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Self-promotion inside of comments, sometimes OK?

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Preference to show x number of questions when looking at own profile

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Edits must be at least 6 characters

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Adding a tag which refers to the best answer in the case of /sed and /awk when there is also /text-processing?

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Custom off-topic reasons are sometimes disparaging

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Should we be redirecting users who need general Unix/Linux help to a different site?

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aws-cli usage questions go…?

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Project Reduplication of Deduplication - Unix & Linux

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extremely similar questions - Is it normal/allowed

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why can't I close my own questions?

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How can I improve a question on history?

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To what extent are changes to posts of others OK? When does the meaning change?

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Why are sudo su and bash root script paths different? [migrated]

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User wants me to upvote their question

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Question marked as duplicate but is a specific subcase of the duplicate

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What to do with mediocre edits with “blah blah” edit message?

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Referenced posts redirect back to the referencing question #241173 in its answers #241190 & #241180

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there should be a way to invite a one-to-one chat

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What is the [cpu] tag intended use?

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Where to ask questions with a historical element

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I need help on a Dovecot Virtual Mailboxes setup, should I be posting here on unix SE?

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What should I do with minor edits made, where I must put much effort into getting it into usable state

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What should I do about duplicate answers?

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c++ and Linux go together - why are there no questions in this section?

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Double notfication on Yearling Badge. Is this a bug or am I missing something?

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What to do with answers to off-topic questions?

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Are hats in fashion this year?

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Not getting reply to questions as earlier

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What should I do about highly opinionated answers?

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Should the help center encourage people to “give it a try” for possibly off-topic posts?

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Migration to Stack Overflow locked but not actually migrated

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Quote the source of sources?

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Why strdup question was closed?

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Why don't Stack Exchange sites use HTTPS redirection?

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“This question already has a lousy answer here”

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Is this a FreeBSD Handbook deficiency?

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

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

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Cygwin on-topic?

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

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answered Nov 12 '16 at 12:01 terdon♦ 93.3k

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Asking support status of Node.js for UNIX

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Make Link Colors Brighter and/or add Dotted Underline

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

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Why was this question closed?

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Linux questions down-voting or up-voting?

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