Questions tagged [questions]
Use this to tag anything about asking questions in general
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Placing a user's comment in their own post [duplicate]
I can't really think of a specific title for this since it's only just grown on me and I can't find anywhere else so rename if needed, and sorry in advance.
So I was on this post I messed up my PC, ...
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Why permission of "ASK QUESTION" went away again?
I'm facing interesting issue.
On StackOverflow, I have been actively get help + help others, but on SuperUser, I am almost banned permanently..
due to my incorrect first steps while joining SU, I've ...
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Existing question does not cover recent versions: Extend or create new question?
I need a page explaining to my customers how to check whether their Windows (any version) is 32bit or 64bit.
All I have found is How can I find out whether my Windows is 32bit or 64 bit? which ...
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Increase number of visitors to a question (without bounty)
I need a tricky idea to increase the number of visitors to my questions on Super User. Sometimes I ask a question on SU where the answer is really important to me but after a week or more just has 10 ...
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Why do we have the google-calendar tag if we can't ask questions about it here?
I'm just wondering why we have the google-calendar (or any other web application) tag here for superuser when questions on this topic are considered off topic? I recently had my question migrated ...
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'Wall of text' question
I've seen a lot of 'wall of text' questions, like this:
Using Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit on Google Chrome Incognito with both of the extensions AdBlock AND AdBlock Plus,I want to block as many ...
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Where to ask about XBox 360 and Video file support?
I have a question about MP4 video files and formats that I'm putting on my NAS device to share with my XBox 360 console.
The SuperUser FAQ says not to ask questions about consoles. Where is the best ...
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Make up-votes to questions worth 10 points again as they get so few votes?
I read that in the past the up-votes given to questions were worth 10 points just as the up-votes to answers are. However, after changing that moderators started encouraging users to vote more on ...
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Does the question I asked belong here, or is it better on stackoverflow?
I've asked the following question, and want to get the most exposure for it possible.
Obviously, posting on SO would probably attract more views, but is OK for me to post such a question there, or ...
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Why are questions moved to SuperUser?
For the last few days now, I've seen some questions either closed or moved to SuperUser.
Why is that?
Preeti
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Why are some Super User answers not sorted by up-votes?
I was just looking at this question on SuperUser: How do I change the user I am logged in with on a Network Share?
Unlike other questions, the answers do not seem to be sorted in any particular order ...
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Are questions about modifying Android hardware on-topic?
Questions about the Android platform on SuperUser are routinely migrated to Android, but apparently questions about modifying Android hardware are off-topic there.
So....are questions about modifying ...
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Questions about Small Business environments on topic?
Are small business environment questions on topic for SU, or should they be put onto SF (with a server)?
Just in case anyone is wondering, the question is https://serverfault.com/questions/352137/...
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Why did my flag get revised?
My flag got revised; not declined just revised meaning I got 11 flags instead of 10 today.
It was on this question for it being about software recommendations; I reflagged it.
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Is the time between two questions allowed to be posted constant?
I ve just started to participate and I have to wait 40 minutes since my last question to post another.
Will it be 40 minutes for the rest of my life on superuser or does the waiting time Change with ...
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Which answer to accept: best for me, or best in general?
I asked a question a few days ago which I subsequently found my own answer to. I gather that accepting your own answer is fine, however in this case I feel that whilst my answer solves it for me, in ...
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Why doesn't a question with score of 5 show up in Top Questions in my network profile?
I've asked this question and it has a score of 5 (it's my only question with score of 5 or more on the Stack Exchange). But in my network profile, there is a part called "Top Questions" where it says ...
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Question about Linux/Android coexistence on a device are on topic?
I just find a closed question that asks about "Security Issues using Android/Debian Systems at the same time on a single device".
Originally was titled "Use MaruOS or wait for Ubuntu Phone with Unity ...
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Flag obsolete question for closing
Yesterday, I posted https://superuser.com/questions/836446/why-is-flash-player-trying-to-load-flex-framework-rsls-swz-files-from-my-serve/836750#836750, and today I found that the problem was due to a ...
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Advice on approving edits
I have noticed a wave of improved tag edits in the review bin. I am seeking advice or awarness on the quality aspect of tag only edits.
Is this something that is OK on a large scale?
Note, I did not ...
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Question ban: Which questions to improve how
Apparently I have a question ban on superuser.com. This help page says that I should improve my existing questions in order to get out of the question ban.
Which of my questions have a chance of ...
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Dealing with same user multiple posts & not enough details
This question relates to a user that has opened a plethora of questions(7), in an attempt to get the same rough question answered.
