this one?

So ... usually when a question of mine gets closed, I don't open a new question about it. However, this got me thinking. I've been an Avast, BitDefender, AVG, ESET user through the years. I've seen ...

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modified May 7, 2011 at 0:16

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Why is my reputation on SU/meta.SU different from the one in SO/meta.SO?

I've been here for quite some time, but I haven't really yet understood the following situation: A few weeks ago, I had ~2000 rep on SU, maybe a bit more When I then visited meta.SU, I received ...

Sathyajith BhatMod

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May 3, 2011 at 7:24

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Are questions about Joomla considered off topic?

Currently I am fighting with Joomla and XAMPP installation and trying to make it to work so I would like to post a question on the main Superuser site but searching for Joomla on the Superuser I get ...

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modified May 3, 2011 at 4:30

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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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modified May 2, 2011 at 0:39

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Should we allow commercial products in the community promotion ads?

There are a few community promoted ads that have commercial purchase options. DAEMON Tools minitube The question open for discussion - should we allow ads to be posted for products that have free ...

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modified Apr 26, 2011 at 16:49

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Why don't people upvote when browsing the site?

I've been on the StackExchange boards for quite some time now and it seems that people don't upvote other's answers anymore when browsing the site. At least from my experience. Let's take this ...

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modified Apr 24, 2011 at 20:56

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Recommending own products

What's our stance on relevant product recommendations? The paragraph in the FAQ is clearly not enough in this case. As a recent example, a developer of an Outlook plug-in/addon started answering ...

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modified Apr 23, 2011 at 13:26

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Can a synonym be made for the [windows-phone] tag?

The tag windows-phone-7 should be retagged windows-phone. While there are a few more instances including the 7 bit, the questions listed all apply to every current version of Windows Phone, including ...

studiohackMod

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Apr 21, 2011 at 0:38

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6 answers

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Should shopping and/or hardware recommendation questions be allowed on SuperUser?

I've seen a recent surge in questions asking for recommendations on buying X type of hardware (replace X with mice, GPUs, CPUs, hard drives, flash drives, you name it). Looking at TheTXI's answer here,...

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modified Apr 19, 2011 at 18:25

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Official stance on asking questions (that you answer) that might apply to several people [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Should I write question when I know answer? Scenario: You've struggled with a problem/issue for a while and didn't post it on Super User because you wanted to figure it out ...

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modified Apr 17, 2011 at 21:22

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Why was this question deleted?

Why was this deleted? Visible to 10k only: https://superuser.com/questions/74038/win7-wont-let-me-in-password-is-correct I don't think it should be. The accepted answer is something that has ...

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modified Apr 16, 2011 at 21:55

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Idle moderator position

quack quixote has left Super User for good (here is the related post), and he still seems to have the moderator position (obviously idle). I think this position should be granted (by election) to an ...

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modified Apr 14, 2011 at 5:32

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Inappropriate migration to SF?

This question was migrated to SF a bit ago: Suspicious redirection to russian pages. Is government spying us? After being received by us, it was quickly closed as being off-topic (I would have ...

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modified Apr 11, 2011 at 21:46

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Should posts containing personal information be deleted?

A user edited out an email address inside a post. I flagged the post so that a moderator could remove the revision with the email address, and my flag weight went down. ;( So I was wondering, what's ...

DMA57361

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Apr 6, 2011 at 10:01

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1 answer

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Should we strive for a general "template" for all blog posts, or allow full user control?

I as this because some users like to "quote" question title, while I personally use a large font bolded title for question titles: Mine: Tom's (not picking you out on purpose): What I'm wondering ...

James Mertz

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Apr 2, 2011 at 20:14

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3 answers

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Legal basis for restriction of discussions?

A recent discussion of policy here left me wondering about the legal reasoning behind it. On any computer-related forum, there will sometimes be questions related to usage that may violate the EULA. ...

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modified Apr 1, 2011 at 15:47

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What's the point of vote animations? [closed]

Exactly what it says on the tin. I may be a bit out of date, but can someone explain to me the reasoning behind them?

balphaStaffMod

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Mar 31, 2011 at 23:41

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Why was this question about computer hardware closed as off-topic?

Why was this question closed? I can't see how it does not relate to computer hardware.

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modified Mar 31, 2011 at 16:45

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Questions about IP Phones: Off-topic?

I'm trying to ascertain whether or not questions about IP phones (in my case, Cisco) are on-topic or off-topic for SuperUser. I read this question, which basically says: If its problems using ...

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modified Mar 30, 2011 at 23:25

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why was this question closed?

I asked a question about whether a certain type of computer hardware exists and it was closed. As this pertains directly to computer hardware and has an easily definable answer I do not see why the ...

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modified Mar 30, 2011 at 1:14

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Is the Super User Blog the new 'Generic Question Community Wiki'?

