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Merge guest account with StackExchange account
Can an admin please merge my guest account with my StackExchange account? I messed up migrating the guest account to a full account.
Guest Account: https://serverfault.com/users/89184/waleed-ahmad
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Retag or Synonym Script(s)(ing)
I'm not sure how all the retag or synonyms work, so if I'm barking up the wrong tree, could someone explain the difference between the two?
I noticed that there is a tag for scripts which has 26 Qs, ...
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Why do the links to chat rooms show up randomly?
I'm not sure when it happened, but at some point the links on the sidebar to The Comms Room and Vote to Close went away. I wondered about their disappearance, but didn't bother to post a question ...
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Reverse-migrating questions from other Stack Exchange sites?
Searching through the Stack Exchange network for tags like raid, mdadm or whatever, I've found quite a few questions (mainly pre-2010) that seem like they belong on Server Fault; should we (...
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Deleted post: why mine, and not many others on the same question?
This answer on a question about what seems to be a rogue IT security adviser was deleted.
My guess about the closure is because it repeats another answer. However, it's just a guess. It would be ...
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Tag tidy and synonym request
To tidy things up please
Rename debian6 to debian-6.0 then synonym it to debian-squeeze
Synonym debian-5.0 to debian-lenny
Synonym lenny to debian-lenny
Synonym etch to debian-etch
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Server sizing question: How to ask?
On Server Fault, I asked this question, trying to get some ideas about how to figure out what size of a server I need.
Clearly the question wasn't the right one.
However, I'm pretty sure people on ...
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editing other user's posts for completely trivial reasons
I'm relatively new to serverfault/stackexchange, though not to systems administration. I've posted only a few answers here so far. In the last day, two of my posts were edited by other users. I get it,...
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Die, [multiple], die! *stabstabstab*
I've just noticed this tag float across (as the only tag on a question, which was what brought it to my attention). I've skimmed over the list of questions with the tag (66 at current count), and I ...
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Death to [newbie]!
Not to newbies themselves, of course...
As part of the continuing war on metatags, I've cleaned up all 36 or so questions that were tagged 'newbie', and would appreciate an SE employee blacklisting ...
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Tag synonym: datacentre -> datacenter
"Two countries separated by a common language", indeed...
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Request for new tag for Apache MQ
Can someone please create a tag for Apache MQ - the closest I can find at present is apache.
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a "migrated" message and basically a surprise transfer to new site upon selection.
As I go through the messages in a given stackexchange, I notice messages that are marked as "migrated". The migrated site is not identified. And sure enough you select a migrated, you are thrown to ...
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Why can't I use https to access the stackexchange sites?
In order to be more secure in my external transmissions, I tried to use https://serverfault.com and found that I could not login.
Actually I get a 403/HTTP Authentication request, but its not like ...
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Tag synonym: compare->comparison
I've whipped up a little tag wiki for [comparison], and untagged the four questions that were [compare]. I'd "suggest a synonym" for [compare], but I don't have 5 votes in it (neither, for that ...
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Tag synonym/merge: virtual{host,hosts,-hosting,-hosts}
These tags all seem to refer to the same things, and people are using all of them interchangeably. Personally, I'd have picked the one that nobody seems to have gone for virtual-host but I guess I'm ...
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Death to the homework tag!
On the basis of the answer my previous question (and the SO blog post linked to therein), I've bulldozed all homework tags from questions on serverfault. Anyone with the appropriate mod bits want to ...
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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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Migrate question from ServerFault to Unix & Linux
When flagging a question on SF and selecting It doesn't belong here followed by Off topic, there are options to migrate to meta, StackOverflow, SuperUsers and Webmasters but not to Unix&Linux. ...
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List all questions with close votes
Is there a quick way to see all the questions that have close votes on them?
I see a few questions closed that I probably would have voted against closing, and a whole bunch where I wholeheartedly ...
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"Not an answer" -- really?
I've flagged a couple of answers lately that got marked as invalid -- one for an answer that wasn't, and the other for one that was. I'd like to get some feedback on these flags, so as not to waste ...
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Can't Edit a Post
I don't have the ability to edit this post. First time I ran into this. I checked other questions and it seems I can edit them. Yes, I understand I can edit, but it won't save till a mod approves it.
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MS Access tag merge/alias
We've got:
msaccess - 31
ms-access - 4
microsoft-access - 2
I'd say that ms-access or microsoft-access would be the better tag, but the people have spoken, and msaccess is the most common option.
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Using version numbers rather than friendly names
I really hate that Microsoft pushed giving products "pretty" names rather than functional names (damn those marketing departments).
