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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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Should Server Fault stop accepting questions from unregistered users?

If you've read the front page recently, you're well aware that there's a large percentage of total crap on it. Indeed, more than a third of the questions posted in the last 60 days have been closed or …
Slate's user avatar
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2 answers
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I will no longer be moderating SF

A few months ago I took a break from moderating and participating in SF for reasons mostly unrelated to today's post. I am not entirely 100% satisfied with the way that turned out, but I am cautiously …
7 votes
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Suggested edit queue full

I always thought it was kind of silly to require someone who has a high enough reputation to edit a post themselves without approval from others must get approval from others to approve someone else's …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
10 votes

3-vote close - how's it going?

Oh, please do not reset it to 5 while reviewing anything. This change has been such a massive improvement that going back to 5 even briefly would just bring back all the old pain. Questions are actual …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
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Is serverfault the right forum for the below question

It doesn't look like dev to me, but I am also having trouble seeing the point of the question. What is the business purpose for this? The latency of encryption and decryption is minuscule on modern ha …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
9 votes
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Question modified into new question after being answered

I think you were right to think that he should have posted a new question. Indeed, if he had not deleted it, I would have rolled back his edit and advised him to post his new problem separately. I do …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
10 votes
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Question potentially off-topic, judment and possible migration needed

I read through the question but I don't see anything that would make it obviously off topic, nor did I see anything that suggested any other site in the network would be a better place to ask. You or …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
3 votes
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Are questions asking about reading metadata business questions?

This question would be rejected for being about a server running DirectAdmin, a web hosting control panel. See Where can I ask questions about web hosting control panels? for further information about …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
4 votes

How do I send a topic invitation to a contributor

You should make sure you have good tags on the question. Tags should reflect what the question is about, because answerers follow tags that interest them in order to find questions to answer. In your …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
4 votes
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Are questions about configuration files on-topic?

It's very common to ask about nginx configuration here, and I don't see a problem with asking your question.
Michael Hampton's user avatar
3 votes

Marking questions from new users as duplicate without enough knowledge

I've been using nginx since 2008 and the marking of this question as a duplicate (of the question indicated) makes absolutely no sense to me. I don't see how these are even related, let alone similar …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
37 votes
2 answers
2k views

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?
5 votes
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burninate the [index] tag

No one watches this tag, it has few questions, and it has no obvious use. It should indeed be burninated.
Michael Hampton's user avatar
12 votes
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Do we really need a [custom] tag?

The tag custom serves no purpose. No one follows it, and no one is likely to use it to find questions of interest. It should be burninated and blacklisted. For that matter, the customization tag look …
Michael Hampton's user avatar
3 votes

Why did I not get notified that my edit was declined?

Pulling up the review, it looks like one community member approved, but two others thought your edit was more appropriate as a comment. They voted "attempt to reply": "This edit was intended to addres …
Michael Hampton's user avatar

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