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What's in a good question? (A Super User Blog Entry)
Always provide LOTS of details when asking a question. No detail is irrelevant.
Far too often I see questions with not enough detail to get a good answer, but never have I seen a question that incl …
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How do I add a long reply to my question?
If your reply at all adds more information to the question, please edit your question and add it.
Comments should not add substantial/important details to a question, that is what editing is for.
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Tag merging suggestion: [joystick] [joypad] [gamepad]
Completed as part of the Super User mid 2012 tag/question cleanup .
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Retag suggestion: [old] -> [old-computer] && [old-hardware]
old (34) seeems to be a mixture of questions about old computers and old hardware, which should be retagged to old-computer and old-hardware respectively.*
Since there are other tags which are more …
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Tag merging suggestion: [joystick] [joypad] [gamepad]
I propose to merge joystick joypad and gamepad (with a total of 25 questions) into game-controller; as we do not get many questions targeting one specific type of game controller, instead, having one …
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Synonym: [comparison] and [file-comparison]
The comparison (162 questions) and file-comparison (9 questions) tags seem to be synonymous.
The tag wiki for comparison specifically mentions file comparisons, so since it has more questions, I propo …
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The [xps] tag... What is it intended to refer to?
I just noticed that the xps tag seems to refer to two different things: the Dell computer series, and the .xps file type. Which was it intended to refer to, and if one, should the tag be removed from …
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Why was this question (356778) closed?
Can data tapes be recorded/played on a standard cassette recorder? was closed as off-topic.
I can see why someone would think that this is about a tape recorder ("electronic devices") but in the FAQ i …