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Destroy tag 2003
Up until a few moments ago there were three questions tagged 2003. Now there are none. I can't image any reason to have tags consisting of just years, so can it please be destroyed?
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1answer
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lost user + how to get my user back in serverfault site
please advice
I ask this question
shell script (KSH) + set file to param & perform test between param and string
but from some reason my user not apears in the serverfault site
so I cant back ...
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1answer
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Have some tag wiki gone missing?
I could have sworn I got reputation for the dfsr tag wiki and dfsr was merged with dfs-r recently too. Now the tag appears empty.
I also believe the Kerberos tag had data but now doesn't. I have ...
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6answers
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Guidelines for question migration
Being new to the toolbox, I can't help noticing that apparently some work is spent on raising old dust. Lately I've seen migrations of posts from 2009 (1, 2) to SuperUser despite of the apparent ...
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2answers
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Changes in “Human Detection” algorithm?
I've posted answers from my mobile phone (iPhone 4S) fairly regularly over the past three months. In the past week, though, I've gotten the CAPTCHA on nearly every single answer I've posted from my ...
3
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1answer
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Can't vote again if previous vote has expired?
I just came across this question, which in my opinion is pure programming and therefore belongs on SO. I went to vote accordingly and was informed that I had already voted on it, even though it shows ...
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1answer
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Question migrated to superuser and then deleted
Why was the question How to access setup of this router? migrated to super user? I mean, doesn’t network equipment belong here?
EDIT: The question was closed as offtopic at superuser, and then ...
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1answer
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Why was my question regarding creating an Archlinux AMI closed as not constructive?
Creating an ArchLinux AMI
I would like to know why my question isn't constructive, is it the way I worded my question? Did I forget details I should have added? Or is it something else I did wrong? ...
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1answer
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Let's put [version] in a rocket and send it to the Sun
version seems like a worthless tag. Let's kill it. Ya dig?
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I would like to reopen this question
I would like to reopen
How do I shutdown all VMs and the Host over ssh on ESXi 5 properly?
It is not a duplicate.
What can i do?
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1answer
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What happened to flag weight?
I just had a quick look at my profile and flag weight is no longer listed. All that's there is the number of "helpful" flags, which on it's own is pretty meaningless. While a given number might look ...
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1answer
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How does the primary voting algorithm break a tie for 10th place?
As a candidate in the election, naturally I was following it closely as Ward and I raced against each other for the 10th spot in the primary. 20-30 minutes before the end of the primary I checked and ...
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3answers
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The [windows-server-2008] tag is a mess. Let the manual retagging begin!
[windows-server-2008] body:r2 yields a large number of results for questions about 2008 R2 that are tagged 2008. They're, obviously, very different operating systems. I don't see a way to fix this ...
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3answers
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How to get rid of a synomym
Having just gone past the 2500 mark I took a look at the existing tags.
To my astonishment suse is mapped to sles. This is not correct (SuSE has two branches - OpenSuSE and SLES). So
General ...
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0answers
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How often are the community ads supposed to run?
I have only the lamest colloquial proof, but I don't think the community ads are coming up. I haven't seen them. When I asked in chat, nobody else had seem them. The stats page doesn't indicate how ...
2
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1answer
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0answers
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Is there a way to contact a Moderator to contest things like Down voting? [migrated]
I just asked a question which to me is perfectly valid and is an actual problem I am facing, and a confusing one at that: ...
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1answer
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Please burninate the [local] tag
local needs to die.
There are currently 55 questions with this tag. All of them have at least 1 other tag. Can't see any possible reason to keep it.
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1answer
38 views
2
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1answer
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Tag synonym suggestion: [win] -> [windows]
I noticed we have a win tag. It is full of fail.
All 4 questions under this tag appears to be from people trying to avoid RSI by not typing the whole word windows, so let's help these poor souls out ...
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1answer
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Countering a question closure by moderators
Is there a feature, or any scope for such a feature, where by a question closed by moderators can be counter-argued and re-opened?
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3answers
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Is there an 'upload a file' option?
I've posted a question regarding Windows NTLM authentication. One of the serverfault members asked me if I can upload a *.pcap file with the NTLM authentication process.
So the question is can I ...
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vote
1answer
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Response notification under “StackExchange”, but can't find the response. Deleted?
I had a notification of activity on my question under main, but I can't find it. Does that mean it was deleted? Here's what I show:
(Can't embed image due to new user restriction. I thought they ...
4
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1answer
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Tag Merge - FreeBSD
The additional tags just aren't necessary and should be symlinked.
freebsd8 -> freebsd
freebsd7.1 -> freebsd
freebsd-ports -> freebsd
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1answer
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I don't see the “flag” link on posts?
Is there a certain level you need to be at to have the ability to flag posts?
I looked at the FAQ and it shows the image illustrating how the flag link is next to edit and whatnot. However, I don't ...
3
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2answers
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database-adminstration tag should be synonym of database-administration, not other way round
database-administration is currently a synonym of database-adminstration:
http://serverfault.com/tags/database-adminstration/synonyms
It should be the other way round.
