Questions tagged [status-completed]
Bug reports marked resolved or feature requests filed as done and live.
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Let's deal with the [if] tag, else it'll become a problem
The if tag exists, most notably on questions about the IF functionality in Microsoft Excel, but it has been used for all sorts of conditional and branching questions.
Is it worth keeping separate? ...
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What the heck does this mean: “Comment reserved for system use. Please use an appropriate comment.”
I just got this message when trying to leave a fairly innocuous comment for an edit on a question:
“Comment reserved for system use. Please use an appropriate comment.”
The only way I could submit ...
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Consider blocklisting the [microsoft] tag?
As per Manufacturer & Company tags are back. Again, microsoft as a tag is not wanted: we have more specific tags to use for microsoft products (microsoft-excel, windows-10, etc).
It has been ...
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Possible bug with the new image hosting system: PNG images are declared “Too small…” if both dimensions are not equal to or larger than 160 pixels
Preface: While I saw this similar question on Meta Stack Exchange, and the original poster there is complaining about the 160 limit in general. My issue is with the restriction being applied to both ...
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Is there an easy way to find out what this site's on-topic and off-topic questions are?
There is no quick and easy way to find what are the topics of Super User, nor what is off-topic
The superuser.com/tour: Gives a very (and too) brief information in its first paragraph as to what is ...
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User SS64 updating URLs, but old URLs still work
A user named SS64 is editing several links to the (really good resource) site ss64.com on various posts, changing the path from https://ss64.com/osx/... to https://ss64.com/mac/...
The old ../osx/... ...
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Should we enable a banner to warn about our policy on AI-generated content?
As you may have heard, Stack Exchange has announced a new feature: Sites can now request to enable a banner to warn about their policy on AI-generated content.
This feature could be useful for Super ...
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HTML Formatting Error
I tried to downvote a question. However, I don't have enough rep to do this, and I got the following message:
I'm no expert on HTML, pretty sure the <a href="/help/whats-reputation">...
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Is this text on a help article a bug (or something else)?
In the editing help article it says:
if(thisSite.Settings.Site.StyleCodeByDefault) { Code blocks will be
highlighted using highlight.js. In many cases, the syntax highlighting
language will be ...
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Tag rename request for spelling of TrueType
There is a standard for fonts named TrueType. There is no space, no hyphen, the same as with, say, JavaScript.
However, there is a tag true-type-fonts instead of truetype-fonts.
Please could the tag ...
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HTTP status 404 for image on Meta's 404 page
Stack Exchange 404 error pages ('page not found') usually have site-specific images, like this one from the main site:
However, the image on the equivalent page on the meta site 404s itself; it leads ...
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Korean characters not allowed
For some reason posts or comments with some Korean characters inside aren't allowed. For example in this question it must be worked around using images How to search a Korean word made up of two or ...
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Top bar is visible through 'welcome back' message
.top-bar { z-index: 5050; } versus #overlay-header { z-index: 5052; } so the overlay should win. Strangely enough disabling the top bar z-index fixes the issue. Another fix is to set the overlay ...
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Alignment issue in the CAPTCHA window
There is an alignment issue in the CAPTCHA window.
Some time the I'm not a robot checkbox went out of the modal window.
Some time the modal window occupying the full width of the page, it expected ...
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Editing Comment Issue
I just noticed when I go to edit a comment from a typo or whatever, I get back [object Object].
Question: Am I the only one affected by this and what is it or what does it mean?
I already closed ...
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Can we get a Monarch tag?
I just created this question. I tagged it excel, because the formulas are roughly analogous.
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Vampyric tags: [design] won't die
design didn't die like we wanted it to.
The answer to life, the universe, and everything may be among the questions tagged with it, but these still cover such a broad swath of computery experience ...
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Is there a reason why the tag "slackware" cannot be edited?
Normally, when looking at tag information, at the bottom of the screen, there is a button labeled "Edit Tag Info".
However, when looking at slackware today, there is no way to suggest edits.
Problem ...
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Blocklist Google?
google (the manufacturer meta tag, see Manufacturer & Company tags are back. Again), was cleaned up a little over a year ago. It stayed dead for almost a year, but starting in July of this year, ...
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"Something bad has happened" trying to list my Famous Questions
I just tried clicking on the "famous question" badge bar to list my famous questions (on superuser.com, not the meta). I got this:
https://superuser.com/error?aspxerrorpath=/help/badges/28/famous-...
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Is application-error an error?
We have a tag, application-error, with 79 questions. Since a good percentage of software questions could be labeled "application error", it is not only meta, but does nothing to differentiate ...
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Ship [shipping] to /dev/null
We have six questions tagged shipping. The tag has no description and there seems to be no clear usage for it.
I would like to remove it completely.
Opinions please.
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Merge [transparent] and [transparency]
I propose merging transparent (34 questions) with transparency (79 questions). I think it's pretty clear to see why they should be merged.
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... yeah, that pun was pretty terrible, even by retag ...
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Windows Features?
