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Biometric or biometrics?
Currently biometrics is the more popular tag, at 4 questions, compared to biometric which only has one question. Which is should be the canonical tag?
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Private message feature
I would like to know if it's possible to have a Personal Message feature in SU. Sometimes I want to email a user or even a mod but I don't think it's possible. I think it could be usefull to share ...
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how can we understand some one answer my comment
when we answer a question if some one comment on my answer ( on the next login SU show us the comment(by the blue envelope)) but what if we comment on a question or comment other one answer how can we ...
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Is there a change made in the sort order ?
Did they changed the answers sort order recently ? It seems that the "best" answer is not on the top anymore... (Or maybe is a bug ;-)
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Should virtualization questions be tagged as both virtualbox and vmware?
Should virtualization questions be tagged as both virtualbox and vmware?
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Can this question be now moved to webapps.stackexchange.com? [closed]
Can this be now moved to webapps.stackexchange.com?
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Site FAQ Update Suggestions
Below are a few thoughts that I've had relating to a few points in the FAQ that need to be cleaned up by the site administration to prevent confusion when people move between Stack Exchange sites (...
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Questions asking for manual identification of fonts?
I've seen several question related to fonts on SU. While I do believe that fonts can be considered software related, I've noticed that a subset of those questions asks superusers to manually identify ...
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Critique my [windows-7] tag wiki
I haven't seen any other tag wiki1 pages on Super User yet, so I didn't have anything to compare it to as I wrote up the new windows-7 tag wiki page. What do you think? If you can edit it, go right ...
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Can have my own SO/SU/SF style Q/A site?
The design of SO/SU/SF is very clean and easy to use, I want to have a similar one to host the Q/A service in my local company, is it open source? or does stack overflow service inc. have the Q/A ...
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Increase number of visitors to a question (without bounty)
I need a tricky idea to increase the number of visitors to my questions on Super User. Sometimes I ask a question on SU where the answer is really important to me but after a week or more just has 10 ...
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How to see the exact "views" on a question
I have a question on SU that has 1k views. Now, I would like to know if there is a way for all question over 1k to see the exact of views that question got. I think that adding a little button or if ...
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Disk, disc, and hard
Right now, there seems to be one canonical hard-drive tag, with 901 questions. There are also questions tagged disk and shudder hard disk. Yes, that's hard and disk. Should they all be retagged into ...
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Location of the "( visit meta )" link
Can we please move that link to top right? Like this "log out | about | meta | faq" ? Please?
Update: Here is a screenshot
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Can't see number of answers posted with current meta.superuser colour scheme [closed]
I mean look at it! n votes say how many answer(s) posted ?
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Suggestion: Link to webapps.stackexchange.com to SuperUser FAQ
May I suggest that we link to webapps.stackexchange.com on the SuperUser FAQ? I asked a question there which was closed with the suggestion to ask there instead.
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Best way to handle answers with just links in them?
For Super User how tolerant of answers with just links to a blog post with the answer are we supposed to be?
On meta.stackoverflow.com I've seen conflicting opinions;
Some say we shouldn't:
Why ...
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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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Questioning whether question deserved to be closed
This question:
https://superuser.com/questions/164876/opinions-on-areca-backup
I was looking forward to getting people's opinions. I haven't heard of the program before and wanted to know if others ...
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How do I gain reputation in SuperUser if my questions never get answered?
I am trying to become an active user in this community, but the question I have asked has become a tumbleweed, and I don't have enough reputation to upvote any answers to other questions. Looking ...
The Sasquatch
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Some proposals on Area 51 are already covered on Superuser
There are some proposals related to computer software (Unix & Linux, Ubuntu) with more than 70 followers. Superuser has been already covering these topics. Is it proper to split Superuser into ...
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SU tag merge request: [microsoft-word] and [word]
Can these tags on Superuser be merged into [microsoft-word] ?
[microsoft-word]: 358 tags
[word]: 39 tags
[msword]: 1 tag
EDIT: Can a moderator, please, add "Status-completed" tag to this question? ...
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Why the blue bar on the left edge of the code tag rectangle on superuser.com?
SuperUser, unlike StackOverflow and Meta has a very weird code box. It has a thick blue edge on the left, which is very distracting.
I would prefer a clean box like this
I don't know why this ...
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Split score into votes
On SO, if you click on a question or answer's score, you can see the number of up and down votes forming that score. I love this feature, but superuser.com doesn't appear to have it. Why not?
Thanatos
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SU tag merge request: [install] related
Can the following tag groups on SuperUser be merged?
[install] (x239), [installation] (x393),
[installing] (x4), [installed] (x1).
[installer] (x48), [installers] (x2).
