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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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Should questions regarding the legality of a website be allowed on SU?

I would say beyond being "not computer related" is that it is technically "too localized" to some degree. Every country has different laws and can be interpreted differently. What is legal in one may …
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Why so many barriers for newcomers on this dicussion forum?

Jeff and Joel wanted to create an information resource. They needed to put constraints and rules to keep things focused and on topic. They wanted sites with specific topics and structure. They did …
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Is a question about the possibility of an iPad virus on or off topic?

Like nhinkle mentioned, it would be off topic according to the rules of Super User. The other problem with that kind of question is you are asking for a possibility of a virus on [Enter Desired Platf …
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Where in the world wide web is Troggy?

the ground shakes... The smoke clears and a beefy arm connected to an S like green formation appears out of the shadows. Life changes have gotten the best of Troggy lately, which required a lot of t …
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Is the superuser site the place for troubleshooting?

Yes, that would be the proper site to ask questions about that. From the SuperUser FAQ: What kind of questions can I ask here? Super User is for computer enthusiasts and power users. If you …
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Why is superuser moderated so strictly?

One other point I would like to remind people of is that the Stack Exchange sites are community based participation and management. Trusted and High reputation users can edit most content on the webs …
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Geographically limited or country-specific questions

I don't know if there is a way to force people to specific global locations. Maybe tags, but most new users wouldn't use/know about them.. Maybe a quick drop down when a question is asked to at least …
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When are you a high rep user?

There is not really a defined "greater than X reputation = high rep user." If a username is in the top one or two pages of SU users, then they are usually higher reputation users. It is also relativ …
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What do you want Super User Blog to test with SSD technology?

For ideas, I would check out Tom's Hardware for sure to see what they have compared and benchmarked in the past. http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/ssd-charts-2010/benchmarks,110.html I would throw …
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Is Super User aimed at Microsoft users?

To answer your title question: No, Super User is open to any format, technology, company product, or anything computer related. As to that question: Your original tone of the original post really ga …
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Troggy's beefy arm of moderation needs a break

The smell of smoldering thatched roof cottages lingers in the distance. A ♦ seems to be newly absent from those old dragon scales. As part of the 2014 SuperUser moderator election coming to a close, …
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Congratulations to the elected moderators of 2011!

Congrats. You will all help make Super User a much better place. Use your ♦ abilities wisely and ask questions to the other moderators, which I am sure you will have. Welcome to the team! Oh, and w …
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Please merge the ms-access tag into microsoft-access on Super User

Done. All [ms-access] changed to [microsoft-access] on SU. There was only one question I saw with [access] that needed to be changed.
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SuperUser question scope

Here is my take on this: If you are using micro standard computers adapted for the mobile auto market, good question for SU. If you are using a computer/laptop to interface with custom/stock car com …
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SU retag request: hdd, bluescreen, karmic, torrent, ...

Ok, I finished off the xp ones I saw. I also performed the [windows-vista] and [bittorrent] merges also as I thought those were good ones to do. The [fonts] and [hard-drive] retag's are complete. Yo …
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