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Add entry to FAQ to discourage link-and-run?
So, if the SE sites discourage link-and-run (or rather, encourage down-voting of LAR answers), why isn't this in the FAQ?
Earlier Meta discussions, showing that LAR is discouraged.
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Why are Jenkins related questions not suitable for ServerFault?
Recently I asked a Jenkins configuration question here on ServerFault, and it got migrated to StackOverflow (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35610719/is-there-a-way-to-separate-github-webhooks-in-...
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Are the rg tags getting out of control on ServerFault?
Possible Duplicate:
legitimate ways for users to protest irrelevant sponsorship of tags
Ok, fine, Redgate has tools for Exchange and SQL Server, so maybe it makes sense to have the annoying ...
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User seems to ask only homework questions. Is this a problem, or should I just ignore him?
User donok has been a member for two days and has asked three questions, each of which involves a chain of routers (which by his own admission is entirely virtualised), one of which has a simple error ...
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How do you ask a question about server fault after reading the faq and not finding clarification?
The meta links to the server fault meta community area, where it should be appropriate to ask a question about what is appropriate for server fault, before actually posting to server fault, and having ...
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you must have 50 reputation to comment?
When trying to comment on an existing Q&A (How can I get memory usage reported in SNMP under Mac OS X 10.8 Server?), I am getting an error, "you must have 50 reputation to comment".
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Can the links to useful chat rooms be made permanent?
As of now (11pm Pacific Time), a temporary/test/silly/whatever-it-is chat room called "Room for coredump and Jacob" has taken over from "Vote to Close" on the right sidebar.
Ok, since "useful" ...
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Community Promotion Ads - 2018 [duplicate]
It's almost February in 2018, which isn't supposed to be the proper time to cycle these, but for this year it'll be once again, so we'll be refreshing the Community Promotion Ads for this year now!
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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 ...
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How do I create a new tag?
I have an idea for a new tag. I think adding this tag would improve Server Fault. How do I add this tag? I am not finding documentation of how to do this.
Topics I would like to know about creating a ...
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Lost reputation "User was removed"
I have lost 10 rep and I don't know why. The message is "User was removed". What does that mean?
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why does career tag exist?
similar question:
http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/1666/eliminate-the-career-tag
I have been searching serverfault, security.stackexchange, programmers.stackexchange, workplace.stackexchange for ...
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Why the code in my answer is not color-highlighted?
This is the question I'm referring to: the answer I provided contains some valid C code.
It is intended with 8 space chars.
The code is not colored as it does usually (at least on stackoverflow).
Did ...
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Distinction between Serverfault and Webmasters
I've been browsing serverfault and webmasters, and it seems that the intent of the webmasters is to deal mainly with creating and maintaining webpages and content, and serving it. The Programmers ...
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Is this a "Good Subjective" question?
Further to the discussion of list and subjective questions, here's something I was going to ask, but have been trying to figure out how to make it "good subjective." (There was also a discussion ...
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How do they differ? Tags webserver and web-server
I recently applied the webserver tag to my question and noticed that there are two tags: webserver and web-server. How do they differ?
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List Questions - What to do with new ones
A "list question" recently came up. This is not asking for a list of options which satisfy as set of requirements, that's a "shopping question". They were originally allowed on SF, and still are on SO....
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Is ServerFault the best place for Cloud Computing Platform Questions?
I have found that there are many questions about cloud computing platforms that do not fit well on either StackOverflow or ServerFault.
I have created a proposal for a new site, specific about cloud ...
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ServerFault - Direction and Future - Professional Questions
I used to be very active on ServerFault. In fact, I was on the first page in the top 10 overall ranking. I love StackExchange's products and ServerFault as a forum and I recommend them still.
What ...
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Why am I not able to ask any more questions? [duplicate]
I am a young programmer being paid to do some sysadmin work. I am active on stackoverflow, and so when I had a question, I came to serverfault. I asked three questions. Each recieved one downvote, and ...
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What about adding DevOps SE to the migration menu?
Currently, it is not possible to move a question to the DevOps SE:
If a question is about tools that are related to "how to improve the communication between Dev and Ops", like Jenkins, Cloud ...
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In what cases am I meant to downvote a question?
If a question seems interesting to me, or potentially practical, I vote it up and may star it. If it does not (by being outside of my field of interest/competention) I just go my way ignoring it. If a ...
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rsync here or superuser?
I am on my way to a Marshall badge on SO so I figure I should know but I still can't figure out whether rsync belongs here or to Superuser. There are 1,654 on SO, 866 on SU, 1,666 here.
Also, why was ...
