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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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are questions of the type which option is better A or B allowed?
This is one of those cases where the validity of a question is determined by the answers it receives.
That being said, anyone with common sense should be able to judge if their question can be answer …
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Should the [windows-8.1] tag be a synonym of [windows-8]?
As of right now, the windows-8.1 tag has 16 questions currently, and the tag summary reads:
Windows 8.1, code name "Blue", is an update to Windows 8, scheduled for release in late 2013.
Regarding th …
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Do we need the [version] tag?
There's currently 47 questions tagged with version.
Although some questions might be in regards to different versions of software, I don't think tagging them with "version" adds anything constructive …
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Do we care about edit flooding? Should we be doing anything?
What about implementing a time-based edit queue? For example, let's say we set the threshold to five edits, with a time delta of 10 minutes.
If you make more than five edits within a ten-minute perio …
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Large number of small edits during birthday celebration
I think the issue here is people over-approving edits that should never be approved in the first place. I think we can all agree with you, that certain edits (e.g. changes to grammatical form of sent …
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Why was this question deleted, and is it worth re-visiting the topic?
The question in question: How much faster is a 64-bit CPU than a 32-bit CPU? [closed]
I was recently trying to find a past answer of mine which detailed word-length and performance penalties, which i …
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Do we really need the [recursive] tag?
I recently found a question tagged with recursive, and my first immediate thought went to recursive function calls in programming. Then my thoughts went to the -r option you can specify with most com …
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What are some good, general guidelines to follow when answering questions?
I thought it might be wise to have us come up with a list of good, general guidelines to follow when posting answers to various questions. Obviously, everyone has their own opinion about how to go ab …
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What to do about torrents?
I agree with @ChrisF's viewpoint, but don't feel that any conclusive action has been demonstrated as a result of his answer:
Torrents are a grey area.
They have legitimate uses as well as the more co …
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Top Questions of the Week #27
Why does the expression exp(i*pi) return the wrong result in GNU Octave?
I started to learn GNU Octave today, and tried the first expression given in the manual:
exp(i*pi)
The result is …
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Should Tablet Computer questions be allowed on Super User?
It all depends on what operating system it runs in my opinion. Most tablet operating systems are just glorified, "user-friendly" cellphone-based systems (Android, iOS, WP7), and should not be on Supe …
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Is there a policy for or against providing executables and other self hosted downloads?
Is there any policy (on SuperUser or StackExchange) in either
direction concerning providing an executable I uploaded myself for
others to download? Of course, it is/must be relevant to the ans …
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Anti-virus question, reasons vs opinion
This may just be personal opinion, but I think a much better way to end such a controversial question would be to maybe guide the discussion towards the specific cases where an antivirus software is not … Furthermore, OP limited discussion to only antivirus software, and limited his/her sources to a single resource - which happens to support only his/her viewpoint on the matter. …
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Re-open request for question 312922
What Can I do to Improve Cable Link/Signal Quality?
The author specifically mentions that he has internet connection problems due to this issue. Finally, I present this clause from the SuperUser FAQ …
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What is the standard term for a USB flash-drive/pen/thumb/stick?
As per the recommendations, I believe we should use usb-flash-drive as the global term. Currently, there are a lot more questions just tagged flash-drive, most of which deal specifically with a USB f …
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