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You have an idea for a new feature, or for a change to the existing functionality.

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Consider blocklisting the [microsoft] tag?

Looks like its happening. We'll try to trickle in edits over the next few days as time allows. In the interests of efficiency and less front page messiness we might be cleaning up unanswered questions …
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Pondering mod status tags

We've been using the status tags - things like status-review were used for 'internal' SU moderation tasks. At some point, review tags on per site meta get fed into tickets internally. I feel like a se …
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8 votes

Please don't turn new user's questions into audit tests

It is a terrible question - it isn't ok. The course of action preferred would have been to comment asking for extra information I was using after effects and my pc suddenly turned off it's a brand ne …
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Can we find a canonical QA to close 'will this charger work?' questions against?

I'm mixed on this. Having been a former thinkpad fan, I'd gone through 3 different charger designs over ... decades, not counting USB PD. My old work HPs were 'meh', it'll work, while dell has a 'smar …
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Combatting Spam: Enhancing Keyword Approval and Filtering

That's what smoke detector essentially does. It is not running because of the ongoing moderator strike. See also
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Can we allow both back-slashes and forward-slashes in Stack Exchange mark-down language tags?

Stack Exchange primarily uses CommonMark - and there's a specification for the use of raw html within it While a subset is supported - its supported within the specification. I currently Stack Exchang …
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New tag request - 'newbie-friendly'

It is unlikely because its a meta tag. The 'quality' of a question doesn't entirely rely on specific subject matter expertise. Its about showing your research or lack thereof and giving folks the info …
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3 votes

Mention Software Recommendations SE on on-topic help page

As per the comments - alternative sites are already suggested on the help page If your question is not specifically on-topic for Super User, it may be on topic for another Stack Exchange site. For su …
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2 votes

Migration - Replace ServerFault with SoftwareRecs?

I'm a former mod on Software recs... and I don't think its a great idea. The quality standards there are pretty strict - so its possible that many questions, even when they are a software recommenda …
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Acknowledging comments so that they can be removed

Just flag them as no longer needed. Assuming the commenter dosen't catch on and delete it first, a mod will.
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Flagging content that is later edited

It attempts to answer the question - the user ends up being aware its low quality and ended up fixing it. Things on that side worked as designed. As for flags - the point of a flag is to get someone …
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Answers as comments - please resist the urge

Well, if the comment as an answer is posted after your answer, flag it appropriately. My personal opinion is - if something's speculative, I tend to post it as a comment with the view of posting it as …
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Please let me award a bounty to a qualified answer despite my tardiness?

There's literally nothing we can do. There's even a grace period after the one week/168 hours, but no way to undo a 'lost' bounty or to do anything once the bounty period is over. meta.se's got an …
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3 votes

Any plans for a Documentation feature within SuperUser?

The self answer is definitely the correct thing here. Its encouraged For the moment, I'm not aware of any plans to extend documentation to SU. It is still very much WIP in SO anyway, and does not qui …
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RFE: hide vote counts for an initial 2 weeks

I'm a management major. I have no idea what deity I must have annoyed to have the words "management" twice in my degree cert. And our voting system is what we'd call a "distinctive competitive advant …
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