Questions tagged [support]
A request for assistance from community, moderators, or staff with one of the site's features
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Who is credited for my anonymous edit?
I rushed to edit an answer without logging in.
I have logged in only after seeing the message
Thanks for your edit! This edit will be visible only to you until it is peer reviewed.
Will the ...
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How can I receive e-mail every time I receive a answer?
since some months ago I do not receive any e-mail from Stackexchange sites, nor that ones informing that I receive a new answer (e.g. "1 Question Has 1 Answer - Super User").
I received it normally ...
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Where and how can I check to which questions I raised flag?
I raised flag to some questions on SU, but later I really didn't find where to check to which questions I raised flag and what moderators did with it. Like I want to know whether the moderators closed ...
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Why is a suggested edit not available?
Opening https://superuser.com/suggested-edits/8465 results in a 404 message.
8464 and 8466 can be viewed.
What are possible causes for the unavailability of suggested edits (for 10k+ users)?
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Test 5: Communication with stackauth.com – failed
i use Chrome and notscripts, recently get a failure to authorize with stackexchange and cannot chat with a moderator anymore.
http://chat.stackexchange.com/help
Is this a problem with the recent ...
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Make timetracking a synonym of the time-tracking tag
I think tags time-tracking and timetracking should be synonyms because their difference is only hyphen
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Calculating accept rate
Do open questions with no answers affect my accept rate? I can't calculate it on my own because my rate isn't displayed anywhere I can see, but that's probably another question.
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What happened to my question
I asked a question last night about having lost a domain controller without a backup, and trying to recover access to my user info.
But I can't find any record of the question at all, nor any ...
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How to deal with a cross-posted question which belongs to SU ?
Some days ago, I posted this question.
This is a cross-post from Ubuntu SE. The question has also been answered.
I now know that cross-posting is discouraged. However, I think it belongs here. IMO, ...
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list favorites?
I see it tells me very recent changes to any of them and how many. Today, this week, last month e.t.c.
But I don't want to see changes and I don't want to see just as far as last month.
Or rather.. ...
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How do I start from Super User, and zero in on a particular Super User user?
There is a user in Superuser named "Rounit". This link shows a contribution of his in Superuser:
Indirect Function in Excel
Now if I try to find him in Superuser site, I first go to:
https://...
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Question about spam site incorrectly deleted as spam
This question (deleted: link requires 10k+ reputation) was deleted as spam.
However, it's a question about spam. It contains some unfortunate language around this, but could surely be edited into ...
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Why did I get 2 reputation for upvoting a post and accepting an answer?
I'm relatively new to Stack Overflow as a whole; why do I get reputation for telling others that my post is good?
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How do I upload photos on Super User?
I figured that photos can only be posted via links. Is there any way to upload photos to a question or answer? Thank you!
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Duplicate post has been deleted
The post Install programs from command line on windows has been closed and marked as a dupe. If you click on the dupe you'll see the post has been deleted.
Not sure if you'd consider it a bug, but ...
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Is there a way to 'un-duplicate'?
There is a question on superuser that i would like to have the answer to (i have a similar problem: How to stitch planar images?). but the question is marked as duplicate by 5 users. i don't find the ...
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Flag or revert an edit?
Is there any mechanism in place to flag an edit for a review or revert an edit someone made? Would it be appropriate to submit an edit to reverse a change?
This question arose because I stumbled ...
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Is there a Delete option on the mobile app?
Every once in awhile, we get a post where the author decided to delete it. But instead of actually deleting, they just write "Deleted" in the body. Another one showed up today (Backup new Windows 8....
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are questions about programs features on-topic
I have a program which mentioned having a feature that's simply not working, is this considered on-topic for this site ? if not what stackexchange site suits it better ?
The program is monodevelop ...
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can I get my rep back by deleting question?
I asked a question and got some vote downs now I know that I was wrong I wanna delete it, Will I get my rep back?
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Can I use the review queue in the Stack Exchange Android app?
Sometimes I wouldn't mind reviewing first posts, late answers, etc via the android app.
Is this is even possible?
If not is this something that has any chance of being implemented?
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Request: Make "fireworks" and "adobe-fireworks" synonyms
Please make fireworks and adobe-fireworks synonyms.
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all of my low quality review posts comes blank
Look over the above picture, while reviewing I found an empty post but while clicked on edit I was able to get this answer.
Am I the only one who's getting this type of errors? What would be the ...
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How to find the code for Google account authentication button on login page of super user or other SE site?
I usually use Google Account authentication to login SE. But, I can not find bigger size of Account authentication button on the contents of https://superuser.com recently and sometimes.
I believe ...
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I've got a account in Superuser but I forgot email? Can I possible get it back?
So, I've registered and used a account in Superuser 2 years ago. It's quite inactive account but I don't want to register new one from beginning. Here's it:
https://superuser.com/users/98110/...
