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Why was this question on how to turn off Adobe Acrobat PDF reader in Google Chrome closed as...
The part of your question which says
cannot be disabled due to some enforced corporate desktop policy
Violates the help center page you linked as it matches this off topic rule (you may want to read …
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Is is OK to ask about unconventional use of GitHub for the purposes of providing tutorials f...
Github as a Web service is probably off topic here unless your specific problem with it in in using the git software on your computer to push to it.
Problems specific to Github itself might fit better …
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Where to ask a question about the best "zsh + iTerm2" for Windows alternative
Any questions asking for "best" software with a particular set of features is off topic on Super User and should be asked at Software Recommendations
You would need to clearly define your requirements …
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Why are questions randomly being closed and marked as "shopping requests" when they are not?
My mistake, I saw "where I can buy the switch" in a separate statement within parentheses while reading and mistook it for a separate recommendation.
I have reopened and edited to remove all the paren …
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Integrate reputations of multiple superuser accounts?
Use the Contact Form (available in the footer of every page on Stack Exchange sites) and select "Account Issue" and then the reason "I need to merge user profiles".
You will need to provide links to b …
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Question considered "opinion based" inquiring about objective status of software project
Whether people or an organisation are contributing or maintaining a thing is a problem with those people or that organisation.
We can only guess what those people are thinking, whether they believe it …
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How do I know if my flag was 'helpful'?
The "79 helpful flags" on your profile impact section should link to a page that lists all the flags you raised. You should see a link to the post you flagged, what type of flag you raised, and what t …
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Can I ask questions about electronics here?
Questions about general electronics would be off topic here. You may be better off asking at Electrical Engineering if you are a hobbyist or engineer looking to implement electronic circuits.
The "har …
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Why is this whatsapp question off-topic?
Whatsapp is, broadly speaking, a web service.
Whether a web service has a particular feature natively and independent from your client is off topic on Super User per What topics can I ask about here? …
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Why are mod-close rates so much higher for Super User than for other similar SE sites?
While pretty, statistics tend to hide disparities and assume "all things are equal."
One guess would be that other sites (such as those that are Linux based) have a certain kind of user that already k …
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Why is an answer deleted without an explanation
The answer was flagged by a community user and a moderator (me) deleted it as it was little more than a comment of "yes it should".
We prefer answers to provide context and per How do I write a good a …
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Is rep increased if a downvoted answer is deleted?
Normally yes, your reputation would go back to where it was before the downvotes. If you received any upvotes then their reputation gains would be removed. Likewise the reputation someone spent to dow …
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Is it time to update this close reason?
I would like to keep the majority of the current reason in there but just add a disclaimer about the Software Recommendations site to add a caveat that I've seen David Postill use:
Questions seeking …
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Is this text on a help article a bug (or something else)?
It is possibly a bug, and that the site parser is supposed to evaluate thisSite.Settings.Site.StyleCodeByDefault to write either
Code blocks will be highlighted using highlight.js. In many cases, the …
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Is this answer spam?
While we should indeed give new users the benefit of the doubt there is a very fine line between a genuine but misguided attempt to help and an excuse of an answer only intended to post a link.
If the …