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Can we get rid of the company tags?
I don't think any of the following tags have questions that benefit them:
microsoft, apple, acer, samsung, sony, asus, ...
And thinking in the meta tag way, a question that's only about those tags ...
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Why was the question about the difference between an Intel i7 and Xeon processor closed?
Are there noticeable differences in Intel i7 and Xeon 5400 chipset family? [closed]
Initially, I may have phrased the question incorrectly but was essentially getting to the primary question of the ...
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What Privileges Are Available in Meta Super User?
Unlike Stack Overflow Meta (and the main Super User site), Super User Meta does not show privileges available to users when hovering over the username. Are there any plans to add this feature, or ...
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SuperUser renders oddly in Firefox, truncating question titles
I came to SuperUser.SE for the first time today and this site, unlike all the other SE sites I've used, renders unhelpfully for me in Firefox:
As you can see, I have turned off Stylish and ...
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Request to reopen question 329904
I would like to request to reopen: What are threads, and what do they do in the processor?
This question is perfect for SuperUser SE. Computer hardware question that isn't related to buying ...
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Why was my question about "Intentions and security risks of AIM bots" closed?
I've recently made a question at SuperUser about the intentions and security risks of AIM bots and it was downvoted and closed as Not a real question. I've browsed the site guidelines and I'm not ...
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Question downvote miscalculation?
I recently downvoted a poorly written question. The downvote was registered on the question, the change in reputation was documented on the user's page, the downvote count on my profile incremented, ...
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Are linked images automatically updated to StackExchange's imgur account?
Are linked images automatically updated to StackExchange's imgur account? I noticed many of the linked images within questions and answer are hosted at i.sstatic.net. If not, then how can I upload ...
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Request to reopen question 216839
I believe this question was closed by mistake. There is enough information to answer the question. I also edited to clean it up a little. Honestly, it really didn't need it. Now it looks slightly more ...
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Why votes on question don't change the tag vote count in the User Profile?
When you ask or answer a question the tags of such question appear in your profile, as people vote your answers the tag score on your profile increases/decreases.
Why doesn't it do the same for when ...
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How to know how many edits where made on my question?
Is there a way to know how many edits were made on one of my posts?
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superuser rss feed not displaying on Windows7 gadget [closed]
Hi,
I searched around superuser and could not find similar question. Many users have problem to "display the gadget", but my problem is that the gadget showed up properly, but only few of my feeds ...
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Burnination and Synonyms Part III (hopefully the last one)
For burnination:
sell
simple
solidworks (rare misspelling)
student
stuck (worthless as used now)
superuser
subjective
support
system (burned, but replaced with system.exe for those who need it)
...
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SU Review, how to stop "watching" a tag
On the review page, I selected a tag to see the questions needed review for that specific subject. But now, I can't find a way to go back and see all the tags combined.
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Meta Tag Wikis Can't be Edited [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Unable to propose tag wiki
With the addition of tag wiki proposals, it seems as though Meta's language changed despite still not being able to edit tag wikis.
I can see how ...
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More for burnination and synonyms
Burnination:
first
function
general
hardware-selection (the two questions with this tag are closed, and hardware combination seems better anyway; might be better to make them synonyms though)
home (...
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Appeal tag wiki ban?
Is it possible for me to appeal the ban that I have on editing tag wikis? The reason I got the ban is for trying to add the following text to the tag wikis of some tags:
Please make sure that if ...
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Many questions tagged "ide" should be tagged "pata"
Many of the questions currently tagged "ide" should actually be tagged "pata". ide is for integrated development environments, rather than Integrated Drive Electronics.
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Tags that should never be the only ones on a question
It seems to me that there are some tags that if they are the only ones on a post (or even if they are mentioned at all) pretty much make the question off topic. Perhaps these tags should have a ...
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Question closed due to non-question format -- rewritten
I recently had a question closed due to it being labeled as not a real quesiton, so I just rewrote the question and wanted to ask if it could be opened again and also, if the negative score could be ...
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Merging answers of duplicate questions
I know that it says "its answers may be merged with another identical question" for duplicate questions, but I have never seen it actually done.
Is there a chance that this could happen for my answer ...
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Why can't I comment on answers to my own question?
Several months ago I was using this site to ask people and I got 90% good answers. In the past I could write a comment about their answers, but now I cannot see comment button.
I can just answer ...
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Incorrect user display of questions on user profile?
I asked a question yesterday here and there were two answerers to it, of which one was deleted (I guess by the author). The question does currently display like this on my profile page:
As you can ...
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Can a user remove a flag that they have set?
Lets say a user posts a question. Another user, based on the questions content, thinks that the question belongs on another StackExchange site, such as WebApps, and flags it. Then the other user edits ...
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Why does the Chat show so much reputation?
I wish that I had 5.9k rep, but I dont, not even combined... (and the badge count only has my superuser badges, not even meta).
What does the 5.9k mean?
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View the year questions are posted and be able to sort questions by votes regardless of year?
