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Merge [office-2013] into [microsoft-office-2013]
Currently, office-2013 and microsoft-office-2013 are separate tags. Can someone merge the former into the latter?
microsoft-office-2013 should be the canonical tag, given that:
microsoft-office-...
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Recommendation tag synonym of Recommendations
The tags recommendation and recommendations seem to be synonyms. Unfortunately I do not have the required score in these tags to propose a synonym. I figured this was the next best thing :)
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Make [segfault] a synonym of [segmentation-fault]
I can't propose this tag synonym directly, but I've noticed that segfault should be a synonym of segmentation-fault. Can someone make this change?
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stackexchange websites keep asking for my proxy authentication
Does this happen to anyone else? I'm behind a proxy at work and every few minutes I have to enter the proxy authentication when I'm stackexchange websites. This doesn't happen to most other websites ...
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Could we have a less obvious review audit user?
I've noticed a good chunk of my edit approval review audits are by the same user (who I will not name ;p), with a .. suspicious amount of rep (999/1024). I realize that review audits are meant to ...
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"not-recognized" - not-required?
Do we really need the not-recognized tag? There's unrecognized which needs to be killed too
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Why was this question plus answer closed?
IE10 unexpectedly sends a HEAD request for PDF. What has changed?
I had a genuine problem. I am not the only one. While I researched the question, which was not obvious, I came upon the solution. I ...
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Why was my request for merging split answers declined?
This is with reference to the following question: Adding 'Licenced To' name to pdf file at time of download
At present it has two separate answers posted by the same user. The first one ...
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How to clean low-quality content?
I agree that I posted low quality content but I did it to solve real technical problems which all are solved now. Now I don't have actual technical problems but I wanted to ask about MIPS processors ...
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How can I ask for a program? [duplicate]
Occasionally I like to ask questions about programs that has the features I´am asking for.
Sometime ago I did a questions like that:
Looking for a program that stores images from the clipboard
But ...
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How do I get a question semi-protected?
I've got a question getting lots of me-too answers, how can I get it semi-protected so that only established users can add answers?
How to save a rotated Adobe PDF file
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Why was 555489 closed?
Why was this question: https://superuser.com/q/555489/101850 closed as duplicate of Disable ClearType (blurry fonts) in Internet Explorer 10 on windows 7? I have an exactly opposite problem and the ...
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Please add a tag for elliptic curves [closed]
Here. My carma doesn't allow to do this.
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Not receiving notifications for new messages
For the past few days (I think since the move to the New York data center) I have not been receiving notifications of new messages. If someone @'s me or comments on one of my posts, I get a badge on ...
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Suggest a Corel Painter tag
I´m learning Corel Painter. Very nice software, but a little overwhelming for new users, I have a few questions, but Super User doesn´t have the proper tag, it has only CorelDraw, wich is no useful.
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Merge ram and memory?
[ram] has 277 questions; [memory] has 296. Should we:
Merge the two into [ram]?
Merge the two into [memory]?
Leave both of them alone?
Retag [memory] questions that aren't about RAM into another tag, ...
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14 questions tagged superuser
And some of these aren't even meta questions... I'd retag them all myself, but I don't want to fill the front page with old questions. superuser
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Tag clean up request - [repeating]
There is a repeating tag.
It doesn't seem to be very useful, almost a meta tag.
It's only on 16 questions (at the time of writing) so should be easy to clean up.
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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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Where to ask GMail questions?
After reading the FAQ, I do understand that GMail questions are not welcome.
Is there any other SO site to ask these questions? I've searched through the list and it seems that none is suitable.
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Reopen this, it is not not constructive
About this question:
https://superuser.com/questions/549449/intel-i5-3rd-vs-4th-generation/549481#549481
In my opinion, this question asks a very important question about CPUs, and could help many ...
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Code block not working
The code block in this question's answer by Bruce doesn't seem to want to be working.
This is the result (even after highlighting the text and explicitly clicking the code block button.
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Reopen or still a duplicate?
Using onboard and dedicated graphics cards simultaneously for mixed performance
This question was closed as a duplicate assuming the OP wanted to use multiple monitors, and it was edited to clarify ...
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Honeypots in review queues are potentially unforgiving to misclicks?
I encountered my first honeypot review today. (Not linking to it here, but I can if it's needed.) I did take the correct action on it, which in this case (as in several possible situations) was a ...
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Remove bugs tag on Main site
Is there any point keeping bugs on the main site around?
