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I certainly would not accept such an edit. If we're supposed to remove this sort of content from posts, why should we approve edits that add such meaningless content?

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On the issue of the security of TrueCrypt, an announcement stating that the software is not secure does not itself make the software insecure. While I certainly can't be 100% sure, I don't presently s …

The nature of these sorts of posts is not much different than pointing users to LMGTFY. It's rude and unacceptable for Stack Exchange. Remember that answer posts must represent a meaningful attempt t …

This is spam. The text of the post in question (minus the link) is as follows: Some Firewall software may affect the speed of the internet because these software filter the incoming and outgoing conn …

I'd want to say that these questions are on topic as long as they involve hardware that is reasonably similar to typical consumer PC hardware or is applicable to consumer PC hardware or software. For …

The troubleshooting tag serves a valid purpose and should be kept. We need to make it clear that this tag be used for questions in which the OP is trying to diagnose a problem, rather than solve a kn …

As you've pointed out, "restart" by itself can refer to a lot of different things. As the restart tag doesn't refer to any particular topic, it doesn't convey much useful information. I'd definitely …

I cannot agree with this feature request. There are many valid questions regarding computer hardware and software and home networking that are truly OS-independent. Imposing this restriction would b …

What is the advantage of doing this? The fact that windows and windows-8/windows-7/windows-vista/windows-xp exist separately already indicates that the former is intended for Windows questions that a …

The question is off-topic as a product recommendation question. See the FAQ for details. For the rationale behind this, see this Stack Exchange Blog post: Q&A is Hard, Let's Go Shopping!

port and ports are similar enough to merge. I don't see any obvious differences. report and reporting are similar enough to merge as well, but bug-report doesn't necessarily mean the same as report. …

In general, an interesting question that inspires curiosity among readers is going to be a hit. My question, "Why do computers count from zero?", proved to be a success as well (to a lesser extent). …

As others have noted, blocking edits that are too large can prevent legitimate edits from getting through. Example The real issue is the one described at Improve filtering of spam suggested edits. Sp …

If I disagreed with a policy in general, I would bring it up on Meta for further discussion with the community to determine whether it is a good idea to change it. … Where chat or Meta are more appropriate venues for the discussion, I'll consider moving the comments and direct users to continue the discussion there. …