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Did I do such low-quality questions? Please review my ban
You have two deleted questions, one heavily downvoted. From looking over your profile, this does seem like a borderline case. Meaning, you're not in too deep.
If you read through What can I do when g …
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Why does a design comparison question between win8 and win7 score 25 votes but get -1 votes ...
You've done nothing wrong. At least not in comparison to the other question. You were probably just there at the wrong time.
First of all, you'll never know why someone voted unless you asked them di …
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Suspicious downvote pattern
TL;DR: To be honest, I don't see anything too suspicious about it. Remember that voting is highly subjective. Reasons why it's probably normal and why you shouldn't worry:
The votes occurred on diff …
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2
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Flagging posts that answer the question with something the OP has already dismissed
Note: This is a follow-up on Is “Y” really a valid answer to “I want X, and tried to do Y, but it doesn't work”? — because I don't think this is sufficiently answered, or at least doesn't seem too co …
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Why are my questions judged as low quality?
Your meta question was an example of low quality.
Your keyboard is blessed with a key labeled as "Shift". Use it, please.
In English, you should capitalize:
The beginning of a sentence
The perso …
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1
answer
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Can we block [bigasoft.com] from spamming our site?
I'm sure I've flagged at least five answers from spam users trying to promote bigasoft.com. They post nothing useful per se, but include links that look like tutorials, but in the end they always tell …
15
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Do you really always need to make an edit summary?
You can only submit edits without providing a summary when you have full editing privileges (i.e. at 2,000 reputation). So yes, you have to enter a summary.
We require you to enter a summary for seve …
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2
answers
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Need help with "need help" questions
Plz help!
I really need help with all those "need help" posts!1 (x86 36)
It's really urgent.
No, seriously. The words "need help" in a title are a good sign of low quality posts. In most cases, …
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Should humorous/funny questions be deleted from Super User?
Can we allow fun questions?
Jeff wrote about this subject in his blog post from January 2010:
Stack Overflow: Where We Hate Fun
[...]
In my mind, there are three broad guidelines that determine wheth …
13
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Are the review post tests random?
Is this a random process and I've been unlucky or have I been singled out for some reason? Have I been a bad reviewer (gasp)?
The review honeypot posts are inserted automatically, and I'm fairly …
12
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Is there a <kbd> for the windows key?
Well, you could use a symbol that closely resembles a window, which is SQUARED PLUS, or Unicode: U+229E. It looks like this:
⊞
If it doesn't look like the Windows logo to you, you can also simply us …
11
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Are risqué avatars allowed? Failure of the Gravatar rating system?
Are sexually explicit Gravatars allowed?
Per our Content Policy:
Sexually Explicit Material. Accounts that use Stack Exchange to post sexually explicit or pornographic material, or links to it, w …
11
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Can I block a specific user?
The system currently does not allow you to block a user. When you see a rude or offensive comment, please flag it as such. If there is repeated offensive behavior by a certain user, we will check it o …
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When is an answer eligible to be flagged as "not an answer"? What to do?
in which cases should we flag "not an answer" answers?
"it does not answer the question" … actually entitles you to flag anything that logically does not answer what the OP asked for.
Simple cas …
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Can you please review my ban?
Of the six questions you've asked until now
four have been closed
three are now deleted
none have received a single upvote
It seems the ban is working as intended, as there seems to have been no i …