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Should older questions be flagged as duplicates of more recent ones if those have better ans...
In the end what matters is giving our users better answers. Given the question wasn't closed as a dupe before getting better answers, I'd say the order is no longer important.
So I'd say yes: close t …
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What to do with the [tag:octave] questions?
I suggest we leave the questions that have been answered already (as in have an accepted and/or upvoted answers). There's no use in migrating them to SO.
I've migrated the recent question (2 months o …
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Suggestions for updating our FAQ
Based on the results of the vote for a change of policy we've drawn the conclusion that the majority of the users (who voted) are in favor of allowing appropriate tablet questions.
So the new policy …
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How are we going to deal with Windows 8 on ARM?
Just to get this discussion going, before the product actually launches and we have to make hasty decisions. … As a reference, here's the previous discussion:
Should Tablet Computer questions be allowed on Super User?
Coming next fall, Windows 8 will launch and it will also be available on ARM. …
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Flagging posts that answer the question with something the OP has already dismissed
If after all this you still feel like moderator intervention is required, talk to us on chat or bring it up in a Meta discussion, where everybody can participate in it. …
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Feedback: "Was this post useful to you?" So that information is used for?
We moderators have access to some graph to track how much we get:
And users have access to it on the tools page
The latter let's you see questions that are underrated or overrated, which can be …
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How can I delete a wrong answer that I've posted?
Have you tried clicking this:
But preventing is better than solving, so its better to not post an inaccurate answer in the first place. Which is why its always a good idea to verify your answer bef …
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Are Hackintosh questions off topic because of community consensus or just moderation policy?
In my opinion, I supported Diago back then and didn't see the need to leave an additional comment to show it.
Here's a related question about the tag that shows how I feel about them: Banned Tag Prop …
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When should questions be moved to AskDifferent/AskUbuntu/...?
Preferably people don't ask questions on Super User that are not allowed, such as questions about iPads or iPhones. So there normally shouldn't be any reason to migrate a question, unless it lingers h …
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Stewardship of the byobu tag
As long as its meant as a tool for user questions (like how it works) and not developer questions or feature requests, then I don't see a problem if he decides to migrate relevant questions to Super U …
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Actually changing things through Meta
I mean, when do we declare: "this discussion is over and answer
X won"?
Ideally, there's a clear winner by votes. … No talk means no discussion which means nothing is
getting off the ground. …
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Are consumer features of fingerprint biometric scanners on-topic?
Let me start by saying that you've come to the right place to appeal.
While you made it clear that it is not a shopping recommendation, there's another clause in our FAQ that could have made it off-t …
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Why is there no badge for voting to close questions?
Because its just a mean to an end, not a goal in itself.
Besides, being able to vote to close is a privilege in itself, its a sign from the system that we trust you to draw the conclusion whether a q …
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Are software-specific questions okay?
There are already 242 notepad++ questions, so yes asking a software-specific question, even about Notepad++ is perfectly on-topic
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Submit your Blog post for the Super User Contest here:
Here's a draft I received from sblair, who sadly at the moment could not post it himself.
Building a NAS Server
After reading a review of the Drobo FS, I became obsessed with network attached stor …