Questions tagged [questions]
Use this to tag anything about asking questions in general
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In the middle of writing answer on a question when it's closed and losing the answer content?
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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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Question a/ Computer Architecture terminology on-topic?
CPU architectures are still most of the time communicated in terms of "x86" and "x64" as opposed to numbers of bits. I have an idea as to why this is, but I'm not entirely sure. I'd like to ask if ...
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Understands why question got closed, still not sure how to rephrase
I asked a question and it got put on hold with the motivation that it's asking for a service/software which quickly get outdated etc. I'm perfectly fine with the action taken and I do understand the ...
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My question is better suited for "serverfault" - can I move it?
I've asked a question here on superuser (https://superuser.com/questions/511168/avahi-stops-publishing-after-a-few-minutes) that would probably be more suited to serverfault.com. Is there a way to ...
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Where can I ask, if I can ask at all, the following question (search for an e-commerce software)
I opened a question on SU, about looking for a self-hosted E-commerce software with advanced importing and exporting capabilites.
Soon after, the question got closed.
Can I ask such a question? If ...
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Canonical question on PXE/"no bootable device" errors, help us close the duplicates
We get variations of what is essentially the same question all the time: the system doesn't start Windows, dropping to PXE boot and failing and/or throwing a "no bootable device" or similar error. The ...
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General troubleshooting tips for Excel formulas and VBA
I'm interested mainly in Excel and VBA, reading a lot of questions in these topics.
I often find questions like "formula doesn't work", "what is the problem with this code" for which there are a ...
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Thinking maybe I should migrate a question
I asked this:
Auto-forwarding messages on a Facebook group to a mailing list
on WebApps.SX ; on second though, I think maybe it's a better fit on this site (e.g. because it doesn't actually have to ...
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Is this question suitable for SuperUser?
This question was closed on ServerFault, as it's about a home network and not a professional-capacity one.
Is it suitable for SuperUser?
I got conflicting advice when I asked on this thread.
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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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Question put on hold as too broad
I don't want to be that guy who complains about a rightful disciplinary action against him. But I really don't know what I did wrong here. I asked a question about a problem I'm currently encountering ...
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What's too broad about my question?
I have a question about my Super User post: How to protect my files against application? (Sandboxing?)
First, I'm not complaining, I'm just trying to understand.
Second, I already edited the ...
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What is a good title for a question? [duplicate]
I tried to find instructions on how to make a good title for a question. There is informations in the help center on how to ask question and how to use the tags, but nothing specific on the title. ...
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Lift question bans by answering?
How can I get out of a question ban?
Begin by by improving your existing questions: do as much as possible to make them clear, specific and on-topic.
The ban will be lifted automatically by the system ...
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I created a resource for an answer. Are there specifications/rules to include it as picture or link?
I answered to this question "Looking up gnuplot abbreviations", in the beginning giving only the method to find the meaning of the abbreviations used or usable.
After I've created a a resource (a ...
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Is this general printer refill question appropriate?
I asked a general question regarding refilling toner in laser printers. Is this question appropriate?
When refilling toner, why only to half capacity?
SuperUser is appropriate for computer support ...
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The slider to make the text area taller does not work on iPad
In questions and answers, the text area has a nice slider to make him taller.
Alas, on iPad, the slider does not work.
It would be nice to make the slider work.
Thank you.
I have Safari on iOS 7 ...
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Is this question acceptable?
I want to ask a question about digital obsolescence but I am concerned it would be closed as too broad or primarily opinion based.
Title: Why do people run old Operating Systems?
There was a comment ...
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How do you deal with edits that strip personal details of the author from a question, ultimately graveyarding the question?
I posted on Super User about a rather particular issue about Windows 10 behaving very awkwardly to the point where I'd call the issue a bug, since traditional methods of how you would normally fix ...
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Possible to suggest tag(s) after scanning through the question?
Is it possible to add this feature - after user enter his/her question into the question text area, the website will auto insert some suggestive tags for the question and insert them automatically in ...
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Is there a way to hide several year old questions?
I have been getting back into the habit of checking this forum, trying to help others with what little I can. However, I'm noticing a not insignificant trend when loading the home page; I'm seeing ...
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Is there a difference between a product rec question and a product exist question?
I asked two questions:
https://superuser.com/questions/856216/what-tablets-exist-that-will-run-any-distribution-of-linux-natively
What linux distributions exist that will run natively on a tablet?
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How to drag attention to someone else's question?
I found out badly answered/voted question:
disable the F1 key for whole system
And I hope it gets more attention, so the "best answer" could be the right one (the regedit thing). Just to help out ...
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Deletion of first line in questions
I've noticed that when I make the first line of my post
Hi Superuser,
or
Hello Superuser,
It auto-deletes it.
If it is anything else (maybe a few more variants of this exist), it will not ...
