55
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Should we ban ChatGPT on Super User?
Yes
While it may be fine in theory to allow any answer as long as it is correct, what we're seeing across the network is that the answers may appear good on the surface but contain subtle (or not-so-...
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Should we ban ChatGPT on Super User?
Yes.
ChatGPT is only Google on steroids, parroting stuff with no
understanding or experience. It will copy bugs, and its generated
code, while it may work for the test values, may fail for others,
or ...
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Do the anti spam measures need to be increased?
The community has built spam detection tools and many moderators and curators are on strike, but hopefully we can deal with this once the strike is over.
One of the main spam filtering systems is ...
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ChatGPT - what do we flag as?
I'd go with a custom flag. If you've run it through a chat gpt tester, mentioning it's always handy.
We also tend to suspend chatgpt users and custom flags are always human-handled, unlike say spam ...
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Combatting Spam: Enhancing Keyword Approval and Filtering
That's what smoke detector essentially does. It is not running because of the ongoing moderator strike.
See also
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How is it possible to review 1000 "Close votes" within less than 10 minutes?
On January 28, 2021 it was announced that [emphasis mine]
The Steward badge can now be earned multiple times for every 1,000 reviews in each queue. If you have already completed 2,000 or more reviews,...
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Are “evolving answers” supported on Super User?
Well yes and no.
Answers shouldn't be speculative and in general provide a fully formed solution to the best of one's abilities for resolving a problem.
There's this odd little tradition in singapore ...
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12
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Why are questions randomly being closed and marked as "shopping requests" when they are not?
My mistake, I saw "where I can buy the switch" in a separate statement within parentheses while reading and mistook it for a separate recommendation.
I have reopened and edited to remove all ...
MokubaiMod
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Is this refusal to accept an answer aligned with community standards?
To quote the help center (bolding added for emphasis):
Accepting an answer is not meant to be a definitive and final statement indicating that the question has now been answered perfectly. It simply ...
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Please be more careful with audit tests
The question states "Please be more careful with audit tests" but the question body appears to be accusing the audits of being "too hard".
Sorry, but the onus is on you to ...
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A reply I made on my own post got deleted?
Well - from what I see on super user, which has its own meta - meta.superuser.com, you've posted multiple answers from multiple accounts instead of commenting (you can always comment on posts from the ...
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Should we ban ChatGPT on Super User?
Yes.
But:
ChatGPT or similar technology might be really good for helping to find duplicate questions, or a probability score that the question has been asked before.
It would be interesting if ...
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9
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Why was my question (1801790) closed?
Even now, after 8 revisions, it is still a tangled mess of meta-responses to things in comments.
The title is 'how to upgrade', halfway down the body you mention 'clean install' which is definitely ...
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Are questions marginally related to games off-topic in any case?
I'd say it was a valid question - that it was a game didn't really have any bearing on topicality. Questions on playing games belong on Arqade. Troubleshooting crashing software is on topic for us.
2 ...
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Integrate reputations of multiple superuser accounts?
Use the Contact Form (available in the footer of every page on Stack Exchange sites) and select "Account Issue" and then the reason "I need to merge user profiles".
You will need ...
MokubaiMod
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What do you use to quickly post boilerplate responses?
I'm using https://github.com/Benjol/SE-AutoReviewComments
This script adds a little 'auto' link next to all comments boxes. When you click the link, you see a popup with customizable auto-comments (...
DavidPostillMod
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Why was this OP's self-answer converted to a comment?
I've seen this happen several times in the past. I suspect that there isn't any particular reason regarding this specific comment – rather, it seems that often users (including even long-time mods, ...
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Do not migrate low-quality questions
We actually have statistics over the last 90 days for this overall. The table is as of 2023-02-08 at about 01:00 UTC.
Site
Migrations
Rejection percentage
Webapps
72
29%
Stack Overflow
67
44%
...
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7
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Close votes queue is half-dead, can anything be done about it?
Close Votes has always been problematic. It tends to sit around the 200 mark all the time. It's always been that only a few people ever seem to look at it - possibly because it's a daunting & ...
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Why was my question (1801790) closed?
I do not believe I voted to close your question yesterday, but I did see it (and commented on it).
Ramhound found that the software documentation, available online from the publisher, gave ...
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My post was unfairly closed
Well looking at it - I feel like part of the issue is there's a lot of information, but a lot of it is irrelevant.
I tested the internet connection on the computer. Speedtest, fast.com, my ISP test ...
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What details do you need? Or please stop voting to close as “Needs details or clarity”!
I agree with this; even if it reads like a rant to me.
If you can’t provide a comment explaining what details are needed, the flag should not be used.
I often use “Needs details or clarity” and I ...
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5
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Whether ask other website's content allowed in SuperUser?
No.
It literally says on our help center
and it is not about …
websites or web services like Facebook, Twitter, and WordPress,
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Why can’t I post an answer to a question titled: “ASUS Armoury Crate installation fails with error 102”
The question you want to answer is protected. This is a special mode that can be automatically or manually enabled for questions that are receiving lots of low-quality or non-answers. You cannot see ...
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Are multiple accounts at superuser.com allowed?
Are multiple accounts at superuser.com allowed?
Yes, but.
It is not a problem to have multiple accounts, as long as they aren't voting for each other and doing other sockpuppet-y things.
Though it is ...
DavidPostillMod
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Why my Questions closed is not opened after 2 times re-editing..why not admins re-edit themself?
Your initial 'question' were actually three, all separately requiring pretty complex answers. PC magazines can fill an article with each of the three questions alone. It then became 4 questions and ...
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Why questions are closed and why asking new questions are banned?
its good to organise and maintain the forum and make it look good and have sensful question or reserarch or knowledge sharing.
Super User isn’t a discussion forum. Discussions are specifically ...
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Do the anti spam measures need to be increased?
What just surprised me was the high amount of spam posted at the same time:
In view of this, it seems reasonable to me to simplify the measures for deleting spam.
Edit: Shortly after it continued:
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