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Can I add an SE OpenID to my existing profile?
Due to some complications signing in this morning with my Google account, I would like to register for a Stack Exchange OpenID account and add it to my profile. Is this possible? If so, how?
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How do I switch to using Facebook instead of OpenID while signing in to StackExchange without changing my username?
I had originally signed up with StackExchange (back when it was only StackOverflow) with OpenID, since that was the cool--and in case of SO, the only--thing to do. As time has passed, so has the ...
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Why can't I add a bounty to this question?
I've asked this question a few days ago, and while Jeff's answer is pretty cool, it doesn't really answer my question. So I'd like to add a bounty to maximize the chances of getting a good answer. I ...
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What happens to bounty if there are no answers to the question once the bounty expires?
I have some bounty assigned to a question on a different SE site. This question has been open for 11 days now, and the bounty expires in 3 days. Currently there are no answers, so what would happen to ...
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Who are allowed and there is a way to create badges?
Who actually create the badges system? There are ranked users that can do it? May it one day be possible?
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"It does not meet our quality standards" <--- huh? Seriously?
I just tried submitting this question:
64-bit Executable Packer
Is there a good, free packer out there for 64-bit executables?
I'm looking for something like UPX, except that UPX doesn't seem to ...
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How to undo comment vote
When I inadvertently click to vote up a comment, I realise I cannot click to undo it. Is there a way to undo the comment vote?
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URL href in comments didn't work this once
Recording Skype conference calls on OSX?
Why the link on my comment on the above link wasn't highlighted?
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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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Can a mod resurrect my deleted question
Out of idle curiosity and to see what would happen as a low-rep SU user, I deleted one of my unanswered questions (yes, I know, stupid):
https://superuser.com/questions/278552/improving-windows-7-...
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Criteria prohibiting asking further question on stackexange sites
I was going to ask my another question on superuser.com but instead of the question form
I was informed by the message
Sorry, we are no longer accepting
questions from this account.
I don't know ...
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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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How do you get the sportsmanship badge?
What exactly means upvoting (100) "competing answers"?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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When I go to "Ask Question" here at superuser, how do I get an empty form? My previous question keeps showing up.
This happens on a few other sites as well.
Clearly, I'd like the form to be empty when I start a new question! I'm using the newest FF browser.
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Terminal Tips and Tricks for Mac OS X is missing
I have bookmarked, a couple of weeks ago, a top voted question having title Terminal Tips and Tricks For Mac OS X and question id 52483.
Why was it deleted?
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Why is my superuser username suddenly user2293 instead of leeand00?
Must be a bug or something.
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What kind of syntax is used to specify a button?
I see people use it but I do not see it listed in the markdown help nor in the toolbar.
Looks like this:
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my username changed! how do I restore it?
hi,
my username has changed.
I can still log in with my openid and pswd.
could be a technical glitch?
how do I restore my username?
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More comprehensive documentation of markdown available for comment boxes
Is there a comprehensive list of what markdown elements can be used in comment boxes? I only recently discovered that the shorter format for links actually works (whereas the longer format doesn't), ...
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My email is not considered valid
My email, at least on super user is not loger considered valid. It contains 10 letters after which is 1 number, at symbol (@) and gmail.com. It was considered valid before.
Any idea why does it ...
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Why can't I start another bounty for this question?
A new user came up with a conclusive answer to a question of mine on which I had put a bounty a few months ago.
I would like to start another bounty to award the user who solved the problem.
Why is ...
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Why is this not Community Wiki?
I just noticed that my question, Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer's hardware is still not Community Wiki after 11 13 revisions. It's odd because according to this ...
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Community bumping [status-completed] on meta.SU?
I don't think that it is right that the community user is bumping [status-completed] questions.
What do you think?
What about the other status tags?
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What can moderators do and what's difference between 10k users and moderators?
I was wondering, what is it exactly that moderators do besides closing and removing questions. I know they moderate comments and such if they break the rules, but what else? And >10k users are ...
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Someone caused me to lose reputation with excessive voting on my questions
It is 14:24 here. When I was last on Superuser around 10 hours ago, my reputation was 9147 but now it is 8788. The problem is, yesterday some person gave me votes on my questions excessively and when ...
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Can this question be now moved to webapps.stackexchange.com? [closed]
Can this be now moved to webapps.stackexchange.com?
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Odd poster - offensive answer content - what should I do?
Off of this question.
There is a user who has now posted three questions I find offensive to the point where I edited them, and flagged for a mod.
At this point I'm beginning to wonder what he means ...
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Which PHP script does Super User use?
Possible Duplicate:
What was Stack Overflow built with?
Does anybody know which PHP script Super User is using? I plan to set-up a web site for college education issues. But I want it to have a ...
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SuperUser organization for new computer build questions?
Ok, I saw another one of these questions come through SU today:
https://superuser.com/questions/57798/new-computer-build-questions
Valid questions, but they really become out of date and kind of ...
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Can't login to Super User
I have tried using my openID and some of the other options and it always says it's an invalid ID...any idea what may be happening?
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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 ...
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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?
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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 ...
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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?
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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?
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Thinking maybe I should migrate a question
I asked this:
Auto-forwarding messages on a Facebook group to a mailing list
on WebApps.SX ; on second though, I think maybe it's a better fit on this site (e.g. because it doesn't actually have to ...
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need help to sign out of superuser.com
I am in the habit of properly logging off my online connections. Where can I do that here on superuser.com?
To adhere to the quality standards of this site, I will not describe what I have already ...
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Possible spammer
haseen has posted 22 answers to Superuser, almost all of which link to kakasoft.com (and the rest linked to other low-quality sites). Many of his answers are blatantly wrong (e.g. claims to prevent ...
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When I flag a post, where does it get sent?
I'm a little confused as to what happens to a post when I flag it. Recently I flagged a question as "low quality". It was declined, and the reason that was given was that "flags should only be used to ...
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Why 1 rep users allowed to downvote?
There is a guy who lost it completely. He has 1 rep (seems it doesn't go any lower than 1).
His last 'answers' on superuser are extremely offensive and do not add any value to the site. Why is he ...
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