Questions tagged [support]
A request for assistance from community, moderators, or staff with one of the site's features
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How to get actual image to post?
I have a question about my Super User post: How to get rid of white edges
When I first posted this question, the appended image didn't show up. Instead, there was just the word "graphics," ...
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Log in required when moving to SuperUser on iPad?
When moving around the sites on StackExchange using Safari on my iPad (not the StackExchange App), I am fine when moving to any site other than SuperUser. When logged in I can switch sites and stay ...
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A “not relevant” flag on a comment suggesting a question improvement where the improvement was rolled into the question was declined. Why?
First off, though my search-fu is strong, I haven't been able to discern if declined flag queries belong on child metas or the main meta. I'm trying here first.
I just had a "not relevant" flag ...
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Rename Tag: [attachments] into [email-attachments]
I would like to suggest to rename the attachments-tag into email-attachments, analogue to the email-signature-tag.
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Can you lose a badge if criteria is no longer met?
I was awarded the tumbleweed badge for the question linked below (thanks a bunch for all your help guys !)
PYTHON Set outline color for a barplot
My question is, if someone now comes along and ...
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Is the Commodore 64 Mini on topic?
The Commodore 64 Mini is a general-purpose computer that comes with Linux. It comes preinstalled with games, but it also comes preinstalled with BASIC that can load other programs. It is supposed to ...
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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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How to deal with censorship by a high rep user?
I've made a few comments on an old post, which was (unfortunately, IMHO) closed as OT.
Some appended to some answers, trying to contribute and provide more info and evidence on them, but another ...
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How to deal with spam+answer?
We have spammers on the site.
Normally, you vote them down + flag: spam.
However, if the spammer also self-answers their own post with an answer (that is also spam btw), what do we do to the answer?
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Why was this question about Alexa off-topic (and how can I write it better)?
I deleted this question, after it was downvoted and closed as off-topic***.
That's totally fine, I respect the wisdom of those who are smarter and more experienced with this SE site ( @keltari , @...
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Superuser logs me off automatically after few minutes
I logon to SU using my google Id and use Chrome browser to access it. However, It logs me off after every few minutes. Google keeps me logged on and i can access all my things there (emails and other ...
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My question already exists on here (without an answer, yet), so I improved that post instead of posting the question again but the edit was rejected
I have a question, which already exists as a question on here: xterm copy to PRIMARY and CLIPBOARD independently However, unfortunately, there is no answer, yet. So I tried to improve that existing ...
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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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Received 38 downvotes on different posts in 4 minutes [duplicate]
This is my reputation history right now:
These are 38 of my highest-voted questions and answers. Looks like I made some enemies. Could moderators handle this, please?
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Im Losing a lot of rep to edits that are not really necessary
I'm getting a lot of edits that are personal opinion, like the order of words, where I put links (see THIS example). Is there any way I can not accept the edits? There was also some capitalization, ...
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What if I don't want a question migrated to stackoverflow?
There are times when questions migrate here from stackoverflow. But do they migrate from here to over there too? And if so, is it without my consent?
I don't want an account made automatically for ...
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Why is the header of this site not fixed?
If you go to https://www.stackoverflow.com then you will notice, that the header is fixed and always visible.
Why is this not the case at superuser?
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Questions with [tag:medical] tag
I found questions tagged as medical, some 12 questions with 1 follower.
This tag has no info as I was curious to find out what questions it would cover.
What is the justified use of this tag? I saw ...
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Why can't Superuser highlight Powershell syntax but SE Android App can?
In this answer I added a small Powershell script. In Firefox and Chromium, that code doesn't show syntax highlighting. I'm using latest Firefox and Chromium browsers and don't want to change it.
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My answer keeps getting suggested edits from spambots
I have been noticing a trend that my this answer, always gets edited by some spammer (may be a bot). It's only that answer and no other answer in any of the other SE network.
Finding subdirectories ...
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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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Questions about Temple OS?
I don't exactly understand the topic here,
computer software
Is a bit vague. The "Help Center" goes on to say
programming and software development
is off topic. Let's say though there was an ...
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Why is my answer a 'bad answer' and being downvoted? [duplicate]
I supplied an answer in this question :-
Laptop charge 126W for a 120W laptop
and it is being downvoted without comment. Why?
The answer is factually correct, and consistent with what ...
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Why are tag suggestions and votes tied together?
I noticed that a new tag block-chain was created and wanted to add a synonym blockchain to it because I frequently encounter either writing. The latter seems to be the correct one so maybe another ...
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Help understand why question closed for being too broad and what to do about it
My Question was closed due to it allegedly being too broad.
Is it because my question can have multiple correct answers?
Is it because I did not specify which part NTLM I am interested in?
Please ...
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Can I add my GitHub repository link in answers?
I've recently posted an answer https://superuser.com/a/1313540/726810 and the procedure requires some programming knowledge. I've a open source GPL repository in GitHub where I provided the already ...
