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You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.

3 votes

Why is this question off-topic?

I think the question is arguably off-topic since it's more about hardware design than system administration. But I would guess that the question is locked because it was getting low-quality answers a …
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19 votes

Massive Spam Attacks since couple of days

You can get an overview of the current issues many SE moderators are having with the company by reading the recent posts here on meta.SF That will lead you, if you're interested, to many more posts o …
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4 votes

Explanation of closed posts

It looks like you might be confused about which site you're asking about. You say: ... question I asked on server fault, ... But your link in a comment is to a question on Stack Overflow, not Server …
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1 vote

Mirgration of questions to U&L

In general, migration can be problematic, so a better approach in this case would be to have your questions closed here (done) and then re-ask them on Unix & Linux.
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2 votes
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I can't ask question in serverfault

You have a total of 13 questions on Server Fault, 7 of them are deleted. You are blocked from asking questions by a site-wide (all of Stack Exchange) filter. Information on how you can get out of th …
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1 vote

Why my question is downvoted even with all the required info available in the question?

There's no way to know who downvoted and why, but the general reason for a downvote (seen when hovering over the down arrow) is "This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not u …
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1 vote

More detail about reasons for question closure, please

The question was closed by 3 users who have earned enough reputation to be able to vote to close. The standard close reasons are not (and can not be) a perfect fit for every situation. Sometimes a qu …
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4 votes
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How should I handle dead links on questions/answers?

It depends on what the link is. In the example you pointed out, it was easy to find the up-to-date link to the standard, so I edited the answer to use the correct link. In general, there will sometime …
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1 vote

1 duplicate and 1 closed question - enough to limit my account from posting?

Further to Womble's answer: This is the definitive Q&A about question and answer bans: What can I do when getting "We are no longer accepting questions/answers from this account"? A few important p …
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2 votes
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I am unable to post questions even though I have positive reputation

The authoritative information on post bans is in the post that's linked to in the message you see about the ban. A summary is: The ban is completely automatic, there's nothing a moderator can do ab …
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2 votes

Need help unlocking a question

As I said in a comment there, it would make it clearer if you would define the time period you're actually interested in and ask how to configure that in Prometheus. I think that's what you mean, but …
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3 votes
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How to whitelist tags?

Use the (fairly) recently introduced "Custom Question Lists" feature: On the Questions page, click the Filter button Add the tags you want to whitelist to the "Tagged with:" list Click the Save cust …
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6 votes

serverfault.daytorrents.com Phishing?

This short of thing should be reported to the company, there's an option in the Contact Us form specifically for reporting outside sites that are improperly using SE content. In this case, I've just …
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7 votes
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Bounty removal request

I didn't know how to revoke a bounty before this, but now I do... I expect you and the other commentors to throw some close votes on it if you feel it deserves it.
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4 votes

2 failed questions and im banned from new ones !!! and im not even asking questions but shar...

If you are getting the message: “We are no longer accepting questions/answers from this account” Then you need to read the post you were given a link to. That is all of the advice anyone can g …
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