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How to get my question answered by sharing the link across stack exchange sites
I posted a question (related to wordpress) at wordpress.stackexchange.
How can I share the question across a similar site "Superuser" (it has a tag for wordpress)?
Is it possible or not?
I want ...
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Is a question about chroma subsampling in a TV on topic?
I'd like to ask why my Samsung TV defaults to 4:2:0 for external HDMI inputs, and allows 4:4:4 ("UHD color") only after enabling a specific setting, one that even requires reboot.
The question is why ...
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Question not appearing in my profile
Last night I wanted to check a question I posted to see if it got any answers or comments (yes, I'm aware of the "inbox" function; I just wanted to make sure) but I couldn't find the question. I tried ...
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Very Light Posts
Every once in a while (once in a day or two days) a post is rendered in white type on a white background.
This one, for example:
Screen randomly flickering on Linux Mint
Why are a small number of ...
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Why can't I ask questions on Super User?
First of all, I posted here because I don't have enough points to post on Meta Super User.
I am trying to post a question, but I keep getting a message that questions from my account are no longer ...
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Why do all (recent) "First Questions" seem to have at least 1 upvote and bad ordering?
I was looking at the "Review, first questions" pages (month view, not random), when something suspicious caught my eye:
Every question has at least 1 upvote! Also, the questions are not ordered ...
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Questions about cross-platform mobile apps
I see and understand that questions "about mobile phones" are off-topic here. That's fine. That makes sense to me.
And I've seen:
Are questions about use of mobile apps on topic here?
Where ...
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Why was I forced to set the bounty to 50 reputation when I had 78?
I was forced on this question to set the bounty to 50 when I had 78, Why?
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Are questions about AutoCAD usage on topic here?
Are questions about general AutoCAD usage on topic here (not for any specific field, I'm just teaching myself how to use it as a general skill)?
There is the CAD proposal, but it's just a proposal, ...
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Should SE sites force reading of the FAQ
It seems SE sites get a lot of "shopping questions", especially from new members.
Perhaps this could be remediated by disabling the editor area until the user has been seen to click on the FAQ (or a ...
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Do computer terminology questions belong here or on EL&U?
This comment suggests that a question I asked about computer terminology should be on English Language and Usage instead. This question isn't off topic for Super User because it is a computer-related ...
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Transfer ownership of question
I have a question at SuperUser which was not answered effectively for a period of time. Since then I don't have the subject hardware anymore, so I cannot test the upcoming ideas. I would gladly ...
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Is this question about modular vs. non-modular power supplies OK to ask?
Please spell out the reasons(or advantages) to buy a modular power supply vs.non-modular power supply
I read a wikipedia article section on modular power supplies, but the community could probably ...
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Add informations to "reopen" - request
So I want to add some informations to a question which take care of the "Should I use an antivirus on osx" - question.
So I have clicked the reopen-link. But I'm not able to add any information why I ...
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How are page views on user profiles or questions tabulated?
Is there a different means by which page views on questions and those on user profiles are tabulated? As in, can a user view their own profile or own question and that count as "1" view ? Or are page ...
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What happened to my question
I asked a question last night about having lost a domain controller without a backup, and trying to recover access to my user info.
But I can't find any record of the question at all, nor any ...
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How to deal with a cross-posted question which belongs to SU ?
Some days ago, I posted this question.
This is a cross-post from Ubuntu SE. The question has also been answered.
I now know that cross-posting is discouraged. However, I think it belongs here. IMO, ...
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I'd like to know whether my post is well written or not
I have a question about my Super User post: I can't map a network share from PXE - WinPE
I have written a question yesterday and I'd like, if someone can help, to know whether my question is well-...
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How do you get an uploaded image removed/deleted?
I uploaded a file before I properly cleaned off the content and what to have that file removed from the image repository.
How do I get it deleted from the image repository? Note the relevant ...
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when can you ask coding questions here? [duplicate]
I've noticed people asking questions related to shell coding, such as this user: How to extract part of a string, in Windows batch file? and was wondering when this is appropriate? I'm seeing some ...
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Unsatisfied with an answer
I asked a question a while ago, about performance problems, but the question I was given didn't solve my problem, (it didn't even try), and now the question is closed.
The same situation is causing ...
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What to do if you posted a question, but you can no longer test a provided solution? [duplicate]
I posted this question 5 months ago. No one provided an answer and I didnt solve the issue on my own. Since posting it, I had long since forgotten I even asked the question.
Today, someone provided ...
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When posting on super user keep getting "An error occured submiting the question" [duplicate]
I'm trying to post a question on superuser.com but keep getting the message "An error occurred submitting the question" when I click Post Your Question.
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"Ignored tags" visibility preference misbehaves
I just had this happen:
The single search result disappeared the moment the page finished loading.
While it's possible to hide ignored tags (presuming this is a feature), I didn't check that ...
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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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