Related: Is there a way to block the recreation of the "bug" tag on the main site? (where soandos even commented about and drew ...
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Closed questions need protection?
https://superuser.com/questions/72512/best-irc-client-for-windows was closed as a duplicate in 2009, but less then 10 minutes ago was protected. Is there a reason/rational for this? I assumed closed ...
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How does rep carry over from Super User to Meta Super User?
I do not quite understand how this works. My Meta user here has 509 rep, and my main user has 513 rep. Why is there that difference? It would seem to me that, since I have not answered/asked any ...
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How best to handle an answer added to the question?
The poster of this question subsequently edited it and added a solution he had found. I left a comment asking him to post his edit as an answer instead (and self-accept if he feels like it), but he ...
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How can I view my comment history?
When providing a comment on a question or answer, I usually like to check back to see if there's anything else I can follow-up with (be it someone else's answer/comment or an edit to the main question)...
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Can you repeal a closed question?
There have been several questions of mine here on this site that have been voted by users to be closed. The majority of them I understand the reasoning to why they were closed but a few I don't agree ...
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Flagging answers on closed questions?
Just came across this question: Scheduled Tasks - Display the script. The OP might have accepted that "answer" since it pointed him to the proper solution, but clearly a link to a previous SU post isn'...
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What are congratulations? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Review post test
What are the “congratulations” in the review tasks?
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Does marking a question as favourite allow tracking its activity?
I have noticed the star icon by someone's question and wondered what exactly does it do?
I thought at first it was a way to "watch" the question (without physically commenting or answering) but this ...
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Review post test
Does Super User employ review tests like these (screenshot below) or just depends on Moderators' opinions for reviewers?
I never encountered such a test on Super User.
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Review guidelines for new and late posts
I have read following posts regarding review tasks
Is it okay to just say “no action needed” if a post in the review queue has already been edited?
What are the limits on using the “no action needed”...
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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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Question 540289 re-open request
The question https://superuser.com/questions/540289/online-backup-services-that-cannot-access-your-data is not my question and was closed by a moderator but I feel that the question is useful enough ...
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Not all questions tagged with my favorite tags are highlighted
As you can see in the screenshot below, although I have linux as a favorite tag, not all questions tagged with it are highlighted. This occurs both when looking through the questions tagged as linux ...
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2 diamond moderators closed a post
How did this question get closed by two diamond moderators? I was under the impression that a single diamond moderator vote to close immediately closed the question.
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Account is not allowed to suggest edits
I just noticed that I can't edit posts anymore? The edit button is disabled with the info-tip :
account is not allowed to suggest edits
I Googled about this and apparently this is caused by ...
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Suggested edit to mark a signpost is cancelled out when post is deleted
Why is it possible to delete an answer when an edit is pending?
I had a question that included a HORRIBLE answer.
It was someone trying to get me to install malware but I had just edited it to ...
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Where do the "user123456" names come from?
I'm new to Super User / Stack Exchange and I like it so far. I've noticed a strange trend. There seem to be a lot of new users in the format of "user132456" the numbers being random. Are new users ...
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Tag for cleanup - finger
finger - Usage seems to roughly equally divided between the *nix command and the digit of one's hand.
Perhaps we can break this up into 2 separate tags? Or even remove the references to physical ...
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Tag for removal - heater
heater - Stupid tag used by a single closed question. I think we can safely get rid of it.
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Reopen Closed Question (reason for closing : Off Topic)
I posted the following question on Super User : https://superuser.com/questions/537232/issues-with-htaccess-url-re-write
However this is not the original question , the original question seemed ...
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Can I have two accounts merged into one?
I have a main account on Stackoverflow (562440) and an accidental one on Superuser (163236).
would it be possible to merge the SU-account into the SO-account, so my SO-profile is shown on SU and I ...
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Why does a design comparison question between win8 and win7 score 25 votes but get -1 votes with winxp and win7?
There is this interesting question Why are start-up times faster on Windows 8? and currently it has 25 votes. It focuses on win7 to win8 differences from performance point of view.
I thought it would ...
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When people select different close reasons, what will the final reason displayed be?
Just wanted to know, when different people select different reasons to close a question, what's the reason finally displayed? Is it the one that received the first close vote? What happens for ...
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List of tag merge requests (Dec 2012)
Merge:
merge php-ini x2 => php.ini 10x
merge autofill x1 => auto-form-fill 3x
merge dos 2x => ms-dos 91x (checked their posts. They mean ms-dos)
synonym mainboard 2x => motherboard 954x
Split:
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