I'd like to be able to view the year questions are posted.
And to be able to sort questions by votes regardless of year.
I see questions in the right hand side mention how many years ago they were ...
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Newsletter top question bug
I have just received the newsletter, and one of the top questions was How to analyze a link to figure out the actual link. It said I had answered the question.
It's nice I guess, but my answer was ...
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Why do I see my own suggested tag edits in the edit queue?
I've been creating some tag excerpts, but somehow they've made it into my review queue.
Of course, I can't accept or reject them, they're just there.
Is this a bug or by design?
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View close votes
Is there a way to view a list of all the close votes that I have cast (similar to viewing the flags that I have sent)?
Its not really that important, but I was just curious if there was a way.
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inserting a line break in a comment [duplicate]
Is this possible? It gets annoying when I want to address two different things in one comment (or two different people) and it all gets crammed together.
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Enlightened badge not showing up
I think I have achieved the criteria for the badge on this question, and I have waited about an hour. Is there something that I am missing?
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Make timetracking a synonym of the time-tracking tag
I think tags time-tracking and timetracking should be synonyms because their difference is only hyphen
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Tag Editor badge
For some reason, I had an edit accepted to a tag (two actually) but no badge. Is this a bug, or is there something in badge qualifications that requires more?
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How often do you get the robot prompt? I've gotten it every time for the past week now. . .
I've noticed that I get prompted and asked if I'm a robot every time recently. I'm curious if this was due to my machine or the site flagging me. And this has been on multiple machines, on different ...
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Could new users get "Beta" badge?
Today I was looking over the badges page for the badges that I could (maybe one day) get. I noticed that "Beta" badge (that is acquired by users that participated on the beta phase of superuser) could ...
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Possible spam user "myopic.bones"
A large number of posts from myopic.bones seem to be spam. They include answers to the following questions:
Does e-mail address obfuscation actually work?
Limit Chrome's bandwidth
how to limit ...
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Clarification of on-topic status [closed]
I don't want to pick on Nestor here, as I think his question is good, but I'm questioning whether it is on-topic.
Let me clarify that I'm not complaining about flag weight, I promise. However, I ...
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Suspicious downvote pattern
I have noticed some suspicious downvotes on my questions recently.
Jul 25
-2 23:44 downvote XML, XHTML, SGML and HTML
Jul 23
-2 51 mins ago downvote GUI editor for editing djvu ...
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question closed as exact duplicate, but the referred question appears to be only loosely related
My question was closed as exact duplicate 11 days ago:
batch-rename filenames with numbers to sort alphabetically
For some reason i did not receive any notification about this, so I noticed it just ...
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Do questions on search engine optimization belong here? If not, where do they belong?
E.g. I want to ask a question like: http://www.quora.com/SEO/If-you-re-use-your-Internet-name-on-numerous-sites-is-there-a-way-to-make-your-name-on-one-site-appear-before-your-name-on-another-site
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Banned Tag Proposal: Hackintosh
Due to the legal gray area that exists with regards to building or running Hackintosh machines we have always discouraged these question on SU since it would attract unnecessary attention to the site ...
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My question was closed as exact duplicate, but instead was exactly the opposite
my question has been closed as exact duplicate of this - but has anyone bothered to read it? Or do you just blindly cast close votes? The "duplicate" is asking about exactly the opposite of what I ...
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I'm losing my hope for my Superuser t-shirt
Possible Duplicate:
Where in the world is my SuperUser t-shirt?
My hope for getting my Superuser t-shirt began with the form I filled on April 8th, 2010. Then on May 11th, I asked this question. ...
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Suspected spam on remote support software question
2 user accounts have been created and all they have done collectively is redundantly suggest TeamViewer here, which is only a half valid answer given the full scope of the question:
OS X: What remote ...
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SU Tag Merge Request: [monitors] to [monitor]
Really just a cosmetic thing, I think [monitors](19) should be merged into [monitor](290). It makes sense not to fragment the tags based on a plural. I guess, as well, this should be added to the list ...
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Reputation Bonus
When I log in into another stack exchange website, I got 100 reputation bonus. I join superuser since the website started, and that time, there is no reputation bonus.
My question, will I be able to ...
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Invalid flag but Closed question?
I just flagged this question, got invalid flag and some time later the question was closed? I got -10 flag weight to a closed question? Could someone verify?
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Is link posting broken if the link includes a caret?
I think including links is broken if the valid URL includes a caret symbol ^. See as below this link to Wolfram Alpha for computing 2^25:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2^25
It is a valid URL ...
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How should we treat questions involving mobile computers like barcode scanners that use Windows Mobile?
UPDATE - I found this proposal over on area51.
It suggests a StackExchange site for Windows Mobile. Go follow it if you want to see this!
I've been using a computer like this at work for the last ...
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cancelling a vote after a while
I upvoted a question that looked promising but the questioner just abandoned the question not giving any more info and nobody could answer it because they abandoned it. I'd like to remove the 1 vote ...
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