Questions tagged [specific-question]
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Reopen request: How to compare two word files?
Clicking on the linked question below leads to a "Page not found". Can this question be re-opened, because the duplicate got deleted?
This question already has answers here:
Closed 10 years ...
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Question 1553415 and 1553653 re-open request
Not focused: What explains this poor intercontinental internet bandwidth? (Asia to Europe)
Marked as duplicate: Why is this international internet traffic routed so inefficiently?
I had a question. ...
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Is this question a bad question?
I asked this question recently on Super User and even included my work to solve the problem. I am wondering: is it a bad question, is it missing anything?
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Why was NAA flag on link-only answer declined?
I just flagged this answer:
Text:
Have a look at this article:
Unicode Easy Keyboard Layout for XKB
as “not an answer” because it is a textbook1 example
of a link-only answer.
What’s ...
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Should a question be closed if the asker mentions they might end up using other software? [closed]
I posted a question about a particular piece of software, and a user voted to close it, with the reasoning that I intend on trying other software. This is the question in question:
Does the free ...
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Should we edit out potentially inappropriate content if they might be an important part of a question?
Port 25 not open, how send email?
That question might be legitimate, but with part of the email domain contains an inappropriate word, I'm not sure whether editing that out harms the question or not.
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Do I need to prove the accepted answer is correct? AKA is my question unclear?
I posted an unclear question that I later tidied up, but now commenters are doubtful that the accepted answer (which was edited when I clarified my post) is correct.
I posted a screenshot to prove it,...
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Why was my question about attempting to stop USB viruses downvoted?
I made a question about something I didn't know a lot about: Are dummy autoruns enough for virus prevention?
I asked if something was possible and my question got downvoted for kingdom come. Isn't ...
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How do you deal with edits that strip personal details of the author from a question, ultimately graveyarding the question?
I posted on Super User about a rather particular issue about Windows 10 behaving very awkwardly to the point where I'd call the issue a bug, since traditional methods of how you would normally fix ...
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Is it even possible to reword my question to be relevant?
So this is my question. Now I get why it was put on hold and I am not going to dispute that.
Though I would like to point out that I am not asking for a product recomendation, service or learning ...
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How can I make a proper post title on Meta when asking how to improve my questions?
Each time I ask about one of my down voted questions on Meta, if I use the title, "How can I improve this question?" I think these posts will be duplicates.
But including the post's title from the ...
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Why was my question about not being able to boot from USB poorly received?
PC does not start from Windows 10 USB
It got downvotes almost instantly. I would like to understand why? Maybe I can improve my question.
I asked it because I kind of feel stuck in my quest to make ...
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Where should one ask and answer a question where the Q is more a Super User topic, and the A is more a Server Fault topic?
My answer involves networking-related infrastructure administration, specifically DNS. The question is more about being a power browser user.
I guess the particulars - that is, the Q and A belong in a ...
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Why was this question about downloading / uploading put on hold as off-topic?
In this question, the asker seems to be asking about how bandwidth usage is counted. A possible misunderstanding of its accounting may have led the asker to believe that if bandwidth is "used" by the ...
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Why is the question about knowing which window manager too broad?
How to know the window manager a specific program uses?
Why is this question too broad? I only ask one question at a time, which is specific and answerable. I think this kind of question is very good ...
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