Questions tagged [support]
A request for assistance from community, moderators, or staff with one of the site's features
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Update the FAQ to disallow any product recommendation questions
Foreword added at +2/-1:
To make this clear: As far as I can tell (and I quote a diamond moderator below), this is already official moderation policy on this site. I just want to have this added ...
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How do I log out of this site?
I accidentally created a user when trying to log in, and now I can't find how to log out... I can't find a logout button. So how do I log out?
Here is some extra text because it won't let me post ...
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When is an answer eligible to be flagged as "not an answer"? What to do?
When I am flagging answers I read
This was posted as an answer, but it does not answer the question. It should possibly be an edit, a comment, another question, or deleted altogether.
This is very ...
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Old monthly tag cleanups [closed]
This post is no longer active. It is preserved for historical reasons only. For more info on our new tag cleanup procedure, see:
Help us clean up tags!
A new way to clean up tags
The following tags ...
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Company tag necromancy: The zombie apocalypse!
Just when we thought we finally got rid of them all they appear to have been resurrected.
adobe x 200 — about 100 software and service products, PDF, Flash, Flex, graphics and video editing, web ...
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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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Help us clean up tags!
Tags on Super User are meant to categorize posts to help people with specific expertise or interests to quickly discover posts that are relevant to them.
Over time we've collected quite a few ...
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Super User mid 2012 tag/question cleanup [closed]
During my course of reviewing, editing & general janitorial cleanup, I ran into a few tags that were pretty much useless. Since there's too much for me to take action up, I'm posting the list here....
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Banned Tag Proposal: Hackintosh
Due to the legal gray area that exists with regards to building or running Hackintosh machines we have always discouraged these question on SU since it would attract unnecessary attention to the site ...
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Are "error" and "problem" meta-tags?
From http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/:
If the tag can’t work as the only tag on a question, it’s probably a meta-tag.
Clearly, error and problem fit this criterion.
If ...
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Why was the question "Why are there 8 bits per byte?" closed?
TL;DR: I'm looking for opinions on why this question should be open or closed.
Answer: I now understand why it has been closed: It is not a real problem because it has no practical use.
https://...
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How can I request to move a question to a different Stack Exchange site?
I have a question that would be better off on Stack Overflow, but I asked it here.
I've added an edit asking it to be moved, but it's still here.
How can I request for it to be moved?
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Reason for flags declined?
I had ~20 flags declined, and I do not know why. In addition, I posted to the "Ask a SU mod" chatroom why and did not hear back (hence me posting here).
Why were these flags declined?
EDIT: As a ...
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Could we have a less obvious review audit user?
I've noticed a good chunk of my edit approval review audits are by the same user (who I will not name ;p), with a .. suspicious amount of rep (999/1024). I realize that review audits are meant to ...
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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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Flagging posts that answer the question with something the OP has already dismissed
Note: This is a follow-up on Is “Y” really a valid answer to “I want X, and tried to do Y, but it doesn't work”? — because I don't think this is sufficiently answered, or at least doesn't seem too ...
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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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Is "Y" really a valid answer to "I want X, and tried to do Y, but it doesn't work"?
A few flags of mine were declined when I flagged answers that suggest to do things the OP dismissed as not working right in his question. The reason for being declined is the following:
declined - ...
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How to merge duplicate accounts?
I had an account on StackOverflow and another here on SuperUser.
Yesterday, I saw an option on StackOverflow to merge accounts, and I tried to do so. Unfortunately, I probably did something wrong, ...
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Sudden influx of Korean spam
Has someone been fiddling with the filters?
10 or so Korean spam posts on Super User within the past few minutes.
Can we get this banned?
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One of those "trick" questions [duplicate]
Just chillin'
I was in Review and the below question popped up but in a different view not showing the votes as one of those "test" reviewer questions that grade you based on whether or not it feels ...
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2023 stand about "troubleshooting"
Tl;Dr What is the current SU stand about troubleshooting questions?
I'm a long time computer user used to do my best to solve "simple" problems, long time lurker on multiple forums ...
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Should humorous/funny questions be deleted from Super User?
I was browsing through some recently deleted questions, and found this one:
What is your most spectacular or interesting death of a computing
device?
What is your most spectacular or ...
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Did the review process trick me?
I was reviewing First Posts and I got one that looked like a duplicate of another answer. Here's what it showed me after I failed:
https://superuser.com/review/first-posts/492517
However, when I was ...
