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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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How do I recommend software in my answers?
Here are some general rules that should be followed.
Follow this general outline:
BOLD items are required.
Title of the product with a link to the download/main page.
Quote the site's product summa …
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Question of the week #43
I've thought about doing a Review/How-To-Use of Hyper-V in Windows 8. I asked & answered this question:
How do I install and use Windows Virtual PC in Windows 8?
And found/answered this one as well:
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How do I ask a question that may require recommending software?
There are two ways to generally ask questions of this nature. The Good and the Bad.
How NOT TO ASK questions that may require a software solution:
"What the best <X-Category> software?"
"Can you …
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A useful question was put on hold after six years due to software recommentation, how to res...
Just to add to David's post, we do have a recommended way to ask questions and answer question that may involve the suggestion of a software solution:
https://meta.superuser.com/a/5373/47225
https:/ …
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The Super User blog is going away
Well it's been a good run, and I wish we could keep it up, but with the blog no longer receiving official SE support I think it's time to finally set it to rest.
Migrating to a new platform not offi …
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Should I improve the answer or delete it and add another answer
My concern is that if I edit the answer that comment gets non related and nonsense.
Comments can be deleted and often times become obsolete. There's no need to worry about editing your answers b …
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Is SuperUser for IBM/PC only?
Understanding our history a little helps to answer this question a little (in that what once was on-topic is now off-topic):
The beginnings of StackExchange was StackOverflow. After noticing a lot o …
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Can we PLEASE get a definitive answer on what to do with low-quality software recommendation...
You might find these useful:
How do I ask a question that may require recommending software?
How do I recommend software in my answers?
In situations like you describe above, the solutions are not …
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Why did this question receive 4 close votes?
To help you in future posts here are a few tips to help you out:
If you ask a question regarding a specific set of software, place a link to the said software into your question. That way people ca …
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Should reviews limit be increased?
I think this is a great idea but with a caveat. New reviewers have a less limited ability as opposed to tried and tested reviewers. This can be tested based on the badges relative the reviewing queu …
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2014 Community Moderator Election Results
15 mins after elections and you've already seemed to have broken the site!!!!!! Great job guys ;)
Honest congrats to Journeyman Geek and Mokubai. They'll make great additions to the SU moderation te …
CommunityBot
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2014 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Question: What will you do to breathe life back into my the Super User Blog?
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Request to reopen 656695
There are two things that I see about this request.
This is not a software recommendation question. DHCP is a protocol. Suggesting that questions of this type are software-recommendation questions w …
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Are questions regarding "how to research things on the internet" on-topic
Software recommendations are off-topic no matter how you dress them up. The VTC option gives a good reason why:
Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations are off-to …
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What should I name my chat bot? And updates to greeting message
Data
And you should change your name to Dr. Noonien Soong.
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