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I'm going to just stand as Devil's Advocate here for a minute... < #fakenews > Microsoft just released Windows 11 !!! "What are the versions of Windows 11 available for consumers & enterprise, and …

You can't. Comments don't have the same formatting structure as answers. You can make links using [text](url), you can bold &/or italic using asterisks and use code backticks, but that's about it. T …

I'm not actually going to downvote for, as the floating help tag says "This question shows no research effort" but in order to get far enough into this site to have posted your question you must have …

In anticipation of this being migrated to SU Meta… The question* was auto-deleted by the system, according to this ruleset in main Meta - Enable automatic deletion of old, unanswered, zero-score quest …

Even now, after 8 revisions, it is still a tangled mess of meta-responses to things in comments. The title is 'how to upgrade', halfway down the body you mention 'clean install' which is definitely no …

Stack Exchange doesn't want comments that just say "thanks". They clutter up the format & turn it into a forum. Stack Exchange is not a forum It is a Question & Answer site, where each response is int …

From the Help pages - which every user should read & be familiar with Super User is for computer enthusiasts and power users. If you have a question about … computer hardware, computer software, or …

Can't provide refs, as the posts are being dealt with as they arrive, but how does admin deal with serial idiots, who just won't take 'go away' for an answer? Can they be email address banned, IP add …

STOP! Look and Listen. This was an audit, designed to … irritate & infuriate, even if I get it right It was a Link-only answer & I flagged it as such. When will this infuriating 'test' cease? The r …

I'm lifting this straight from Photography.se as I think they have a very good policy on this. I'm guilty of this too, but if it becomes policy then I shall also refrain. Many times, short answers a …

Note: I don't know what the comments were - partial answer or request for clarification. In that type of situation, I would usually go with option 3... say something along the lines of "thank you f …

I always vote to close these with a copy/paste from Ask Different, which has this specific close reason… Questions must demonstrate a reasonable amount of research & understanding of the problem b …

[not an answer - re comments, just to post the pic] I'm not seeing the same font in the main Questions page as on Ask Different. Do I just have something old still cached, perhaps? Snippet from SU & …

I don't have figures for this, just a perception based on my close-votes, usually with new users though not always. We have no migration path to software recommendations, even for well-structured que …

Alternative solution - just for sake of completeness… Bookmark to 'newest', rather than just the top level domain, e.g. https://superuser.com/questions?tab=Newest rather than https://superuser.com/ Th …