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Pondering mod status tags
We've been using the status tags - things like status-review were used for 'internal' SU moderation tasks. At some point, review tags on per site meta get fed into tickets internally.
I feel like a ...
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When a person has a problem with his PC, don't help him or her. Don't even accept his or her question!
Why do I make such a statement?
Because questions, where people say they have a problem with their computer, nowadays become audit tests: https://superuser.com/review/first-questions/1255359
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Let's deal with the [if] tag, else it'll become a problem
The if tag exists, most notably on questions about the IF functionality in Microsoft Excel, but it has been used for all sorts of conditional and branching questions.
Is it worth keeping separate? ...
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Is this question from Unix&Linux (closed there) suitable for SuperUser community?
Is this question about a tool for measuring efficiency of filesystems and experienced efficiency/overhead values for types of filesystems (respectively, more in general asking about a tool on Linux, ...
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What the heck does this mean: “Comment reserved for system use. Please use an appropriate comment.”
I just got this message when trying to leave a fairly innocuous comment for an edit on a question:
“Comment reserved for system use. Please use an appropriate comment.”
The only way I could submit ...
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Consider blocklisting the [microsoft] tag?
As per Manufacturer & Company tags are back. Again, microsoft as a tag is not wanted: we have more specific tags to use for microsoft products (microsoft-excel, windows-10, etc).
It has been ...
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How do I get rid of the close votes?
Why are notches are different on 8 pin cable and the video card? has accumulated three completely bogus closing votes: people think it's EPS vs PCIe 8 pin but it's not. It's just not. I posted a ...
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Error Uploading Images: Limited to 50 Megapixels for gif image
I encountered an error message stating that image uploads are restricted to 50 megapixels on the a post however I thought the only limit was an image of any size <2MB. My image that is a gif is ...
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Has it ever been considered to raise the 30K character limit for answers?
Most questions can be comprehensively answered within the confines of 30K characters, however there are the occasional comprehensive answers that could benefit from additional comprehensive info that ...
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Failed audit test: "how to run the program in safe mode windows 10?" [closed]
I just saw the question with the mentioned title, the question was "How to run the program in Windows 10 safe mode? I'd like to be able to run every program in safe mode,for example spotplayer ...
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Question which should have the answer "it is impossible"
I asked that question: https://superuser.com/questions/1842310/collaborate-on-a-ms-word-document-while-prohibiting-word-online
It has been closed.
But it seems, by reading all the comments, that the ...
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What suggestions does the community have toward helping reopen this question?
Here is the closed question:
I would like to have feed that is not automated/robotic from the website that I can use to help edit this question so it can get reopened.
Because this is the main ...
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Do we have a FAQ for why backups are desirable?
Every day (in the year 2024), about 385,000 people are born. At some point in their future, they will need to know that they need to make backups of their data.
Many of them may turn to Super User ...
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Proposed resolution : Quoting cannot be called plagiarism
Proposed resolution : A quote which is fully accredited and formatted as a quote, is not plagiarism.
This definition is in line with all the world's dictionaries and all the world's legal sources.
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What to do when an answer seems like it was copied from somewhere else?
I came across an answer on a question that looked rather suspicious. For context, the user has 1 reputation, with only a few answers on a couple of other sites.
The answer in question was posted on an ...
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