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Tag Request: TAILS
I am unable to add this tag For the OS (see image below). It's an acronym for the Linux distro known as "The Amnesic Incognito Live System". This is an example question referring to TAILS and the ...
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Request to reopen question 722643/76571
This question was closed as a duplicate today. Upon close inspection, it is clearly not a duplicate of the question indicated.
The old question concerns finding and replacing values. The new question ...
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Cant Login to Chat for SU
I can log in to Super User but not the chat site. It sit's at "Logging you in to the Stack Exchange chat..." and does nothing. Additionally, I can see the chat room and view it, but it say's I'm not ...
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Why is Helpful flag count in moderator election different from my profile
I did happen to find that Is there any particular reason why the flag counter on my moderator election nomination is different from what the flag counter on my profile says? has an answer that states ...
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Why was the site "read-only" for a while?
I noticed one and a half hours ago that the site was in a "read-only" state for some time for some sort of "maintenance". Was it just periodic maintenance? If so, what is the maintenance schedule? If ...
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What can I do about my question when no one views my question?
I asked this question two days ago, and I just got no responses, what can I do? I can't afford another bounty.
Some backgrounds: I really don't know too much about programming or OS X. So maybe I can'...
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My answer got deleted - But why?
How can I disable the drag handle on the desktop?
Backstory:
Could not find the previous question via Google (site:superuser.com) and through Superuser's own search.
Made my own question.
Found ...
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Is there any particular reason why the flag counter on my moderator election nomination is different from what the flag counter on my profile says?
The flag counter on my moderator nomination states that I have 364 helpful flags (as of the instant this question was posted). However, the counter on my user profile states that I have 535 helpful ...
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My questions were closed as duplicates. How come?
I was going to reinstall Windows on my computer, but I wanted to clarify first some questions I had. So I started searching through superuser.com. I've found answers to my questions but they were ...
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Can questions be duplicate if the duplicate is on non Stack Exchange site?
There are many sites that emulate the Stack Exchange look and feel, but aren't actually part of the network.
One such site is ask.puppetlabs.com
To qualify as a duplicate, do both questions need to ...
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Offering first bounty does not seem to award Promoter badge
I just offered my first bounty on SuperUser, and got the reputation points deducted as expected. However I still have not received the Promoter badge. Bizarrely, when I then visited this meta site to ...
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How to know number of users?
ust for curious I wanted to know how many users are there in superuser.com and Who is the 1st user?
If I click on the users tab,it only shows me the new users details. But is it possible to know who ...
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Did I do such low-quality questions? Please review my ban
Now I want to ask about a connection problem and I find my account banned from asking questions.
What did I do to get this? Were my questions out of scope? If so, why no one says which site is the ...
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Why can't I log in to superuser with lynx?
I just tried to log in to superuser.com with Lynx. When trying to log in with my StackExchange account, it first gives a HTTP 418 message I'm a teapot and then
Sorry, your request could not be ...
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Why sometimes the selected answer is not the top answer? [duplicate]
I was under the impression the accepted answer gets always displayed before the other answer. However, I have noticed cases this does not happen, such as in this question: How to get Google Desktop ...
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Why can't I login to superuser
I have a stack exchange account and there's a nondescript error when I try to log into Superuser.com using my Stack Exchange Open ID. At least I think that's what's happening.
This is the error that ...
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How come I earned Ho Ho Ho hat on December 24?
It's 2:08 PM
Tuesday, December 24, 2013 (UTC)
Time in Coordinated Universal Time
How come I earned Ho Ho Ho hat when it is supposed to be awarded for post or vote on December 25?
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rqna.net appears to mirror all SE content without credit
I can't remember where it is I'm supposed to report this, but since I frequent Superuser over most other SE sites, I figured I'd post it here:
http://www.rqna.net/ appears to mirror content from most ...
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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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How can a user find out their quality control rating?
While reviewing some first-post questions and answers, I happened across one of the quality control items (good answer, so I upvoted, and was told that it had been a quality control test).
So, I'm ...
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How to see my pending edits?
Is there a way so I can view my own pending edits?
extra: If the site merges some consecutive edits, will I and my reviewers see the merges the same way?
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Can a moderator mark an answer as correct?
In this question, the asker has said in a comment that one of the answers is correct.
However, he has not marked the answer. Is it possible for someone else to?
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What happens if I fail too many review audits?
I'll be honest, sometimes I fail review audits.
But will failing a certain number result in something happening? Will lose my review privileges or reprimanded? Will I be cast into the gorge of ...
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Should I remove referral links?
While reading this answer, I stumbled upon a referral link for a service similar to Dropbox. The link is one of those kind "Click my link and register, so I get more free space"
Should I remove them? ...
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How to create image thumbnails?
