Questions tagged [support]
A request for assistance from community, moderators, or staff with one of the site's features
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I deleted my own question, can I get it back?
I deleted my question, because I saw a big flaw in it and didn't want a ton of downvotes.. I fixed it (it still had the option), and when I clicked 'OK' it said the question had been deleted (...
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Dark hacking? My account name got changed from "Randolf Richardson" to "Complicated see bio"
My account name is "Randolf Richardson" but somehow my account name was changed to "Complicated see bio." The description was also changed (it used to begin with "I am a spam-fighter ... I'm also ...
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Where should I migrate this question to?
UltraEdit FTP not working with DreamHost is not really about a problem with UltraEdit, but about a configuration problem at an ISP.
What is an appropriate site to migrate this question to?
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Where has the comment thread on Page File stuff gone to?
On What's wrong with disabling the Windows page file? Mehrdad and I had a non-heated discussion on page files, is it still available to us so that we continue on it in chat? I also might need it ...
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Why was my question about "Intentions and security risks of AIM bots" closed?
I've recently made a question at SuperUser about the intentions and security risks of AIM bots and it was downvoted and closed as Not a real question. I've browsed the site guidelines and I'm not ...
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Possible spam user "myopic.bones"
A large number of posts from myopic.bones seem to be spam. They include answers to the following questions:
Does e-mail address obfuscation actually work?
Limit Chrome's bandwidth
how to limit ...
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Do questions on search engine optimization belong here? If not, where do they belong?
E.g. I want to ask a question like: http://www.quora.com/SEO/If-you-re-use-your-Internet-name-on-numerous-sites-is-there-a-way-to-make-your-name-on-one-site-appear-before-your-name-on-another-site
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Some images from i.stack.imgur.com images only show an error message
Some answers in How do you get a shell on a Mac? have images that only show an error from imgur saying: "The image you are requesting does not exist or is no longer available. imgur.com"
Is that ...
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Edit tags on migrated question
This question has been migrated to Stack Overflow (you'll probably have to search on [macro] to see the stub), and now because of the bad decision to link it directly to that question on SO, it can't ...
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What does the recovery tag mean?
What does the recovery tag mean, if anything? Or is it one of those overly broad tags whose questions haven't yet been recategorized into sub-categories?
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Is it possible to make the valuable flair appear smaller?
I´m having some trouble with the valuable flair you can place on your own website.
I want to place it into the sidebar of my blog. The poblem is, the sidebars width is only 190px. The valuable flair ...
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SU tag merge request: [microsoft-word] and [word]
Can these tags on Superuser be merged into [microsoft-word] ?
[microsoft-word]: 358 tags
[word]: 39 tags
[msword]: 1 tag
EDIT: Can a moderator, please, add "Status-completed" tag to this question? ...
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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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Ban reinstated when I asked a new question after the existing one, but is not lifted by an upvote and +10 points in reputation?
I got banned without warning whatsoever who knows when (since Stack Exchange does not let you see the ban issuance date and time), and waited patiently until some days ago when it was lifted to ask a ...
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Accidental rollback - any penalties involved?
If my edit gets rolled back, will there be a (relevant) negative log associated with my account? If so can the roll back be undone if it has been applied by accident?
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Can't answer a highly active question even though I meet the reputation requirement
I seem to have found either a bug or an outdated message as can be seen in the below screenshot for me on this question: Google Chrome Dictionary Location
Highly active question. Earn 10 reputation ...
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Is this question about processor licensing off-topic?
Question in question: CPU Technology Licensing - Why Not?
To the best of my understanding, I am asking a question in the right place, per https://superuser.com/help/on-topic, under the category "...
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Is this question suitable here?
I came from the general meta site with this question in mind:
I know I can build a .rar file with regular method or programs, and append it to an image by using a command such as cat img.jpg myfile....
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Why does the audit system think this is a great answer?
I just failed an audit of the "First Posts" queue, by downvoting this answer on "Alternative for “tail -f” that follows filename".
This answer is not correct (as observed by one commenter), and does ...
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Why did I earn reputation because of a tag?
I've been reading all over the site to find the answer but can't find it. I don't see what I did to earn it, but thanks anyhow!
It says: "Reputation gained on this tag..." when I hover over the tag "...
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What is the tag “optical” used for and what is “optical-drive” used for?
Aren't those two, optical and optical-drive the same?
If not, could somebody please add a text to both of them which explains the difference?
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Why was “What programming languages can I assume on a random Linux server by default?” closed?
Why was What programming languages can I assume on a random Linux server by default? closed?
The close reason is too broad, but I don't understand what makes it too broad. I'm confident that my four-...
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Review queues not working?
Is there a problem with the First Post and Late Answer review queues?
They both seem suspiciously empty today. The other queues are fine as far as I can tell.
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Is "noise or pointless" coming back?
I noticed that many questions closed as noise or pointless were later changed to not constructive; however, today I saw a question with this old status again:
Is this intended, or is it a bug?
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Are there Badges for all Tags?
I just received my first "Tag" Badge (Microsoft-Excel, yeah!). When I looked into the Tags that had badges, I didn't notice any particular system for which Tags had Badges (at any level).
Are ...
