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Why was question 690388 (workstation video card pricing) closed as "too broad", and how can it be improved?
Question 690388, "Why do workstation graphics cards cost far more than equivalent consumer graphics cards?", was closed by a moderator as too broad.
I can't quite see how the scope of this question ...
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Request to reopen question 689718
A while ago, I asked this question, which got marked as primarily opinion based.This is not an opinion-based question. This question is (clearly) asking why system RAM cannot have a battery backup in ...
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Request to reopen question 660409
A while ago, I asked this question, which got marked as a duplicate. It originally contained two questions, of which the first was answered by both this question's and the target question's answers. ...
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Complaints about new (December 2013) interface design
Eight hours ago, the top stripe of the Super User window showed my name.
When I hovered the mouse over my name, a convenient information/control box popped up:
(...
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Cannot edit posts when reviewing first and late Q&A
Sometimes when I am reviewing the late and new posts queue I am unable to edit the post currently being reviewed. First I thought this might be because someone else has made an edit waiting for ...
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Login in with myopenid
I've used myopenid for login in to the stack exchange sites, but is going to get closed soon. It seems to be already at low maintenance mode, and barely works. How can I change the way I log?
I've ...
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Make [ui] a synonym for [user-interface]
On Super User, ui is a synonym for user-interface.
On Meta Super User, they are two
separate tags.
That doesn’t make any sense.
I recommend making ui a synonym for user-interface
on Meta Super User....
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Help center doesn't explain that question about bugs in pre-release software are off-topic
I just used the "Questions about bugs in pre-release/beta software or prototype hardware are off-topic" close reason to vote to close a question. I was looking for somewhere in the Help Center where ...
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How are bounties cancelled?
How is a bounty canceled when the person is asking for nonsensical details about a question that has been clearly asked and answered?
Why do some RJ45 plugs have the lock release clip under a rubber ...
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Question tagged as (maybe) a duplicate
I asked this question. A note of a type I'm not familiar with now appears at the top:
This question may already have an answer here:
How do I mask the Firefox browser signature? 4 answers
I didn'...
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How did this message get onto my question?
On my question I noticed a message:
We're looking for long answers that provide some explanation and
context. Don't just give a one-line answer; explain why your answer is
right, ideally with ...
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Filter out SU questions where votes are negative
I'm getting SU questions with "https://superuser.com/questions?sort=newest&pagesize=50&page=1"
Is there a way to filter out 'silly' questions which were voted down from url above?
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What makes a history-tagged question closed?
I love to read about computer history. There are many questions regarding history on SU and a history tag. Some of the questions are closed:
https://superuser.com/questions/tagged/history?sort=votes&...
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How are "close vote review" questions prioritized? Edit / suggestion
When I am reviewing question that are in review to close I most times open the question to read it fully. Sometimes there is a question that already has votes (1) I do my thing (Leave open, close ...
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Should I delete or flag to close my own question that is a duplicate?
I asked this question https://superuser.com/q/674809/241659 and after that, I found a similar question Firefox 4 default address bar behaviour that answers my question.
I am a little less on upvotes ...
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What makes a question "specific to corporate IT support"?
I encounter many problems every day where I work. Some of them I can't find the answer to, and eventually some of them get posted on Superuser by myself.
Of course, I don't bother mentioning I'm ...
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Search for specific user name only in comments where "@" character was left out
Can I search for a specific user name where other users forget to put a @ character in front of it, but only in superuser comments?
Maybe via data.stackexchange.com since it provides a comment ...
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Where can I view my tag wiki edits?
Is there a place in my profile that I can see my tag wiki edits from the past? I know I can find recent ones in my activity log, but what about ones further back?
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Flag your own question
It's funny that you can not only answer your own question, but also flag it.
Why one would do this? Why this possibility exists at all? Is it a joke?
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Tag deletion request: register
As shown on https://superuser.com/questions/tagged/register
There are only 16 questions tagged with register.
Within them, I found the following "meanings" for register:
register as Registry
CPU ...
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In the review queue, what the difference between "recommend deletion" and "delete"?
When I recommend a post for deletion, sometimes after doing so I notice that other users have "Recommended Deletion", and sometimes one or two users simply have "Delete" by their name:
What's the ...
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I want to check a best answer for the post I did before as a guest at Stack Exchange
The other day, I posted a question as a guest at the site of Stack Exchange. Some users answered for me, and I wrote "Thank you". But I forgot to decide the best answer at that time.
Now, I ...
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Fixing misclick in "Suggested edit" queue
When reviewing the queue of suggested edits, I did the inevitable and thought to myself: "Improve!", but accidentally clicked "Approve" (perhaps related to not being a native English speaker).
As I ...
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Error when trying to access a question
I get the following error whenever I try to access a specific question:
EDIT: I can access the question again normally now. Was there a temporary hiccup on the server?
