Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Why isn't SE, Inc. bothering to *explain* all the changes in close vote reasons?
I haven't kept track, but we've only had the new close vote reasons for - I dunno - about a month?
And today they've changed again, completely changing off-topic reasons with no explanation, no ...
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The reason for closing my question about a VNC server problem is false
My question Remote mouse pointer not visible in VNC was just closed because it is allegedly not related to "professional server, networking, or related infrastructure administration". This is not true....
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Two of my questions randomly downvoted at the same time
On SF, two of my questions (selected randomly seemingly) were downvoted at the exact same time.
Sounds like some kind of abuse - just out of luck, or does it need to be reported?
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Please unduplicate
I posted a question and it was marked as duplicate and before I could edit and explain why it's not, it was closed. I have edited it since.
I would like to reopen it, because it's basically the ...
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Reopen this question?
This question was, I concede, initially poorly constructed. It got an immediate downvote and garnered the necessary votes to close/hold it.
It has evolved and now I dare to differ that - how to ...
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Merge [tag:hacking] into [tag:security]
hacking isn't substantively different from security in context, and it should be made a synonym. Shall it be done?
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In heaven complaining about hell
Dear Michael Hampton,
Let me point out my opinion on your action.
It is OK for you to delete something that is not an answer, if you really think it did not help to solve the in the first place you ...
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Is there recourse for abusive moderation?
I asked this question about yum and Apache, which is a perfectly fine question for this site. A site moderator stepped in and issued comments that were not helpful to answering the question as asked. ...
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Why do some moderators consider a Raspberry Pi to be a toy? I have used it many times for business
I've made one post on this site, which was dismissed, and put on hold as a home/hobby/end user problem, and asked me to have it moved to the Raspberry Pi sibling site.
Frankly, not wanting to dismiss ...
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Why is my question closed as 'too broad'?
My question here:
Are HDD <-> SSD transfer speeds completely bottlenecked by HDD speed?
is very specific but was closed as 'too broad'. Maybe it doesn't look like every other question that is ...
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What's wrong with my question?
Can anyone please kindly tell me what's wrong is my question?
https://serverfault.com/questions/473739/
Why it's not a real question?
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There is a new navigation topbar on the SO
...and so it looks:
Our good old black taskbar will probably go away.
Earlier the significant changes on the SO were later applied to the smaller SE sites as well (remember as the user pages were ...
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Rescind rule on business IT?
This site has a rule about not covering home configurations or systems, limiting it to IT used in a business environment.
I think it's time to rescind that rule, and allow more complex home lab ...
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Kill them with Darkwood Scythe: [dyndns], [dynamic-ip], and [dynamic-dns]
Before I go flag mad, let's discuss the topic of dynamic IP addresses. There are a lot of questions that deal with dynamic IP addresses. Most of them are in the context of home networks. Some appear ...
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why was the question on dev server setup moved to SU?
Coming from question:
How do I get Windows XP Professional upgrade to boot directly without having to choose it at startup?
Why doesn't this question belong to SF?
It seems to fall into 2 ...
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Synonym IIS version with Windows version?
IIS is unique in the sense that the version that ships with an operating system is the only version available for that operating system. Windows 2000 Server got IIS 5, 2003 got IIS 6, 2008 got IIS 7 ...
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Site FAQ Update Suggestions
Below are a few thoughts that I've had relating to a few points in the FAQ that need to be cleaned up by the site administration to prevent confusion when people move between Stack Exchange sites (...
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Question deleted even after clarifying that it falls within scope of serverfault
I posted the following question: https://serverfault.com/questions/907784/some-systems-unable-to-connect-to-my-ntpsec-server
Initially I did not indicate that the connection - while at my home - is a ...
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"bumped to the homepage by Community" generate mostly noise
Just as sample: such type of questions must be closed as offtopic (due to low-level quality) on 2012, and anyway not forced to homepage from trashcan and oblivion in 2017!
I saw such (noisy) bumping ...
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a moderator closed my question is any one watching.
I do not have requisite previlieges to post many links to my questions my genuine question was blocked be this sites moderator is any one watching.
The internal IPs of apache vhost configuration file ...
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I think my question was mistakenly closed and moved to SuperUser
I believe my question was mistakenly closed and moved to SuperUser. The FAQ states that questions about
managing the hardware or software of servers, workstations, storage or networks
tools used for ...
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Are questions about home server somehow inherently off-topic? If so, why?
I asked a question about my new HP Proliant and got a very good answer but it was unclear to me if the answerer understood that I was using the server in production (although for home use). In other ...
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Would a "Vote these questions up" chat room make sense?
Since we don't have a lot of active voters, I was wondering if a chat room that's the opposite of "Vote to close" would make sense. Just as people post links in Vote to Close to what they consider to ...
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Dealing With Questionable Actions Taken By Moderators
MS Terminal Server Blocking Website Access
A few helpful people came to give it a shot. They specified what they needed clarified and I obliged.
Then I had two moderators come around, that seemed ...
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Dispute Off-Topic
How can I dispute one of my questions having had been marked as off-topic?
I have asked this question on Server Fault after I discovered that I should put the question on Server Fault.
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Why Are Certain Cross Platform Questions Closed?
