Questions tagged [discussion]
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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Is superuser still an active stack? [duplicate]
Posted a question then looked at the last 100 questions posted. Not many views, hardly any votes and maybe 1 or 2 answers. What happened?
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Isn't it better to remove Linux and Windows tags?
Every time i see a question related to linux, i have to ask the user what distro are you using? Same applies to Windows.
I think a linux tag is appreciated on unix.stackexchange.com since some users ...
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Is the subject of software licensing now off-subject?
My question is about the closing of the post
Should the code of my app that include libraries under LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c have to be public?
I have encountered and answered on this site ...
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Downvotes on Necro Threads
What to do about grave diggers who insist on Frankensteining old questions and downvoting answers on 6 month old topics.
Not a biggie but just annoying to see rep points go down. (I have a fragile ...
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question is closed without proper reason
This was my question How can I benchmark Linux PC
I see its closed as not constructive. Which means,
This question is not a good fit to our Q&A format. We expect answers to generally involve ...
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Why Attribution Alone Can't Prevent a Plagiarism Suspension
Question: Does attributing and referencing content sources in your answer alone protect you from having your SuperUser account suspended for plagiarism?
Important: Clear guidelines, consistent ...
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Is the question about floating panel less unclear now?
Why isn't the floating panel focused when clicking on it?
Has it been clearer? If not, why is that?
PS: why is that question (which is now clearer) still bad?
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Should we remove the [android] tag?
Recently there's been some contention regarding whether or not android questions are on-topic. Actually, It seems this topic has come up a lot in the past.
As we're on a bit of a tag-cleaning bender, ...
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Wrongly downvoted answer
Here:
PowerSpec G419 Missing Bluetooth?
I thought this question to be easily understood (I had no difficulty understanding it) and I am fairly sure my answer was correct and not speculation, and based ...
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Changing the FAQ to allow "Soft Questions"
I noticed a tag on the mathematics SE site that is "soft-question". It is used to identify questions that are more based in opinion than a "how can i solve x" but still on topic (a recent example: Why ...
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Can my question be undownvoted?
I have received undue superuser hate (=down-votes). Could you please undownvote it? Thanks
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What is with these invalid flags?
Two of my recent flags were marked as invalid, but I have no idea why. The first one was a duplicate post, only 4 questions below, and was not only closed, but deleted. I flagged it as "Dual post, ...
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Could we please be a little bit nicer to new users? [closed]
There is a distinct decline in the level of civility here. Some of this is due to new users coming in and posting spam and other nonsense, but the offtopic and downvote buttons are doing a pretty ...
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Superuser annoying forum
Why is Superuser so annoying to use?
I want to help people and went through the process to sign up now I am blocked from doing anything because I must have 50 reputation to comment. This forum is ...
