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Do we really need multiple [ubuntu]s?
I would argue that the version is actually often important - there have been significant changes through the versions and I certainly would not expect any but the most generic (as in, "would apply to …
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Answer question with using WSL
There isn't anything technically wrong with doing so, but keep in mind that providing a WSL answer is similar to telling them to install Cygwin. It's a relatively large change to the system that shoul …
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TrickleEdit: Queuing edits to prevent flooding
A list of questions used for testing:
TrickleEdit test question
TrickleEdit test question 2
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TrickleEdit test question
This is a test question used while developing an extension.
Please do not upvote or downvote this question.
This question will be deleted when testing is complete.
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TrickleEdit: Queuing edits to prevent flooding
Is there a thing to queue edits and automatically apply them slowly (assuming there hasn't been a preempting edit)?
— Ben N on chat
Let's write a script!
StackApps (placeholder): https://stacka …
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Should every answer involving registry edits contain a warning to back up the registry?
No, I don't think this should be enforced. There are several reasons:
"The registry" isn't some mythical beast, and any changes there are really no more dangerous than changing arbitrary (system?) f …
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Get rid of [scaling]
scaling is a tag that covers multiple disparate areas. Some would be better retagged as display-scaling, while others deal with image and video scaling (and even things like PDF zoom!) and perhaps don …
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Is SuperUser for IBM/PC only?
We had a discussion on tablets ~2012.
AFAIK, phones are still officially off-topic. If you truly believe that should change, you're free to ask another meta question proposing the change. …
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How do we care for a user who appears to be dying soon?
Keep in mind that what follows below is just my opinion, and you may agree/disagree with parts of it. Feel free to comment or provide your own answer.
I don't think there is any way we can (or shou …
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Merge the tags [windows-live-movie-maker] and [windows-movie-maker]
An interesting thing is, the older versions of WMM are actually not WLMM, which was new and introduced with 7 (and breaks backwards compatibility with the old project files). IIRC, WLMM also has less …
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Why can't I login with the user name and password I signed up with?
I don't want to give out my social media credentials!
By the way, that's not what happens here. StackExchange uses OpenID, which means you get redirected to the actual login page for the provider …
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How should command line related questions be tagged?
Your last point is wrong. ConEmu and Console2 are not shells (to use the *nix term), they're terminal emulators, much like the default conhost.
cmd.exe is more equivalent to *nix shells like bash and …
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Close question for no reseach effort
There's an argument for the other side, as well. Why not rewrite those questions, where possible, into good canonical questions? In the end, SU/SE is supposed to be the place to do your research.
On …
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Where do questions regarding virtual machines belong?
While I'm sure they are off-topic there
The first thing, which I cannot stress enough, are what is considered topical on StackOverflow:
a specific programming problem
a software algorith …
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Are Adobe Creative Cloud questions on-topic for Super User?
There is some overlap depending on whether the question involves local programs or not.
If the question is about a local application (e.g. Photoshop CC), then it would be on-topic.
If it were about …