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Is the following question eligible for the Windows 8 challenge?
This is a particularly specific question, but I hope someone can help. I posted this question five days ago about Windows 8. I had no idea about the challenge, but now I'm wondering if it was posted a ...
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How do you have a question migrated?
How do you have a question migrated to another stack exchange site?
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What is the [what-is] tag for?
what-is seems like the very definition of a meta tag.
Should we whack it?
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Re-open request
I asked this question: Switching between non-suspended apps (with alt-tab?) which got closed as duplicate.
The orignal question though only details how to switch applications, not now to switch ...
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Windows 8 challenge - participation for a post before the challenge started
I answered a question regarding searching the Windows Store in Windows 8 before the Windows 8 challenge started. This post would qualify me for Level 2 in the challenge, as it's got a score of 6.
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Why is there a blank space at the top of the questions list?
When I visited Super User this morning, an extra spurious blank space appeared at the top of the list of questions on the home page.
This blank space doesn't appear on any other SE site that I've ...
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SuperUser accounts exclusion
Why is superuser not showing up in my profile under accounts? I have 3 StackExchange accounts, and ran into some trouble with this one after attempting to create the account 3 times when the first ...
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Burninate the [tag:region] tag [closed]
region tag seems to have a mixup of unrelated questions.
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What is wrong with this question?
It is giving me "It does not meet our quality standards." for
How do I link my existing account in a website to Openid account, like google account?
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Is this site not partly about uncommon specific software solutions?
My question was in regards to asking for a solution that takes up a cumulative hour or so of my time every-single-day . I am now able to do this in a fraction of the time, thanks to my question. (yeah,...
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How to combine logins?
How do I combine a gmail log in account I have, and a facebook log in account?
I can not find the information anywhere.
I see how to merge duplicate accounts says to 'flag' but what is that exactly?
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I'd like to get a question reopened - what's the difference between a shopping question, and not [closed]
How to buy a computer that supports multiple monitors? I'd like to get this question reopened, since its not actually a shopping recommendation.
The intent behind shopping recommendations is to avoid ...
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Are there any applications that allow us to ask/answer stack exchange questions from the desktop?
I am looking for an application that acts as a stack exchange client, typically on the desktop.
Features:
Can ask/edit questions
Can answer questions
Can comment
Supports MathJax
Nice to have's:
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How do I remove the selected tag filter when searching for Unanswered questions on Superuser?
I've been looking for unanswered questions trying to build some reputation here. Once I select a tag filter in the sidebar, I'm shown all of the questions with that tag. Choosing more tags makes the ...
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How can I merge a Gmail account and OpenID account with Superuser?
I have recently created an account with Super User with a Gmail account
Now that I'm trying to login in only find the OpenID login
and when i login with my OpenID it seems Super User doesn't recognize ...
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Can I move/duplicate a question to another Stack site? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I request to move a question to a different Stack Exchange site?
I have a question on this site that may as well work at, say, Ask Different. Is it possible to ...
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Why is my question considered to be "off topic"?
I asked this question: Automatically reclaim my IRC nickname (without underscores) globally?
Without any comments it was "closed as off topic". I don't understand why. The box informing me about the ...
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Where/how can I get answers to questions on Office for Mac?
I've got two open Office for Mac questions on SU (specifically, Outlook 2011). I'd say I'm not bad at the dark art of stackexchange question writing and that they're not bad questions and not ...
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I have an answer but can't post it
Yes, I realize this should have gone on meta superuser, but I'm not allowed to even ask questions there.
So, I have a a complete answer to a question here on superuser:
Mountain Lion Switcher (Cmd+...
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How are these questions off topic?
How are these questions off topic?
https://superuser.com/questions/47150/does-anyone-use-elephantdrive-online-backup-for-personal-use
https://superuser.com/questions/368225/online-backup-that-keeps-...
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Why is question 480733 off topic?
https://superuser.com/questions/480733/communication-software-wanted-email-sms-im-phone-calls
Would you please explain, why this question is off topic?
I think I am a power user making high ...
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How should we handle spammers who recreate accounts after deletion?
I've got a spammer by the name of Jesse who just keeps coming, even after several account deletions:
https://superuser.com/users/162151/jesse
https://superuser.com/users/162150/jesse
https://...
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Company tag necromancy: The zombie apocalypse!
Just when we thought we finally got rid of them all they appear to have been resurrected.
adobe x 200 — about 100 software and service products, PDF, Flash, Flex, graphics and video editing, web ...
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So what do I do when nobody seems to respond?
Do I repost it in a few days? I must get this fixed...
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Trying to reach 200 rep, then this bogus? edit rejection
This edit rejection claims that I submitted this with spelling errors. There is no spelling error that I can find.
I am at 198. Obviously, I am going to go edit another so I can hit my 200.
Is ...
