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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 …
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Is this Really a Bad Question?
Er.. what? Resize a Word document? A .png image? A text file? A Doom .wad file?
The question as stated makes no sense.
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The infamous "My PC is freezing" question...
Here's my question, do we just allow each one, and help the Super User along as they learn? Do we try to merge them all into a general "freezing" super question and close any future questions? Or d …
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Complain or message to a mod at Super User
You are in the right place to discuss the question. Thanks for following up, I wish more users did that!
As for your question, I think random was correct to close it as "subjective and argumentative" …
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My question disappeared
Sorry, I thought it was a duplicate. I undeleted it, and edited it.
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Why was my question moved, and why was it then deleted off of the original site?
There is a process that automatically deletes migration stubs after 30 days. Since we auto-redirect on deletion to the target site, the migration stubs are of no lasting value on the source site.
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Asking about specific software on SuperUser?
Lately I've become somewhat of a 'power user' of Paint.NET.
I think "power user" is the right frame of mind here -- is it an interesting question for other "super users"?
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Possible to "protest" the transfer of a question to another forum?
This question sort of falls between two worlds.
On one hand it is about the Google Chrome web browser (kind of) and that is on-topic for SU.
On the other hand it's about doing a Google search, which …
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Why is the question tagged twice with the same tag and yet the question count does not match ?
it means a moderator renamed a tag. renames don't protect against dupes.
In the future just flag this and I can run the global tag deduplication routine.
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Superuser FAQ note about "websites and web services" is unclear?
This question is problematic from a number of angles -- but most of all I think it is too localized, in that you're asking for such a narrow set of conditions that apply only to you, I don't think any …
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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 …