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What to do with the "Hidden features of ..." question collections?
Definitely lockable.
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What makes this question “not real”?
Hmm. . .
Your question as originally phrased was basically "$_TUTORIAL told me to do X in part 1, and Y in part 2, why'd it do that?", which is why it got stomped on -- the only way to reasonably an …
17
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ServerFault Fundamentalism
By and large, the mod team on Server Fault does not "mod hammer" questions, despite our constant joking about it in chat. We certainly do not do so to questions with a large proportion of upvotes (th …
3
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Advice needed on how to improve specific question
It's really hard to definitively answer the kind of question you're asking.
The crux of what you want to know is summarized toward the end of your question:
In what ways could an application fail …
5
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Should we be more tolerant of qualitative questions?
"Not Constructive" / "We don't do product/service recommendations" are both overused in my opinion.
Jeff gave some very good guidelines for when subjective questions should be allowed to live.
I wo …
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New close reasons - Proposals (July 2013)
Pre-Filled Reason #3
Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations are off-topic because they tend to become obsolete quickly. Instead, describe your situation and the s …
0
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New close reasons - Proposals (July 2013)
Not a Professional
(WesleyDavid's variant)
ServerFault is for Professional system and network administrators
It appears from the context of your question and comments that you are
not actin …
8
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Serial close-voting?
If the only reason for closing the question is "Because it was asked by $USER", this is a bad thing.
I certainly hope nobody is going through a user's profile putting close votes on all their question …
8
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Accepted
Duplicate of a locked "historical significance" question?
If you're concerned that the OP might be confused as to why they're being directed to that question feel free to leave them a comment explaining why their question is off-topic, and what about the dup …
17
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I think we're overdoing "that's not professional" comments
I'm of two minds on this.
There is nothing "unprofessional" about compiling your own Apache if you have a valid administrative or business reason for doing so. For anyone to suggest that this is unpr …
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New close reasons - Proposals (July 2013)
Pre-Filled Reason #1
Questions about hardware or software used in a home setting are off-topic because they require answers that may not be practical for the business and support professionals her …
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New close reasons - Proposals (July 2013)
Pre-Filled Reason #2
Questions about software development are off-topic here, but can be asked on Stack Overflow.
12
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New close reasons - Proposals (July 2013)
Not a Professional
Server Fault is a site for professional system and network administrators. Your question does not appear to meet our standards for being asked "in a professional capacity", poss …
11
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Why were my questions deleted and account suspended?
Is ServerFault just for moderators? Obviously, I'm being dramatic for effect, but the moderators came off as smug, snippy and snobbish, and gave the vibe that they want to keep the site for themsel …
8
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On-topic question closed as off topic?
Specifically Re: the Jungle Disk question, half of this question is unanswerable in any meaningful way.
Are there any known vulnerabilities with recent versions of Jungle Disk including 3.16?
If I …