Questions tagged [questions]
Use this to tag anything about asking questions in general
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Flag your own question
It's funny that you can not only answer your own question, but also flag it.
Why one would do this? Why this possibility exists at all? Is it a joke?
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Can I not delete my own questions, after answers were posted?
I have some questions that are just sitting there, for which I either don't agree with the answer / it doesn't work for me. Can I not delete a question once someone has posted an answer?
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How can a question about a deleted question be a hot meta question?
This Is it even possible to reword my question to be relevant? has a link to the deleted question.
Why is it on Hot Meta Posts?
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Why are old questions on top? [duplicate]
There are many old questions showing on the start page of superuser.com. If I open one of them, I see old dates both in answers, comments, and the editing time of the question.
How/why are these get ...
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Question ban warning although I haven't yet asked anything
If I go to Ask Question on Super User I get this message displayed:
Wait! Some of your past questions have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from asking any more.
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Why are some names not auto-completed when I try to reply to them?
I wanted to comment on something in this answer. But when I type
@si
no auto-completion kicks in.
If I type out the users name, the whole @name is removed from the posted comment.
Why is this ...
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Trouble viewing questions with a specific tag - hotkeys in my case
I'd like to view all questions tagged with "hotkeys" but it says something about no questions with an active bounty.
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Wording a question about protocols for converting authentication without it being " product, service, or learning material recommendations"
I'm trying to ask a question about protocols for converting between user authentication types on an SMTP server, but whatever I do my questions keep being closed because various mods consider a ...
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At what point do regexes become programming questions?
This question is tagged "perl" as well as awk and sed and asks about a regular expression.
Find number in string and replace it
At what point do questions that are answered with programs move from ...
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Asking about the popularity of a package manager
Is it on-topic for Super User to ask a question regarding the popularity/popular acceptance of a specific package manager (for Windows)?
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Asking about a specific virus when others are closed
After searching virus questions on Super User, I've noticed that many are closed. Is this site the place to ask a question about a specific virus on a home PC running Window 7?
Specifically, I want ...
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Is comparing motherboards primarily opinion based? [duplicate]
I am seeing people ask questions about Intel and AMD motherboards and trying to compare the features.
Do we entertain these opinion based questions?
This is tricky to flag. We know that motherboard ...
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Can "why" functionality questions be asked? [duplicate]
I have a question based upon observations I've noticed while working in Active Directory. Can I ask a "why" question in Superuser about functionality that I've observed or is Superuser strictly a "...
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Questions I asked on Super User are appearing on other websites [duplicate]
I asked my question on Super User but when I search on Google I found some other website showing the same question by me or asked by some other user. These are on:
bighow.org/42237765-...
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Can I move/duplicate a question to another Stack site? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I request to move a question to a different Stack Exchange site?
I have a question on this site that may as well work at, say, Ask Different. Is it possible to ...
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How do we handle questions where the OP wants to do something destructive to their OS?
How should we handle questions like
How to delete "Program Files (x86)" folder after windows login
where the asker wants to do something that is unambiguously destructive to the OS/...
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I am a restricted user and can't comment on an answer
I can't ask new questions at this point, but have a similar problem that relates to this answer. I also can't sent private messages. Now what can I do?
Edit: so how do I add a question? It's strange ...
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What to do about outdated questions now that "no longer relevant" doesn't exist as a close reason?
There used to be a close reason called "no longer relevant" that we were supposed to use, but it no longer exists.
What should we do instead in this day and age?
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Asking about websites recommendations is allowed behaviour or breaks any rule?
There is certain explicit functionality I'm trying to get and that used to be available at a given website. Offline now but maybe there is a replacement or another one that serves the same ...
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Is there any way to delete my question that has comments and answers?
Some days ago I posted some repeating questions in superuser. As a result they are no longer accepting questions from me. Now I want to delete those questions. But the problem is that, those questions ...
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How can I find my the question I asked?
I asked a question in superuser about 3 hours ago. And then I closed my browser and opened it some time ago. Now I want to see question. I searched and was unable to find it. I don't deleted it. How ...
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Q&A Posts - The Question
I'm looking at starting to do Q&A posts here on SuperUser for problems that I encounter, from uncommon problems to common problems. Obviously, the answer will have the most info in the entire post,...
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A question about Computer Screen Technology
I have asked a question about Computer Screens.
I had in mind Computer Screens. Certainly not a question about their use as computer screens (much less anything else) but a question about undestanding ...
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Why is my website question off-topic? Where should I ask then?
I just posted this question and readily it gets flagged as off-topic. The question is about websites that work as proxies. Super User seems to me a good place to ask, but anyway suppose that it's not ...
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How to close the question that you had answer already?
I have a question about my Super User post: Windows 10 Creator Update Version 1703
I have get the answer i was expected so how can i close this question?
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Question limit?
Is it my mistake that people were not able to answer questions that I ask, or they do not bother to answer some petty questions?
I sent a request to enable my question limit, according to the admins, ...
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Limit time for downvotes
Can we put a limit on the downvote system please (I'm talking years)?
The reason is the SU rules change in regards to what is on and off topic. So current queue (at time of writing) is filled with ...
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Wrongly Closing/on Hold'ing questions?
If a question that can be seen by some as a somewhat broad question (and others not that broad), but can be (and gets) answered as if it is a direct question (Q&A), is it wrong or ok for a ...
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why i have been blocked from asking questions?
i asked a two questions on superuser community one is with -5 votes and another is with +2 votes,and i even voted to delete my question to why am i blocked from asking question further?
please refer ...
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what is the purpose of down-voting a question?
I understand the reason for up-voting a question. It is a good question and the results are likely to help someone in the future.
But what is the purpose of down-voting? If the question is bad, ...
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Why does the community have such vague rules that any administrator can adjust almost any question to fit them?
I wrote a question about computer hardware. A smartphone (tablet) is a computer these days. However, this question is "off-topic".
Let's admit. However, why then there are topics like this: ...
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1 ATI Radeon card in PCIe 2.0 slot for display. How to make use of AMD FireStream cards placed in empty PCIe 2.0 slots?
I have an AMD ATX board with 4+ PCIe 2.0 slots. 1 of the slots is
occupied by a ATI Radeon card which handles display. There are at
least 3 empty PCIe 2.0 slots on this ATX board. Suppose some AMD
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Why am I getting a question ban?
I have only asked 2 or 3 questions and got a ban without that warning. Is my status on other SE sites causing me to have a premature question ban here?
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RFE: hide vote counts for an initial 2 weeks
I would like to see up/down vote tallies not released until the question has had a chance to be viewed. It's fairly well established that seeing results of votes before you have had a chance to ...
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A picture is a thousand words. Let's make use of that more. Promote Pictures in SuperUser
I've been to so many forums on computers over the years an one thing always stands out.
The Lack of information.
Take this recent question for example:
https://superuser.com/questions/750311/how-can-...
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