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Are cpanel questions really 'professional sysadmin' related?
I would consider cPanel questions on-topic as long as the quality and content of the question relate to the administration of the server, resource, or content that is being managed through the tool. …
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What's our policy on questions regarding unreleased code?
I'm perfectly OK with answering questions regarding RTM code since after all, at least with MSFT products, this means most enterprises, SAs and devs have access to the final release bits. That may no …
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Can we merge tags for wireless networks
I certainly would not merge wireless with content from wifi. I think back to an old position where we had to utilize microwave communication devices to provide failover and primary internet connectiv …
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Please reopen; this question is not a dupe
Personally, whenever I see questions that start like this:
Recommendations for good
I'm pretty quick to go mark the question as "Not Constructive" because your subject, regardless of question c …
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Should we discourage the use of PPTP
Seems to me like we should propose the OP use a more secure variant such as OpenVPN when they ask about PPTP problems instead of supporting a known penetrable system.
Or at the very least suggest the …
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Canonical Answer to Data Recovery
With Sandy and some of the new questions popping up like this one:
All servers flooded by salt water, is it possible to recover data from multi-platter drives?
It seems like we may want to setup a s …
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Removing Down Votes When Migrating
I just noticed this today but a question was battered with down votes, rightfully so, and was migrated to one of the other SE sites. However, the downvotes stuck with the question. It seems like dow …
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At what point do bounty questions become consulting or off-topic?
Not to pick on a specific question but with this question it seems that it has become more of a running dialog, akin to something a consultant and an organization would have when troubleshooting an is …
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Should we discourage the use of PPTP
I have seen a lot of questions recently regarding the use of PPTP. Since PPTP with most of the common authentication and encryption mechanisms are considered unsecure should we suggest it not be used …
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Why Are Certain Cross Platform Questions Closed?
I ran across the following question today:
How to completely disable apache access log?
While I understand that SuperUser is the best place for desktop related questions this one is clearly not one. …
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Why aren't question images clickable for the full-size version?
I just uploaded an image for a user to their original question and the system automatically shrinks the image to fit within the viewport. However, because it is scaled you can't see it. If I save th …
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Reminder notices about open questions
I just finished reviewing some of my answers today, to questions that are fairly old but have valid answers from multiple posters.
I thought it might be interesting to have a feature of Server Fault …
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Inline HyperLink Color [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Change style of Links
I'm not sure about everyone else but I'm finding it hard to identify links in questions and answers, especially when the link text itself is very s …