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Use this to tag anything about asking questions in general

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Add informations to "reopen" - request

In this case, I believe its one of those questions that fell victim to changing views on what's on topic here - Its a question soliciting an opinion, rather than solving an actual problem. …
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How do we handle questions where the OP wants to do something destructive to their OS?

Actually, looking at the question, the comments and answers cover the situation perfectly well. The comments repeatedly say why this is a bad idea. The answers cover things you need to do this rel …
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Is there a difference between a product rec question and a product exist question?

Lets also consider You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face. … Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the usefulness of our site and push other questions off the front page. Your questions should be reasonably scoped. …
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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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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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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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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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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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What are the criteria for quality standards? Or... How do I get Super User to accept my ques...

It seems a rather silly question to ask, but I'm attempting to ask a question on the location of wallpaper files on Windows XP. As always, I've explicitly stated my OS, very specifically spelled out m …
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Should Tablet Computer questions be allowed on Super User?

I can answer some OS X questions.. the moment it comes down to webos/ipad/android, i'm lost. On the other hand someone on apple.se or android.se might know the answer. … Tablet questions shouldn't just be moved cause its the 'wrong' place. They should be moved to places cause they have a better set of users to tackle the specific question. …
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Are you allowed to ask follow-up questions or duplicate questions if there were no satisfact...

No. If its your own question, a bounty is the right way, assuming you have the reputation. If you want to add more helpful, relevant details, go ahead (Thats to say, don't edit to bump. Edit to includ …
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Understands why question got closed, still not sure how to rephrase

Its not very clear what you're looking for. Web services are off topic on SU anyway, and on SR. Chat's probably a good place to air this sort of thing - someone might suggest yahoo pipes... or the sh …
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Are questions about AutoCAD usage on topic here?

- general usage questions should definately be in our scope tho …
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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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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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