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Close votes limited to 20 under "review" but can still vote on per question
Yesterday I maxed out my close votes for the day, and in fact still have three hours until the close vote under the review tab opens again. But as I was reading a off topic question, I clicked close ...
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Merge most of the IDE-to-AHCI questions
As it stands, we have at least six questions dealing with enabling AHCI support on an IDE mode Windows installation:
How to get AHCI support on an IDE Windows 7 installation? (~150 views, asked July ...
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Question is getting downvotes and a close request
https://superuser.com/questions/655201/how-to-mobilize-all-links-with-http-www-google-com-gwt-xu
Why is that happening? And what can I do to it to ask it again in a more acceptable way?
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Are questions about connecting smartphones to computers on-topic?
This question asks about connecting a smartphone to a computer and transfering files. It was put on-hold as off-topic.
The list of on-topic subjects, linked on the very on-hold message, says ...
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Remove bounty if I haven't awarded it yet?
I created a bounty on this question:
Sleeping a computer via batch file in Windows 7
But I meant to award it on a different one. Is there any way I can remove it and post it on the question it was ...
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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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Superuser says I raised two flags, but I only raised one
I've noticed this problem for a couple months now, but I thought it might have been a fluke.
Whenever I vote to close a question, when I click the flag button again to double check it was flagged, it ...
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Shouldn't the same post posted twice be deleted?
The OP had posted a question to both Security.SE and Superuser. The post in Security.SE was migrated to Superuser and it has answers. The original post he posted here has been closed as a duplicate of ...
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Non-duplicate is marked as duplicate
This question How can I export & import firefox addons settings is marked as duplicate of this Software to export firefox addons but it is not, maybe it should be unmarked?
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If I'd like my question marked as duplicate, should I flag for mod attention?
I have a question that I asked here:
What happens after you leave Windows 7 inactivated?
and it is a duplicate of Windows 7 activation period.
I've flagged it as a duplicate as well, but:
If I ...
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What to do with intentional duplicate questions on separate SE sites
The following questions:
https://superuser.com/questions/651439/frequent-wifi-disconnects-with-my-wifi-router
https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/54090/frequent-wifi-disconnects-with-my-wifi-...
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is this question off topic
I recently asked https://superuser.com/questions/650929/tool-software-to-surprise-during-birthday on Super User. Will the question would be off topic? I have mentioned my problem clear. Normal search ...
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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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Why isn't shell syntax highlighting working? [duplicate]
I've been all over Meta Stack Overflow and the help pages, and frankly I'm just tired of looking now. I've tried <!-- language: shell --> and <!-- language: sh -->, but I can't seem to get ...
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What do I do if someone posts an answer I had as a comment?
This just happened here. I posted a possible solution as a comment (not being sure if it would work for the asker), and while I was waiting for a reply, krowe posted basically what I had as an answer. ...
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Something not right in the voting system
I asked this question.
I pressed submit, and immediately my question was upvoted, faster than the speed of light, if you are a moderator, I don't if you can check it, but the first vote took less ...
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Is a question about finding a video conferencing venue appropriate for SuperUser?
I want to get some advice about how to arrange a venue for confidential video conferencing--home won't work because of a shared living situation, and obviously a wi-fi cafe is far too public. Is ...
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Someone downvoting my questions
I just noticed that somebody went through some of my recent questions and downvoted them silently.
I understand that my questions may not be the best on this site, but along with a downvote I ...
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Why did my reputation not increase?
Recently I answered this question. The votes didn't add to my reputation. In the answer you can see 23 upvotes, but I got only 210 reputation.
I added screenshots for better clarification:
Is this a ...
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When does the day start on superuser?
I'm in the Eastern Time zone, and I've noticed in the past few days that a new day starts around 8 PM for me.
For example, when I go into my account summary around 8:15 or so, I can see that I've ...
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Tag removal request
The following tags are have wikis submitted but aren't valuable imo - each have only one question:
catalina - a tomcat startup script, the tomcat tag is sufficient
aafp - a connector on Asus ...
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How to manually move a comment conversation to a chat?
Is it possible to manually move a discussion in comments to a chat room? I just got the usual message that I should move the conversation to a chat.
Please avoid extended discussions in comments. ...
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User "Hennes" is editing a lot of really old posts
The user hennes is editing a lot of old posts:
Kill Gnome in Debian
https://superuser.com/questions/485881/redmine-mongrel-server-uses-so-much-ram
ssh keys across servers
How can I keep two folders ...
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Who is this mysterious user?
I noticed this on the front page
which leads me to this answer
and.. a mysterious empty profile
It seems rather odd to be able to create a blank, difficult to find account - this guy or gal seems ...
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How do I change my stackexchange login email?
I had signed up with an account. But i do not have access to that anymore. I need to change the login id of my stackexchange account.
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Why is this user having to suggest an edit on his own answer?
On this suggested edit, the user (same userID) is having to suggest an edit on his own answer.
Is there something I'm missing here?
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