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Can we search for posts with links to specific domains?
I flagged yet another spammer today, and found she had an older post that got by. This annoys me, since I want them gone and burninated like forgotten toast
SU and SE as a whole lets us search for ...
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Retag cmd, cli, terminal, and terminal.app into command-line
command-line probably is/should be the canonical tag, with 782 questions. cmd is more Windows-oriented, but is still command-line. cli is about half-and-half, with half on Windows and half on Linux. ...
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How to deal with duplicate answers spread over SO und SU by same low rep user
I'm unsure if or how to deal with these copy&paste answers:
https://superuser.com/a/634650/50173
https://stackoverflow.com/a/18353213
and
https://superuser.com/a/634614/50173
https://superuser....
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What does active mean in the flag queue?
I notice that there's an block of bright pink with the words active next to my flag - what does it mean?
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Should my question be migrated to Super User or not?
I asked this question. Should it be migrated to this site since it's about drivers and hardware or should it stay on unix.stackexchange.com?
I didn't know where to ask it, I picked a place randomly.
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Question closed and marked as duplicate error
This question got marked as duplicate and closed.
https://superuser.com/questions/631969/install-a-soft-using-only-cmd-exe-on-windows-xp
But my question was not to know if some gnutool could do the ...
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Why is the first line automatically indented by one space?
line with backtick or code block
line with backtick or code block
Why is the first line automatically indented by one space when using backticks or <code> tags to surround multiple lines?
Is ...
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Bot(s) in SU Chat?
What are the bots in the SU room? I see there's a new one with hangman and such, but what others ones are available? The ones that are in there, what commands do they accept?
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What do you do if you feel a question was closed... But for the wrong reason?
I was looking at this question last night and flagged it as low quality.
It was later closed by a moderator, but because it was about a product or service recommendation.
The question doesn't ask ...
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Why do migrated questions earn the poster -2 rep
I was looking at my reputation history and noticed this:
It seems a bit unfair to lose rep for a migrated question. Now, I can understand this if you were to get, say, 10 migrated posts in a two week ...
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Preview does not accurately represent code
<pre> tags are lined up with my bullet indents in the code preview, but not in the answer.
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Chromecast Question On-topic?
Are questions about Chromecast and its use on-topic, like this question, or do they belong on Android Enthusiasts?
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Rename the [usergroups] tag to [user-groups]
The convention with tags here is to replace spaces with hyphens: windows-7, wireless-networking, graphics-card.
By convention, then, the usergroups tag really ought to be user-groups, as user is an ...
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Why was this question put on hold?
Yesterday, I had asked this question: What features are available in Windows 8 Single Language?
It instantly gathered a lot of downvotes, and later was put on hold, citing:
"This question is not ...
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Should we have closing guidelines with examples?
It would be useful to have some examples of questions that should and shouldn't be closed for specific reasons, with detailed explainations why.
It could reduce the number of invalid flags and make ...
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Synonymize [tfs] with [team-foundation-server]
It looks like the Team Foundation Server tags have gotten jumbled:
tfs has a tag wiki excerpt, but only three questions.
team-foundation-server has 34 questions, but no wiki excerpt.
TFS is a pretty ...
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Should using 'mywebsite' in links be disallowed when posting?
I was retagging Run a shell script with an html button and got a following message when trying to save changes:
Links cannot contain 'mywebsite' (try a full domain or wrap it in a code block).
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How to ask more when a question already exists by other author?
I'd like to ask more in this question What is the "Automatic Maintenance"? in the way that I want to know what EXACTLY is done during maintenance (ie a command/script that shows a full list ...
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Why was this 2011 question bumped to the front page?
This question appeared on the frontpage of Super User today.
The question, all comments, answers, etc., are all from '11. What caused it to be bumped up?
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What is "not an answer" supposed to mean?
I wish there was some way to directly respond to mod comments on a flag... Anyway...
I was under the impression that "not an answer" encompasses "answers" that merely link to existing ones without ...
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When should I flag something as "very low quality"?
The answer I am wondering about: Why is windows not able to create a system partition?
This answer does not apply to the question asked, and is not very good quality. I flagged it as low quality, and ...
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"You need at least 2k reputation to review Suggested Edits."
I got the notification:
An edit was suggested to your post Drupal 7, Fedora - dd() doesn't work for me over the web, please review it.
"Review it" is a link that allows me to review the edit. At ...
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Why doesn't Super User have a "top percentage" link in the user profile like Stack Overflow?
On Stack Overflow it is sometimes fun to look at stats and see how close I am to catching Jon. I can just go to my profile and click the "top percentage" link to see how I rank. The same link does ...
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Vandalism from these 2 accounts
There are several posts from these 2 accounts - https://superuser.com/users/238676/doland and https://superuser.com/users/238678/tyrone, in this question:
How to retrieve data from Firefox sync ...
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Why was my post removed?
