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Issue with the "migrated" marker
There is an issue with the [migrated] text being added to the end of a question title. If that question was migrated from another site, and closed on the site it was migrated to, it will show the [...
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Criteria prohibiting asking further question on stackexange sites
I was going to ask my another question on superuser.com but instead of the question form
I was informed by the message
Sorry, we are no longer accepting
questions from this account.
I don't know ...
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Unable to propose tag wiki
I am trying to create a tag wiki for question-of-the-week, but every time I click on Propose Tag Wiki it just reloads the page and doesn't let me make the tag wiki.
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Top Questions of the Week #11
Now we're into post 11 of the "Top Question" of Super User in the Super User blog. Please post and vote for your favorite question for this week.
Please post any question that you feel is of worth ...
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Accessing superuser.com/users/flag-weight/<username> results in error
When I try to access https://superuser.com/users/flag-weight/dragonlord I get a 500 eror. However, accessing https://superuser.com/users/flag-weight/73918 does not.
Can this be handled more ...
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'Best iPad stylus' question deleted as off topic
I had a question about the best iPad stylus that would meet general needs and outperform the others. However, it was closed.
There's tons of "the best ...." questions; why was mine deleted? It's a ...
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Recommending own products
What's our stance on relevant product recommendations? The paragraph in the FAQ is clearly not enough in this case.
As a recent example, a developer of an Outlook plug-in/addon started answering ...
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Can we please have better tag wiki excerpts?
Today someone proposed lots of tag wiki excerpts edits that all followed the form:
Questions about <tag-name>, <description of object>.
Why do we need the Questions about element?
We don'...
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Should posts containing personal information be deleted?
A user edited out an email address inside a post. I flagged the post so that a moderator could remove the revision with the email address, and my flag weight went down. ;(
So I was wondering, what's ...
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Preferred location for "shell scripting" questions
On Super User, many questions are about "shell scripting" - Unix sh and bash, Windows cmd.exe. Should they stay on SU or be migrated to Stack Overflow as "programming"? IMO, bash can be called "...
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Question migrated to other stackexchange site displays full name
I registered with my Gmail account and prefer to go by my initials. I recently had a Q moved to the Apple sister site and it automatically displayed my full name. Is there a way to prevent this ...
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Tag duplicate: wol -> wake-on-lan
Can we have wol made a synonym of wake-on-lan please?
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Should we strive for a general "template" for all blog posts, or allow full user control?
I as this because some users like to "quote" question title, while I personally use a large font bolded title for question titles:
Mine:
Tom's (not picking you out on purpose):
What I'm wondering ...
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In defense of obscure, niche hardware recommendation questions
I see that
https://superuser.com/questions/27891/keyboard-mouse-to-use-for-a-htpc-dedicated-to-the-tv
was closed.
While I don't totally disagree -- it is superficially similar to a shopping ...
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What's the point of vote animations? [closed]
Exactly what it says on the tin.
I may be a bit out of date, but can someone explain to me the reasoning behind them?
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What should I look at for a comparison between Google and Microsoft?
I'm going to be putting together a blog post(s) comparing the Cloud computing powers of both Google and Microsoft. Here is a List of what I came up with to compare:
Email:
labels
folders
junk
...
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Synergy specific entry page [closed]
We are linked from the Synergy support pages ( http://synergy-foss.org/support ) as the first port of call for support requests about Synergy. They currently link to https://superuser.com/questions/...
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Questions about IP Phones: Off-topic?
I'm trying to ascertain whether or not questions about IP phones (in my case, Cisco) are on-topic or off-topic for SuperUser. I read this question, which basically says:
If its problems using ...
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Explanation requested for deleted answer
Just curious why my answer on this question (10K / mod obviously required to view my answer) was deleted by a mod. If the reason is that it sounds like a comment, then I take exception to that ...
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Am I able to move a question of mine from SuperUser to IT Security?
Namely, this one? And, if not, what is the Right Way to ask for it to be moved?
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Blog search box results are from serverfault instead of superuser
When you use the search box on the superuser blog, the Google results are from the serverfault blog.
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Top Questions of the Week #10
Now we're into post 10 of the "Top Question" of Super User in the Super User blog. Please post and vote for your favorite question for this week.
Please post any question that you feel is of worth ...
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why was this question closed?
I asked a question about whether a certain type of computer hardware exists and it was closed. As this pertains directly to computer hardware and has an easily definable answer I do not see why the ...
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Reputation for 'marked as answer' not credited
Today a response by me Matlab user guides in Kindle format was marked as answer and also upvoted .
The upvote was credited but the reputation points for marked as answer was not
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Legal basis for restriction of discussions?
A recent discussion of policy here left me wondering about the legal reasoning behind it.
On any computer-related forum, there will sometimes be questions related to usage that may violate the EULA. ...
