Questions tagged [status-completed]
Bug reports marked resolved or feature requests filed as done and live.
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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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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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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.
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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 ...
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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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Don't give us static about deleting [dynamic]
dynamic is meaningless. Seems like it mostly attracts Excel-related question for some reason. There are also some questions on random topics, like folder binding, task scheduler, DDNS, dynamically ...
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Lets turn the blinking off ... on .. off.. on ... PERMANTENTLY OFF
The blinking tag is used in 18 questions. Mostly about blinking LEDs, cursors and monitors which turn on and off.
I suggest we permanently blink it out of existence.
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Burninate or clean up the tag [dual]
We currently have 48 questions tagged dual.
There questions are on different subjects:
Dual ISPs
Dual dual mail accounts
Dual monitors
Dual graphics cards
Dual boot
Dual OS installations (...
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Please make [amazon] stop hurting my brain
I started to write a tag cleanup request for amazon, listing the different ways in which the tag is used. I got writer's cramp. Basically, if you can create an anagram that spells "amazon" from ...
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Close down the [small-business] here!
The small-business tag seems quite meta, and I don't see how an "expert" in small business would profit from using this tag.
Thoughts? Should we keep it or get rid of it?
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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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Skip the [skipping] tag?
skipping has no wiki definition and is used in various ways:
failing to process fragments of audio or video
intentionally ignoring items when processing a list like a playlist
searching for the ...
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Meat tag needs killing: [Devices]
devices does not seem to help a question. Although already proposed last year, it still is running rampant with over 290 questions!
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Disable virtual menus
Please help clean up the tags:
disable now removed
virtual now removed
menus now removed
I've already been working on these for some time.
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Question of the Week #42
Now we're into post #42 of the "Top Question" of Super User in the Super User blog.
But WAIT! What happened to post 41!
I messed up and didn't get it up in time. So I selected my own ...
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Create a queue for posts that will have to be reviewed later
There are many posts that should be placed in a queue to be checked later. An example is this one, but there are comments like this scattered all over the place:
Having a queue like this would ...
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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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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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Pummel [panel]?
panel is an undefined tag with 42 questions. Even if it was defined, it begs misuse because it can apply to so many different kinds of things, and people don't read the wiki excerpts. Should we beat ...
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Merge [email-rules] and [email-filter]
email-rules has 1 follower and 61 67 uses:
Actions performed automatically on incoming or outgoing messages, based on conditions that you specify.
email-filter has 0 followers and 48 51 uses:
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The theory tag may be redundant
theory has 15 questions. Some are low quality but out of scope. Its also a classic meta-tag, and considering our close reasons contain a mention of practical problems, I propose we nuke this
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Can we add a little more to the close option Off-Topic --> Recommendation?
I created a meta post that shows how to ask questions that may involve recommendations. I think that it would be good to add this to the closing option of Off-Topic --> recommendations. This is ...
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Canning the ccna tag
The ccna tag seems to either be "I saw this question in an exam" IE - not a actual problem or dosen't really add to the searchability of a question. There's 7 instances of it, a good chunk of which ...
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Erase the [notes]
notes is an undefined tag with multiple uses:
The "Notes" feature of various software
The Notes page in PowerPoint
Small text files
Endnote
Lotus Notes
Notes 9 Webmail
Evernote
MS Onenote
Request for ...
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Replacement needs a replacement
replacement
Questions range from file replacement to find and replace text to hardware replacement
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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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Question of the Week #40
Now we're into post #39 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 "Possible Duplicate" link/auto-text should NOT be part of the question itself
When a question gets closed as a possible duplicate, Community ♦ edits the post to insert the "duplicate link":
That's great! We should be directing users to the "original" question. The problem ...
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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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Burning [books]
books is a very ambiguous tag. It's use is varied, although generally it is used by questions looking for book recommendations. It heralds from the era of '09
A lot of the questions are closed and ...
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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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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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Everyone's talking about the same [dialogue]
dialog and dialogbox are defined and synonomized. dialogue is undefined and had one question. I edited the tag to change it to [dialog], which leaves [dialogue] empty. If the alternate spelling is ...
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Tag cleanup: [electronics]
electronics appears to be a pretty useless, undefined tag. Many of the questions contain this tag only because computers and related devices use electronics. Aside from that, usage includes:
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Fold the [card] tag
card does not look like it helps anyone (except the Texas Hold'em players). It doesn't make certain questions easier to find, and has low usage. I recommend getting rid of it.
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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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We're in the [same-state] as a messy tagged site
Does anyone know how to be an expert at same-state? Who are the experts that would benefit from this tag?
Get rid of it!
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Tag cleanup: [interface]
interface is an undefined, ambiguous tag that appears to be unnecessary as a stand-alone tag. It is used to mean:
network interface (existing specific tag)
user interface (existing specific tag)
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Can we kill the consolidate tag?
Its not too bad, only 10 uses of it, and Its easy to eliminate. Its got no tag wiki, and as such it won't be missed if we drag it out somewhere and bury it. Its a classic metatag apparently used with ...
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why is it telling me always "You can only post once every 5 minutes."
I think it's a bug, but it doesn't allow me to post a question.
You can only post once every 5 minutes.
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HTTPS links aren't accepted when proposing a duplicate
I'm using HTTPS Everywhere plugin which redirects me to HTTPS versions of websites if they are available. It works on SuperUser too, so all SU pages are loaded through HTTPS.
I have just tried to ...
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Synonymize [tfs] with [team-foundation-server]
It looks like the Team Foundation Server tags have gotten jumbled:
tfs has a tag wiki excerpt, but only three questions.
team-foundation-server has 34 questions, but no wiki excerpt.
TFS is a pretty ...
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Request to reopen question 600238
This question about creating CD+Gs from MP4s was closed this morning, 27 May 2013, at 04:05 UTC for being off-topic: in its original form, the question was obviously a software-rec.
Twelve minutes ...
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Are these Fail2Ban, Munin and “Failed password” related questions more appropriate for Server Fault?
While I spend a good chunk of time here on Super User, my day-to-day/work-a-day head is in the Linux server administration world. A lot of times there’s overlap between “power user” needs and server ...
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tag cleanup: [editor]
I was looking for an example for my question on tag definitions and came across editor, which isn't the best example because it obviously needs tag cleanup. So this is a tag cleanup request. In ...
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Normalize [normalize]
normalize is used mostly to mean equalizing volume. However, some questions use the tag to mean standardize the format of a document or spreadsheet. Although there are not yet any examples, the term ...
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Can we pair off [pairing] with [bluetooth]?
pairing is a tag specifically for pairing bluetooth devices, according to it's Wiki. However I'm not convinced it's different enough of a topic area from bluetooth to warrant it's own tag.
Should we ...
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Do we need the [downtime] tag?
I can not see any possible use for the downtime tag, and there are only 7 questions tagged with it. Should we remove it?
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