Windows ME, Windows XP and Windows Vista have become household ...
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"Server Fault is for system administrators... in a professional capacity"
I'm interested in soliciting opinions on the meaning of the phrase from the FAQ in the question title. I've just returned from an extended hiatus from SF, and I'm finding that a lot of the things ...
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Merging a closed question with an open question.....Some problems here
A moderator merged one question with another, moving the comments to the deleted question to the merged one. However, I found that my post no longer really applied and I deleted it.
I really ...
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CDN a bit flaky? [closed]
I'm having the occasional problem loading pages on serverfault, and every time I get a "hung" page load, the status bar (or what passes for it in Chromium) will say "Waiting for cdn.sstatic.net". It'...
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Border Line Question for Server Fault?
I feel like this question is border line out-of-bounds for Server Fault, but before I become a jerk and flag the first question I've ever "flagged", I thought I'd get other people's opinion. The ...
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Change style of Links
There's already a question for this, I tried to "bump" it with a comment, but it didn't show up on the Active Page.
Can we setup a different style for links on the Server Fault page to make the link ...
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Who would you like to hear at our Scalability Conference?
We are currently working on getting speakers for our Scalability Conference that will be in San Francisco on October 14th.
The theme for the conference is talks on scalable operations and system ...
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Retagging for new products: terminal-services vs. remote-desktop-services
As I recently had experience with, Microsoft changed the name of terminal-services (Windows Server 2003) to remote-desktop-services (Windows Server 2008). At time of writing, these tags have 111 and ...
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Does retagging count as editing?
In terms of badges such as Copy Editor, does using the "retag" button on a question count as making an edit?
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Flagging Question
I'm still relatively new here, and am enjoying calling this my home. I want to make sure I'm understanding some of the features I'm using so I don't unnecessarily causing the mods work when there ...
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Why was my question migrated to Super User?
I'm not complaining or mad - just confused. The reason for Server Fault is "For System Administrators and Desktop Professionals - which I am." My question seemed to me to be related to a "desktop ...
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Linked questions security vs. transparency.
So sometimes I ask security questions, e.g. questions about sql-injection. And sometimes I ask questions about security configuration that are made easier to solve by linking to the site that I'm ...
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Cisco ASA tags (again)
I'm posting a new one, since the other one got marked as completed.
Please merge the following tags into cisco-asa
cisco-pix
pix
asa5505
asa-5510
PIX and ASA are essentialy the same hardware, only ...
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The never ending flood of "what kind of server do I need for X amount of requests per hour"
These kind of questions just keep pouring in, and the same thing happens every time.
The questioneer never gives out enough details to even guess what kind of spec/bandwith he/she needs, the type of ...
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How come I just earned the Autobiographer badge to go with my Yearling badge?
I just earned the Autobiographer badge to go with my Yearling badge.
It was my own fault really: I filled in my profile.
It bothers me a little because I thought that having no other badge than ...
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What should be done about the amazon tag?
Is the amazon tag really blacklisted? Can I ask a question with amazon as a tag?
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Please block the amazon tag
We did some work to remove the plain amazon tag recently but yesterday 2 questions appeared with the tag. Can the amazon tag be blocked please?
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Alias throttle to throttling
Right now both throttle and throttling exist, with the larger batch of questions tagged with the throttle. They seem to be be about the same general thing, and throttling seems like a better choice to ...
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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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Is this query really "crap"?
I asked what the community thought was too simple. Here is the link. And yes it has been voted down and closed. I am happy with that.
I am just surprised at the tone of some comments. Does it help ...
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Help Us Put On Stack Overflow DevDays 2011
Hey ServerFault Community -
As you guys probably know, we're bringing back Stack Overflow DevDays (along with a special 1 day ServerFault conference in SF on October 14th) and we need your help to ...
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merge or synonym lvm and lvm2 tags
Please can we merge or synonym the lvm and lvm2 tags? On Linux, LVM1 is now obsolete so all questions will be about LVM2 in any case, and LVM is the general concept across operating systems.
https://...
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[ios] matches Cisco's IOS and Apple's iOS
Apple had the wonderful idea to name its mobile operating system iOS, which was already used by Cisco Internet Operating System.
There are hence 94 questions tagged ios, but only 82 of them contain ...
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Does Kyle's name on the ServerFault blog about page make sense?
See below image from the Server Fault blog about page, but it kind of seems like a mistake that Kyle's name appears here (no offense Kyle, love your work and your blog posts/insight)..
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It is the ...
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