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The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions, influence site policy, or debate a particular topic, with the goal of reaching a community consensus.
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Is superuser unfriendly to beginners? & How to help beginners understand
Is Super User unfriendly to beginners?
It's becoming more so, yes, but originally it really wasn't. As members with various attitudes come and go, the general tone of the site changes. It's hard …
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Goodbye Mod team, I'm a mere mortal again
slhck is an awesome person, was an awesome mod, and his contributions to the community will be remembered and endure for a very long time, helping countless other users fix their temperamental broken …
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Can we be nicer to folks whose English isn't that great?
In all cases, avoid discussion about the original author's quality of writing, etc. Users will get defensive and that's never a good thing. …
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Revisit the Hackintosh policy
I say that there should be no "ban" on Hackintosh questions solely based on legal grounds, and in fact, there shouldn't be a ban on them at all.
BUT...
Due to the very nature of how a Hackintosh wor …
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Some issues with a recent action that was taken regarding the Root Access chat bot
Objection: New users who wish to lurk in chat and not participate in the discussion are "pinged", which can annoy them, or bring unwanted attention to their profile or user name.Response:
SE is a public …
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Are link-only answers fine if they link to Super User questions?
Link-only answers are never fine.
If you need to link to a SuperUser question or answer in order to answer a question, vote or flag to close the question as a duplicate of that question.
If linking …
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Do questions about file format internals belong here?
If you are trying to solve a specific problem that involves CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations on some part(s) of some files in a structured file format, chances are good that the mechanis …
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Help me understand a comment and downvote that a user made on my answer
A few observations:
The user who posted that comment may or may not be the person who dropped a downvote.
That user has 1636 reputation, which isn't a whole lot, and is relatively easy to get.
Just …
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Is Tumbleweed badge an achievement or otherwise?
Technically you can get the Tumbleweed badge for a number of reasons, not all of which are contingent upon you asking bad questions:
Asking them at the wrong time, so they get pushed off the front-p …
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Flagging a user
Any good-faith, honest flag of anything marked with the "other" category is fine, and as long as your request is in compliance with the site rules and guidelines and de facto community policies, it wi …
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Where do EC2 and AWS questions truly belong?
Converting/distilling some of my comments into an answer...
Yes, we should update our tag wikis to not unconditionally point people at webapps.SE when they have an AWS or EC2 related question.
But …
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Should I accept an answer for someone else's bounty?
Clicking the green checkmark does not award the bounty to a user. As far as I am aware, the only way a bounty is awarded is if the person who started the bounty clicks the button to award the bounty. …
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Should answers encouraging to "restart" be flagged?
Good question. However, I'm going to play devil's advocate and explain why I think answers like this are fine.
Let's generalize the concept to "simple but effective remedies". This is a category of a …
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How to choose a community?
If you are confident that a question is on-topic for a specific site, go ahead and ask the question on that site. Don't cross-post the same question on multiple sites.
In theory, the site with the mo …
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