When I upload images to SU it's usually to showcase some error message or some dialog box. However, most of the time, the uploaded images are just too big. Especially when I write answers with step-by-...
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Can users with less reputation make one answer it as community wiki?
I am aware that users with 1 reputation can't edit the question, excluding the Community user, but have a look at this one including my answers all of the answers made by others were made as community ...
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Reopen question - logic changed?
There are suddenly a lot of re-open requests (currently 114), and upon inspection most have minor editing.
Most of these edits are not not by people who posted the original question.
Is the system ...
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How long can a flag be active?
Once a flag has been sent through to the review queue will it ever expire?
I understand that at the time of writing there are 523 items that need review and 45 reviews performed today which means ...
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What is the tenacious badge?
According to the description of the tenacious badge:
Zero score accepted answers: more than 5 and 20% of total.
"Zero score" make sense; the answer was accepted without an up vote.
But what ...
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Would this question fit Super User under Spotify tag?
I asked this question, It's about Spotify, i think i have a better chance getting an answer on Unix & Linux website. But it's about Spotify and Super user has a tag for that. So i might be able to ...
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What does the number represent?
When I click the StackExchange button and select hot questions, there is a number next to the questions. What is that number suppose to represent? I have tried looking at, adding, subtracting and so ...
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Doing a retag results in full edit-like behaviour
I have issues with retagging.
For the last few days I couldn't retag as part of the Tag Cleanup (which is some sort of zen exercise for me, so imagine my frustration). I'd always get a "not ...
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The new help page - do we have link shortcuts?
I'm currently coming to grips with the new help pages that replace the FAQ. I used to be able to reference the faq with [faq] - are there similar shortcuts for sections of the new help page?
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Why can't I post anything in Super User?
Why I can not post any question in Super User? My account was suspended temporarily due to the low contributions, but now it should be expired, why I still can't post a question?
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How do moderator elections work?
Are moderation elections held on a regular basis, or just when the need of more people arises?
And, related to this, the moderator status is held for a set limited timeframe or forever?
Just for ...
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Deleting a question asked in good faith without even a comment is rude
The first time I came here to ask a question
Windows 7 with low color depth?
It was deleted without even a HINT of a comment as to why it didn't fit, how to improve it, no help to edit it to be ...
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Why I gained 245 reputation points today?
If reputation points are capped at 200 per day, why I gained 245 today?
https://superuser.com/users/170331/sekhemty?tab=reputation
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What happens if two or more users are reviewing the same question/answer?
Pretty much as the tile says, what will happen if two users are reviewing the same item?
Is it possible at all, or when one opens a review item, is the reviewed item not available to anyone else ...
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What is the difference between a "community wiki" question and a normal one?
I'm rather new to this community, like the title says, I'd like to know what's the difference between a "community wiki" question and a normal one.
And, is there a place where I can access all "...
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Best ways to get questions re-looked at?
I recently looked at the questions I had asked earlier and found that they were worded improperly. So I reworded them the best I could. However I have found that when I reword a question (to improve ...
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Is this "Chat with an expert" a new items on SE sites?
I have noticed just today that there is a banner that will pop up now and again when I am on SU.
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Is this something new?
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I am a restricted user and can't comment on an answer
I can't ask new questions at this point, but have a similar problem that relates to this answer. I also can't sent private messages. Now what can I do?
Edit: so how do I add a question? It's strange ...
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Are abusive or offensive words allowed here?
Some users are putting abusive/offensive words for their name like this. Is this type of thing allowed on such a good site?
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Why is my question being VTC'ed?
I asked this question on SU:
I can't open phpMyAdmin, get error 301 or 500.
It got already 4 off-topic VTCs in less than a day.
From the popup box:
Questions on Super User are expected to ...
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Clarity of Electorate badge description
Wouldn't this read better if it said:
Voted 600 times and 25% or more of total votes are on questions
Instead of:
Voted on 600 questions and 25% or more of total votes are on questions
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Why can't I create a superuser login? Why do I have to use a third party?
Why can't I create a superuser login? Why do I have to use a third party? What are your quality standards? Why can't I comment?
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Is the Platform on Stackexchange generic or be-spoke?
So I was googling something for some advice and came across a site that /has/ a simular styling to what I see on 'Stackexchange'. For example:
This site here
I know it's a very small similarity, but ...
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Can we have icons for tags the way Stack Overflow has?
Stack Overflow has images/icons on a lot of tags like for Android and CUDA.
Can we incorporate this on Super User as well?
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Why does my approve edit no longer count?
If I approve an edit in the Review section of this site, the post is updated and so my approval worked!
However, if I'm looking at a post and notice there is an edit waiting
and click on edit ...
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Can I see who voted on my posts? Can anyone?
Is there a way to see who upvoted our questions, answers, or comments? If there isn't, is there a reason that this is not available?
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