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Hey! Why does that community guy get credit for my tag creation?
As in, for example, this tag.
Is it because I don't have enough rep for tag-wiki edits without approval? Not that it matters a whole lot, but it feels like something of a punch in the fun bits, and ...
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contesting an off-topic designation
Regarding: Linux: how to send new lines in log files to remote syslog?
Reasons given for putting the above topic on hold, and my explanation of why it is invalid following each:
"You are not the ...
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how to order my posts by time?
How can I see the list of my posts ordered by time?
---------Update1:
Under posts, I did mean all posts including comments and updates (I usyally update/edit my posts multiple times).
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Can you submit the blog post here first before posting?
I say this only because the otherwise excellent Know Your RAM post has a few grammar errors. By posting here first, you can get these corrected first, via comments, (or by making the post CW).
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How do I find out if my Questions\Answers have been edited
This has been bugging me for a while, I can't see anyway find out which of my contributions have been edited by someone else. I'd like to be able to check any edits to see if they have made material ...
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What is it called when you queue my bits?
So over on Unix and Linux we were chatting about how to tag questions related to traffic shaping. We thought we would check ServerFault for reference, but that led me to wonder just what exactly is ...
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Proposal to merge Instances tag into instance
The instances tag seems to be a duplicate of instance. The proposal is to merge instances into instance and subsequently remove the instances tag.
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Should this question be a duplicate? If not, how do I unduplicate?
I asked a specific question which was marked as duplicate, but question it was a "duplicate" of didn't answer my question. What is the proper way to un-mark-as-duplicate?
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Tag removal request: soho
This tag exists: soho. Nothing asked in this tag will ever be on topic (and there is only one question in it that isn't either already closed or about to be). Assuredly it should be abolished?
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Explanation of duplicate
My question was marked as a duplicate, and sincerely, I don't get it. Please explain it to me.
My question: Best practice: mitigating OOM kills of KVM VMs [duplicate]
The other: Using linux ...
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Add webmasters and networkengineering to our "on-topic" help page
From https://serverfault.com/help/on-topic:
We also have sister sites that cover specific topics in more detail:
Stack Overflow for Programming
Super User for general Networking, Hardware, and ...
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Server Fault new site theme is live
We rolled out the new site theme for Server Fault. It is now live.
What new theme?
If you're like, "What the heck are you talking about?", then you should read the Meta Stack Exchange post entitled ...
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Secure alternative to ssh gets closed as too localised?
https://serverfault.com/questions/345962/alternative-for-ssh
This is an interesting question from several angles:
someone in Iran is asking a question on ServerFault
it asks about alternatives to ...
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Why was my question considered not acceptable for Server Fault?
I just had a question closed on Server Fault: Open Source Monitoring for Windows
However, I can't understand why.
The FAQ states that questions about monitoring (which it is) are allowed. I guess ...
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Quotas on downvoting
I think there should be a quota or similar system on downvoting. Numerous times my posts or questions have been downvoted, without a comment on how to make it better.
My suggestion is that after X ...
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What to do about new users posting useless answers only to make themselves known?
I've recently often witnessed the quite sad phenomenon of new (and often clueless) users trying to make themselves known by adding useless answers to already-answered questions, or to old unanswered (...
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Why do I have to award a bounty?
For reference: How to Monitor an Adaptec/Intel ICH10R RAID Controller (any SNMP notification options?)
I understand that the bounty system does not guarantee an answer, it guarantees that your ...
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Serverfault mods on a higher horse than stackoverflow (closing questions)
Edit (by MadHatter, not the original poster): before posting a response to this question, please read the entire thing, including the comments thread at the bottom. The OP deleted the original ...
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what's the point in unformatted comments?
I know that I can answer and I initiate the answer starting from clarifications immediately getting negative ratings which discourages to further participate in this thread.
What's the point in this?...
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Are we becoming too judgmental about questions relating to "professionalism"?
It seems odd to me that this question (Windows XP procedurally drop packets) is currently flagged for issues on being "professional."
When did this site become so judgmental and only accept ...
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New Server Fault theme coming soon
As mentioned on meta.stackexchange.com several months ago, all network sites will be getting updated themes. Server Fault is one of the first sites that will be updated. As such, I'm posting the ...
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Possible to search sister SE sites before posting a question?
I've got a couple of feature requests:
When entering a question, search for similar questions or similar tags on SE sister sites.
Allow a community upvote and downvote of the a moderator's question ...
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Should my question or the proposal be reopened?
This question was closed as off topic.
Also, this proposal was closed as duplicated of ServerFault.
Shouldn't one of them be reopened?
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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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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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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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