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Is the Super User Blog the new 'Generic Question Community Wiki'?
Here's my thought process on this:
We've got some general questions out there that keep popping up. Like the, infamous PC freezing questions I brought up earlier in the year. At that time we ...
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Why does the Super User Blog have the same styles as the Server Fault Blog?
It seems that the Super User Blog is using the same stylesheet as the Server Fault Blog. Shouldn't we have our own colors? Maybe something like so:
instead of what we have now:
Edit: After further ...
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Why was this question closed?
Why was this question on Windows documentation closed? It is based on an actual problem I faced, it is answerable and it is about software. The reason given to close it, being outside the scope ...
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How do I undo my vote to close?
Maybe it's just me but on countless occasions I've wrongly voted to close after misreading the question (oops). Either that, or the OP has modified their question following a comment to bring it in ...
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What Stack Exchange site would be best for someone who's thinking about building their first PC? [closed]
Please advise. PC Mag recommends a sister site called ExtremeTech.com, but I'm wondering if there's a member of the Stack Exchange family that would be appropriate. Thanks.
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Are you interested in writing blog posts?
After the blog became officially blessed by Jeff Atwood we've got some weekly posts and daily traffic on it, with an occasional spike on some of the most interesting blog posts. However, anyone with a ...
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Suggestion: It needs to be clearer which sites are available?
Excuse my newb-on-meta big boots.
I find it frustrating that I often don't know where to post my question being a jack of all trades. I suggest it is made clearer which StackExchange sites are ...
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Reputation not being credited to SU account on some questions migrated from SF even though SF rep lost
I've noticed that some questions that have been answered on ServerFault that eventually get migrated to SuperUser are not crediting me with the reputation that I gained on ServerFault, even though I ...
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All superuser tabs crashed in chromium
This has happened twice to me today , all the open tabs of superuser crashed simultaneously on Chromium (11.0.697.0 (77441)) , on refreshing the pages come back.
Does anybody know why this is ...
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Who is previewing tag wikis?
I'm not quite to 2500 rep on SU yet, so when I made a tag wiki for VBA, it said that it would have to be previewed and approved. That was quite a while back, and nothing's been done on it one way or ...
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SU Retag Request: [tools] <--> [utilities]
tools and utilities are the same thing, right? I think they should be merged under tools.
What do you think?
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Suggestion for new Vote to Close Reason: Shopping recommendation
Now, a good number of questions I get around to closing are obvious shopping questions, and tend to be closed off topic when I do.
Considering shopping questions are a definite no-no, could we have '...
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Top Questions of the Week #9
Now we're into post 9 of the "Top Question" of Super User in the Super User blog. Please post and vote for your favorite question for this week.
Please post any question that you feel is of worth and ...
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Review - First questions - mixed answers and questions
First questions review page lists both answers and questions, mixed. That's annoying, as it's tempting to flag answers as "not question" and vice versa, until realizing that it's actually answer.
Why ...
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Why is my question being voted to close right now?
I do not know what's wrong with this:
https://superuser.com/questions/260317/comprehensive-online-product-database-with-decent-search-function
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Buying reputation points
Is it possible to buy reputation on stack overflow? It seems that the people do answer more efficiently if bounty is offered :)
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How do you get the sportsmanship badge?
What exactly means upvoting (100) "competing answers"?
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Top bar auto-update
Is it possible to get the top-bar of SU to auto-update it's values without having to refresh the page? The inbox new message count indicator is the one I want mainly, although rep would be nice too ;)...
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Superuser "Too Many Requests" shows Stackoverflow artifact
While opening all StackExchange sites at once (Opera -> Links), superuser gave me the page that told me there were too many requests.
The title of the page contained "StackOverflow", not superuser or ...
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Is Super User aimed at Microsoft users?
A couple of days ago, I've asked a question and it was closed so quick I couldn't even react.
As the question was somewhat pointed and concerned working with Windows I was asking myself if I may ...
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How do I revert, undo, or reverse my own edit?
Yesterday on stackoverflow I accidentally edited someone's answer instead of my question.
I added an "Update: " and saved it then realized my mistake, and edited again, took that edit out and put it ...
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What is this site about?
Hi, I'm very new to using PC forums and I'd like to know, do these forums provide free tech support without paying for anything?
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The technology used for stack
The user interface of stack family websites is really cute. What technology/ frame-work is it based on?
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Is discussion of techniques for removing DRM permitted?
I just asked a question about how to remove DRM from Kindle books that I had purchased and it was promptly closed by the moderator studiohack with the following comment:
We don't encourage this ...
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Is it OK to ask questions about a certain product on Super User?
I am looking for a webcam and I wanted to know if I can ask for recommendations on superuser. Is this kind of thing allowed?