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Are ChromeOS and ChromeOS Flex questions on-topic?

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1 answer
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Do we have a go-to reference Q&A for "I want to do {grep,sed,awk} on {xml,json,yaml,csv with text}, how do I shoot myself in the foot?" questions?

19 votes
25 answers
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Community Promotion Ads - 2015 [duplicate]

36 votes
39 answers
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Community Promotion Ads - 2014 [duplicate]

45 votes
21 answers
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Community Promotion Ads - 2013 [duplicate]

11 votes
4 answers
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Community Promotion Ads - 2012 [duplicate]

25 votes
1 answer
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Potential U&L impact from TOS change on Imgur

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Middle Sidebar Advertising

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Filters for finding useful answers

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Do we need tags for zombie or defunct processes?

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After earned "close and reopen votes" i can't do a normal flag?

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"Posting a link to a Google search could most certainly be considered rude by many users"

9 votes
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Should we flag comments after making an edit?

22 votes
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can't publish a question "This looks like spam."

16 votes
10 answers
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Remove useless-uses-of-cat or not?

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What is the link to the android site?

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Are new users subjected to prejudicial or intensified scrutiny by reviewers?

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Add one additional reason for closing or reword the "opinion based" reason

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The comment with a link to an example removed (by the moderator, I assume)

1 vote
1 answer
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When does the "It's no longer needed" flag become an immediate action?

23 votes
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Is it okay to post, here on meta, a simple Thank You to our moderators?

2 votes
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Tag synonym rsyslogd -> rsyslog

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Proper tag for discussing tun interfaces

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Moderators accepting answer on behalf of lost users

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Tag "not-root-user" as synonym for "non-root-user"

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Tag Synonym: "Container" and "Containers"

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2022: a year in moderation

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Problem with publishing my first post properly

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I tried to post a question but the preview became garbled

22 votes
2 answers
482 views

How should we deal with question answered in the comments?

22 votes
8 answers
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How do we want to handle AI-generated answers?

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1 answer
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What questions should go here vs. ask different?

7 votes
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Why was my answer downvoted?

4 votes
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How is it possible to link to some named anchor?

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Are my answers just meh or are they being overlooked by Winter Bash excitement?

2 votes
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"Teaching how to fish" considered abusive?

3 votes
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maybe my questions are not in the right place

2 votes
1 answer
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What do the +-numbers at LHS of my question mean?

3 votes
1 answer
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Is migration to Stack Overflow blocked?

5 votes
1 answer
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What to do when finding a case of ambiguity between two tags?

11 votes
2 answers
229 views

How should I approach a discussion question about a specific Unix&Linux software?

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How do you turn on Dark Mode on this unix.stackexchange.com web site? [duplicate]

16 votes
1 answer
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How can I ask a moderator why he deleted my answer?

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Is it considered appropriate to edit multiple answers of another user into a single answer?

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How do I find my own questions?

5 votes
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The search box sure needs some improvement

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all actions / comments should keep track of comments versed into chat

-3 votes
1 answer
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Why did you delete my answer? It's not spam or anything crazy


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