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Why ignore beginner questions about Kali Linux?
Original question here as well as coped here for reference:
I've downloaded 64bit Virtualbox Kali Linux and after launching it I am almost immediately presented with the login screen. I've tried the ...
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How to handle my cross-site duplicate?
Today, I asked this question, which seems to be a cross-duplicate of another question.
The question itself is about usage of computer programs, so it does not belong on StackOverflow, but here on ...
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confusing `rm` command corner behavior [migrated]
I am trying to understand the corner case behaviors of rm command. In a folder owned and grouped by root, I have a file owned by user alice. However, user alice does not have any permissions on the ...
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What's wrong with my edit?
I applied for this edit a few weeks ago.
https://superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/1148560
It was unanimously rejected by the reviewers. I'm not sure what I did wrong here - it seems to me that ...
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Why not allowing people to delete their own question?
Sometimes I posts questions I thought it good and still do now, but it has been down voted very badly, for example How slow can DDR4 RAM be?
I don't understand why is this a bad question since I ...
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Why was my edit rejected if it improves the question's readability?
https://superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/1272732
The edit split up the wall of text, which usually deters answerers from even reading the post. The Markdown text was paragraphed and indented, ...
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Is it not allowed to post a link to a YouTube video in your answer?
I've posted an answer and explained all the steps in the answer. I wanted to add a short YouTube video that demonstrates the answer but SuperUser won't let me.
I add a hyperlink, put the url in and ...
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What's the best way to ask a similar question, but targeting a new OS?
I'm interested in asking a question specifically targeting Windows 11. I was able to find a Super User question focusing on basically the same topic from over a decade ago, before Windows 11 existed.
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Is this question appropriate for Super User?
Would asking the following question be on topic?
Where are the DB, and DBx stored on the computer whether in the BIOS UEFI, or Operating System?
Or would that best be in the Information Security ...
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Requesting guidance on the use of backtick formatting with manpage names
This question is partially inspired by a rejected edit to this post.
In the answers, inline backtick formatting is used for manpage titles such as mount(8) and sudoers(4). In the question, it is not. ...
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The Great [tag-cleanup-request] status-tag cleanup of 2024
Following on from the Great CM status tag cleanup of 2024, we lost our "status-planned" tracking of ongoing cleanup tasks. That's because the planned tag is now considered a process tag, ...
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Is there a "dark mode" setting for Super User?
I love "dark mode" on Stack Overflow and prefer using it everywhere.
I cannot find the setting, and I've tried looking everywhere in the settings.
Does Super User have a Dark Mode? If so, ...
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Are these question edits okay or did I take it too far?
I am talking about this question.
I want to talk about intent. I can see the question is far from perfect but I'd like to argue we can derive the askers intent: He seems to me quite desperate to ...
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I'd like to dispute a closure "How do you figure out what CPUs are compatible with a Desktop?"
Question in question here
While I've got the power to reopen it unilaterally, I've answered the question, and I think I'd like to take the opportunity to bring this up on meta.
While in general ...
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Where can I make requests to reopen questions on the Super User main Stack Exchange? [duplicate]
I'm asking about the scope of the tag reopen-request here, on Meta.
I had such a request closed as off-topic and I don't understand why.
Why was it closed?
I am basically asking why the question it ...
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Why does clicking an image URL not work to open it in browser?
I embedded this link https://i.sstatic.net/5AFpedHO.jpg in a post outside Stack Exchange. The URL had been created by uploading an image in a post in Stack Exchange.
When I click the link in the post ...
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Cloudflare protection on Stack Overflow related sites
Cloudflare always asks me for human validation while visit Stack Overflow related sites, I know the reason is because I'm using a VPN software to surfing the network, It will back to normal after I ...
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Knowledge Repository
The rule across the SE network is General Questions General Answers.
The sites are a repository of knowledge.
Mokubai said that it is not a place to collate encyclopedic information that Super User is ...
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Better to delete/repost or request migration?
My question about Debian on an iMac hasn't gotten much attention, and I'd like to try it on https://unix.stackexchange.com/. I'm happy to delete and repost there, or flag for moderator attention. Is ...
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Where can I ask this question about Computer Screen Technology?
I have asked a question about Computer Screens on Super User. Specifically, about understanding their (supposedly different) technology, certainly not a question about their use as computer screens (...
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Why was this non-opinion question closed as opinion-based?
When this question was first written, it was missing some key details. Thus, one or two people voted it as opinion-based. This made sense, as without those key details, the question could certainly ...
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How is this question about resolution off-topic?
I have asked a question about Upschaling and Pixel Replication
I have frequently heard that it is better to have a display resolution
with the resolution of the content you want to display on the ...
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Why was my answer deleted
I recently posted an answer which got deleted because apparently it doesn't answer the question and should be a comment instead.
Even after discussion with the user who commented on it, is not clear ...
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Why was this flag declined by a moderator?
This non-answer (previously accessible via https://superuser.com/a/1853110/380110) is obviously a comment on another answer, and not an actual answer. I flagged it as such while helping our community ...
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My question "Making title attribute of HTML elements display as text instead of as tooltips" was removed as off-topic; where can I ask it?
My question "Making title attribute of HTML elements display as text instead of as tooltips" was removed as off-topic with the explanation that "This question is not about computer ...
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Why were a good amount of comments from a question removed?
