Questions tagged [status-completed]
Bug reports marked resolved or feature requests filed as done and live.
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Is Superuser's <code> CSS light-blue highlight near invisible on anyone else's laptop LCD?
I have a 15" laptop with a quality built-in LCD, but still, some very light colors wash out to where they're barely noticeable. For example the light blue background color used for the <code> ...
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Replace the `Surface` tag?
Users having a Microsoft Surface Computer/Tablet are using the microsoft-surface tag. But I also find some questions having just surface, which does not have a lot to do with the Microsoft Surface ...
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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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The [corruption] tag is corrupted
I've checked out some of the questions with corruption, and the more I read the more I'm convinced it's unhelpful as it is.
Corruption of files, of streams, of download, upload, screen, filesystem, ...
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Tags go totally nuts on hover
There's a certain area around tags where they will flip constantly between their normal and hover states. Please see the following video for an illustration of the issue:
This is in Chrome stable in ...
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Make syntax highlighting possible to enable with prettify language codes
On Super User syntax highlighting is turned off. But there are questions on Super User where syntax highlighting can be helpful. Therefore I suggest that syntax highlighting is made possible to enable ...
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Let's nuke the "error-message" tag
We have a tag named error-message, with now 220 95 49 questions tagged.
This is quite the meta tag, because it doesn't mean anything and adds no value to a question. Most problems result in some kind ...
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Why was question 690388 (workstation video card pricing) closed as "too broad", and how can it be improved?
Question 690388, "Why do workstation graphics cards cost far more than equivalent consumer graphics cards?", was closed by a moderator as too broad.
I can't quite see how the scope of this question ...
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Top Questions of the Week #10
Now we're into post 10 of the "Top Question" of Super User in the Super User blog. Please post and vote for your favorite question for this week.
Please post any question that you feel is of worth ...
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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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Is the [multitouch] tag needed?
Tag multi-touch is useless because these years almost all devices support multi touch, and we have other tags such as touchpad or touchscreen that is used for every question with the multi-touch tag. ...
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Update the FAQ to specifically allow home networking questions
Update at 20/0 — Hm, any chance of updating the FAQ? If this isn't community consensus, I don't know what else is.
Brought up by the overwhelming consensus in:
Is there a valid Stackexchange for my ...
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PDF tag wiki uneditable
There is no link/button that will allow editing of the pdf tag wiki. Improve this tag wiki pink just redirects back to the tag wiki page.
What is going on?
(Note DanielBeck also has this problem, so ...
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Merge firefox-related tags?
Now that Mozilla is rolling out Firefox releases so quickly, does it really pay to keep creating separate tags for each new version? We currently have tags for firefox 3-6 including several ...
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The [helpdesk] tag isn't helpful
If you look at helpdesk, most of the questions have nothing to do with helpdesks, or they are denoting a "helpdesk"-style question. I recommend that this tag be deleted because it does not have a ...
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Should questions related to problems with beta software/prototype hardware be closed?
I saw that Windows 8.1 Preview No sound on Macbook Pro Retina was closed since it's Preview/Beta code and the issue may very well be fixed by MS or the PC manufacturer in the months to come before ...
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Reverse the [vlc] synonym direction?
Currently, vlc-media-player is synonymised to vlc. I think it would be better the other way around.
Doing so, we would:
Reduce the ambiguity of the tag. It would then be obvious, even to people who'...
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My answer got deleted - But why?
How can I disable the drag handle on the desktop?
Backstory:
Could not find the previous question via Google (site:superuser.com) and through Superuser's own search.
Made my own question.
Found ...
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Nuke the [damage] tag
The tag damage is too vague, and people use it for very different things. Please block it.
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merge [shortcut], [shortcuts] and [keyboard-shortcuts] on superuser
On superuser we have
[keyboard-shortcuts] x 34
[shortcuts] x 4
[shortcut] x 2
I was thinking of changing the 6 ones labeled shortcuts and shortcut to keyboard-shortcuts as this would be the least ...
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Size doesn't matter
It's not the size that matters; it's how you use it. That being said, I have no use for these size-related tags:
size (155)
resize (207) (merged into size)
filesize (96) (merged into size)
folder-...
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Question of the Week #44 [duplicate]
Now we're into post #44 of the "Top Question" of Super User in the Super User blog. Please post and vote for your favorite question for this week.
Please post any questions that you feel is of worth ...
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The suggestion to create a Tag wiki should be only there if the user can actually create one
Clicking on a tag that has no tag wiki shows the following message atop all questions (except the tag name might differ, obviously):
However, clicking on it greets one with
Tag wikis can be edited ...
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Mysterious question migrated 12 times
I just navigated to SU and saw this:
The four five twelve questions are exactly the same; they have the same answers, comments and the same question, just different ID numbers.
