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Two questions closed. Why?

I got two of my questions closed one after the other: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/56101/unity-problems-searching-for-a-good-wm Would you say FreeBSD is more stable than Linux? One of ...
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Favorite questions: surprising behavior

The interface for marking a question as a "favorite" displays somewhat suprising behavior. Say I open a question in one tab in my browser, and also happen to have the same question open in a different ...
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How do meta reputation and badges work?

Unlike Stack Overflow meta, I've noticed that here all my reputation points have been transferred over from the main site. But not badges. Will my reputation be synced between the two? If so, why ...
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Migration of questions from [fstab] and [kernel] on AO.SE to U.SE

SE.AO has a lot of questions with these two tags. They're not appropriate there imho because they have nothing to do with Ubuntu specifically. Would anyone object to questions being moved here -- ...
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How do I recover an unregistered username?

I asked a question the other day as an unregistered user. There were some good answers to it. I then tried to register my username. The registration worked, kind of. I got an account by the same name, ...
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Accepted answer by an absent user is not sorted first

This question was migrated after having received an accepted answer (not by the asker). Neither the asker nor the poster of the accepted answer have an account on the target site at this point. The ...
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What is the current consensus on programming questions?

I was originally going to ask a question about this, but found its been asked here a lot already (in numerous variation). Since I've now spent the time digging through meta, I'll document what I've ...
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Notify multiple people simultaneously?

Is it possible to @ multiple people simultaneously? I tried to use @ for the second time, but auto completion doesn't show up for the second @, so not sure about it.
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Block for users asking several heavily down-voted questions in a row

The user robortpeter managed to spam our community with four questions within twenty minutes. Each question was heavily down-voted. To block spam like this, my feature request is to block any user ...
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Extraneous vertical scroll bar in review task header

There's a vertical scroll bar that's not much use in the header for the review task screens (e.g. here). It lets you scroll down one line, but there's nothing to see below. Firefox 10 Chromium 22: ...
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List all tags that don't have an excerpt?

I saw this SQL query on another question, but I didn't know about the members in the table. How can I list all the tags created that have no excerpt yet?
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Will tags be removed?

I remember seeing that user created tags might get removed in a few months later on some condition, but I couldn't find the rule now, what's the policy?
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Is it possible to list all tags?

Choosing a tag can be a problem for me, because it is hard to find suitable existing ones.. Is there some way to list all tags, without having to page through 30 pages... I would like a nice simple ...
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Where to find rejected tag edits?

I got Too many of your edits were rejected, try again in 7 days. when I try to add a new tag wiki today, So where can I find about the rejected ones ?
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Are questions about Linux in the context of business or society on topic?

What factors contribute to the expense of migrating to Linux? was recently closed. Defending the closure, Michael Mrozek says This is also totally off-topic as far as I can tell; it's not about ...
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Why can users still comment on closed questions?

This question on the cost of migrating to Linux was closed (twice) and now the questioner has left a comment on his own answer soliciting further discussion. Surely, once a question has been closed ...
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How to do customized search?

I want to do a custom search, e.g question I cast a closure, and contains a keyword, but I don't know any tags other than user:id, where can I find them ?
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Why do some users have a grey avatar?

Seems no one has asked this before: The profile looks weird; it has no link in it.
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Why was my C programming question closed?

I asked a question on the Main U&L site, and just seen now, that it is closed due to being off topic. To me this question belongs on U&L as I have been working on Ubuntu and found this on my ...
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How do I merge two questions in one?

Sorry if I just overlooking something, but I don't see how to merge two questions in one. I asked question Can be profitable to migrate from Windows to Linux in a small business? which was by opinion ...
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Find all questions that I flagged to close?

How should I find all questions that I vote for close ? I saw a closure tag in vote tab, but doesn't seem to have the closed ones, only up/downs, also, is there a search command for that
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Duplicates cross different sites can be reported?

Well, just referring to this question, Since the possible duplicate of it was on another site, would it also be closed as duplicate ?
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Maybe image can be enlarged when you click on it?

Referring to this post, I had to copy the url of first two images and open it separately in a browser to view it, so maybe there could be something like lightbox use to open these image in original ...
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Why do I keep getting 'It does not meet our quality standards'?

I tried to post a question and each time I try to submit it I get the error message It does not meet our quality standards. This is my question : I have a Cent-Os 5.8 based VPS and its been ...
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What is the correct way to request that a question be migrated to another stackexchange? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Migrating to other SE sites? A while back, I posted this question, which did get a couple of answers that just weren't what I was looking for: What Windows-related files are ...
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If a question was migrated, what happened to the bounty?

