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“This question already has a lousy answer here”

discussion duplicate

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Quote the source of sources?

discussion attribution

modified yesterday Stephen Kitt 47.2k

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Migration to Stack Overflow spending hours in transit

bug specific-question migration

asked 2 days ago Gilles 378k

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The tag 'windows-subsystem-for-linux' is too long; the maximum length is 25 characters

discussion tags

answered 2 days ago JdeBP 9,962

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Should questions about improving the performance of scripts be on topic?

discussion scope

answered Nov 15 at 0:22 Jeff Schaller 11.1k

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Cygwin on-topic?

discussion scope

modified Nov 14 at 22:20 Gilles 378k

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Problem with downvotes for legitimate question seemingly because it self-resolved

discussion support

answered Nov 12 at 12:01 terdon♦ 88.7k

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Asking support status of Node.js for UNIX

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modified Nov 11 at 14:48 Community♦ 1

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Project Reduplication of Deduplication - Unix & Linux

discussion support duplicate exact-duplicates

asked Nov 10 at 23:00 Monozygotic 101

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Make Link Colors Brighter and/or add Dotted Underline

feature-request

answered Nov 8 at 1:49 Govind Rai 101

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“/ask question” in the site header should be changed to “/ ask question”

bug design

answered Nov 4 at 15:46 Jeff Schaller 11.1k

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Why was this question closed?

discussion support

modified Nov 3 at 0:06 Jeff Schaller 11.1k

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Linux questions down-voting or up-voting?

discussion

modified Nov 1 at 2:47 Braiam 17.2k

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

discussion fun

answered Oct 31 at 12:18 Bahamut 272

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Do closed questions go to a virtual land-fill and can they be seen?

discussion closed-questions

modified Oct 26 at 1:16 slm♦ 169k

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What is the [cpu] tag intended use?

discussion tags tag-wiki

modified Oct 24 at 15:35 Community♦ 1

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Closing unanswered questions for (now) outdated software

discussion questions

answered Oct 24 at 11:05 terdon♦ 88.7k

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Triggering a gui from an acpi event [migrated]

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Should commonly posted duplicate homework questions be flagged (or filtered) as spam?

discussion question-quality flagging

asked Oct 22 at 1:53 Wildcard 12.1k

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Flood of off-topic flags, is this the norm here?

discussion close-reasons flagging

answered Oct 13 at 10:24 terdon♦ 88.7k

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Is that a freeBSD Handbook deficacy

discussion support

modified Oct 12 at 22:56 Işık 101

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Are step by step instructions about cross compiling to a linux distro on topic?

discussion

answered Oct 9 at 1:33 derobert 45.8k

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But Linux is a Kernel!

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answered Oct 8 at 17:51 wizzwizz4 143

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Flagging questions that are “Very Low Quality”?

discussion close-reasons

modified Oct 6 at 23:04 jasonwryan 35.4k

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Is it possible to have the <kbd> for the comma enlarged?

discussion feature-request design fonts

answered Oct 6 at 0:18 Ismael Miguel 142

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Can someone who systematically downvotes my posts be banned from doing so? [closed]

discussion support

modified Oct 2 at 2:54 Tim 12.6k

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How to search for a post of mine answered by a particular user with some word in his reply?

support

answered Sep 29 at 18:13 Michael Mrozek♦ 46k

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The uphill battle for /alpine

discussion tags

modified Sep 27 at 0:51 jasonwryan 35.4k

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Unplug the /wireless tag from /wifi

discussion feature-request tags

modified Sep 27 at 0:11 Gilles 378k

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What is the relationship between Linux/Unix SE and Ubuntu SE

discussion scope ubuntu

modified Sep 27 at 0:04 Gilles 378k

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Migrate Ubuntu-specific questions to AskUbuntu?

discussion scope ubuntu

modified Sep 27 at 0:03 Gilles 378k

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Merge Ask Ubuntu into Unix & Linux [duplicate]

discussion ubuntu

modified Sep 26 at 13:57 Jeff Schaller 11.1k

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Should I use “WLAN” or “Wi-Fi” to refer to wireless LAN?

discussion questions

answered Sep 24 at 21:22 tomas 3,033

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Can I ask hardware specific questions here?

support

answered Sep 23 at 1:28 Scott 3,862

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Delete, wait and see or leave?

discussion

answered Sep 23 at 1:09 Wildcard 12.1k

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Reviewing Low Quality Posts that are Code Only

discussion review policy

answered Sep 22 at 13:13 terdon♦ 88.7k

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Community Promotion Ads - 2016

discussion community-ads

answered Sep 20 at 21:30 Martin Schröder 486

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Closing votes on a historic question about Plan 9

discussion scope close-reasons vote-to-close

answered Sep 17 at 4:22 TomRoche 347

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What to do about dangerous or malicious advice in an answer?

discussion

modified Sep 10 at 4:48 derobert 45.8k

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Can't show appreciation?

support asking-questions

modified Sep 9 at 9:26 terdon♦ 88.7k

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Is the “On hold” message sometimes wrong?

support close-reasons vote-to-close closed-questions

answered Sep 8 at 23:11 Wildcard 12.1k

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What to do about poor quality answers?

discussion flagging answer-quality

answered Sep 4 at 21:49 BenjB 21

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People who don't use Google

discussion stackexchange

answered Sep 2 at 23:03 XavierStuvw 89

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Should there be a moderator flag for cross-posting?

discussion vote-to-close cross-posting flags

modified Aug 30 at 17:45 John 532

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How should we deal with question answered in the comments?

discussion comments self-answer

modified Aug 29 at 0:10 terdon♦ 88.7k

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Why are there tags for “jobs” and “job-control”?

discussion tag-synonyms

answered Aug 22 at 22:15 Gilles 378k

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Avoid being put [on-hold/close]: What are the required question elements in order to be evidently clear?

discussion close-reasons

modified Aug 17 at 19:48 alex 126

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