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How do I reject an edit to my answer
Someone edited one of my answers (actually edited the same answer twice in 2 days), and BOTH edits were approved by other people (reviewers, I assume). The edits were BOTH very minor and only added 1 ...
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What to do with a deleted answer?
How do I go about dealing with a moderator-deleted answer? In my case, I had posted what was a request for clarification of the question as an answer, since I only had less than 50 rep on the main ...
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What to do if you cannot see how to improve your downvoted post?
I asked a question a week or so ago, but seems somehow the question was off topic.
I researched services that could fit the requirements:
Web based
Access pages via either HTTP or HTTPS
Will allow ...
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How can I edit a closed (and locked) question
I have a closed and locked question on superuser.
I believe it was closed because of my bad engllish and I put the words not correct and I could probably rephrase it to make more clear that it is ...
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I don't see all the questions in the "Tagged Questions" page
When I go to a tag page, I don't see all the questions that are tagged with that tag.
I notice it when going to a tag page with a low amount of tagged questions, like head.
When I enter the page I ...
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How to combine logins?
How do I combine a gmail log in account I have, and a facebook log in account?
I can not find the information anywhere.
I see how to merge duplicate accounts says to 'flag' but what is that exactly?
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I was marked as a help vampire and want to dispute it
I was trying to answer Viewing PDF in browser (Firefox) on Ubuntu 9.04 when I found my account had been blocked. Reasons cited were
users who can't be bothered to form sentences
users who don't do ...
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Where can I ask something about pricing?
I just got this question down-voted and closed about the pricing on GAE/AWS/Asure. And I would like to know if there is a stackexchange site that is appropriate for it.
My decision to ask on ...
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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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SU Retag Request: [something-extension(s)] --> [extensions]
Search for extension on https://superuser.com/tags.
Can't these be retagged to extensions, to avoid having google-chrome and google-chrome-extensions as tags on a post? The search allows to search ...
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What backend / CMS Scipting is this site running? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What interface software system is used in superuser?
What does this site run on? I'm interested in something similar for a different purpose.
Thanks
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Requesting rep recalc
Can any of the mods please do a rep recalc on my account ? There's a rep difference of about 500 points between the rep on my current profile and the /reputation report, and I'd rather get it down now ...
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Better to delete/repost or request migration?
My question about Debian on an iMac hasn't gotten much attention, and I'd like to try it on https://unix.stackexchange.com/. I'm happy to delete and repost there, or flag for moderator attention. Is ...
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How is this question about resolution off-topic?
I have asked a question about Upschaling and Pixel Replication
I have frequently heard that it is better to have a display resolution
with the resolution of the content you want to display on the ...
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Where to ask questions about non-DNS-based country-based website/HTTP blocking?
I am personally interested in who and/or how website/HTTP blocking is done in the case of this question: How is my ISP blocking my DNS query if I'm using DoH (DNS-over-HTTPS)?
As I mentioned as ...
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How to verify my email address on Stack Exchange sites (e,g. Super User) or check its verification status?
On Super User I changed my email address under Email Settings. It sent me a verification link:
"Confirm your email address - Super User".
When I click the button [Confirm your email ...
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I'd like to know whether my post is well written or not
I have a question about my Super User post: I can't map a network share from PXE - WinPE
I have written a question yesterday and I'd like, if someone can help, to know whether my question is well-...
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A proper question got closed down
I posted a question with a lot of details
How do I prevent an exe and Powershell on Windows / PC to stop running altogether?
But it got closed with the reason "not enough details provided"....
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Why did I receive a "serial voting was reversed" correction? [closed]
I read the resource here, but I don't believe my voting activity aligns with the described behavior:
EDIT: attached additional screenshot.
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Where does this question belong?
I asked a question about Whatsapp. It wasn't about the mobile version. It's a general question that is relevant to the desktop app as well as the browser version or the mobile app.
But someone thought ...
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Is this serial downvoting?
From yesterday, I am having frequent downvotes, without any kind of comments. I have received 5 down votes since last night. This never happened since I have been here for 10 months. And the posts ...
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List of all tags from all StackExchange sites?
Is there a site that will give me a list of all tags from all StackExchange sites so I know which site to post a question on? Or is there a meta site for all StackExchange sites?
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Was this answer deleted? Can I see it?
On October 28, 2019, I got an e-mail with a link to an answer to a question I had posted. The URL of the link is long and complex, but redirects to:
https://superuser.com/questions/1496261/how-do-i-...
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How do you get an uploaded image removed/deleted?
I uploaded a file before I properly cleaned off the content and what to have that file removed from the image repository.
How do I get it deleted from the image repository? Note the relevant ...
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Received 38 downvotes on different posts in 4 minutes [duplicate]
This is my reputation history right now:
These are 38 of my highest-voted questions and answers. Looks like I made some enemies. Could moderators handle this, please?