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Why can't I flag a particular question as off-topic?
This question about potential harm from an Ethernet port is understandably locked. However, even though it generated a couple of good answers, and I can see a potential link to home networking, I don'...
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OP edits the question himself instead of accepting a suggested edit.
First of all, I am not reaching out to the person who did this to disadvantage him.
Basically what happend is, the OP asked a question. I suggested some little edits to improve the formatting. ...
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Why is the top bar on Super User smaller than on other sites?
According to this post, the top bar's height has been changed to 50px on all Stack Exchange sites in order to have the same height on Stack Overflow and on other sites. However, on Super User, the top ...
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Why was this off-topic (resource recommendation) flag declined?
I flagged this question as off-topic, using the reason "Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations are off-topic because they become outdated quickly and attract opinion-...
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New tag request: “elinks”
For questions about the elinks text-mode web browser. There are several elinks-specific questions in existence already.
[edit: ...and I'm about to post another.] I would like to tag this question.
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How to enter suggestions
What can I do when I don't have a question but actually some kind of advice for hopefully a number of superusers around there? Should I first ask the question, wait a bit and than answer my own ...
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Where to ask the question “Which X have the largest share of users?”
I wanted to ask a question about software usage statistics here, but other people don’t seem to like my question, for reasons I can’t really understand. Is there anywhere on Stack Exchange where I ...
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How to change password for my Superuser/StackExchange account?
I want to change the password for my Superuser/StackExchange account.
Its been 3 years since i changed it -- I know, Unhealthy!
But for the life of me, i can't seem to find the option on "Profile", "...
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My cross-site auto-login does not work; where do I look to fix it?
I am active in a handful of sites like superuser and stack overflow. When I find time to come here, I often work on several questions or answers.
I was always annoyed that I can log out all my ...
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Remove accidental rollback to previous revision
In this question Does Windows Firewall fully block Windows Telemetry?, I wanted to edit my answer. But suddenly my PC's cursor glitches and I clicked to rollback and delete option of that answer.
Now ...
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How to recover account
I have not used this site in years. When I tried to ask a question it says "we are not accepting questions from this account.
How to recover account? Or do I simply have to use another account to ask ...
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Moderator abuse
Assist me in creating ics-events with complicated repeat patterns? is closed because the moderator doesn't understand what ICS are (They are just text strings in a .ics-file and I was looking for ...
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How to deal with answers I cannot check anymore?
Since I asked https://superuser.com/a/1282119 I reinstalled my computer from scratch, therefore I cannot test the answer(s) provided.
How should I handle them? never accept any, since it's not tested?...
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Improperly deleted answer
RE this answer
User wants to find a "way to get around this 10-lookups-only limit"
The 10 lookup limit is a limit for DNS lookups. Flattening the SPF record to include less DNS lookups and ...
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How to handle a suspected troll?
Consider the question What are file systems? - there is no indication of what research the querent has done, and punching the title into Google generates a bunch of links to sites (including Wikipedia)...
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Why is a “reputation” required to ask a question about Windows 10?
I wasn't allowed to add the "Windows 10" tag to my question, which was specific to Windows 10. What is the purpose of prohibiting people from asking questions specific to Windows 10?
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Why did I have all but one reputation point removed and get accused of spamming?
I was browsing through questions and all of a sudden my reputation on superuser dropped from 16 to 1, this I am sure of, and I can't seem to find a reason why.
On the other hand, I think my ...
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Request to re-open 1275693
It's been marked as too broad but I did some editing and I think I narrowed things down. Here is the link. I've sent flags to moderators to re-open it after my editing but they declined them saying "...
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Question marked as off-topic
This question marked as off topic because it's "seeking for hardware shopping recommendations".
The question title itself makes clear this is an incorrect reading ("Calculating an appropriate wattage ...
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Edit someone else's question vs approve edit, reputation wise
There is this question asked where the user doesn't have enough reputation to post images. I usually edit the post to add the image so I can then start to answer the question normally.
I have plenty ...
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How to delete a wrong post
I posted this off-topic post on Super User.
And now I am stuck with it. I can't delete it. Other people see it and downvote which causes me to lose reputation and puts me at risk of being blocked ...
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Spam through autobiographer badge?
Discussion on MSE
I noticed this today when looking at badges.
Obviously these accounts will probably be nuked by some type of spam script, but for now it's mildly annoying that I can't celebrate ...
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My answer was deleted: why, and what should I do now?
I have a question about my Super User post: How do I play audio though jackd from console?
Hi.
I submitted an answer to superuser, but my answer was deleted. I've checked the list of possible causes ...
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Unable to ask this question
I am unable to submit this question, it is not up to standards, as the fourm says...
I am looking for a battery for a laptop from japan, says "PC-ns750aag-e3" on the back.
I am having trouble, ...
