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Why are questions off-topic for Super User being migrated from other trilogy sites?

To be fair, we changed the close dialog so the default close reason is now simply OFF TOPIC -- when in doubt, 3k rep users are supposed to choose off topic, not randomly pick a site to migrate it to. …
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Super Contest Winners: Week 2

This post is to document the week 2 winners of the Super User Super Contest, for the week ending Monday, September 6. Congratulations to our winners this week! Best rookie performance by Shogun and p …
15 votes
6 answers
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Pick an easter egg for chat.superuser!

On chat.meta.stackoverflow, there's a little easter egg where text entered as [status-blah] will be rendered as a moderator only tag. We'd like to do something similar, but specific to superuse …
10 votes
3 answers
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Vote for Super User Moderator [poll]

As the Super User semi-private beta comes to an end this coming Tuesday, we need to elect a final community moderator for the site. Remember, we’re looking for a good moderator; someone who is above …
36 votes
7 answers
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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 recommenda …
1 vote

In defense of obscure, niche hardware recommendation questions

OK, five years later I no longer agree with myself on this. Much of the info in the topic was out of date (just try finding a Logitech DiNovo, which is the top voted answer..) and although I could edi …
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Best way to handle answers with just links in them?

As a matter of policy, you should always have at least a sentence (and ideally a quoted paragraph) explaining how this link helps or hoisting the most helpful bit of it out.
Jeff Atwood's user avatar
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38 votes

Troggy's beefy arm of moderation needs a break

Troggy! One of the early, the few.. the proud... THE BURNINATED It's been an honor to serve with you. And Super User will always have a special place in my heart. A place reserved for plush thing …
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38 votes
9 answers
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Should Random be elected a moderator on Super User?

Random is very, very helpful on Super User (and of course Meta Stack Overflow). Not that other users aren't, but Random goes the extra mile, and then some. He is often so far in the distance that I c …
5 votes

Should we outright ban a few tags when we know they don't belong here?

I don't know why this has -10, it's not a bad suggestion. However it is not a new one. For a long, long time people have suggested that certain tags which have a very high question count on other si …
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3 answers
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What will we do to promote Super User when Windows 8 is released?

Historically, new Windows OS releases result in a huge traffic increase for sites that have lots of Windows content. We saw it for Super User when Windows 7 was released, and Lowell at How-to-Geek sai …
8 votes
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Please burninate the [loading] tag

Agreed, it is now burninated.
Jeff Atwood's user avatar
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2 votes
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Tag "lock" is a mess

Agreed, it is now burninated.
Jeff Atwood's user avatar
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1 vote

Burninate the 'links' tag

Agreed, it is now burninated.
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4 votes
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Burninate the [tools] tag

Agreed, it is now burninated.
Jeff Atwood's user avatar
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