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Rest in peace, Michael Hampton
Awarded Dec 6, 2021 at 21:18
Octopus Deploy Will Soon Be Sponsoring Server Fault!
Awarded Dec 29, 2020 at 22:03
Why SF is failing - the dismal future of ServerFault
Awarded Sep 24, 2020 at 4:16
Why don't people upvote questions they answer?
Awarded Apr 3, 2020 at 7:30
I've found the answer to a question about 10 minutes after posting it. Do I just delete the question?
Awarded Nov 12, 2019 at 20:30
PART 2: How does the drama on meta.SE affect Server Fault?
Awarded Oct 17, 2019 at 17:15
Abrupt change in moderation staff?
Awarded Jun 11, 2019 at 8:00
Is it time to kill problematic tags like cpanel, plesk, whm and webmin?
Awarded Aug 21, 2018 at 7:15
Are RaspberryPi's ever on topic for ServerFault?
Awarded Jan 1, 2018 at 21:00
Would it be ok to create a second SF account in order to ask questions which cannot be related to me?
Awarded Sep 2, 2017 at 20:35
Can non-professional administrators still ask questions about professional setups?
Awarded Mar 9, 2017 at 3:42
Worse than usenet? Our image to prospective new users.
Awarded Feb 2, 2017 at 10:07
Answer questions from low reputation users
Awarded Dec 19, 2016 at 11:31
Any reason not to display my full name in profile?
Awarded Sep 14, 2016 at 19:00
Perception of purpose
Awarded Aug 30, 2016 at 14:58
What is this [blocking] tag?
Awarded Jun 10, 2016 at 18:53
Is it okay to tell users to RTFM?
Awarded May 9, 2016 at 13:23
What to do with the "rm -rf" hoax question
Awarded Apr 25, 2016 at 16:24
What to do with the "rm -rf" hoax question
Awarded Apr 17, 2016 at 16:21
What to do with the "rm -rf" hoax question
Awarded Apr 16, 2016 at 23:52
What to do with the "rm -rf" hoax question
Awarded Apr 16, 2016 at 23:52
What to do with the "rm -rf" hoax question
Awarded Apr 15, 2016 at 21:36
Where can I ask questions about web hosting control panels?
Awarded Mar 28, 2016 at 21:50
We should bring back the "question must show a minimal understanding" close reason
Awarded Mar 27, 2016 at 18:44
How to handle situations where a user needs professional support and you are willing to provide it?
Awarded Feb 5, 2016 at 18:17
What should Server Fault do with questions about web hosting control panels?
Awarded Jan 30, 2016 at 8:27
Are questions about legacy products inherently off-topic on Server Fault?
Awarded Oct 7, 2015 at 19:12
What should we do with questions about Vagrant?
Awarded Oct 6, 2015 at 13:15
Site design update is now live
Awarded Apr 30, 2015 at 18:19
Abrupt change in moderation staff?
Awarded Apr 19, 2015 at 22:31
Abrupt change in moderation staff?
Awarded Apr 19, 2015 at 22:31
Some parting thoughts... and apologies for the drama
Awarded Apr 13, 2015 at 9:13
Abrupt change in moderation staff?
Awarded Apr 13, 2015 at 1:46
Some parting thoughts... and apologies for the drama
Awarded Apr 12, 2015 at 19:22
Abrupt change in moderation staff?
Awarded Apr 11, 2015 at 7:38
What information should I include or obfuscate in my posts?
Awarded Feb 25, 2015 at 20:43
How do high-reputation SF users solve their own problems?
Awarded Feb 1, 2015 at 0:39
Rewriting "minimal understanding"
Awarded Jan 13, 2015 at 18:20
2013 Moderator Election Results
Awarded Dec 4, 2014 at 13:23
Can we do anything to change the dynamic of the site?
Awarded Nov 24, 2014 at 20:08
Server Fault needs professional-quality questions, not just questions from professionals
Awarded Nov 23, 2014 at 7:49
What IS a "professional capacity"?
Awarded Nov 21, 2014 at 20:29
Is useful 'spam', really spam?
Awarded Aug 28, 2014 at 1:46
Is it OK to just ask a question so you can post your own answer?
Awarded Jul 30, 2014 at 21:58
Is it OK to just ask a question so you can post your own answer?
Awarded Jul 28, 2014 at 21:10
How can we recruit and retain more talent?
Awarded Jun 22, 2014 at 13:37
My answer did not solve OPs problem; now what
Awarded May 29, 2014 at 1:24
Should we punish and also close questions with blindingly obvious answers?
Awarded May 20, 2014 at 16:05
Frustration when the OP doesn't "get it"
Awarded May 14, 2014 at 13:57
Should we punish and also close questions with blindingly obvious answers?
Awarded May 8, 2014 at 21:00
Change style of Links
Awarded May 8, 2014 at 10:00
I'm tired of answering questions with: "Upgrade the firmware" or "Run updates"
Awarded Apr 2, 2014 at 2:49
Refusing to give teh codez, good or bad practice?
Awarded Mar 30, 2014 at 15:52
Should someone post an answer when all they did was Google Fu?
Awarded Feb 22, 2014 at 20:56
Is this the kind of language we should be promoting on SF
Awarded Feb 7, 2014 at 15:01
Are we upvoting/downvoting questions for the right reasons?
Awarded Nov 26, 2013 at 6:58
Should folks have to click through an interstitial page to ask questions on Server Fault?
Awarded Nov 20, 2013 at 19:52
External site copying without attribution
Awarded Oct 25, 2013 at 15:02
Should Server Fault stop accepting questions from unregistered users?
Awarded Sep 24, 2013 at 19:44
Why "professional capacity"?
Awarded Aug 9, 2013 at 21:08
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