Questions tagged [status-completed]
Bug reports marked resolved or feature requests filed as done and live.
130
questions
22
votes
2
answers
546
views
Update the FAQ to disallow any product recommendation questions
Foreword added at +2/-1:
To make this clear: As far as I can tell (and I quote a diamond moderator below), this is already official moderation policy on this site. I just want to have this added ...
22
votes
4
answers
377
views
Can we please standardize the Microsoft tags?
Tags for Microsoft products are currently a mess.
Office:
office, microsoft-office
office-2007, office-2010, office-2010-beta, ms-office-2007, office-2008, microsoft-office-2010, office-2010, office-...
6
votes
2
answers
236
views
The msi tag is ambiguous
Currently we have the msi tag which (according to the description) is supposed to be used for tagging questions about Windows .msi installer files. However, there are quite a few questions (about a ...
5
votes
1
answer
168
views
Can the hardware and software tags be obliterated?
Do we really need the hardware and software tags?
Looking at the tags into detail:
They don't group all the questions that should belong to them.
Their statistics don't make sense, they are both less ...
14
votes
2
answers
156
views
What could we do with the [error] tag?
Well, we have a tag called error. Its description says:
Please use a more specific tag instead.
Awesome. So what do all these 547 questions have in common? A non-descriptive tag. On Oct. 10, @...
13
votes
2
answers
217
views
See possible duplicates in question
When one opens a question and starts typing a title, a list of possible duplicate questions is shown as illustrated below.
I assume that this isn't used often since some quite obvious duplicates are ...
11
votes
1
answer
112
views
Are "error" and "problem" meta-tags?
From http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/:
If the tag can’t work as the only tag on a question, it’s probably a meta-tag.
Clearly, error and problem fit this criterion.
If ...
5
votes
2
answers
239
views
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 ...
29
votes
1
answer
953
views
Blacklist 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, ...
22
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Turn Markdown "code" blocks into plain "preformatted" blocks on Super User
On SU, can we remove the default syntax highlighting? It seems that most uses for the Markdown 4-space-indent-code-block on SU are not actual code, and the syntax highlighting is more of a hindrance ...
20
votes
1
answer
665
views
Reason for flags declined?
I had ~20 flags declined, and I do not know why. In addition, I posted to the "Ask a SU mod" chatroom why and did not hear back (hence me posting here).
Why were these flags declined?
EDIT: As a ...
20
votes
3
answers
556
views
Can we get rid of the company tags?
I don't think any of the following tags have questions that benefit them:
microsoft, apple, acer, samsung, sony, asus, ...
And thinking in the meta tag way, a question that's only about those tags ...
15
votes
1
answer
166
views
Revoking flags and close votes
I'd like to be able to revoke my own flags and close/reopen votes.
Since it can take quite a while for question votes to accumulate, the questions often change in the meantime. The same applies to ...
8
votes
1
answer
127
views
Make editing tag wikis more available to experienced users
Currently, tag wikis have very stringent requirements for editing:
Tag wikis can be edited by users with
more than 1500 reputation, provided:
They are in the top 20 answerers for
this ...
28
votes
1
answer
517
views
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 ...
25
votes
4
answers
508
views
Should we add a "no shopping recommendation" clause to the Super User FAQ?
As discussed several times, shopping questions are off-topic on Super User.
They are too specific, related to a particular time, a particular place, and are also open to subjectivity (advising "which ...
21
votes
1
answer
248
views
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 ...
17
votes
1
answer
274
views
July 2012 Moderator Election: Town Hall Chat [closed]
In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Town Hall Chat session with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the ...
17
votes
1
answer
154
views
Have a prompt when a tag is created
When a tag is created, a prompt should be raised, just so that people know they they are creating a tag, and are doing it intentionally.
I think that should solve address the answers to my previous ...
16
votes
1
answer
198
views
Make "code / command"-background more visible
I write code or commands using "backticks". But on SuperUser, the background doesn't have much visual contrast, so if I write multiple commands separated with comma or a single word, it's hard to ...
15
votes
1
answer
136
views
Flag dialog on low-score answers appears faded out
Related Meta Stack Overflow requests
The flag pop up on heavily downvoted answers has grey
text
Flag popup in review is translucent for non-hidden ignored
tags
Current status
When ...
13
votes
4
answers
337
views
Firefox versions going to infinity – should we merge the tags?
This is an update to: Merge firefox-related tags?
We now have:
firefox-3.6 x33
firefox-4 x129
firefox-5 x33
firefox-6 x15
firefox-7 x8
(nothing in between)
firefox-10 x4
How is this going to end up?...
12
votes
2
answers
180
views
Unable to propose tag wiki
I am trying to create a tag wiki for question-of-the-week, but every time I click on Propose Tag Wiki it just reloads the page and doesn't let me make the tag wiki.
