Newest Questions
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Where did Molly go?
Being an irregular regular on Super User, I know most of the crew which are also usually the most knowledgeable ones, and the first on the scene, when it comes to answering questions.
Lately, I haven'...
ldigas
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User spamming - intentional or not?
I feel that a user is asking questions without the purpose of gaining an answer, but to rather link to several other sites. Multiple links in almost all of his / her questions with less then half of ...
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Cannot vote at all, but can edit / tag etc.
I cannot seem to vote on Superuser. I can on Stackoverflow however.
Error log in Firefox says Error: vote is not defined.
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Where can I ask questions that aren't Super User questions?
Thank you for your confidence in our abilities!
But have you read our FAQ?
We get a lot of non computer related questions on here.
Yes, someone here might be able to help you, but you'll find that ...
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Last activity two days ago? Where?
I just logged onto SuperUser for the first time in several weeks, and I noticed that I have "activity" 2 days ago on a long-un-answered question:
Multi Monitor setup goes crazy after locking/...
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Reopen request for SU?
Hello, I posted what I thought was a legitimate question on Super User at Why are brownouts so harmful?
It was closed almost immediately as not a real question with the explanation "This is not a ...
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Extra "Nice Answer" Badge and "Good Answer"?
I've noticed that Super User has granted me two "Nice Answer" badges.
Yet I can only see one answer of my own which would appear to qualify. Additionally, I seem to have a "Good Answer" badge on ...
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Turn Markdown "code" blocks into plain "preformatted" blocks on Super User
On SU, can we remove the default syntax highlighting? It seems that most uses for the Markdown 4-space-indent-code-block on SU are not actual code, and the syntax highlighting is more of a hindrance ...
quack quixote
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Superuser FAQ note about "websites and web services" is unclear?
Possible Duplicate:
Superuser website applications policy
I recently had a question on Superuser closed:
https://superuser.com/questions/104025/is-there-any-free-forum-software-that-supports-...
OverloadUT
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SuperUser retag request: [macosx] -> [mac] + [osx] (diamond mods only!)
There are only three [macosx] questions on Super User at this moment. All of them are closed (migrated from SU to elsewhere), so I can't retag them, nominate them for deletion, or even flag them for ...
quack quixote
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What interface software system is used in superuser?
Possible Duplicate:
Which tools and technologies build the Stack Exchange Network?
Can't find it anywhere.
It looks very alike www.vark.com/community which is the uservoice I've confused it with ...
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Super User website applications policy
I recently asked this question on Super User, and a big discussion arose on appropriate questions. The issue came down to the new verbiage in the FAQ:
I had figured that the websites line was just ...
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Super User website applications policy
I recently asked this question on Super User, and a big discussion arose on appropriate questions. The issue came down to the new verbiage in the FAQ:
I had figured that the websites line was just ...
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Could-be-computer accessories on SuperUser?
Are questions about accessories (specifically, MicroSD cards) that may or may not be used with a computer allowed on SuperUser?
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Why is the comments box obscured by right hand text box?
This cannot be just my browser, Firefox 3.6, so what is causing it? When I click to add a comment, the comment box (just after the first comment seen in the screenshot) extends beyond the center ...
casualcoder
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Terminology issue of computer related questions
This is a purely language issue, but IMHO, it deserves some thought.
I don't know how things currently stand on Stack Overflow and Server Fault, but on Super User questions often get closed as non ...
ldigas
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Merging macbook* tags on SU
On Superuser, there are two tags for the same subject :
macbookpro, with 122 hits
macbook-pro, with 3 hits
That would be nice is someone could merge these two tags to macbook-pro (with a hyphen) I ...
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Superuser.com bug with pixel.quantserve.com?
I have noticed this for the past few days, Many SuperUser.com pages simply do not finish loading.
I refreshed the page ten times, once it was stuck on "Waiting for www.gravitar.com...", but ...
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What to do about permanently outdated questions/answers on SU
I like Super User, often I have only to write the title of my question on the "Ask Question" page and the answer shows up in the "Related Questions"
Thus I want to keep it great.
Computer hardware ...
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High reputation users having trouble understanding Super User?
With about 1 million views a month at the moment, Super User is turning out to be successful, however due to the general audience the concept of a Q&A vs. a forum is still something we need to ...
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I Get "Vote too old to be changed" message but I have not voted on it
Possible Duplicate:
“Vote too old to be changed”… but I haven’t voted!
I can't vote on this question I get the "Vote to old to be changed" message even though I never ...
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Close not computer related questions on StackOverflow instead of migrating them to SuperUser
Recently the SuperUser FAQ has been updated to be a little more strict on what questions should be asked
Super User is for computer enthusiasts
and power users. If you have a
question about …
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Asking questions about facebook in superuser [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Official stance on Facebook questions on SU?
I wanted to ask a question about facebook in superuser only to discover that almost all questions tagged facebook have been closed....
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"One question to rule them all" questions on SuperUser
SuperUser is haunted by repeated questions on topics as:
Antivirus suggestions
Virus/Spyware removing
Best practices for troubleshooting common problems
Best buy guides for hardware and software
In ...
- 24.8k
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Real reputation cap showing wrong on my Recent activity page
I encountered a strange reputation cap behaviour on Super User.
