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You need at least 10 reputation to post images

Why am I being told this halfway through writing my post instead of, say, when clicking the image button? Javascript. (Sorry, that's all I got.) Didn't I used to have plenty of rep on Serve …
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Abrupt change in moderation staff?

So since this is a discussion question I'd like to discuss something tangentially related to the change in mods, which is a philosophy on mass-closures. …
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What should Server Fault do with questions about web hosting control panels?

OK, so I've not been around much aside from the occasional (and infrequent) scan through the review queues and hunt for unix-y questions that are interesting enough to answer (sadly less frequent than …
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Proposed change to Server Fault guidelines

I'm not opposed to changing the help center text (I'm the idiot who suggested doing it last time, and frankly I still don't think it's very good), but I have some issues with your proposal as it stand …
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question downvoting

Your question is worded in such a way that I think you don't understand the point of downvoting questions. On the main site downvotes indicate that a question does not meet the community's standards. …
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Allowed question types

Your question, as written, can be described as How do I make data secure?. To call this "too broad" is to massively understate the situation. There are multiple books on the subject. For this ques …
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Answering part of a question

The question shouldn't be asked this way. That question is really two separate and distinct questions that should be asked separately. I've left a comment to that effect. Having thus rejected th …
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Why are learning materials questions off-topic?

Server Fault (specifically) does not "do" learning material requests. We try to focus on questions that have a specific answer to them, and Where/How can I learn more about technology X? doesn't fit w …
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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 ful …
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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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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 …
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I think we're overdoing "get a new job" recommendations in comments

There's no reason for us to tell someone "Quit and get a new job" in comments: If it's a situation where quitting is the only option (some kind of criminal/ethical violations like the company forcin …
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Closed as duplicate in error?

As TheCleaner pointed out, this is "too localized" for Server Fault. Since we don't know what your company does (the advice for a medical services company or DoD contractor will be substantially diff …
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Some kind of appeal process for questions marked duplicate?

Meta is your venue to appeal closure (though usually we prefer you wait and let the normal reopening process take place as Nathan C outlined. Having looked at your question it adds some value on top …
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