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How do you show images in your posts?

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Are we abusing “Request for learning materials” as a reason to close?

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Bug of answering questions

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How can I link people to arbitrarily specific points on a reference page?

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Do you gain points back when deleting question/answer?

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modified Apr 2 at 14:10 terdon♦ 75.7k

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Are problems that turn out to be caused by hardware off topic?

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Thumbs down for the Ads

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Will the peer pressure badge eventually get recommended as next badge?

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When a computing problem becomes moot what should you do about the question?

discussion questions close-reasons vote-to-close

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I dislike the intrusive use of cookies and (recently) ads

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answered Apr 1 at 15:11 Gilles 332k

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Error and crash tags, are they really useful?

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answered Mar 29 at 23:25 Gilles 332k

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Is there a mechanism for dealing with unmaintained questions?

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answered Mar 29 at 23:13 Gilles 332k

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Is there some way to bump my question?

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Why does Unix.SE give me this message and no other SE sites do?

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Would this question on which package managers can transfer packages over BitTorrent be considered off-topic for this site?

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Why is deleting answers discouraged?

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Question about distributions offering certain software labeled as “too broad”

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How can I delete my profile (unix.stackexchange)?

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Edits must be at least 6 characters

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How to take a question off “on hold”?

discussion scope specific-question reopen-closed

modified Mar 29 at 22:55 Gilles 332k

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How should we re-delete the /crash and /error tags?

discussion tags

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Is it bad to repeat a question if an existing one is hard to find?

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Are Linux kernel questions more suitable on this site or stackoverflow?

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Getting to know you: who are you and why do spend time on unix.se?

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5k .. 10k reputation bug? header shows (unavailable) own suggested edit

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answered Mar 18 at 8:58 terdon♦ 75.7k

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Feature request: Watch other person's question for answers/updates

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Is there any way to close your own question

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answered Mar 16 at 10:54 terdon♦ 75.7k

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why are we not encouraging posting answers as an answer but not via comments?

discussion comments answers

answered Mar 16 at 1:05 Wildcard 5,048

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When should I post multiple answers to a question?

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answered Mar 10 at 19:54 allanonmage 64

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Tag cleanup: time vs time-utility

discussion tags tag-synonyms

answered Mar 9 at 2:16 Gilles 332k

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A disagreement about the rules on non-answer answers

discussion comments answer-quality flagging

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We need a new Tag [vulkan]

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Beginners on StackExchange Encouraged to Post Repeat Questions?

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Migration to security by default too?

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answered Feb 27 at 0:02 Gilles 332k

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Broken buttons colors [contrast]?

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Whose choice is accepting an answer?

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An argument for the Unix-specific programming questions: site quality

discussion scope

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meta.unix.stackexchange.com link change leads to specific question on non-meta site?

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How to ask an edit reviewer questions about his review of my edit?

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Are how to use search engines to find Unix/Linux-related information appropriate for this website?

discussion scope

modified Feb 6 at 2:56 Braiam 15.4k

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Is this cross-post against site rules?

discussion specific-question asking-questions cross-posting

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Reopen question on subshells closed as a duplicate

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Do we need separate tags for the levels of raid?

discussion tag-synonyms

modified Jan 19 at 10:40 John May 6

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Which font is used for the title logo of Unix & Linux website?

discussion design

modified Jan 18 at 18:06 Michael Mrozek♦ 41.6k

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Should a self-answer be accepted if the best answer doesn't paint the whole picture?

discussion accepted-answer self-answer

answered Jan 16 at 19:10 tniles09 313

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Justify whether history questions are on-topic or not at /help/on-topic

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modified Jan 12 at 14:17 terdon♦ 75.7k

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Can a user be notified when his post hits low quality queue?

discussion feature-request review answer-quality low-quality-posts

answered Jan 12 at 8:55 Wildcard 5,048

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