Questions tagged [faq]
These questions clarify points in the ServerFault FAQ.
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What are the canonical answers we've discovered over the years?
We've created, appointed, or otherwise identified certain question/answer pairs that are the canonical answer for certain problems. These are answers where the community has said all it is going to ...
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How can I ask better questions on Server Fault?
This is a Canonical Question / FAQ Candidate to help our new users ask better questions,
and hopefully get better answers. Similar questions:
How do I get better answers?
How can I get people to ...
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What IS a "professional capacity"?
This is part of a set of questions on how Server Fault defines "professional" system and network administration. For additional information, see:
Why "professional capacity"?
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What information should I include or obfuscate in my posts?
This is a Canonical Question about the privacy of Server Fault and the needed detail to get an answer from the community.
Is there any information other than a password that would be considered a ...
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Where can I ask questions about web hosting control panels?
My question was closed as off-topic because it is "about a web hosting control panel". But I still need help. Where can I ask my question?
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Modifying the faq, shopping edition
The 'product recommendation' question occurs here a lot. I propose we modify the existing FAQ language:
and it is not about …
Networking outside the professional workplace
Running servers at home ...
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What to do with XAMPP/MAMP/WAMP questions
It's generally known that it's a horrible idea to use these one-click LAMP stack installers for anything but local development. That said, with surprising regularity, we seem to get questions from ...
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Do you have a checklist that can help me ask a better question?
This is a Canonical Question / FAQ Candidate to help our new users ask better questions,
and hopefully get better answers. Similar questions:
How can I ask better questions on Server Fault?
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Should personal computer-troubleshooting questions be asked on SF?
Questions such as removing viruses or malware, help installing/uninstalling software, configuring Outlook, etc?
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SF needs its own "Shopping" link
While the original idea: Modifying the faq, shopping edition was a great one and duly implemented...I think that the existing link to http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/qa-is-hard-lets-go-shopping/ ...
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Are "Find [some software product] for me" questions off-topic?
So as I slug my way through /review/close and /review/first-posts I'm finding an alarming number of what I'm calling "Serverfault is a search engine" posts -- people asking us to find software for ...
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