Here's my thought process on this: We've got some general questions out there that keep popping up. Like the, infamous PC freezing questions I brought up earlier in the year. At that time we ...

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modified Mar 29, 2011 at 18:29

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What Stack Exchange site would be best for someone who's thinking about building their first PC? [closed]

Please advise. PC Mag recommends a sister site called ExtremeTech.com, but I'm wondering if there's a member of the Stack Exchange family that would be appropriate. Thanks.

Hello71

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Mar 27, 2011 at 1:43

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The Super User Blog -- now officially blessed!

Great job on the blog! After a call today with Ivo, we decided that the Super User Blog is now sufficiently awesome to be highlighted in the footer! You'll note that the blog link in the Super User ...

Jeff Atwood

24k

Mar 26, 2011 at 0:09

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1 answer

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SU Retag Request: [tools] <--> [utilities]

tools and utilities are the same thing, right? I think they should be merged under tools. What do you think?

studiohackMod

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Mar 23, 2011 at 16:22

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Is Super User aimed at Microsoft users?

A couple of days ago, I've asked a question and it was closed so quick I couldn't even react. As the question was somewhat pointed and concerned working with Windows I was asking myself if I may ...

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modified Mar 19, 2011 at 22:05

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Is it OK to ask questions about a certain product on Super User?

I am looking for a webcam and I wanted to know if I can ask for recommendations on superuser. Is this kind of thing allowed?

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modified Mar 17, 2011 at 4:43

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Add 'Fault' to the Meta required tag list

Is it possible to add something like 'Fault' or 'Failure' or 'Crash' to the list of tags that you have to pick one of in order to post to Meta? For example, with yesterday's data centre down-ness ("...

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modified Mar 15, 2011 at 10:13

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Off-topic : network discussions

The following question : https://superuser.com/questions/257073/good-book-for-networks has been closed as off-topic. The question I'm asking: if network discussion are not meant to be on super-user, ...

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modified Mar 13, 2011 at 21:00

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Should I write question when I know answer?

I had a problem for which I couldn't find solution on the Internet. I found a solution and I think that the solution for the problem is useful and somebody could have the same problem. Is it OK to ...

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modified Mar 10, 2011 at 2:44

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Can [pc], [programs] be obliterated? And [hardware], [software] again?

Reference 1: SU Retag Request: [tag:applications] --> [tag:software] Reference 2: Can [tag:hardware] and [tag:software] be obliterated? Can we obliterate pc and programs as well? On the same par: ...

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modified Mar 7, 2011 at 23:23

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Why isn't SuperUser on twitter?

I have one habit. Every time I stumble upon a good site, I bookmark it and search it on the Twitter. As I joined SuperUser. I searched for "superuser" on Twitter to follow it. But the search yielded ...

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modified Mar 7, 2011 at 22:51

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Why is superuser moderated so strictly?

Had this already yesterday with two questions which were "pulled". For one I could even understand it. Today (just now) the question here https://superuser.com/questions/252728/library-loading-order ...

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modified Mar 5, 2011 at 3:36

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Retag request: rdp->remote desktop

I see a lot of questions which are tagged both rdp and remote-desktop. I have yet to see any where the question refers to the remote desktop protocol specifically; in every case, just remote-desktop ...

Sathyajith BhatMod

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Mar 4, 2011 at 6:20

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3 answers

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My question was closed and I find it unfair.

I wasn't too sure if I was better to ask here or on the Stack Overflow meta (since it also serves as the Stack Exchange meta site), but after reading the accepted answer of this similar question on ...

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modified Feb 25, 2011 at 17:14

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What to do if I ask a question but discover the solution myself before anyone else? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is it kosher to accept your answer on your own question? Recently I asked a question about Outlook Express crashing. Someone left an answer with a possible reason and a list ...

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modified Feb 25, 2011 at 13:18

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What do you want Super User Blog to test with SSD technology?

In conjunction with the Super User blog, we will be getting three SSD's from Kingston. We want to perform tests on these drives and blog about the results, and need your help. What testing, ...

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modified Feb 25, 2011 at 6:53

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Future of the "fun" tag

I suggest we get rid of the fun tag. The questions are mostly wikis, closed or both and I think it matches all criterion for a meta tag.

Jeff Atwood

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Feb 23, 2011 at 17:50

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2 answers

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Incorporating more information from comments while editing

Editing guidelines (for example this meta question) do not give any information about incorporating additional information from comments. For example, while editing this, there is additional rather ...

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modified Feb 21, 2011 at 2:03

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how do I view revisions to a question?

how do I view revisions to a question (presumably including tag changes)? do I need a certain rep amount, if so how much?

studiohackMod

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Feb 15, 2011 at 16:17

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