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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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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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Should we split up the off-topic "shopping" closing reason?
I like this, as I do feel the current single reason covers too many different cases.
That being said, I think it might be worth grouping software and hardware together, as those are the two things I …
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What should be featured in our list of off-topic close reasons?
From some of the examples linked to in the original post, and with some ideas from the Help Center article on on-topic questions, I tried to cover all the bullet points that Super User is not about. …
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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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Why does this site have comparatively lots of posts for me to review?
Now that you mention it, I was somewhat curious. I ran the following simple query on both Super User and Stack Overflow to see how many users had edit permission (>= 2000 reputation):
SELECT
COU …
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Does the question I asked belong here, or is it better on stackoverflow?
As far as I know, given the FAQ & rules of Super User, this is on-topic, given the use of the general "modern" editor. Personally, I take this to mean configurable, which would likely indicate it has …
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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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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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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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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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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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Why is voting and commenting still allowed after a question is closed?
Super User (as well as the remainder of the Stack Exchange group of websites) is not a discussion forum. … As opposed to a discussion forum, which are often run by a select group of administrators, there is no "end-all, say-all" users here; we're a community. …
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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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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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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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