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Actually changing things through Meta

Discussion: What do we, as a community, consider right and wrong, good and bad behavior, on and off topic, where do we see the need for change, etc. This is about that last category of topics. … IvoFlipse ♦, shortly after a discussion on a few Meta topics regarding, among other things, changes to the FAQ: My problem with Meta is that there's no way to end or resolve a discussion. …
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Can we do something about sites copying content from Super User? — Redux

Nixphoe asked a while ago: I know this isn't ethical, but is there anything we can do about other sites copying from SU? Any information about the AsyncMapLite Trojan? http://answerleaks.com/any-info …
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Super User mug design

This week, slhck (pictured) and me received our SU anniversary contest prizes. I really like most of the stuff I got. But the Super User mug design sucks. It gets the Y U NO guy meme totally wr …
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Is "Y" really a valid answer to "I want X, and tried to do Y, but it doesn't work"?

A few flags of mine were declined when I flagged answers that suggest to do things the OP dismissed as not working right in his question. The reason for being declined is the following: declined - fl …
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How to get the "Peer Pressure" badge

What reasonable ways are there to get the Peer Pressure badge on SU? Deleted own post with score of -3 or lower. I'm serious here: I don't particularly want to provide false information, write …
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Following up using comments

I've been in the situation that I answered questions with more than one-liners, and the original poster didn't follow up at all (commenting what was wrong with the answers provided by me and others, e …
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Cleanup of tags with similar names

Gilles was nice enough to share a Data.SE query with us identifying tags with similar names, prime candidates for cleaning up and possibly synonym creation. I consider the following to be false positi …
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Tablet Computer compatibility

It'd be nice if the SE sites were more tablet computer accessible. easier use with large and imprecise pointing devices - I have some difficulty e.g. selecting one of my favourite tags instead of de …
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Are languages too localized?

Are questions related to specific natural languages too localized? One of the reasons questions are closed as too localized is geography as stated e.g. here, even if the question is possibly relevant …
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Proposed change to the Services tag wiki

The services tag wiki excerpt states: Services are processes running regardless of users logging in. They provide access and features to different programs or processes The terminology is clea …
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Retagging questions with the answer

This is a bit related to this topic on MSO. In a recently suggested and approved edit a tag was added to the topic, but it only became applicable through the answer. The user didn't know the tag was …
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Fixing the [run] tag

run It's often about the Windows run dialog, and often it isn't. Therefore it's pretty useless.
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Tag merge/synonym request: [touchpad] and [trackpad]

These two tags mean the same thing: The pointing device usually built into laptop computers. The tags for these should be merged. touchpad x 177 trackpad x 52 Vote on the answers below for your pr …
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Recommendations for the BEST?

Going through @Gareth's list of candidates for closing, I find several topics that are asking about the best X, with X being software. We're usually pretty liberal with product recommendations if it' …
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Meta sites should count question scores toward tag scores

For bug, feature-request and discussion, the opening post (question) is at least as important a contribution to the site as any answer. …
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