I'm curious why you removed my post on topic "File corruption after copying files in Windows 7 64 bit using two methods". This was my first time posting to Super User, so I understand I may have done ...
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How to request a migration
I've posted a question on Super User, and later realized it should be migrated to Web Apps Stack Exchange.
How can I do this? I've seen other users (with high reputation/privileges) migrate questions ...
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Why was my comparison question closed?
A while back, I asked a question about how the Raspberry Pi compares, but it was closed as "Not Constructive". I don't see how. I'll break it down:
As it currently stands, this question is not a ...
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Why was I banned?
I have asked one question on this site that received one answer. The question was marked as a possible dupe (I don't dispute that).
The question: force programs and connections to use a proxy server ...
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What to do if you find unwanted users
I found two users on superuser that seem to not want to provide anything to the community.
Sure I can flag any of there answers but the problem is that I don't want to spend all my flags to such joke ...
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User was removed and I get negative points?
I have this in my reputation tab within my account.
Why have I been penalized for a user being removed? Is this justified? To me, the reputation shouldn't be affected.
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Didn't recive mortarboard badge
The info about the Mortarboard badge says that anyone who has earned 200 reputation (or more) in a single day should get this badge.
Yesterday I earned 267 reputation,
But I didn't get the badge.
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what's matter with my account, it becomes a new one
I have asked 4 questions
today I clicked like create account or something, use google email to login
and my account looks like a new one. and only have 1 question.
how can I get my old account?
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Why offtopic and if truly offtopic then where to ask it? http://superuser.com/questions/610759
I asked this question How to determine whether audio is music or not
I have read https://superuser.com/help/on-topic and I am baffled as to why was it put on hold and later closed as OFFTOPIC by ...
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How can I change my username? I want to change it from user and numbers
Currently my username (display name) is the word "user", followed by a series of numbers. How can I change it to the name of my choosing?
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Why can't I see why I got a close vote?
On my latest question, I got a close vote:
All I know is that I got a close vote, not why. I'd like to edit my question to prevent from getting more votes, is there a way to tell why I got it?
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Re-opening my question on ebook managment tools
My question: Ebook management: how to catalog/access files in their original location
I believe my question can be reopened with probably some minor modifications.
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Should clicking the "Close" button in a review audit, where closing the question is not appropriate, cause an *immediate* failure of the audit?
I just encountered a review audit (i.e, an "attention test") question in the close votes review queue for the first time. That is, it was a question that did not deserve any close votes that had been ...
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Search for answers to questions by specific user, or vice versa
I know of the user:<user_number> and user:me search operators. However, I'm trying to locate something that I'm pretty sure I had included in an answer to a question posted by a certain user.
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A better way to search for answers?
Im sure this has been answered on SU before: Redirect ip-address to localhost
However, Im doing a site search and cant find "the" answer. I tried "port forwarding" and "port forwarding how to" and ...
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Why this question is closed as off-topic?
I know the what questions are on topic, but I fail to understand, why asking about pdf-viewing has fallen out? I did not ask about shopping recommendation.
I express disappointment that 5 people did ...
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Are questions about recommending plug ins or add on off topic?
I know software recommendations are off topic and to me, an add on / plug in is software but, not sure if that is true for all?
For example, "please recommend a plug in / add on for Chrome so I can ...
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Approving edits for those with over 2k points
I know that suggested edits from users with less than 2k have to be approved by multiple people.
Can some one please confirm if this is the case or not if you have over 2k.
Bad spelling bugs me (and ...
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White space between title of question and content of question
What is with the whitespace between a question's title and its content? I do not have this when I post on Stack Overflow:
By the way, the question above is not mine (the URL is https://superuser.com/...
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Should number of votes and/or higher answers be listed higher?
Unless Im mistaken, answers to questions appear in reverse chronological order, with newer answers being first in the list.
Ive always felt that the accepted answer should be listed first and then ...
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FAQ Link Missing From Top of Page
I remember before that the FAQ link was at the top of every Stack Exchange site.
I'm sure it use to be near your username in the top right corner.
Why has it been removed?
Can someone send me the ...
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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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Why is question 112455 not off-topic?
This question, which seeks "a program where I can type one, two or more components of chemical reaction and find out the result of it," is a blatant software rec question.
I flagged it as off-topic (...
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Are there Badges for all Tags?
I just received my first "Tag" Badge (Microsoft-Excel, yeah!). When I looked into the Tags that had badges, I didn't notice any particular system for which Tags had Badges (at any level).
Are ...
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Request to reopen question 600447 (How can I edit multiple text files as one virtual document?)
To try and explain what I'd like to find (which I had thought not readily doable in a sound-bite), I posted a rather lengthy question earlier today that was closed for being off-topic. One person ...
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Request to reopen question 600238
This question about creating CD+Gs from MP4s was closed this morning, 27 May 2013, at 04:05 UTC for being off-topic: in its original form, the question was obviously a software-rec.
Twelve minutes ...
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