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How do you delete a Super User account? [duplicate]
Over on Super User, I logged in accidentally with another Gmail account, and created a new profile.
Because of all the cookie/JavaScript/IP hocus-pocus, instead of a decent no-fuzz PHP login, Super ...
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What should we do with broken links?
Reviewing the suggested edit queue, I bumped into a question where a user replaced one of the links because the former one was broken. However, as it already was broken (and out of Google's cache), I ...
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Remove the [label] tag
label is an undefined meta-tag that is used in many ways and does not appear to add value:
naming of system-related objects (partitions, files, ports, devices)
identifying names for rows/columns, ...
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Please burninate the [problem] tag
We've had it before and way before that, and also on SO, but the "problem" (which is problem) seems to be reappearing.
Can we please get rid of this meta-tag again?
By the way: There are a few ...
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windows-task-scheduler and task-scheduler are the same [duplicate]
windows-task-scheduler and task-scheduler have the same description. They should be synonyms or merged.
This is a duplicate of a request from a couple years ago (Tag Synonym request: [tag:task-...
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How to vote on old/dated answers to a question with a now incorrect accepted answer
The accepted answer for this question points to a Chrome extension. The answer was correct in 2009 but Chrome has moved on and now this answer is more correct.
I have upvoted the seemingly more ...
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Can we report unreasonable edits?
I have an answer that was just edited improperly in my opinion, https://superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/268828.
I don't think the edit should have been accepted as it changes too much. It's ...
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Information in Community Promotion Ads statistics
This page contains statistics for the current community promotion ads. Unfortunately, it does not contain enough data for users to judge the numbers that are shown.
Are all ads shown equally often? ...
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Should we allow theoretical questions, those asked due to curiosity? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are “explain the technology to me” questions on-topic?
You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face. Chatty, open-...
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Bounties for Meta topics
On MSO, bounties are used extensively to raise awareness about specific issues.
Child Meta sites don't have bounty support.
The reason is stated in this related MSO topic: Child Metas don't have ...
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Retagging [firefox] [mozilla] questions?
Almost all of the questions tagged with mozilla are questions about Firefox or Thunderbird, for example:
Is there a Firefox extension to bookmark a specific position on a webpage?
How to override the ...
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Community Promotion Ads - 2018 [duplicate]
It's almost February in 2018, which isn't supposed to be the proper time to cycle these, but for this year it'll be once again, so we'll be refreshing the Community Promotion Ads for this year now!
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Is SU (or any other Stack Exchange site) an only English-speaking community?
Passed this question on SU Comment autoriser toutes les application du windows store ainsi que le windows store a passer le fire-wall and this question came to my head.
Is SU (and SE by extension) ...
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How to defend new users from unconstructive downvoting
This may be somewhat duplicate, but I think the issue still stands on its own compared to others.
I've noticed a depressing trend for new users, who often write poorly formed questions, having their ...
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Where should questions about mobile devices, phones, gadgets, etc be asked?
I was wondering where should I post slightly off-topic questions. As I've read on SuperUser its only about computer hardware and software. Do the various USB gadgets fit in the 'hardware' category? ...
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Can I ask a question here if it is not already asked but the answer is in the internet?
I have the question below:
How to change the default path of the Skype for business's received files. Where can I find the settings to change the default path?
skype-for-business
I can find ...
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The scope of the [windows] tag
[windows] tag currently applies to all versions of Windows:
For questions not specific to a single version of Microsoft Windows.
Otherwise, use a more specific tag such as [windows-7] or
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Complain or message to a mod at Super User
A moderator closed my question for being subjective, when I think is was not. About the differences between doc and HTML.
Does he get reputation points for closing questions?
I find it extremely ...
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Rename [tab] tag to [tab-key]
Can we rename tab to tab-key (and synonymize), so people won't tag questions about a single tab (e.g browser tab) with tab instead of tabs?
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Help me quantify too localized.
I'm not complaining like I would on programmers.SE about all the injustice in the world, but to me, this makes absolutely no sense.
Super user is the place to ask questions about hardware peripherals ...
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Requests for hardware drivers
I've been here for a while and I often see drivers requests here. I took a look at this question and it's basically it. OP just asks drivers for his printer.
A quick search on Google for it pops up ...
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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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Community Promotion Ads - 2017
It is a bit late into this new year, being that we're already in the second month, but we are now cycling the Community Promotion Ads for 2017!
What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion ...
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Why is this user having to suggest an edit on his own answer?
On this suggested edit, the user (same userID) is having to suggest an edit on his own answer.
Is there something I'm missing here?
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How to reopen an already answered question which is outdated?
This question What are the benefits of a Dual-Core CPU over Quad-Core in a Desktop PC? has been answered and accepted, yet the information therein is over four years old.
How can we reopen this topic/...
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Why do old questions without any apparent activity get marked as active?
Why is it that some old questions will show recent activity yet when looking at the question page, nothing indicates any change?