I ran across the following question today:
How to completely disable apache access log?
While I understand that SuperUser is the best place for desktop related questions this one is clearly not one. ...
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create "self-hosting" tag
On StackOverflow, there's a tag called ”self-hosting“. IMHO it's also (or even more) applicable to serverfault. Here are some quick searches I've done:
Questions containing ”self-hosted“ (105 results)...
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Asking how to block Microsofts Telemetry/ Data collection/ Privacy Invasion push for older domain clients?
Is this not allowed?
Is this a business question or not? I got negative for a genuine business question that involves privacy from MS and no responses -
https://serverfault.com/questions/718232/...
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Which corporate IT policy or firewall rule is being circumvented in this scenario?
The question is being flagged as off topic for violating one of the prohibited questions rules, namely "unauthorized use or misuse of IT systems".
I will explain why this is not about circumventing ...
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Just what the hell is "TOO BROAD"? [closed]
As title said.. Just what is too broad?? I did ask a few question, and I think I am specific enough.
Such this question:
Migrating LDAP user and password to SAMBA4 AD
Where is the "too broad" ...
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Why is rudeness tolerated? [duplicate]
I've noticed a few posters on serverfault that take potshots (ad hominem, or insinuations of stupidity) at people. This would seem to be in violation of:
Always be polite and have fun
It’s fine ...
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Why are all my FreeNX questions recieved so poorly
I read through a few of these meta questions about 'bad questions' I'm getting a sense peeps are fed up with bad questions get'n dumped on ya'll from StackOverflow--my guess. And reading the What ...
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Question about "Amazon API gateway" put on hold at Server Fault
The reason is stated as "off-topic":
"Questions on Server Fault must be about managing information technology systems in a business environment.
Home and end-user computing questions may be asked on *...
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Linux Question Closed as Dupe of Windows Question
I found this Linux question about finding out who's pinging your Linux box. It's Linux-specific.
It's closed as a dupe of this question which is about finding out who's pinging your Windows box. It's ...
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Please reopen; this question is not a dupe
My question here has been marked a dupe of this one. I don't think that it is a dupe because the latter is really focussing on a replacement for Exchange that allows things like calendaring, resource ...
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Equivalent tag to 'homework': 'do-my-job-for-me'?
In the same way that questions which are obviously homework get tagged homework, should questions which are obviously attempts to get someone else to do the questioner's job for them be tagged do-my-...
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On migrating to unix-SE
Unix & Linux has recently been launched, so I'm wondering if there are questions in here that need migrating.
The FAQ states that this site is not for General personal computer troubleshooting. ...
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Create [hostgator] tag?
I see there is a [dreamhost] tag. That's useful: I like to see what issues of [mediawiki] users are host-specific, because certain shared hosts can be quite painful.
I notice there are 200 questions ...
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Rude or abusive flag denied on a flippant joke answer - What then is 'rude'?
In a question about a specific network-based exploit a user answered:
I've always found that servers are least vulnerable to attack when turned off, removed from all networked systems, or otherwise ...
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Review audit and I failed, but I disagree. What do I do?
https://serverfault.com/review/first-posts/321318
The tone of the beginning of the question is aggressive and judgemental of OP's co-workers. The audience has only one side of the story. Besides, ...
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Limiting membership
ServerFault is intended for professional sysadmins. I think that this is a good policy. It helps keep the site on focus.
Has there ever been thought into restricting membership to professional ...
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why is a post about fail2ban/ipfw off-topic?
Um, well question says it all - why is a question about fail2ban and ipfw off-topic for "serverfault" and gets migrated to "superuser"?
It's about server processes, right? Is it because it's MacOS?
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A resource to answer all those .htaccess and rewrite questions
Just ran across this Github repo:
https://github.com/phanan/htaccess
Nice collection of common things people ask about.
Just thought of sharing, could be useful to answer/close a lot of the rewrite ...
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How to ask correctly here on serverfault?
Please read the full question before downvoting.
I am a very happy stackoverflow user, i also use quite a few other stackexchange sites with a very good feeling.
On no other stackexchange site i ...
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Where can i get an idea other than here?
https://serverfault.com/questions/533609/why-isnt-qmail-been-downloading-from-a-version-control-system
Above question of me is down voted and i think it is going to be closed
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Voted Down on Answer
I recently reviewed a question on serverfault, added a comment, and replied to the question.
Q: Installing Ubuntu 14.04 Server as Web server
I realised that the question was questionable, because ...
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Unsupported setup, is it a valid question?
I recently asked a question about a combination of disks & server which is not vendor-supported (link here), in short adding EOL disks from another vendor to servers currently in use. The setup ...
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Moderator deleting my questions
A moderator closed a question of mine as a duplicate despite it not being a duplicate (the circumstances and the question are different, he claimed it was a duplicate of a general FAQ-style question). ...
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What is the difference between these two questions? Why was one closed and the other left open?
What is the difference between these two questions? Why was one closed and the other left open? The reason for closure was not duplicate, but that the question was primarily opinion based. They are ...
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Closing for "too localized" is too frequently abused
I'm really getting sick of seeing questions like this being closed for being "too localized." More often than not, it's simply coming down to a popularity contest. If someone has never heard of a ...
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