Questions tagged [support]
A request for assistance from community, moderators, or staff with one of the site's features
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Captcha not showing input....
When prompted for a Captcha by SU, There's no visible captcha text and no input box. The only thing visible is the "I'm a human" button.
Windows XP, FireFox 4
Form Source:
<form method="...
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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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A Kindle question closed; why? It's software+hardware...
https://superuser.com/q/276010/65570 was closed with a message "Questions on Super User are expected to generally relate to computer software or computer hardware in some way".
According to the ...
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Can someone explain to me about reputation?
I don't understand how to get Reputation. I have tried searching for the answer, but to no avail. Even a link to the correct page will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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Why can't we flag as "off topic" for other SE sites?
When we flag as "Off-topic" and suggest another SE site, we can only choose from a couple options. I've been in the situation where I want to flag a post as Android or iDevice, but can't select these ...
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Comments on migrated question no longer relevant
This question of mine was migrated from StackOverflow to SuperUser. The comments on it are no longer relevant. Can they be deleted?
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Why am I having difficulty getting specific answers?
First off, I am wholly prepared to accept responsibility for vagueness in my questions. As such I want to clear any up. As yet, they are not apparent to me. As such, I'd like to request better ...
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Should my rep be combined?
I was just wondering if the reputation from both my Super User and Stack Overflow accounts should be combined?
On one of them I have 600~ and on the other I have 100.
Are they supposed to be ...
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Does StackExchange keep records of removed OpenIDs?
Who (other than myself) can view my OpenID?
If I change my OpenID (add new one, then remove old one), does StackExchange keep a record of the removed OpenID in database?
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SU About page has 4 mods elected in 2011, the Election page shows 3
At the bottom of the Super User About page, it shows that four moderators were elected in the 2011 Community Moderator Elections (Sathya, DMA57361, nhinkle, & studiohack). However, on the ...
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Different concept of 'days ago' used on reputation feed.
As far as I can tell, "1 day ago" doesn't quite mean the same thing on the reputation feed as it does elsewhere, e.g. activity.
On chat, Daniel Beck says:
@PriceChild This one's easy. Rep feed
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Merge some .NET tags
There are questions that are tagged .net-framework (110), and other questions tagged .net-framework-3.5 (7), .net-3.5 (4), .net-2.0 (2).
Would not to keep .net-framework as general tag, and use tags ...
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How to add my photo to SU account?
I tired to add my photo to my profile, it redireted me to Gravatar i added my photo there, then what, i don't understand the next step.. Thank you for your help
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Did I ask about Adobe Acrobat here in error?
I am wondering if anyone can help me (perhaps by migration?) find an answer to the question I posed a little over a week ago? It involves changing an Adobe Acrobat pre-packaged template for PDF ...
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SO user new to SU starting with 101 reputation?
Out of curiosity - how can a user start out with a rep of 101 on SU? I'm looking at the profile of Merlin and even though he has no activity visible to me (no votes anyhow), he seems to have started ...
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Idle moderator position
quack quixote has left Super User for good (here is the related post), and he still seems to have the moderator position (obviously idle). I think this position should be granted (by election) to an ...
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Would a hardware comparison question count as 'shopping recommendation'?
I have a question about motherboards. I wanted to know if there were any downfalls of buying a motherboard that can take am2/am2+ and am3 cpus. Usually you only see am3 CPUs being supported.
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superuser rss feed not displaying on Windows7 gadget [closed]
Hi,
I searched around superuser and could not find similar question. Many users have problem to "display the gadget", but my problem is that the gadget showed up properly, but only few of my feeds ...
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Criteria prohibiting asking further question on stackexange sites
I was going to ask my another question on superuser.com but instead of the question form
I was informed by the message
Sorry, we are no longer accepting
questions from this account.
I don't know ...
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Accessing superuser.com/users/flag-weight/<username> results in error
When I try to access https://superuser.com/users/flag-weight/dragonlord I get a 500 eror. However, accessing https://superuser.com/users/flag-weight/73918 does not.
Can this be handled more ...
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Explanation requested for deleted answer
Just curious why my answer on this question (10K / mod obviously required to view my answer) was deleted by a mod. If the reason is that it sounds like a comment, then I take exception to that ...
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Am I able to move a question of mine from SuperUser to IT Security?
Namely, this one? And, if not, what is the Right Way to ask for it to be moved?
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Reputation for 'marked as answer' not credited
Today a response by me Matlab user guides in Kindle format was marked as answer and also upvoted .
The upvote was credited but the reputation points for marked as answer was not
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Why was this question closed?
Why was this question on Windows documentation closed? It is based on an actual problem I faced, it is answerable and it is about software. The reason given to close it, being outside the scope ...
