Questions tagged [allowed-topics]
Any concerns about the scope of the site, as explained in the FAQ
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Is this question about automation appropriate for SuperUser?
I'm working on a data cleaning automation task.
Every month we receive an e-mail from a specific client with two folders with PDF files attached.
My goal is to find a way to download these folders, ...
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Clarification of question's acceptability in advance
How can I check a question's correct place, acceptability and plausibility before posting it on Super User?
Is it possible to check the correctness of a question in advance here on Meta Super User? Or ...
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A weird Web 1.0 nazi site wants help. How to handle?
https://superuser.com/users/1005157/mehdi-saada wants help with his nazi site national-naturalism [dot] org
https://superuser.com/questions/1738894/how-to-get-a-base-font-size-on-my-screen-for-my-...
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Is there an easy way to find out what this site's on-topic and off-topic questions are?
There is no quick and easy way to find what are the topics of Super User, nor what is off-topic
The superuser.com/tour: Gives a very (and too) brief information in its first paragraph as to what is ...
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Where should I ask questions about setting up phone systems on Stack Exchange?
If I can’t ask this on Network Engineering or Super User because it’s getting downvoted, where in the world am I supposed to ask this?
Please explain how this is off topic. There have been questions ...
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Do we still do 'general' questions comparing technology?
Well - at some point in future, budget allowing, I'd be looking at getting new monitors. When I got my current one, It was basically TN and IPS in my size range. Since then there's a lot more ...
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Is asking about 2.4 GHz WiFi congestion on-topic on Super User?
The question Is 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi band shared across routers? was asked on 2022-12-30 and generated some discussion in the comments about if it's on topic, reproduced here:
How is this a Question for ...
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Why can't I ask if hardware exists that does something, or fits a need?
I can understand not wanting shopping questions: that is a comparison between two products that exist that relies on the subjective input of the person answering. But if I have a need, it seems I ...
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Are questions on the cause of server responses on-topic?
I keep getting a 429 Too Many Requests error when trying to visit Flickr.com. This has been going on for a month or so.
I wonder if a question asking after the cause of such an error is on-topic on ...
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Are questions about Smart TVs on-topic?
I want to ask about audio codec support of a (fairly recent) smart TV. However - this is somewhere between a "computer" and a plain-consumer-electronic device - even if it might actually be ...
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Where can I post a Winter Bash test question?
I want to post a test question to either:
Gain a Winter Bash hat, or
Test a theory about the criteria for awarding a secret hat.
Where can I post such a test question?
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Why is a question about ripping TikTok videos off-topic, but a [youtube-dl] tag exists?
Why is the following question downvoted/off-topic: How to save TikTok videos without watermark, with a local Open Source tool?
My request is feasible, technically speaking. Proprietary apps do exactly ...
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Why was I accused of spreading ransomware (and had my question deleted) for asking about stopping a McAfee service?
I asked about how to stop a McAfee antivirus service (where I am an administrator of the computer) in the Super User community.
Why was my question deleted as "off topic: not related to hardware/...
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Can I ask what the definition of "enterprise services" is?
Can I ask this here? If not, what other stack exchange site would best?
Apple’s New Era Has Begun
Now Apple has set its sights on a much larger bite of the apple: enterprise services. It’s such a ...
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Where do Google Cloud Platform questions belong?
In the google-cloud-platform tag wiki is the following statement:
Cloud computing platform offered by Google. Online Google applications and platforms are off-topic here and should be asked on http:...
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