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Use this to tag anything about asking questions in general

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Knowledge Repository

You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face. In an ideal world, we're a repository of solutions as opposed to 'explain things about a computer' site. …
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Is there a way to hide several year old questions?

Don't use the front page - there's a newest question view that should do what you want Questions tab on the left, 'newest' on top tab once you have, rather than the front page. … That said, both bumps of old posts (by the system), and updated answers to old questions is part of the model here - we don't just want to help the person asking a question but future people with similar …
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Questions about cross-platform mobile apps

The rules have not been changed - If the question is about using a desktop/computer native app on a PC, Mac or some other on topic platform it is on topic. Say if I had a question on element, element …
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Is Super User always this slow to respond or am I doing it wrong? Can I do anything to fix it?

I can't speculate about the Big Sur question, but I'll take a bite on the other one Two reasons I suspect – Firstly, while incredibly neat, and I keep trying to talk myself out of getting one every 3 …
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Why can't I ask questions on Super User?

You also have 8 deleted questions with downvotes, which count against the limit. Its automatic, and there's not much that can be done about it. …
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Who can technically view saved drafts for questions and answers

Only the OP. I can't view those drafts - and while devs might be able to, in theory, I'm doubtful it's a function that would be used.
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Questions about removing enrollment from Chromebooks

After a lot of thinking - My opinion is that its actually going to be a lot simpler to have a canonical answer posted with a hypothetical or real case (I'm sure we can find one!) of someone needing to …
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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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Is the time between two questions allowed to be posted constant?

As per the complete rate limiting guide on meta.se, which references back to this lovely post on MSO - you're limited until you hit 125 reputation. Its a feature, not a bug
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Which answer to accept: best for me, or best in general?

What worked for you. Especially where it's a detailed, unique answer. Unless you feel another answer is awesome and you tested it. It's not cool to copy/slightly modify an existing answer or worse " …
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How to proceed when underlying problem solved, but does not match question?

No one's answered so, meh, adjust your question, self post an answer. If someone had its probably worth picking the answer closer to what you asked for as the correct one, and posting your answer any …
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Is this question acceptable?

Primarily opinion based in my opinion, even as a CW. Its polling for reasons, which can range from "I want to run old games" to "I have old hardware that won't run on anything else" to its a running j …
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Using superuser.com to warn my own users

I'd suggest a few things. Firstly, remember the question and answer format and don't make it like an ad. So, ask a question as a confused, lost user would, and answer it likewise Secondly, make it c …
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Question limit?

You have 12 deleted questions (and from a quick look through, I can't really see anything that can be salvaged) and 2 non deleted questions all of which are zero score. … Typically I go through questions and say "Hey, you should fix these questions" - though nothing really comes to mind from your list. …
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Can I ask "What is the name of X"?

It's a guessing game question. Consider these options instead "How do I do A,B,C on OS Y?" can be asked on Super User (so focus on the process) or "I need a software that does A,B,C on OS Y" w …
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