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What to do with "Which Linux Distro for my Old PC" questions of super-user

We could try and emulate the somewhat tame beast that is the Free antivirus solutions for Windows. Each answer to the question would list one distro with specs at a minimum on what it takes to run lis …
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I Need to Ask a Poll-Type Question

Poll type questions are ill advised for any of the Stack Exchange set of sites. For pronunciation, your hypothetical question is better for English Language & Usage as their FAQ states the following t …
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Is Super User only for *personal* computers?

Unless your peripheral device hooks up to the computer, then it will most likely be closed as not a computer question. So even if the iPhone or PDA has computing parts and guts, it's not considered a …
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Should shopping and/or hardware recommendation questions be allowed on SuperUser?

Recommendations on where to buy or what to buy make the trigger finger jump at the "too localized" option in the close menu. They may be computer related, but most of it is helping people buy things …
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Is it possible to ask this question in a "constructive" way?

Following your suggestion it has been re-opened. It was then closed as off topic as it is less about a problem with the computer and more fielding for research about keyboard layouts. There is no w …
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Can we do something about sites copying content from Super User?

That particular site manages to meet all the attribution requirements for creative commons licensed work from Stack Exchange. On the page you linked they hit the nail on: Indicate the source of th …
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Are URL Shorteners allowed?

They're allowed, but they're discouraged. The problem with URL shorteners is that they obfuscate the final destination and prone to breaking, causing linkrot. When you use the original link instea …
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Are "Guessing Game" type questions allowed on SU?

These should be closed as "too localised", or in the cases where they only have just an image and want you to figure out what they're showing, "not a real question". Other newer sites that take kindl …
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Communication questions off-topic?

This could have been either off topic or not a real question. It's as much about the question and the topic, but also that mobiles on their own are off topic unless they're connected to the computer. …
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What reason should be used to close shopping questions?

Recommendations (either for purchase or free) are off topic because we don't deal with that type of question and/or format at all. Same goes with polls. But now we're in a mess over semantics. Yes, …
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New tags that come from migrated questions

The question was migrated to Web Apps. The tag started here. Tags from other sites that don't exist here are not migrated. They are removed.
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What is the general philosophy with images on the tag info page?

Reject. There is no reason to make the tag wiki info page a product sales pitch. An image serves no purpose. A tag wiki should include what type of question the tag is best used on any other re …
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Obsolete page about Opera bookmarks

There are essentially two versions of Opera. The old one that stopped development at version 12, which runs on the Presto engine. The newer shell-of-itself version, using the Blink layout engine (a …
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Why are questions about being alerted to web site updates off-topic?

They're not exactly on topic, but they are out of scope. They're too broad because that could be solved in any number of ways given the very lax prerequisites and there being no understanding of what …
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Invalid answer flag declined even though it can't be improved

Whether the attached account still exists or not doesn't matter. At the time of the flag the answer did not have any downvotes. Moderators don't delete in cases of a wrong answer, but of a non-ans …
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