I got only 112 today, as reported on my recent activity page, but it has already given me the corresponding badge and stopped counting....
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Should we close old questions with no more feedback as "no longer relevant", on SuperUser?
SuperUser has a much higher ratio of "personal" question. I mean that many questions are linked to one user only, with his particular configuration. Of course his question can be of help to other ...
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Will iPad be acceptable subject matter for Super User? I guess not?
Will an Apple tablet device (iPad) be a "computery" enough subject for questions on Super User?
I plan to get one, and since I've never owned an iPhone or anything similar, I'm sure I'll have some ...
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Should shopping and/or hardware recommendation questions be allowed on SuperUser?
I've seen a recent surge in questions asking for recommendations on buying X type of hardware (replace X with mice, GPUs, CPUs, hard drives, flash drives, you name it). Looking at TheTXI's answer here,...
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Update the Super User FAQ
With the changes made to the policies recently, and the amount of hits Super User is taking at the moment, I would like to suggest that the current FAQ is updated as follows:
Super User is for ...
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Retag request: torrent -> bittorrent
15 questions tagged 'torrent' on superuser
48 questions tagged 'bittorrent' on superuser
(Only 'bittorrent' is used on SO and SF.)
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What is happening to my SU rep? (Or, how is my rep changing before my eyes!)
So today I've had a fair few upvotes, no downvotes - reached 6660 on SU, then went and had some tea. Came back, 6668. Damn, a downvote! Who has offended my honour so?
Nobody, apparently. Now my rep ...
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Logging into SuperUser via mobile phone
I try to log into SuperUser from my mobile phone, but it fails. I can easily browse the pages of SuperUser, but when I click on "login" and then select my OpenID account provider, it doesn't work. Is ...
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Questions about Twitter on Superuser?
Are questions about Twitter (or other web services) on-topic for Superuser?
If not, which StackOverflow-based forum should one use?
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SU Retag Request: [external-harddrive] --> [external-hard-drive]
I asked a question about external HDDs recently, and noticed the hard-drive tag and the external-harddrive tag are totally inconsistent. Any chance of a retag?
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Wolfram Alpha not computer related?
On SuperUser, earlier today, Diago closed this question on Wolfram Alpha as not computer related. I fail to see how it isn't computer related. Or how it is different from the several Facebook ...
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SO GreaseMonkey Support - Here or SuperUser
I'm having trouble getting one of the GreaseMonkey scripts that Shog9 wrote to work (The DailyRepLimit tracker). Should I post the question on how to fix it here or on superuser? GreaseMonkey in ...
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Retag request: on SuperUser, rename external-harddrive to external-hard-drive
HDD-related tags on SuperUser:
hard-drive (291)
external-harddrive (91)
internal-harddrive (6)
network-hard-drive (1)
hard-drive-failure (28)
hard-drive-image (2)
I think the dash-enabled hard-drive ...
quack quixote
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null tag bug on Super User?
This question, as of this moment, has a "null" tag. There are four tag "buttons": linux, tools, "null", and threads.
"Retag" simply shows two spaces between "tools" and "threads".
Didn't try to fix ...
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Superuser: mass system changes?
If you go to Superuser and scroll down a little, there are many entries with Splattne's name against them. I have gone in and can't see any sort of change, retag, answer or deleting.
Is this something ...
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Retag Request/Tag Merge Request for Super User: 'windows7' and 'windows-7'
The 'windows-7' tag has 1752 questions, while the 'windows7' tag has only 2.
Keep: 'windows-7'
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Game-related questions on SU [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are video game questions appropriate for superuser?
Possible Duplicate:
Are video game questions appropriate for superuser?
At some level games are still software and ...
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Official stance on Facebook questions on SU?
https://superuser.com/questions/73214/facebook-profiles-for-non-people-okay
Ok, there are many questions that reference Facebook, but this one seems to be directly about facebook. I need an official ...
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Unusual Google Sitelinks for "superuser"
If you google "superuser" one of the sitelink options is a user account. Is that suppose to happen?
Paul Sheldrake
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Merge tags on superuser [virtualmachine], [virtual-machine], and [virtualization]
I noticed a similar question here, but it seems nothing has been done... On superuser there are tags for virtualmachine and virtual-machine. I think these two at the least should be merged, if not ...
GiH
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Who are the moderators of Super User?
Who are the moderators of Super User?
I don't see any moderator presence online right now to close out questions I want closed.
joe
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Browers hangs for super user question
Just now , one user posted question : https://superuser.com/questions/68649/help-me-with-my-cisco-ios-config.
When ever i am clicking that question Browser hangs for some time and recovered and show ...
joe
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My question disappeared
This morning I posted two questions on superuser.com, 65438 and 65444. The latter, 65444, seems to have vanished. Can anyone please tell me where it's gone to?
Edit: the question was about using ...
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SuperUser question scope
Most of the questions I see or ask on SuperUser are regarding computer software or hardware, but would other forms of technology that somehow connect to computing be valid questions? For example, ...
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How to reopen this question? [closed]
I would like to just contact the moderator who closed this question but I don't know how, so I'm posting here.
The moderator is saying that this question is a duplicate, but I specifically am ...
GiH