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Why was my software-rec question closed?
How is my question worse than, for example, this one?
I believe I have provided a fairly comprehensive list of requirements, so that a best answer would be possible. Of the 10 requirements I've noted,...
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Where's the dark theme option?
Stack Overflow has a dark theme option for several months now. Why is the same option not available on Super User? And across all the exchanges.
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Is there a <kbd> for the windows key?
I know we can use <kbd> to make keyboard short cuts like this ! For example, if I wanted to explain how to open the Run prompt on Windows, which is the Windows key and R, how would this be done? ...
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Why don't I get notications for favorited questions?
According to this question on Meta.StackOverflow:
Changes to the question will now notify users who have favorited the
question. Notifications include comments to the question, edits, new
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A site seems to be mirroring Super User
There is a question on Super User that seems to be copied at earthwithsun.com/questions/13942/paint-net-equivalent-for-linux
If you scroll down to the bottom of earthwithsun.com you'll see another ...
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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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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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How can a question be protected by Community? Why is the date format different there?
I don't understand the following screenshot I took a moment ago:
How can Community, and not a named moderator, protect something?
Why is the date and time format in the protected message ...
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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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Should a very old question asking for software recomendations be flagged?
The question mentioned is five years old, has no votes, and has three answers. Does its age preclude it from being flagged as a software-rec, or should it still be flagged?
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Is Superuser's <code> CSS light-blue highlight near invisible on anyone else's laptop LCD?
I have a 15" laptop with a quality built-in LCD, but still, some very light colors wash out to where they're barely noticeable. For example the light blue background color used for the <code> ...
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The tag [variables] is too similar to [variables]
When creating the variables tag, the following dialog pops out:
After clicking "Yes, I'm sure", the system throws:
So does the variables tag exist or not?
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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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Split off [split]
The tag split is used for lots of things and not used consistently for anything.
It has been planned to make it go since 2014. Can we burn it now?
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Does marking a question as favourite allow tracking its activity?
I have noticed the star icon by someone's question and wondered what exactly does it do?
I thought at first it was a way to "watch" the question (without physically commenting or answering) but this ...
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Burninate error, errors, fatal error [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What could we do with the [error] tag?
I know this has been brought up already (the error tag anyway), but it has still not been acted on, so I thought I would bring it up ...
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What does it mean when Community completes a review item?
From the Community user's bio, I know that it:
pokes old, unanswered/unaccepted questions
owns CW questions and answers, anonymous edits, and downvotes on spam posts
From this post, I additionally ...
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What happens to flag weight when 2 users flag the same answer?
What happens if I flag an answer (or question) and another user does it at the same time (before the flag is addressed by a mod)?
If it's for a valid reason and the post is deleted (moderated) - the ...
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Users with less than 2k rep cannot edit meta posts
I've edited a number of posts this week, using suggested edits because I don't have 2k on SU yet. It just occurred to me that MSU might also have some posts in need of cleanup, so I came by to check.
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How should I flag link-only answers in the First Post queue?
Sometimes when I'm going through the First Post queue (or just perusing the site), I come across an answer that is essentially just a link, for example:
https://superuser.com/review/first-posts/...
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Tags that should never be the only ones on a question
It seems to me that there are some tags that if they are the only ones on a post (or even if they are mentioned at all) pretty much make the question off topic. Perhaps these tags should have a ...
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Review post test
Does Super User employ review tests like these (screenshot below) or just depends on Moderators' opinions for reviewers?
I never encountered such a test on Super User.
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Are questions about pirated software banned on Super User?
I am a newbie to Super User, and I know this forum is related to Q/A for software usability. Problems encountered when using software can be asked here.
I have asked a question about Windows 8.1 pro ...
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Can not use code tag
With the following question, Interesting Windows 7 boot Issue involving RAID and an SSD, I'm not able to remove the quote block in which the code block is embedded. Without making it a quote, the code ...
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Failed audit trying to report apparent bug in review queue
I opened up the SU 'First Posts' review queue just now and was presented with a nicely detailed answer to this question, about whether hibernation would damage RAM. The quirk was, the ID of the ...
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How do I comment on a post?
I've had several answers deleted because they were more on the order of comments. When I look for a "comment" button on a question or answer there's nothing to be found. I've assumed that I simply don'...
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