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1answer
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Tag synonym: hg -> mercurial
could we please have a synonym from hg to mercurial like we have on SO? I'm too new here to create it myself.
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1answer
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Clearing out the crap. We need some people with diamonds next to their name to help out!
This search from Deleting closed questions with no answers has really helped us delete a lot of the crap that has been sitting in closed-but-not-deleted limbo and has helped to raise the percent of ...
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3answers
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Why was this question closed?
The closing of this question as off-topic doesn't make sense to me:
How does the change in Java licensing affect FreeBSD?
The reason is:
Questions on Server Fault are expected to generally ...
5
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1answer
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delete tag ad-cert
I accidentally made a tag I didnt intend (ad-cert). I intended to retag as ad-certificate-services that already exists. Can someone please delete ad-cert? Or will it disappear on its own accord from ...
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3answers
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Flagged a spammy answer, answer vanished but I did not get 'helpful'?
I flagged a spam answer from the user Caleb Bahler in this question, but did not get the helpful flag (and presumably no flag weight either).
The answer is gone - does that mean that someone else ...
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1answer
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Merge filesystem and filesystems
filesystem and filesystems should be merged, 135 on filesystem and 565 on filesystems . I guess keep filesystem to prefer the singular, but I don't feel strongly.
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7answers
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Chat - a plea for moderation
I’ve been a member of the SF chat room for quite some time. Whilst it was never the most learned place to be, at one time it was at least safe for work. Right now it’s an open to google sewer where ...
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1answer
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Tag Cleanup - Microsoft System Center Suite
scom, sccm, and scvmm all follow the same naming convention. DPM should as well.
dpm => scdpm
dpm-2010 -> scdpm
scom-2007-r2 -> scom
system-center-essentials -> sce
I haven't seen any questions ...
4
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1answer
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Merge [exim] and [exim4] tags
We don't have a lot questions tagged exim, but there's an arbitrary split between those tagged exim and exim4.
Can/Should these be merged?
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2answers
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Why on earth was this flag declined?
I flagged this as Not an Answer. Apologies to Sven, but it's just plain not an answer. It's a comment asking for clarification and offering general advice. I asked for a sanity check after the decline ...
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1answer
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Officially supported browsers
What browsers are officially supported? I have consistent problems using advanced features like pop-ups in Firefox 3.6 .
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1answer
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How do I get something added to the FAQ?
I just use the Comms Room to find out how to add formatting to comments. A helpful person there pointed me to http://serverfault.com/editing-help, which I would know if I was asking a question. ...
1
vote
1answer
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Question Lost Association after Migration
This question:
Error Starting Diaspora on Debian
was originally asked by myself at a stackexchange site, and went through a number of migrations before ending up at serverfault. I have openid ...
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2answers
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Is there recourse to a user making persistent trivial edits?
This user is repeatedly spamming the front page making trivial edits like this. I'm assuming he's just "farming" the Copy Editor badge, but it's unnecessary and annoying. Can a mod slap him on the ...
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1answer
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Serverfault - How do I make comments to a _question_?
This looks like a stupid question. I didn't find a button to write comments to a specific question. How can I do that?
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3answers
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Can we black hole the “errors” tag?
It's worthless, IMO. Can we get it black holed, or at least discuss the possibility?
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4answers
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Where can I find topics for every site of this network?
where can I found topics for every site of this network and differences between superuser and serverfault.
This is perfect network where you can find answer for almost question you need. and it's ...
2
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1answer
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Tag synonym request Apache to Apache2
Since we did the work to rid ourselves of apache we have had to 'clean it out' on at least 5 occasions as it keeps getting recreated.
Please synonym apache to apache2
while we wait for it to be ...
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1answer
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Please (re?) burninate the [apache] tag
The apache tag seems to have risen from the dead and is attracting new questions - I think it may have gotten missed in the burnination requests from Apache tags - a bit of a mess? .
(Per the ...
5
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2answers
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Edit to comment has pink/red background and not showing
My first answer to a question on Serverfault got changed to a comment. I fully understand why this was so. While pointing to what I believed to be the problem it didn't actually 'answer' the question.
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2answers
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Will my bounty be awarded to an answer from 6 months ago?
The current bounty system is broken.
I ran into the issue listed in this question:
Can MS Certificate Services be a Subordinate to CA created with OpenSSL
The only answer was "you are using the ...
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1answer
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How do you answer a question that got moved to site unix.stackexchange.com?
I had a question about AIX and it got moved to unix.stackexchange.com before I could accept an answer to it. I don't have a problem with that except that it appears to not have "Accept as Answer" ...
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2answers
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Tag merge for switch and ethernet-switch
switch (396 questions) and ethernet-switch (16 questions) should be merged with switch being the primary.
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2answers
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Typed an answer and posted a comment - without the necessary rep.?
I entered an answer to a question and it got posted as a comment. But I don't have enough reputation to post comments and it was meant to be an answer.
How could this happen? Have I done something ...
