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How many moderators do we need?
The moderator election states that there are two positions open. With the recent loss of Chopper3, this means that this is a net gain of 1.
There's some discussion with regard to the specific count ...
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Secure alternative to ssh gets closed as too localised?
alternative for ssh
This is an interesting question from several angles:
someone in Iran is asking a question on ServerFault
it asks about alternatives to ssh as a secure way to access a server
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Inactive mods on SF - Or are they?
An interesting discussion just spun up on the SF chat, which clearly showed that some of us have strong feelings about how this site should be moderated - and who's job it is.
We have certain mods ...
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Worse than usenet? Our image to prospective new users.
Last week, I spoke to a colleague who had some problems where he asked me for help but I didn't knew an immediate answer. I suggested to ask a question on ServerFault, but he denied, claiming this ...
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Flag declined - I don't understand the rationale behind why
So i flagged this question as off topic; belongs on Super User. The flag was declined and i have a hard time understanding why. It seems to be a textbook example of a question that does not belong on ...
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Anti-spam mod feature request
Could a dev please think about creating a mod page that shows a list of top users who have 'http' in their answers please. I think this would help us find those who just link to their own pages and ...
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Do mods now have to write nice emails to spammers?
I just noticed I can no longer quickly suspend spammers, I have to write an email to them (most have invalid emails anyway).
I know this is to appease the few users per year who, when their first 5 ...
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Why was this packet sniffing question closed?
How can I filter https traffic with Wireshark?
Why was this question closed? Seems perfectly valid to me...
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Community Moderator vs 10k User
Is there any difference between a 10K user with access to the mod tools and a Community Moderator besides the title and that diamond next to the username?
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Reviewing deleted posts (10K users) [closed]
I've been hitting Data Explorer pretty hard lately attempting to purge not-an-answer answers from questions. You all have seen the type.
I'm having the exact same problem. Has anyone fixed this?
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Removed answer by a moderator???
I think mrdenny deleted one of my answers and I think it's because I've just linked external material w/o providing a solution.
Nothing to say about the reason, but I think it'd be better to let the ...
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I had a question migrated from supseruser. What steps can I take to associate the question with my new SF account?
Just as the question says, how can i get my migrated question associated with my account?
Here is the question in question:
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Moderators abusing rules [closed]
What were the reasons of my ban from SU, MSU (for a period of 1 month)? and extension of ban in SO from 7 days to a month without any warning and notification?
"A Day in Penalty Box" tells:
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Is the voting queued for later application to the rate currently being 1?
Is the the votes queued for later application to the rate with current score equal to 1?
Are the new/coming votes accumulated for future accruing to suspended user?
If the score is 1, is further ...
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Should users <3k flag to migrate?
Currently there are "only" 100 users with >3000 reputation, i.e. who can vote to migrate a question. Everyone else (over 15 anyway) can only flag what seem to be "obvious" migration questions ...
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Have we lost critical mass of 3000+ accounts?
Outside of when a moderators step in, I rarely see questions being closed due to receiving votes. Do we not have enough 3000+ rep people on the site or is the 5 vote limit for close too high? I'm ...
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Why was my question about a MySQL Server Instance configuration moved to Super User?
The question, as it was on ServerFault can be found here and the SuperUser version can be found here. It's clearly server related - I'm trying to establish a local database server for use in ...
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How to deal with Windows Home Server questions on Serverfault?
Should questions about Microsoft's Windows Home Server be closed on Serverfault or tolerated (until SuperUser.com goes online)? I'm sitting on the fence, because they certainly "violate" the FAQ maxim
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