We actually have a windows-features tag (with 29 questions). I would just nuke it, but there are 29 questions. Any conceivable reason not to?
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Disconnect the [intermittent] tag
The intermittent tag has 7 questions. It seems too meta to be useful.
Should we keep it around? Or is it time to end the connection?
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Let's part ways with [computer-parts]
computer-parts appears to be a useless meta tag. Nobody is an expert on all computer parts and there is no reason to search for questions using that tag that I can think of.
Should we remove this tag?...
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Logistics for Cleanup Weekend 2
We are having another cleanup weekend.
This time we will focus on:
fixing the rest of the broken images (most of this work has been completed)
cleaning up some more tags
The cleanup will last for ...
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Cannot ask question with Korean in it?
I tried to ask a question about Korean fonts and copied some text directly into the question box. The following image appeared, though I moved the red box beneath the question to make the aspect ratio ...
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elections.stackexchange.com doesn't like SuperUser
The Election information page doesn't seem to like SuperUser.
When you load the page, only the Loading elections page item is ticked and then the checklist disappears. However, the page continues to ...
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Retag [Windows-2012] into [Windows-Server-2012] or [Windows-Server-2012-R2]
windows-2012 contains 54 questions. All of them appear to actually be about Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2.
Shall we re-tag these questions?
What do to with the windows-2012 tag?
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Drop dropdownlist?
dropdownlist:A drop down list is a list with predetermined options that expands when clicked to reveal the options available.
Do we have experts on drop-down lists?
Does this tag helps clarifying ...
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Please merge [tag:extended-desktop] [tag:multiple-desktop]
Those 2 tags are exact duplicates : extended-desktopmultiple-desktop isn’t it ?
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What do a writer, taxi, and horse have in common?
Answer: we don't yet have questions with the hack tag covering these, perhaps the only common uses of the term not included.
hack and its synonym hacking are undefined and have 44 questions. The ...
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Synonomize Red Hat tags
redhat is among the remaining manufacturer meta tags. Roughly 500 of the questions have been cleaned up; the ones needing general tag remediation. About 136 questions remain. All of these refer to ...
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Don't hate the [player] hate the tag
The player tag feels like a classic meta tag, and one likely to be misused. I saw it in use for a question what seems to be a glorified cd player but could refer to audio, video or other software that ...
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[hardware-combination]: lock it away
hardware-combination decorates questions about anything that contains two or more non-identical components.
mixing RAM of different speeds
how to orient the fan on a computer case that contains a ...
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Can the review system be fixed?
I was just assigned the task of reviewing this inappropriate answer.
I immediately flagged the answer, and when I did so, the SE system issued a red notification indicating that the answer had ...
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Show the [guest] the door
The guest is unwelcome and would benefit from clarification. As it stands "guest" is simply too vague to be useful.
We have guest-additions, but this tag might do with being split into guest-...
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Tag cleanup: Delete tag [rows]
rows
A row is a horizontal line of something within a program. It can be a row of cells in excel, or a row of text in a text document. Rows are horizontally positioned and are generally read left-...
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Can we empty out [null]?
Seriously, I have no idea what null is for - null characters, null processes, errors, null strings, nil, nada, nothing, blank, empty?
I really don't see the point of null when it's not specific ...
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New Tag Request: "IIS-8.5"
We have a tags for "IIS", "IIS-7.5", and "IIS", but not for "IIS-8.5".
IIS 8.5 is included in Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1.
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Let's retire the [sysadmin]
The sysadmin tag has a different meaning almost every question, and it never seems to refer to the actual role of a system administrator. It seems to be used for questions that have to do with the ...
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Split off [split]
The tag split is used for lots of things and not used consistently for anything.
It has been planned to make it go since 2014. Can we burn it now?
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We need to modify [mod]
mod has no definition, but 19 questions where the tag has varying meanings:
modification of various and sundry things
what appears to be a reference to MOD format recording
the Excel function
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Does [bricked] need to be bricked?
bricked has been used with 16 questions, but it is applicable to a pretty high percentage of questions. It's good information about the current condition of the equipment, but it's too meta to be ...
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there is no telegram tag
I was going to ask some question about telegram app and I noticed that there is no telegram related tag!
Please add "telegram" and telegram related (such as telegram-desktop and such) tags.
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Clean it up, and [diy]
diy has many, many questions, that could be closed. This tag is also EXTREMELY meta. I propose we get rid of it, quickly... And with a can-do attitude
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I am getting a “You are currently banned from flagging…” message but no clear end for this ban is given
Title says it all. I went to flag something as SPAM on the main Super User site recently and got a message (see screenshot below) that states, “You are currently banned from flagging…”
Okay, fair ...
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r e n a m e spaces
We have two tags which seem to be text based: tabs & spaces.
However, tabs is defined for the graphical user interface feature that allows multiple documents to be contained within a single ...
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Let's nuke a tag down to its [origins]
We have five questions tagged origins.
Three are about origins of something (history).
One is about the screen positioning (with origin at 0,0), and one is about a game client.
I propose to be ...
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