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Reputation not being credited to SU account on some questions migrated from SF even though SF rep lost
I've noticed that some questions that have been answered on ServerFault that eventually get migrated to SuperUser are not crediting me with the reputation that I gained on ServerFault, even though I ...
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All superuser tabs crashed in chromium
This has happened twice to me today , all the open tabs of superuser crashed simultaneously on Chromium (11.0.697.0 (77441)) , on refreshing the pages come back.
Does anybody know why this is ...
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Who is previewing tag wikis?
I'm not quite to 2500 rep on SU yet, so when I made a tag wiki for VBA, it said that it would have to be previewed and approved. That was quite a while back, and nothing's been done on it one way or ...
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Why is my question being voted to close right now?
I do not know what's wrong with this:
https://superuser.com/questions/260317/comprehensive-online-product-database-with-decent-search-function
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How do you get the sportsmanship badge?
What exactly means upvoting (100) "competing answers"?
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How do I revert, undo, or reverse my own edit?
Yesterday on stackoverflow I accidentally edited someone's answer instead of my question.
I added an "Update: " and saved it then realized my mistake, and edited again, took that edit out and put it ...
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Is it OK to ask questions about a certain product on Super User?
I am looking for a webcam and I wanted to know if I can ask for recommendations on superuser. Is this kind of thing allowed?
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Empty tooltip for non-existing tag
When asking a new question and creating a tag that doesn't exist I get just an empty hover-up box.
I haven't tried to actually post a question with a bogus tag, so I'm not sure if this behaviour ...
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Issues with OpenID.org - allow users register with their email?
User Randolph Richardson is a contributing member of SU, but he is an unregistered user because he cannot get his OpenID.org account to work properly. I have offered to merge his unregistered account ...
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Images abducted by ImageShack.us until we pay the ransom
I'm not sure what is involved in the registration of the domain (surely they want some $$).
This is the question: iTunes 9 does not show icon in Windows 7 taskbar?
Can a moderator register the ...
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How does one appeal a close decision due to supposed question duplicate?
How do I 'share' a folder to the public in dropbox?
This isn't my question and I fully agree that my answer isn't the best one, but it is very clear to me that @Sathya is incorrect in his ...
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Un-close question -- not off-topic?
The question I'm referring to is Youtube etc. video problem
Someone closed it as off-topic, probably under the impression that the question was about "a website" or "a web service". In fact, the ...
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889 edits, yet no Copy Editor badge
I checked the Users > Editor > All tab, and learnt that I have made 889 edits so far. "Copy Editor" badge is given after 500 edits, but I did not receive it. What could be the problem here?
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Cannot vote on answer unless edited because it is locked
I tried to vote on the other answer to my question, but it says I can’t unless it is edited because my “vote” from 45 minutes ago is locked. The only vote on that answer was from well over a week ago ...
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What happened to the log out link? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where is the 'logout' link?
Where did the logoff link go on the Stack Overflow sites?
I don't see it anymore.
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Did someone just do a sitewide rep recalc?
I just lost 93 points in one day, with no downvotes, and it matches my /reputation calculation. So it seems like someone is deleting a lot of stuff, but they'd have to do a recalc for that to impact ...
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How do I view *all* of my historical questions?
How do I view my complete question history? I'm looking at but I can't see a way to change the date range.
Also in the past when I clicked on my name, the questions were shown right then. This ...
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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 ...
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What is the "flag weight" in my profile? [closed]
I have been recently seeing an expression under my profile picture which says:
flag weight 250
What does it mean? What is it for?
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Why was my question on Windows Mobile closed ?
https://superuser.com/questions/246940/how-to-associate-m3u-files-with-windows-media-player
There are 101 Windows Mobile questions
https://superuser.com/questions/tagged/windows-mobile
and 178 WMP ...
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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-...
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how do I view revisions to a question?
how do I view revisions to a question (presumably including tag changes)?
do I need a certain rep amount, if so how much?
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Any chances to bring a "long-ago-deleted question" back?
A long time ago, I had a problem with writing DVD +R/-R DL discs on my desktop computer, and I asked a question on SU. Then I deleted that question after some time since I couldn't find a solution.
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Why was my question moved, and why was it then deleted off of the original site?
I asked a question a while ago on Super User: https://serverfault.com/questions/227152/what-is-a-good-os-to-mess-around-with-xen-dom0
I logged into Super User today to find it had been moved. I don't ...
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What is the etiquette regarding asking a question again on another Stack Exchange site?
I've asked a question on SuperUser before I realised that Ask Different existed. I feel that my question would be better served on the the Ask Different Stack Exchange site. How should I go about ...
