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Labor action notice

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Explanation of closed posts

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ChatGPT answers not permitted

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Why doesn't ServerFault allow questions about unsupported hardware/software platforms?

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Found useful info on a post closed as "too narrow/restricted". Is that Ok?

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Middle Sidebar Advertising

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What is the proper procedure when an old answer no longer works?

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If this question is off-topic, where is it on-topic?

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Mirgration of questions to U&L

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2022: a year in moderation

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Why this edit was accepted?

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I can't ask question in serverfault [duplicate]

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Why was my question closed as "off-topic"?

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Reduce bump activity of the Community Bot

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Is there any way to allow a low-reputation user to chat?

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How will I ever be able to comment if I need a 50 reputation

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Why a "Wow! That solved the problem!" answer gets down voted

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Privacy issue, links for sharing questions, answers contains user ID

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Answer to 11 year old question

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where to ask questions for discussion

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Is TOR a Business related Environment?

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"Announcer" badge without having posted a link?

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Should we encourage edit suggestions to be re-submitted until they are approved?

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The Help Center contains outdated names and URLs

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AWS will be sponsoring Server Fault

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More detail about reasons for question closure, please

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Why my comment was deleted by moderators?

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Anonymous edit of recent user questions

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Please rename freenas tag to truenas

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I will no longer be moderating SF

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How can I access my own deleted questions?

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Is it possible for someone with enough privileges to create a "webp" and a "prestashop" tag?

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At what level should we reject edits?

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How are easy-to-spot review audits useful?

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How to handle consistent handholding questions?

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Merge DevOps into ServerFault? (polite for: close down DevOps SE and find the best SE for the freed Q/A?)

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Rescind rule on business IT?

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Is there anything useful I can do to help with the massive number of spam posts coming in?

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2021: a year in moderation

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Please silently tag rocky-linux

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How should I handle dead links on questions/answers?

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Rest in peace, Michael Hampton

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How can I remove my ban on asking questions?


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