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Hold process suggestion
I have noticed a number of questions (for example this one), that are put on hold because of a possibility rather than the actuality. Typically, it is a question that is worded in a way that could re …
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Ability to filter for questions on hold?
An offshoot of my earlier question (Hold process suggestion): it seems that it would be a service for willing members to go through questions in the hold queue and try to edit them to solve whatever …
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Recognition of answer quality?
The site has recognition for good answers based on upvotes. People decide to view the question based on the question's relevance to them, and then vote based largely on how useful they find the answe …
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Is there a retirement home for "closed" meta questions?
I'm thinking primarily of tag cleanup requests, but this might apply to certain other questions, also. The active questions list can fill up with things like tag cleanup requests. At some point, act …
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What's the deal with Android and cloud computing?
I've seen the buzz back and forth about Android and cloud computing, which has apparently raged for awhile. I'm trying to understand it. I'm a relative newcomer to the site and there is still much I …
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Where do we draw the line on questions involving human interfaces?
Rather, I want to raise the question, generate discussion, and let the community decide what the standard should be. … So up or down votes on the question should reflect whether you think there should be discussion and official guidance rather than whether you are for or against human factors content on SU. …
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Should we plan a celebration?
SU is rapidly approaching 1/4 million questions. Shouldn't the person who asks the 250,000th question get some balloons or something?
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Should we limit mass cleanup of tags on old questions?
After suggesting numerous tag cleanups on Meta, I'm wondering if for some of these, the current cleanup process might actually be a bad idea. I'm not referring to the collection of tags, themselves, …
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Clarification on reviews - 2
I'm looking for guidance on reviewing answers. I forget whether this example was listed as a first answer or a low quality answer, but I've encountered several with this type of issue. This example …
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Reviewing edits that substantively modify an answer
What is the appropriate way to handle these kinds of edit reviews?
The edit claims that some facet of an answer is wrong and proposes replacing the "incorrect" part with the correct information. …
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Why are questions about being alerted to web site updates off-topic?
A fairly common requirement is to be alerted to changes/updates on a web site. There was recently a question from someone whose job was submitting proposals, and the client due dates were updated on …
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How can migrated questions be answered?
There have been several recent questions migrated to SU where the users asking the question and authoring existing answers are not SU members. Example: Windows 7 Intranet Web Service Name Resolution. …
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Clarify the subject matter grey area in the concept of a shopping question
There have been a number of questions on Meta regarding shopping questions. They deal with why they are unacceptable or how to phrase the question. However, there is a grey area as to what is actual …
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Is cost an inappropriate subject for a tag?
We ask questioners to state their requirements as specifically as possible. "Free" is a common requirement. SU is full of questions that are worded to be on-topic: I need to solve XYZ problem with …
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Create Help Resource Reference?
This question was recently posted and put on hold as off-topic:
https://superuser.com/questions/860919/excel-vocabulary-to-find-solutions-faster/860920#860920
And it is off-topic as a Q&A on SU. …