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Closed questions need protection?
https://superuser.com/questions/72512/best-irc-client-for-windows was closed as a duplicate in 2009, but less then 10 minutes ago was protected. Is there a reason/rational for this? I assumed closed ...
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How should we handle spammers who recreate accounts after deletion?
I've got a spammer by the name of Jesse who just keeps coming, even after several account deletions:
https://superuser.com/users/162151/jesse
https://superuser.com/users/162150/jesse
https://...
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Where is the question about the "uses of Dropbox"?
I vaguely recall a question – probably on Super User – about uses of Dropbox.
It was very popular and probably got deleted because of subjectivity. Does anybody have a link to an archive of it?
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When can I '@' tag a user?
I have noticed that there are times when I am unable to '@' tag a user or trigger the auto-complete popup. Sometimes, even when I type @username in a comment, SE automatically removes the tag when ...
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Meta Tag Wikis Can't be Edited [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Unable to propose tag wiki
With the addition of tag wiki proposals, it seems as though Meta's language changed despite still not being able to edit tag wikis.
I can see how ...
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Can I add an SE OpenID to my existing profile?
Due to some complications signing in this morning with my Google account, I would like to register for a Stack Exchange OpenID account and add it to my profile. Is this possible? If so, how?
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Please align the Excel tags
We lost the battle on excel already, so now it's labeled microsoft-excel, but I see there is still confusion with the version specific tags.
microsoft-excel-2002
microsoft-excel-2003 excel-2003
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Merge ram and memory?
[ram] has 277 questions; [memory] has 296. Should we:
Merge the two into [ram]?
Merge the two into [memory]?
Leave both of them alone?
Retag [memory] questions that aren't about RAM into another tag, ...
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What does it take to gain reputation on superuser.com?
I've asked a couple of questions. I've answered a couple. But my rep is still at 1. What gives? I'd like to start commenting and up voting. And why doesn't rep span all the sites?
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Why did my flag get revised?
My flag got revised; not declined just revised meaning I got 11 flags instead of 10 today.
It was on this question for it being about software recommendations; I reflagged it.
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What reputation is required for tag edits without approval?
I thought tag edits can be done with 5000 reputation. Am I mistaken? My edit is still waiting for an approval.
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Question closed on Server Fault, then make here again - should I repeat the answer?
I answered a question on ServerFault yesterday. It appeared off topic there (probably that's true), but it was just asked again on SuperUser, where it is probably on-topic. Should I copy that answer ...
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Is there a way to contact person who commented on my topic
I have a question about my Super User post: How to create inbound rule which only accept Local Lan in win7 firewall
One guy has commented on my topic to want me to clarify something, and I checked ...
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Why doesn't a question with score of 5 show up in Top Questions in my network profile?
I've asked this question and it has a score of 5 (it's my only question with score of 5 or more on the Stack Exchange). But in my network profile, there is a part called "Top Questions" where it says ...
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Hacker out of a Slacker
I was looking at this question, and intentionally loaded two copies of the page (into two different tabs). Loading results were slow, and one of the tabs showed an error message.
It was about 12:...
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Are screenshots preferred over links?
I got an answer with a screen shot out of the documentation for the program I was asking about. In the comment thread below, the person who posted the screen shot seems to be alleging that screen ...
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Proposed Question - Supercomputers - Looking on info for the running time of WRF on ES2 (Earth Simulator 2)
I feel this question doesn't fit here - or possibly on any SE. Am I wrong?
Can someone help me find information on "How FAST WRF runs on ES2?"?
We know how fast ES2 runs, and how much memory ...
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Where are the canned comments located?
I am looking for a good set of canned comments for use when guiding new users around the site. I have loaded the SE AutoReviewComments plugin for Firefox, and there are good canned responses when ...
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Can question author accept a suggested edit that was rejected by reviewer?
I've received a suggested edit to my question which was rejected by a reviewer. Can I still accept it?
The suggested edit was correcting markup of my question. The reviewer rejected it with message "...
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Flag obsolete question for closing
Yesterday, I posted https://superuser.com/questions/836446/why-is-flash-player-trying-to-load-flex-framework-rsls-swz-files-from-my-serve/836750#836750, and today I found that the problem was due to a ...
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Is the ban warning too strict?
I want to ask a new question and get the warning
Wait! Some of your past questions have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from asking any more.
But I asked 9 questions ...
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Why do you regard a factual question about software as "outdated quickly and attract opinion-based answers"?
Why is a question about a capability of a software or for as "software that does x-action" put on hold or closed with the justification that it is "outdated quickly and attract opinion-based answers"?
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Merge [sdd] and [ssd] into [solid-state-drive]
I noticed that the tag sdd (7 questions) is for solid-state drives, according to the questions. However, the tag ssd (1,775 questions) is the actual tag for that concept. The tags should be merged ...
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Superuser says I raised two flags, but I only raised one
I've noticed this problem for a couple months now, but I thought it might have been a fluke.
Whenever I vote to close a question, when I click the flag button again to double check it was flagged, it ...
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Why can't I see why I got a close vote?
On my latest question, I got a close vote:
All I know is that I got a close vote, not why. I'd like to edit my question to prevent from getting more votes, is there a way to tell why I got it?
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