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There's a lot to respond to here, and there's a lot to take in (and I'm a little distracted today, so lots of major edits ahoy!) While I usually go point by point, I think its broad enough that I'd li …

Not everything can be measured in money. I came onto superuser since i outgrew many of the resources i used to get answers, and gave back when i knew the answers to the questions of others - and that' …

I might suggest having in user profiles instead - it seems a natural place for it

I do suppose that "I'm an ewok, and i'm having trouble with my mouse and keyboard, what can i do" might count as a niche hardware question...

I'd also note in this specific scenario, the fact that it was a exerpt from a religious text, and the specific layout was essential in the answer. If we edit it, we'd detract from the value of the ans …

Well, there's no real 'coordination' to close questions. There is however a tab in the review page for questions with votes to close and a vote to close chatroom. On the other hand, it takes 5 votes …

Its listy and as such non constructive. "How do i enbiggen my widget on OS Z" or on the other hand would work since it focuses on a task - Enbiggening a widget on a specific OS. You would probably al …

In general, if it runs on a PC or other system within the scope of the FAQ , its still alright here. Its the same arguement we have about platform/vendor specific sites such as AU - We'd prefer people …

Well, there needs to be a balance between verbosity and conciseness. I personally tend to like to start off with the 'simple' answer, then go into details - which I think are vitally important. Deta …

As a user, comment (as of goobahapp v.2, the -pulverise option has been replaced with the -atomise option), edit if its minor changes, post a new answer highlighting this if not. I'm personally not a …

Its a little bit zen, but one dosen't get 'mad skills' by wanting 'mad skills'. One achieves a higher level of skills by actually making use of the skills you have. I started off with pretty pathetic …

Well, Meta.stackoverflow really us meta.stackexchange (go there! meta.stackexchange.com). For historical reasons, meta questions for the whole site were shunted there, and splitting off a SO specific …

I found that hanging out in chat was a great way to both soak in, and influence the community culture (actually this is true anywhere, one reason I hang out on SF and AU chats as well. Its also a grea …

I think there's two ways we could handle this - I could edit the question to reflect this, and harrymc could post an answer covering both metro and non metro options. However, I think that this would …

I think, while some of the concerns are valid, that port identification questions are fundamentally different from the other sort of guessing game questions. Firstly, it's a practical, answerable pro …