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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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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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Official stance on Facebook questions on SU?

UPDATE: Here is the Facebook help discussion forums. Beyond the common questions posted in the help section, you can post any question you like in the "Help Discussions" section. …
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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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Should Random be elected a moderator on Super User?

Random has been very helpful on SU and he would be one of my first choices for moderator additions. ~quack would also get my approval. There are a few others that have proved themselves to be very he …
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Why was the question "Why are there 8 bits per byte?" closed?

That question was closed by the community by various users. No moderator involvement has been performed on it yet. As it stands right now, I see 3 people have already voted to re-open that question, …
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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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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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Isn't it supposed to be a community managed site?

Random did a good job explaining the reasoning behind closing the questions. To answer your title question: Yes, it is community oriented and people can vote freely on Super User like you see on Sta …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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