Questions tagged [support]
A request for assistance from community, moderators, or staff with one of the site's features
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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 ...
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Question view count shows zero despite having an answer
How is it possible that a question can have zero (0) views and yet also have an answer?
Doesn't having an answer mean that there was at least one view?
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How do comment @replies work?
In a comment under my questions somebody used first name only @Ivoxzy instead of using the users full name @Ivoxyz FFlipse
Is the correct user going to informed about this message that was address ...
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Chat doesn't think I am logged in
I have used chat in the past but now it prompts me to login, but I am already logged in (via Google).
If I run the help page tests every single one passes.
Current PC is an Acer laptop running ...
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What happened to "quack quixote" ?
quack quixote is a moderator of SuperUser, and I realize that he's not been around quite a while. I checked his profile, and he was last seen on July 13th 2010 at 17:17. Does anyone (esp. the ...
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I can't post pictures because I'm a newcomer?
I can't post any pictures because I'm a newcomer. It says that I need at least 10 reputation to do so. How can I fix this?
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SU Retag Request: [computers] + [pc] --> [computer] or [pc]
Can a synonym be made for computers and can computer and pc be merged into a single tag?
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Vote to close - off-topic descriptions are wrong
Clicking to close a question as 'off topic' gives a list of off-topic reasons but the 'belongs on...' descriptions all say "Q&A for professional and independent game developers" ...
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My question was closed as exact duplicate, but instead was exactly the opposite
my question has been closed as exact duplicate of this - but has anyone bothered to read it? Or do you just blindly cast close votes? The "duplicate" is asking about exactly the opposite of what I ...
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Can I see a list of votes for my comments?
Quite often, advice or recommendations are given as comments to questions and answers. Maybe slightly off-topic, does not meet one of the requirements of the question, or to back up someone else's ...
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I had two of my answers deleted and I don't understand why.
I had two of my answers deleted and I don't understand why. I left the second answer as deleted by the moderator as I am not going to go against the moderator, rather a reason why the answers were ...
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Rename tag [tortoise-svn] to [tortoisesvn] to be consistent with other stack* sites
I world like to propose tha the tag tortoise-svn is renamed to tortoisesvn, because that is the tag that is used on stackowerflow.
That makes the cross site feature tagging better.
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Old unanswered inactive questions with low views/votes
@IvoFlipse was looking for a query to find old unanswered inactive questions with low views/votes. Because those kind of questions clutter the site and keep the unanswered question ratio high, it is a ...
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Super User notifications
I tried asking this in chat, but there has been no one in the room for hours. I am in Western Australia, GMT+8.
Is there a way to be notified by Superuser.com when someone replies to a comment, or ...
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Several issues with posting questions on SU.com
Crap title, I know, sorry. But there really are a few weird issues going on.
I can't seem to post without a captcha. Ever.
Tag autocompletion is flat-out not working
I get a submission failure ...
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How come this question has 200+ kviews? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Over 243,000 views in 3 days?
What are the Windows A: and B: drives used for?
The view count of this question is the highest to be found on any stackexchange question, how is ...
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Problem with numbering in Markdown
When using a numbered list that's interrupted by a quote for each item, it's being rendered correctly in the edit/preview screen, but ends up 'resetting' each item in the final version.
In edit mode:
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How do I remove an open ID?
I tried to move my OpenID from Google to Google Apps and, probably as a result of not following the instructions carefully enough, I now have a primary OpenID which points to my Google Apps account ...
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SU Retag Request: [partition*] --> [partion(ing)]
Sorry to bother once again, but while evaluating the tags on this question I came up with another one:
partition
partitioning
partition-scheme (Doesn't need a separate tag imo)
disk-partition (...
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SU Retag Request: [applications] --> [software]
applications might benefit from being merged to software.
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SU Retag Request: [internet] <-> [networking] <-> [connection]
We might want to consider migrating between the similar and perhaps duplicate tags:
web
internet
networking (I proposed network -> networking here)
connection
All questions of internet could be ...
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