I suppose this isn't ...
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Why does the Super User Blog have the same styles as the Server Fault Blog?
It seems that the Super User Blog is using the same stylesheet as the Server Fault Blog. Shouldn't we have our own colors? Maybe something like so:
instead of what we have now:
Edit: After further ...
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Super User Question of the Week #30
Now we're into week 30 of the "Top Question" of Super User in the Super User blog. Please post and vote for your favorite question for this week.
Please post any question that you feel is of worth ...
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Burnination Request - Invisible
invisible is absolutely useless! Top three questions mean 3 completely different uses.
I suggest getting rid of it.
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"mono" tag as in "vs .net" and as in "vs. stereo"
There seem to be two uses of the tag "mono", one for questions related to audio and one for questions related to the Mono framework.
Wouldn't it be better to create a tag "mono-framework" and retag ...
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Top Questions of the Week #3
Now we're into week 3 of the "Top Question" of Super User in the Super User blog. Please post and vote for your favorite question for this week.
Please post any question that you feel is of worth and ...
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Remove the [Glitch] tag
The glitch tag has no use. The top five questions don't relate at all. In order:
Glitch detection in MP3 files
Glitchy GPU output
Office 2013 drawing oddly
Mouse moving on its own
Sound card ...
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modprobe -r [modules]
60 questions tagged modules. Most of them are dealing with kernel-modules. Others talk about Apache2/Perl/Python/Puppet/Drupal/Slax modules. There's even one about memory modules.
The [modules] tag ...
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Should we delete the [homework] tag?
The homework tag is a meta-tag, which is explicitly discouraged. Should we delete the homework tag from all questions? Although a question may be about homework, there's nothing useful gained by ...
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Usage of "external" tag - burninate?
I just removed the external tag from a question regarding viewing of source code for a browser, and it got me thinking that this is somewhat a meta-tag.
There exists tags such as external-hard-drive ...
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Someone downvoting my questions
I just noticed that somebody went through some of my recent questions and downvoted them silently.
I understand that my questions may not be the best on this site, but along with a downvote I ...
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No OpenID end point found
I always use Yahoo account as open ID to login in my superuser account but it was working fine till yesterday after that it is saying No OpenID endpoint found.
I want to know why this problem is ...
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What is up with this user?
There is a particular user who seems to be posting really weird, unrelated "answers" to a particular question. The answers seem to contain HTML code that is supposed to generate spam, in my opinion. ...
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Isn't the close reason "gaming" a dupe of "off-topic" on Super User?
Due to this question, the close reason on Super User not computer related has been replaced with off-topic now:
close reasons http://www.imageuploading.com/ims/pic.php?u=19720qFeUy&i=122378
This ...
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How can a question be protected by Community? Why is the date format different there?
I don't understand the following screenshot I took a moment ago:
How can Community, and not a named moderator, protect something?
Why is the date and time format in the protected message ...
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What's this popup I saw for a couple seconds near my name?
I was navigating around doing my usual thing when upon a refresh I saw a popup box I've never seen before saying "The question you're asking appears subjective and is likely to be closed".
I don't ...
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Is it just me or is the site looking funny right now?
Right now the website's layout looks funny:
Is this an error I made or did someone rollout an update to do this?
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Burninate or clean up the tags [freeware] and [shareware]
Could we burninate or clean up the tags freeware and shareware?
They are meta tags without explanation about the topic, usually used for off topic searches for software or licence issues.
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Red remaining-character counter in SU flag reason unreadable/ugly
When you flag a post as "requires moderator attention", you get a box to enter a reason. On SuperUser, this box is pink, unlike the red on the other sites. As you type, the number of characters ...
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No [news] is good news
The news metatag is old news. It only has 7 questions, including one that's spam, and is a candidate for speedy deletion.
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Booting and friends
We have:
boot x3901
reboot x310
boot-failure x76
boot-time x6
startup x846
restart x201
I would merge all of them into boot (or booting, or boot-process) and be done with it.
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Question of the Week #45
Note: From here on, until I'm done with school, I'll be posting QOTW every OTHER week (unless someone want to join up and help me out)
Now we're into post #45 of the "Top Question" of Super User in ...
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Top Questions of the Week #9
Now we're into post 9 of the "Top Question" of Super User in the Super User blog. Please post and vote for your favorite question for this week.
Please post any question that you feel is of worth and ...
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Synonym request from "system-tray" to "notification-area"
It looks like systray is already a synonym of notification-area (26 questions). However, system-tray (95 questions) is off on its own.
I would suggest merging system-tray into notification-area, ...
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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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Top Questions of the Week #20
Now we're into post 20 of the "Top Question" of Super User in the Super User blog. Please post and vote for your favorite question for this week.
Please post any question that you feel is of worth ...
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