Why were a good amount of comments from this question removed?
My question (in the comments) was reasonable.
One more question where IMHO is appropriate to comment about different approach.
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Is there a way to hide several year old questions?
I have been getting back into the habit of checking this forum, trying to help others with what little I can. However, I'm noticing a not insignificant trend when loading the home page; I'm seeing ...
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Can't see any previous solution for this: E-mail setting on Stack Exchange refuses to change
Here, on Stack Exchange. Attempting to change ancient e-mail setting to newer one. No longer have access to the old e-mail address. It took the change (as far as I can see) to the new one for logins, ...
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Why are comments being deleted? And by who?
I added a comment to How to change text before and after a specific word in Microsoft Word this morning, after an existing comment from another user asking for clarity.
Both comments have been deleted,...
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Inbox not marked as read
When someone posts a comment on a question or answer from me, I get a notification in my inbox.
If I click the notification and get redirected to the question, that notification itself is not marked ...
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Should the [ps1] tag be used, and if not, should it be removed?
Tag ps1 has no guidance, with only 44 questions using it, however the main problem is .ps1 is a PowerShell profile and script extension, but is being used both for PowerShell and other shells that ...
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Why was this question on how to turn off Adobe Acrobat PDF reader in Google Chrome closed as not about computer hardware or software?
The question How can one turn off Adobe Acrobat PDF reader in Google Chrome? was closed as:
This question is not about computer hardware or software, within the scope defined in the help center.
Why?...
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Multiple questions on erasing data. Are they duplicates?
I was reviewing the question here: How to Erase All Data on Compaq Laptop and I found two candidates for closing as a duplicate of.
Securely erasing all data from a hard drive
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Erase disk before ...
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Why is this question about a web service not moved to Web Apps SE?
Where to find Google Cloud security notification
Google Cloud is clearly a web service/application. This is a good question that quickly got 2 answers. I don't see anything that would get it rejected ...
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Is software-rec an unwanted tag, yes or no?
Referring to Could we finally get rid of [software-rec]? I get overall impression we want to get rid of the software-rec tag.
At the same time someone is actively editing existing questions all over ...
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Pondering mod status tags
We've been using the status tags - things like status-review were used for 'internal' SU moderation tasks. At some point, review tags on per site meta get fed into tickets internally.
I feel like a ...
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Please don't turn new user's questions into audit tests
I recently reviewed this question: https://superuser.com/review/first-questions/1255359, and my thought process was:
This question needs some more information. I'll say that it's ok and later on I'll ...
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Let's deal with the [if] tag, else it'll become a problem
The if tag exists, most notably on questions about the IF functionality in Microsoft Excel, but it has been used for all sorts of conditional and branching questions.
Is it worth keeping separate? ...
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Is this question from Unix&Linux (closed there) suitable for SuperUser community?
Is this question about a tool for measuring efficiency of filesystems and experienced efficiency/overhead values for types of filesystems (respectively, more in general asking about a tool on Linux, ...
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What the heck does this mean: “Comment reserved for system use. Please use an appropriate comment.”
I just got this message when trying to leave a fairly innocuous comment for an edit on a question:
“Comment reserved for system use. Please use an appropriate comment.”
The only way I could submit ...
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Consider blocklisting the [microsoft] tag?
As per Manufacturer & Company tags are back. Again, microsoft as a tag is not wanted: we have more specific tags to use for microsoft products (microsoft-excel, windows-10, etc).
It has been ...
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How do I get rid of the close votes?
Why are notches are different on 8 pin cable and the video card? has accumulated three completely bogus closing votes: people think it's EPS vs PCIe 8 pin but it's not. It's just not. I posted a ...
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Error Uploading Images: Limited to 50 Megapixels for gif image
I encountered an error message stating that image uploads are restricted to 50 megapixels on the a post however I thought the only limit was an image of any size <2MB. My image that is a gif is ...
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Has it ever been considered to raise the 30K character limit for answers?
Most questions can be comprehensively answered within the confines of 30K characters, however there are the occasional comprehensive answers that could benefit from additional comprehensive info that ...
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Failed audit test: "how to run the program in safe mode windows 10?" [closed]
I just saw the question with the mentioned title, the question was "How to run the program in Windows 10 safe mode? I'd like to be able to run every program in safe mode,for example spotplayer ...
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Question which should have the answer "it is impossible"
I asked that question: https://superuser.com/questions/1842310/collaborate-on-a-ms-word-document-while-prohibiting-word-online
It has been closed.
But it seems, by reading all the comments, that the ...
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What suggestions does the community have toward helping reopen this question?
Here is the closed question:
I would like to have feed that is not automated/robotic from the website that I can use to help edit this question so it can get reopened.
Because this is the main ...
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Do we have a FAQ for why backups are desirable?
Every day (in the year 2024), about 385,000 people are born. At some point in their future, they will need to know that they need to make backups of their data.
Many of them may turn to Super User ...
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Proposed resolution : Quoting cannot be called plagiarism
Proposed resolution : A quote which is fully accredited and formatted as a quote, is not plagiarism.
This definition is in line with all the world's dictionaries and all the world's legal sources.
Why ...
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What to do when an answer seems like it was copied from somewhere else?
I came across an answer on a question that looked rather suspicious. For context, the user has 1 reputation, with only a few answers on a couple of other sites.
The answer in question was posted on an ...
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