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Why do some questions show up as asked by Community?
So I was browsing the top lists today, and noticed a few have Community (diamond) as the asker:
However, in the question, it says the actual person's name:
Any idea why it does this?
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What are the prerequisites for a question to be transferred over to Super User?
Two questions really:
What are the prerequisites for a question to be migrated over to Super User part of Stack Exchange?
Why was my question migrated over from Stack Overflow to SuperUser, if the ...
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Unclear flag policy for low-reputation users
I've been notified by a mod at Android Enthusiasts of my abuse of the flag system.
I'm sorry, but we're not going to keep converting [your non-answers] to comments for
you. Earn 50 rep and you ...
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How to respond to moderator email?
Moderator nhinkle sent me an email message, but did not include a reply address. There is a "respond to" link at the bottom, but it's https://superuser.com/users/message/268#268, which comes up as a ...
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What does "kviews" mean? [duplicate]
As in the image shown, some questions have a certain number of kviews whereas others have N views.
Why? What is "kviews"?
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What does OP stand for?
I know this is a simple question. I see people leaving comments referring to the "OP". By the context of how its used, I think it means the "asker" of the question.
Does OP stand for something? Is ...
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Can other users edit my posts without my approval?
Is it possible for other users to edit StackExchange posts without the approval of the post's original author? I'm concerned that some of my posts (and those of other users) may be altered in ways ...
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We need to kill the [domain-registrar] tag
The tag, domain-registrar is pretty useless and out of topic, it needs to be killed.
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Can one offer a bounty for more rep than one has?
I noticed this question has a bounty on it for 100 rep, where the OP (at the time I'm writing this) has 67 rep. What is the relationship between a bounty you can offer and the rep you have earned?
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How Did I get the Yearling Badge Twice?
Active member for a year, earning at least 200 reputation. This badge can be awarded multiple times.
Two criteria, neither possible to do more than once. Perhaps this description needs to be reworded....
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Tags like 'Windows' should be more general in its filtering
There are a few windows tags which includes
windows
windows-xp
windows-vista
windows-7
etc
Now, I don't use Linux / Mac / Unix etc, I'm 100% Windows. So when I select the windows tag (under ...
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Really cool spambot behaviour
We have a series of spambot questions
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/42353/automate-mac-app-store-installs-upgrades legit question off apple.se
https://superuser.com/questions/435721/...
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Synonym request from "system-tray" to "notification-area"
It looks like systray is already a synonym of notification-area (26 questions). However, system-tray (95 questions) is off on its own.
I would suggest merging system-tray into notification-area, ...
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Why was this question closed?
https://superuser.com/questions/284021/remove-documents-from-main-library-on-kindle
I think this is a legitimate question about a piece of software (the Kindle's OS) which was abruptly closed by a ...
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Why is this question off topic?
I don't know why the following question is off topic:
https://superuser.com/q/456716/109333
I thought a system administrator was a super user. Are there any Stack Exchange sites I can migrate ...
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Lost reputation, but can't figure why
Yesterday I lost 10 rep. I can't figure why.
-3 yesterday
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+5 10:46 upvote How does formatting works with a PowerShell function that returns a set of elements?
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Question mistakenly closed as duplicate
I arrived at a question through a web search and noticed that it had been erroneously been closed as an exact duplicate. The question was on how to tell if a port is USB 3.0, and the duplicate ...
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Question about how identical questions are defined
There is a question that has been asked three times by the same poster with near identical info in the description, but slightly different question title. So my question is, are these three different ...
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How do I add a long reply to my question?
I posted a question about about installing libmcrypt on Snow Leopart, & it was replied to, but the the suggestion in the reply didn't work & I feel like I need to add information related to ...
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Same username, same gravatar, different users
When I first saw this, I thought it was a bug as the gravatars looked identical and they had different reputation. Additionally, both of them seem to be the OP.
However, they are different users (I ...
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Please use [modern-ui] instead of [metro] for the moment, Metro conflicts
Please use Modern UI for the moment, because Metro was a code name that conflicts with Metro AG.
Feel free to update questions with the new naming as you go around making our Windows 8 part of the ...
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Change accidental vote
I accidentally down voted an answer (fat fingers on a small phone) and didn't notice until after it was locked. How can I undo my down vote?
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Create Tag for BHO on SU
Like google-chrome-extensions, please create a tag for browser-helper-objects (BHO) on superuser.
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Is there some program that searches SuperUser for bad words in posts?
Earlier tonight I posted something asking about MediaWiki and I tried to ask "how do I do that" but I accidentally typed "hoe do I do that". I realized this because one of the site admins edited the ...
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Is there a way to delete an Imgur image uploaded to Super User?
When using the toolbar to upload an image in a question or the answer to a question, it gets saved to the StackExchange's Imgur account. If the wrong image is uploaded, is there a way to delete it? ...
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