I asked moderator to migrate this question, before that I started a bounty with 50 reputation, and now it seems gone ?
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Anyone mind moving this question to stackoverflow, I flagged but no moderator takes it yet

Can anyone migrate this question to stackoverflow.com ? I already flagged it, but no one's doing it yet.
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Deleted Answers not Disappearing

In my question, on the main U&L site: Check if SSH is Enabled or Disabled in Solaris 11, I have deleted my own answer, but it hasn't disappeared. Why has it not gone? It has gone red though.
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Rename [monitor] to [monitors]

We're inconsistent as to whether we use singular or plural countable nouns in tag names. For monitor (as in a computer monitor, also called a screen or display), there's a risk of confusion with ...
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Strange edit suggestions. Where did that crap come from?

I found this very strange edit suggestion for one of my answers. To me it looks like some bot tried to put some infection links there. Any ideas what that was/is?
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What about questions accepting bash, python, C answers?

According to the fact hat C API questions are on-topic: Unix C API calls ontopic? and this is not purely administrators site like https://serverfault.com/ , I'd like to ask questions accepting ...
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Able to set Bounties at 74 rep?

I have just received a notification saying that I can now set bounties. But I know I can't until I have at least 75 rep. I currently only have 74 rep on Unix & Linux. Can someone please help me ...
2 votes
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Please rename some tags for consistency

Across Stack Exchange, we usually go for plural tags for countable nouns, and for unabbreviated tags. Please rename the following tags for consistency (keeping synonyms as suitable, of course): ...
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What is http://www.qandasystem.info/ about?

I was doing more search on my own question and I wasn't surprise that I found it in the search results. But I also found this one http://www.qandasystem.info/unix/how-to-install-subversion-1-6-x-on-...
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Can the list of targets for "does not belong here" be expanded?

The current list belongs on... only contains Meta UL. I request to expand this list to Server Fault Superuser Stack Overflow IT Security In descending priority.
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Should more of the reasons for flagging include a comment option?

Some times, as I'm flagging non-answers (which I don't do aggressively, but when I see something that really isn't right, I do), I'm torn between using "Not an answer" and "Other" because "not an ...
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What's wrong with this question?

Several days ago, I asked a question in serverfault. It is a question related to a problem I'm having in an Ubuntu proxy server. No one gave me an answer for two days, not even a comment or a clue. So ...
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How can I find my recent votes cast?

If I voted 30 times in a day and forgot to which questions/answers I have voted. How can I find my recent votes cast?
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Is there a benefit to aggregating all of the answers to a question into the top-voted answer?

Is there a benefit to aggregating all of the answers to a question into the top-voted answer as in this question? On one hand it concentrates the answers in one place, but on the other hand the ...
5 votes
1 answer
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Is asking "what is the current status of _X_ on _Y_?" appropriate?

Is it appropriate on U&L to ask questions on the form "what is the current status of something on OS version?"?
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Is QNX unix-like?

Is QNX a unix? For the purpose of this site, that is. Is QNX on-topic here? Related: Are plan9 questions on-topic? Example: Archive of QNX's use messages?
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curious why 'How does the linux update manager work' question is disliked

I see that this question has received a bunch of downvotes and close votes, and me wonders what's the issue, other than the fact that it's a cross-post.
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Page Not Found when improving a suggested edit to a tag wiki body

I reviewed a suggested edit to a tag wiki and decided to click Improve. I wrote some text (at https://unix.stackexchange.com/posts/39283/edit?improve=true), then submitted my edit. I was brought to ...
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Precedence on System Administration questions?

Do we have a precedence on questions that are based more on servers than unix? P.S. I'm specifically thinking that I might want to migrate this question to serverfault
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What to do about [install] tag?

Some ideas: Rename the install tag, to something like installation? If applicable, get rid of it in favor of package-management or something more specific (apt or yum)? If not, limit it to OS ...
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How to deal with 'paid help' questions?

This one just appeared: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/37780/paid-help-for-recovering-deleted-files-after-server-reinstall , where the asker proposes to pay for help This has been already ...
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Community Bulletin box is hard to read

The new "community bulletin" box has light orange text on a light blue background, which is fairly difficult to read:
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What to do with questions which are no longer relevant

I bumped onto this one question, and I doubt it can be salvaged by being updated or having a warning attached. I think it should simply be deleted. Title of the question was: How to install Iceweasel ...
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U&L swag for top users

As a thank you for being awesome, if you have at least 1750 reputation (as of Mar 2) and are on page 1 or page 2 of … https://unix.stackexchange.com/users?tab=reputation&filter=all &...
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What do we do about abandoned questions, with a correct answer never accepted?

What do we do about abandoned questions, with a correct answer that was never accepted? If we suspect the original poster forgot about it completely? Not sure if we have any sort of process, or if ...

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