Questions tagged [support]
A request for assistance from community, moderators, or staff with one of the site's features
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question got migrated from stackoverflow to superuser. what should i do? repost?
I got a question that got migrated from SO to SP.
what do i do after that? repost?
look for the migrated question?
can somebody do a slightly detailed explanation with good examples what type of ...
keisimone
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Has anyone seen a reputation jitter on Superuser lately?
For the last three days I find that my reputation is increased to nearly its daily cap sometime around mid-day. But, later this gets rolled back.
Looking at my rep history for the day when this ...
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Tags problem for Superuser
Uservoice was discontinued, so I come here with this.
The concept behind superuser is somewhat different than that of Stackoverflow and Serverfault.
Questions about software are often limited to a ...
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Why aren't there any SuperUser users with a Beta badge?
Why aren't there any SuperUser users with a Beta badge?
Randell
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Are smartphone questions permitted on Super User?
The Super User FAQ states that superuser.com is for asking questions related to computer hardware and software.
Is asking iPhone or android questions allowed?
EDIT: Maybe the real question is: do we ...
Nick Kavadias
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Possible bug in inserting link over selected text
I experienced a bit of really weird behavior on superuser this morning. I created a new ticket, and in that ticket I had made two links. The first link I added after typing some stuff, and I made it ...
Nik Reiman
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Why does SuperUser hide comments without upvotes, even if there are no other comments?
I've noticed on SuperUser that comments without upvotes are hidden by default, even if there are no other comments with upvotes. This is different from SO and MSO. Is this a bug, or the desired ...
Kip
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Multiple Link issue in a Superuser question
There seems to be an issue in multiple links some how.
I have 2 links in the question below
https://superuser.com/questions/2389/what-is-wolfram-alpha-good-for/2705#2705
The 2nd link is different ...
Jeff Martin
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Why I get different points from upvoted?
My answers on SuperUser get different points from upvoteds.
One get 5 points and other one get 2 points. (no downvotes)
Why is this happening?
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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?
paul
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Does bounty apply to a CW question?
On this question the OP opened a bounty, however the question is Community Wiki. Should bounty's still apply to these questions?
Edit
To clarify I am trying to determine if the bounty will actually ...
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What could be the reason of a negative reputation?
This question on su got -100 reputation and I don't know why. In its revision history "Community" named user (I think it is a robot :) ) deleted and locked the question. Maybe this is the reason but ...
spinodal
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SuperUser.com blocked by corporate firewall
Due to the questions regarding gaming and consoles on the SuperUser site our corporate firewall just blocked SuperUser as a gaming site and completely blocks access.
How do you convince your IT team ...
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New User limitations
How long does it take to NOT be considered a 'New User'. Is it reputation, day/hour based?
kpoehls
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Not possible to enter name/email to post an answer when not logged in
If you're not logged in, and attempt to post an answer, SU will prompt for an OpenID url, but the red text under that says:
You must provide name and email, or
your OpenID
I don't see any way to ...
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This is an OpenID we haven't seen before
My account works pretty well on the other three sites.
But when I log on to Super User, I get:
This is an OpenID we haven't seen before: [openid]
What gives?
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Why call It Super User?
Stack Overflow and Server Fault are both clearly for problems in their respective fields. As such, why is Super User to be called Super User? Is it because it too begins with an S? What were other ...
AlbertoPL