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Problems with Problem in title
If you want to keep a meaningful title and it already has a valid use of the word "Problem", you could use one of the following replacements:
Ρroblem (with the greek capital letter Rho, Unicode 03A1 …
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When should questions be moved to AskDifferent/AskUbuntu/...?
To extend on Ivo's answer …
But when should it be marked off-topic then?
By you? Probably never. By the OP? If they want it migrated, e.g. because they didn't get too much attention or later tho …
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Is this question suitable for SuperUser?
Our FAQ states:
not about […] smart phones, except insofar as they interface with your computer
As this seems to be an issue with your iPhone only, I'd suggest you post this question on Ask Diff …
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Is there any way to delete my question that has comments and answers?
We usually do not delete questions with upvoted answers, unless these questions are egregiously off topic or otherwise not appropriate for the site. … Basically, you want to have no deleted, closed questions.
Please read everything in What can I do when getting “We are no longer accepting questions/answers from this account”? …
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Is this question about modular vs. non-modular power supplies OK to ask?
We generally aim for questions that are applicable to a wide audience, so it's better to keep this general rather than asking "Should I buy X or Y?". …
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'Wall of text' question
There's one particularity about our Markdown formatting. If you add just one line break in the editor, it isn't rendered as a paragraph. Not that this is always the problem, but it often is.
Lead by …
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What is the appropriate disposition for "hiccup" questions?
That's what we would typically do with these questions. It's the natural way for questions to become deleted automatically if they're closed and not answered. … And we absolutely want to get rid of questions that are not useful for anyone except the OP. Allowing such questions would significantly deteriorate the quality of our content in the long run. …
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Need help with "need help" questions
I believe these questions need cleaning up. If someone wants to help go through them, here's what needs to be done:
Fix the title. Mention what the real issue at hand is. … Please don't edit all at once, but make it in batches of 10 questions or so. …
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Should answers to duplicate questions be deleted?
Not everybody uses the same wording to ask a question, so therefore it's justified to keep them on the site – as long as they're reasonably good questions, of course. …
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Should humorous/funny questions be deleted from Super User?
How do we deal with fun questions?
Jeff continues with:
I should clarify that we absolutely do not want the site overrun with “fun” questions. … It's not for the sake of not wanting fun that I wouldn't want these questions to dominate the site. …
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Accepted
What's the proper role with respect to third-party EULA's, NDA's, and other agreements?
Classical X-Y problem, leading to bad questions. … Therefore, there's nothing to be gained from these kinds of questions. …
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What do you do if you want to ask a question, but someone already asked it, and there wasn't...
If you want to get up-to-date answers for an old question, you can place a bounty on that question.
See: How does the bounty system work?
You can enter a message asking users to provide new answers …
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I am a restricted user and can't comment on an answer
If you can't ask questions anymore, you will have to work on having that ban removed, sorry.
I don't see how adding a comment to the answer would help you (or others) in the long run. …
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Question ban warning although I haven't yet asked anything
You've asked two questions:
One that was migrated to Unix.SE on your own request where you then deleted it (so this counts as a rejected migration on our site)
Another one that was closed as primarily … opinion-based and auto-deleted later
Basically, two closed and deleted questions, which negatively impact your account's standing. …
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What to do with answers to abandoned questions?
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[…] questions related to my problem have about 10 answers with 1 or 2 upvotes that all may be right. This is really annoying and seems to be an overall continuous problem. …