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Is the dark blue system notification bar annoying?

As I said in response to the feature request In support of being able to dismiss notifications, and in response to Diago's comment above, : Are you ready to handle all the questions on M …
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Possible sockpuppet account?

I actually would think that this is encouraged. It sounds like somebody who, rather than asking repeats of existing questions, is actively exploring the site/community. I greatly prefer this than th …
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Add writing in coherant english to FAQ

Taking a stab at it... I'm going to guess that nothing to this effect to that will be added to the FAQ due to the fact that much of the world does not use English as a second language. Adding to tha …
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2 votes

Silly Season should not mean crazy voting

I largely disapprove of "what's the best" questions. they're usually poorly formulated, barely disguised Shopping questions, and almost always the answer includes "depends on your environment/use/bud …
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4 votes

Is Amazon EC2 irrelevant?

I'd rather see the tagging fixed on individual questions rather than nuking the tag.
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We have three load/capacity/planning questions

(FULL DISCLOSURE: I wrote one of those questions referenced, and suggest including another similar question to consideration.) If you're going to merge those two, also merge in my other canonical que …
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How do high-reputation SF users manages both SF and their office?

And sometimes, an answer that you consider trivial will gain unexpected widespread attention and approval. (Conversely, answers that you think could cause mankind to spontaneously rejoice and accept …
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1 vote

Cleaning house, really old, unloved questions

Sweep up the crumbs. Even if one day somebody may have an answer to the question, chances are the problem has been solved, worked-around, or just forgotten.
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Pick an easter egg for chat.serverfault!

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why was my question about mac mini servers closed?

I'm a bit torn on this one... I disagree on the premise that because a Mac Mini is not typical server hardware that it doesn't belong on SF. I agree that it belongs on SU because the nature of the q …
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Canonical: "Help me size my wholly unspecified application" question

Perhaps it was part of a discussion...) …
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Do we need a long-form FAQ?

No, we do not need a long-form FAQ. People aren't reading the FAQ as it is. I agree with the user martin's on some points. At some point, it does seem like elitism to say 'LAMP questions are welcom …
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Can we turn down the campaign heat, please?

Why should the moderators treat each other with any more respect and dignity than the people who come to this site for help?!
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Bad Synonym for APT

Agreed. Forgive my ignorance (n00bness) to Meta, but is is possible in current functionality to allow the user to select the tag but replace it with the "recommended"/"approved" tag? In this instanc …
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Is "You are all backwards" really a valid close reason?

From my reading of his question I did not see any reference to "home" or "developer" or any of the other hot-button close justifications. What I saw was someone inexperienced in Apache asking a legiti …
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