12
votes
1
answer
216
views
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 ...
12
votes
3
answers
238
views
The [failure] tag, a story of fail?
Please look at the 226 questions under failure.
We are a site for computer problems. Tags such as "error" often don't add any additional value. The same goes for "failure", and it's probably a bit ...
11
votes
1
answer
167
views
"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 ...
10
votes
7
answers
25k
views
What is the standard term for a USB flash-drive/pen/thumb/stick?
There are several questions, particularly on Super User, which refer to the use of these drives but there isn't a standard term in use nor a standard tag. Though SU has 'thumb drive', it is not ...
10
votes
1
answer
126
views
What is causing "An error has occurred" in review?
I was performing some reviews when I got this error:
Seems to be on all review topics.
9
votes
2
answers
296
views
The [filter] tag is ambiguous
See list of questions tagged filter: some of them are about ffmpeg filters (used for resizing videos and such), some are about filtering data in MS Excel, some are about organising emails... none of ...
9
votes
2
answers
660
views
How do I log out of all Stack Exchange accounts at once?
So far I've started using Super User, Stack Overflow, Ask Ubuntu and Photography on the Stack Exchange network. Every time I log into one of them (with Google ID) and go to another one of these four ...
9
votes
3
answers
647
views
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> ...
8
votes
0
answers
543
views
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 ...
8
votes
1
answer
95
views
Improve filtering of spam suggested edits
I've been seeing an increasing number of spam edits in the review queues, replacing the entire body of the post with filler text such as a complement (to get past spam filters), then including a link ...
8
votes
1
answer
895
views
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 ...
7
votes
1
answer
93
views
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?
6
votes
2
answers
129
views
Retag windows-8 as windows-8-preview
As of now, Windows 8 is not out, and as such, all questions with tag windows-8 really relate to the preview, and should be retagged as such to windows-8-preview
This is in line with implementing the ...
6
votes
2
answers
123
views
Is [data] an useful tag? Do we need it? What should we do?
How to cancel hard disk from wanting to format and how to get my files back?
This question is tagged data but you know it's about data from hard-drive-recovery.
Best Light Software to Manage Large ...
5
votes
0
answers
60
views
Burninate error, errors, fatal error [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What could we do with the [error] tag?
I know this has been brought up already (the error tag anyway), but it has still not been acted on, so I thought I would bring it up ...
5
votes
1
answer
173
views
A bunch of tag rename/synonym requests
(See related chat discussion here)
NOTE: Most are small, so doesn't need special moderator attention, just update my post when you help.
Proposed tag renames/synonyms: (old tag --> new tag)
.net -->...
40
votes
0
answers
290
views
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 ...
29
votes
1
answer
284
views
DROP [columns] FROM tags;
There are 103 questions tagged with columns, and they are all over the map: several Excel questions that involve a column of data somehow (i.e., Excel questions), some questions about manipulating ...
27
votes
0
answers
165
views
Too many [options] to choose from
There are a lot of questions tagged with options. It's extremely meta, and there are no "options" experts that would benefit from a tag like this.
I suggest burninate, and black list.
25
votes
6
answers
977
views
Three free video cards for Valued Community Members(tm)
I've been doing some upgrading, so this means I have some extra PCI Express video cards. They are not too shabby, either.
ATI 5870 1GB
ATI 5870 1GB
ATI 5770 1GB
Now, the two 5870 cards are still ...
25
votes
2
answers
452
views
You like them hats? [closed]
Last year around Christmas time arQAde had a little promotion in which they awarded hats for gravatars for completing basic tasks around the site.
Here's a link to the promo from last year (and a ...
23
votes
2
answers
236
views
Split up the [split] tag [duplicate]
split is all over - it's about splitting files, DVDs, splitting windows/screen into two, Excel formula to split contents - I propose that we kill split
23
votes
0
answers
230
views
Should we put a limit on [limit]?
limit is a meta-tag used for a bunch of totally different purposes. Scanning the first page of questions I find questions about limiting
screen resolution
number of files
downloaded amount
parallel ...
21
votes
1
answer
256
views
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 ...
21
votes
1
answer
265
views
Time to be LESS organised
organization is a pretty big meta-tag.
It's uses include,
Organisation charts
Sorting data
Windows Explorer functionality
Email organisation
and many more.
Should we burn it?
20
votes
2
answers
232
views
Add Android Enthusiasts to the default migration targets, drop Gaming
As Android devices become more popular, Super User gets more and more off-topic Android questions. To quote our FAQ (emphasis mine):
If your question is not about...
videogames or consoles
...
20
votes
0
answers
363
views
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 ...