The problem in my opinion is this user hasn't given enough details ...
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What should happen to a question which the OP realised was not necessary?
I came across this question today, where the OP quickly realised their mistake and stated so in the comments, however they haven't deleted the question and no other action has been taken on it (...
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Is there a way to find out how many comments and questions you have sent
Just out of interest I would like to find out how many comments and questions I have sent over my time on "Super User". I would like to know this because of some results to do with badges.
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How can I find moved question?
I am looking for a question or answer i had provided, but i couldn't find it on superuser.
I guess it was moved somewhere else (i.e. stackoverflow).
How can I search such answers/questions?
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Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions from this account message in stackoverflow
Why am I getting the following message in stackoverflow ?
Oops! Your question couldn't be submitted because:
Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions from this account.
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Filter out SU questions where votes are negative
I'm getting SU questions with "https://superuser.com/questions?sort=newest&pagesize=50&page=1"
Is there a way to filter out 'silly' questions which were voted down from url above?
user265282
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When I try to vote to close this question as a duplicate, the site tells me it doesn't have an upvoted answer, but it does. Is this a bug?
See these two questions:
whenever I start my windows laptop, after laptop is opened terminal is automatically opened and inside terminal its written -, and
On windows startup terminal opens ...
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Asking the same as existing question, but for a different platform/OS [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should the original intent of a question be broadened to make the answers more canonical?
Sometimes there's an existing question on a topic you want answers to, but the ...
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Editing OS-specific questions or answers if the question or answer will also apply to another OS [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should the original intent of a question be broadened to make the answers more canonical?
I recently found out that this question - How print multiple independent pages in one ...
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What constitutes a subjective question on Super User?
What constitutes a subjective question on superuser.com? I'm thinking of a RAID setup and want to throw around ideas, is that too subjective?
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Subjective but still valuable questions
I stumbled across this question on Which HDD brand do you ..trust which was closed due to the subjective nature of it. While I agree it is subjective, I can't help but wonder where so valuable a ...
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Question closed because superusers think Second Life is a video game (it's a virtual world)
I did a total dumbass thing and asked a question on stackoverflow about Second Life. Then it was moved to superuser.com and was closed because it related to video games. I don't see how this was ...
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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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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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What does "kviews" mean? [duplicate]
As in the image shown, some questions have a certain number of kviews whereas others have N views.
Why? What is "kviews"?
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Is superuser the proper channel to ask AutoCAD-related questions?
After checking out all the other StackExchange sites, CAD questions do not seem to fit into any category except maybe superuser. In the FAQ, superuser is described as encompassing general software or ...
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Can I ask "What is the name of X"?
Can I ask a question of this type:
I forgot the name of this software. What was the name of software that
does A,B,C?
If not, does SE have an appropriate site for this?
Thanks.
Reference to my ...
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What is a "linked" question?
If you take a look at this question
How to scan and detect spying software
you can see that on the right column, just above the list of "related" questions, there is another one listed as "linked".
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Are-you-human broken flow for super-tagged questions
I just posted my first question on SU.
First attempt was vetted as it lacked tags. I understood: better not make a question without tags.
Second attempt with tags: I went through this particularly ...
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Why was my bounty amount sent to me?
I deleted my question and then the bounty amount got refunded, why? This can be exploited to create infinite bounties.
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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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Can I ask here a question about MS office?
Can I ask here a question about MS Office Word? (specifically about Multilevel list)
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What to do when a question is a duplicate of a question from another stack site
Specifically, Can't login on server using ssh [Too many authentication failures] is a duplicate of https://serverfault.com/questions/580753/ssh-aborts-with-too-many-authentication-failures#580864.
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Why is there a blank space at the top of the questions list?
When I visited Super User this morning, an extra spurious blank space appeared at the top of the list of questions on the home page.
This blank space doesn't appear on any other SE site that I've ...
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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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Where should I ask this question?
I asked this question here:
How can I modify this bash script so that the port argument is optional?
On second thought, I wonder whether https://unix.stackexchange.com/ or on https://apple....
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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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In the middle of writing answer on a question when it's closed and losing the answer content?
Scenario
A moderator, review voters, etc. initiate a status change of a question to "closed", "off-topic", and so forth. At the moment of the approved change someone was already in the middle of ...
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How to proceed when underlying problem solved, but does not match question?
I have asked this question: I/O Error on XSane frontend, but not on std out
By now I know what my underlying problem was, but the question was initially on how to get more debugging output.
Should I ...
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