For example, How to combine with openvpn, dynamic-ip? has its last ...
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Would this be an appropriate space to ask about the use limits of a software license?
I was wondering about the prevalence of "for business" and "for personal" use software licenses and how enforcible they are (specifically in the UK and EU but in other English speaking jurisdictions ...
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Why do people post their answers as comments?
Often while browsing Super User, I notice that people post their answers to questions as comments on that question. Why wouldn't they post their answers as answers, so that they can be accepted? I ...
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Clean up document formatting tags
I've recently faced footers, looking around I've found also headers, margins and layout.
Should we delete them? I don't think they would help to find the questions, also I've never met anybody being ...
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Dealing with low-quality questions that end up on Hot Network Questions
I've often commented on chat that "HNQs seem to straddle the line between the septic tank and greatness" - well not exactly but various things to that effect.
I came across a situation where a fairly ...
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Community Promotion Ads — 2020
2020 has come! But… oops, where did the time go? It’s already March! Belated as it is, it’s time for a refresh of Community Promotion Ads!
What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion Ads ...
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How exactly are we supposed to treat duplicates of questions that have no upvoted/accepted answers?
I flagged a question as a dupe of another one. Why, when I could simply VTC? Obviously because I'm compelled to do so due to the stupid changes to "close as duplicate" (which predictably have lead to ...
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SU retag request: [wireless-network] --> [wireless-networking]
Retag wireless-network(28) to wireless-networking(349).
Also, there is also the more general wireless(222), but this one may not be an exact match on all questions.
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How do we handle duplicate answers?
I flagged a post for deletion that was (IMO) low quality being that it was more of a comment/question for more information than an answer. I had also posted onto the same question a duplicate answer ...
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Super User new site theme is live
We rolled out the new site theme for Super User. It is now live.
What new theme?
If you're like, "What the heck are you talking about?", then you should read the Meta Stack Exchange post entitled ...
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Merge [external-display] and [external-monitor]
There's
external-display, 121 questions
external-monitor, 13 questions
As the two are obviously synonyms, and the first one is much more widely used, I suggest to:
Merge external-display and ...
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Is command-line a meta tag?
I noticed that command-line had no tag-wiki. So I thought I might try to add one. Unfortunately I wasn't among the top 20 answerers in that tag so I couldn't do it.
I then thought about the bash tag(*...
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how to deal with an answer that is resolved, but not answered?
For example, if the problem was resolved without answering the question, how do you deal with the question so that it doesn't remain opened.
Perhaps a device was replaced, or a different software ...
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Migrating high-quality, off-topic questions to another site in the Stack Exchange network
I recently edited this question, and then flagged it to request migration to Electronics Stack Exchange. My flag was declined by a Super User moderator for the following inexplicable reason:
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Is Super User dying? [closed]
There are a number of exchanges that are stepping all over Super User: Web Applications, Electronic Gadgets (although rumor is that one isn't going to survive, but be replaced by more specific ...
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Is it OK to downvote link only or link/copy/paste answers? [duplicate]
This is related to this question from Diago last year. I have seen a lot of answers with either a link only, or a link with a short description copy/pasted from the developer's website.
Personally ...
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Super User does not detect links which use internationalized domain names
In my answer here, I was explaining about Internationalized country code top-level domains. Unfortunately, standard links for some reason do not allow users to click on such links.
Such addresses are ...
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Is the superuser site the place for troubleshooting?
I'm having problems with VirtualBox, and I want to know if SuperUser is the right place to troubleshoot the issue.
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Close reason not shown?
This question has been migrated from StackOverflow - and apparently back. Both sites show the question as closed, but the close reason is not displayed anywhere.
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Why is Windows XP tag showing zero questions ?
I noticed this while retagging a question, a search for questions tagged [windows-xp] returns 12 questions, so why is the tagging area indicating that there are no questions tagged [windows-xp] ?
/ot:...
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Super User or SuperUser?
Officially, how are we supposed to write Super User?
SuperUser (NO space)
Super User (WITH space)
I'm constantly wondering about this whenever I go to write Super User, etc, and I've seen all ...
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Do comment upvotes affect your rep?
When your comment is upvoted, does it increase your reputation or does it not have any effect on it?
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Is giving a shopping recommendation prohibited?
I understand that questions that ask for a shopping recommendation are off topic. However, after reading this answer, a question came up: is giving a shopping recommendation in response to such a ...
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Was this question closed because a new user made an (easily correctable) Markdown formatting mistake and (correctable, ESL) grammar?
WSL2 duplicated terminal was Mod-closed as "Needs clarity or details", but even as originally written it was (again) quite understandable to me. It definitely had two problems:
The new ...
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Should my rep be combined?
I was just wondering if the reputation from both my Super User and Stack Overflow accounts should be combined?
On one of them I have 600~ and on the other I have 100.
Are they supposed to be ...
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