Questions tagged [specific-question]
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Misleading wrong answer in a popular question
There is a popular question about inputting Unicode characters:
How do you type Unicode characters using hexadecimal codes?
And an accepted answer:
https://superuser.com/a/90669/456981
The problem ...
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Is my question about Netbeans more suitable for Stack Overflow or SuperUser?
I asked this question yesterday and one of the users pointed out to me that this question may be better for Stack Overflow. I feel that my question involves configuring Netbeans to run assembly code ...
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My answer keeps getting suggested edits from spambots
I have been noticing a trend that my this answer, always gets edited by some spammer (may be a bot). It's only that answer and no other answer in any of the other SE network.
Finding subdirectories ...
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Why is this question getting no notice?
I wrote this question a few days ago. I spent a lot of time being very detailed and writing down everything that might be needed to solve my problem. In the first 5 minutes, it got 4 views, and since ...
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Should this question be closed as unclear for not having a question sentence?
I'm hoping to understand more of the SuperUser culture.
My Notepad is not responding when trying to save
In my review, this question does not have a question sentence and is unclear what the OP is ...
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How to handle a suspected troll?
Consider the question What are file systems? - there is no indication of what research the querent has done, and punching the title into Google generates a bunch of links to sites (including Wikipedia)...
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Why was this Discord question rejected as off-topic?
A few months ago I asked on Meta Super User whether questions about Discord belonged on Super User or Web Apps. I asked this because I noticed that both sites were voting to close Discord questions ...
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Internet Security on Super User
While the topic of Internet security is not listed in what should be asked about, it is also not listed as being off-topic.
I think Internet security is worth paying attention to. Recently I posted ...
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Why my "too broad" flag was declined in this question?
How to better secure vagrant virtual machines and delete vagrant user
This post asks 2 questions at the same time:
Is there a better way to do this with a first-and-one-time vagrant up command?
Is ...
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Why has this question been downvoted?
Based on the fact that it's a specific problem that applies to many people, could be invaluable to those using MediaMonkey, and has no answer anywhere else I was expecting it to get at least a handful ...
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Do I need to post more details in this question?
I posted this question a day ago but it has not received many views and I haven't received any feedback for it.
What can I do to attract more attention towards this question? How can I improve it?
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How are there two *exact* duplicate questions? (Title, answers, author, date, comments, migration)
While viewing related questions on Meta Super User, I noticed two questions with the same title.
Initially I assumed this was a strange coincidence or a bug in the system. But then I realized the two ...
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How can I request a question be reopened if I have less than 3k reputation?
A few months ago I rewrote How can I blur an image in Windows? so it would meet the site guidelines. (See Can any software recommendation question be made on-topic by simply asking "how"?)
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Duplicate post has been deleted
The post Install programs from command line on windows has been closed and marked as a dupe. If you click on the dupe you'll see the post has been deleted.
Not sure if you'd consider it a bug, but ...
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Is my question still too broad? If yes, why?
Some time ago I posted this question that was put on hold as too broad. A few hours later I edited it, hoping to make it more suitable for the site.
Is my question still too broad? If yes, can ...
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