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Appropriate site for question about Google Groups?
I was about to ask a question on Super User about problems I've been having accessing Google Groups, but then I noticed that a lot of questions on that site having to do with web apps were being ...
mpassell
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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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Superuser off-topic restrictions
My question here has to do with the off-topic restrictions in Superuser. It seems that any question related to web applications is closed immediately as "off-topic." I didn't realize these were off-...
Andy White
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Are "hidden features" questions allowed in super user?
I'm asking this because a question about hidden features of Windows Vista was allowed, while mine about hidden features of Ubuntu was not. I'm wondering why?
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WordPress is off-topic [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Questions about WordPress on Super User
I see a number of superuser.com WordPress threads closed as "closed as off-topic".
In the FAQ I see "websites or web services like ...
Lloyd Budd
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SU retagging: [mail], [apple-mail], [mail.app]
The various email tags caught my attention and I started looking to see if the [mail] tag can be gotten rid of. It seems to have a few uses:
generic stand-in for [email] or [mail-server];
specific-...
quack quixote
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What should the users of Super User be called?
This is one of those "shameless ripoff for consistency reasons" questions. Back in September 2008, someone asked "What should the users of Stack Overflow be called?". In mid-2009, we got "What ...
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Should we add a "no shopping recommendation" clause to the Super User FAQ?
As discussed several times, shopping questions are off-topic on Super User.
They are too specific, related to a particular time, a particular place, and are also open to subjectivity (advising "which ...
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Is this user a SpamBot?
Is this user a Spambot? ~10 questions in a span of about 5 minutes o_0
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SuperUser question about performance of new hybrid HD closed: Trigger happy mod, or justified? Please help me re-open my question.
Can we please discuss whether the closure of my question on SuperUser was reasonable and justified? It was closed swiftly by a moderator, with a single vote. Here it is:
Do Seagate Momentus XT SSD ...
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superuser.com getting useless for me
I am getting fed up with some of my questions getting closed on superuser.com. Like this one
https://superuser.com/questions/142537/website-which-helps-a-user-pick-a-motherboard-closed & https://...
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"Latest activity" with a background color on Super User
On other sites, the "latest activity" is a simple link, written the same way as the two previous informations.
On Super User, however, this link has a blue background (which makes it finally ...
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SU tagging conventions: [videocard] vs [graphics-card], general PC component tags
The burning question I need the Super User community to answer is:
Which tag should Super User keep?
[videocard] (173) (if kept, should it be renamed "[video-card]"?)
[graphics-card] (142)
[gpu] (...
quack quixote
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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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I occasionally get a message in Superuser that it works better with Java script enabled.
I occasionally get a message in Superuser that it works better with Java script enabled. However, when I go to Javascript, it is already enabled.
Why would this happen?
I'm using Windows XP and ...
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Where in the world is my SuperUser t-shirt?
I filled in the form to receive my SuperUser t-shirt on April 8th, but I haven't received it yet. It's been more than a month. Is there any way to learn if it's on its way to Istanbul?
EDIT:
Today is ...
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general OS tagging on SU
On SO it's usual to find a generic tag (such as "android") together with a more specific tag (such as "android-marketplace"). This, in my opinion, is the correct way to do it.
On SU however, there ...
forget it
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SU Retag request: bootup & booting -> boot
It seems kinda redundant to have booting and boot separate; although one is a verb and one is a noun, it seems like it would be simpler to keep them under one tag (for organization's sake).
I'm ...
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Odd poster - offensive answer content - what should I do?
Off of this question.
There is a user who has now posted three questions I find offensive to the point where I edited them, and flagged for a mod.
At this point I'm beginning to wonder what he means ...
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Where to ask questions about Android
Android phones are computers and have power-users who want to make the most of them. Except these power users have been exiled from superuser.com by the evil-tyrant (qq) and left to ask their ...
Arthur Ulfeldt
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Re-Calc Lowerd Rep, Then Activity Raised it, Got Max 200, Then Today Back Down
I was somewhat shocked yesterday when the re-calc dropped my rep down ~250 or so (on SU)... OK, fine. I read the info and started doing my business. I hit the max cap of 200 yesterday, after the re-...
nicorellius
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What's with the recent slew of web questions on SU?
I know they come in now and then, but they were definitely getting closed for a while there. But in the last few days I have seen several "web" questions that didn't get closed. What's going on? Fluke ...
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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? ...
Ivan Petrushev
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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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How to get 'noticed' to possibly become a moderator?
I'm a pretty avid user of SU. However, I spend most of my time there rather than here in the meta discussions.
I would be very willing and happy to become a moderator there to help even more, but I ...
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