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Refusing to give teh codez, good or bad practice?

There is nothing wrong with a nice generic answer. They are frequently better than nothing. If this is the type of answer you prefer to give, feel free to continue doing that. On the other hand, if …
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why was my question about mac mini servers closed?

For the record, I up-voted this question. I guess I am getting really annoyed at the bias these from some people that seems to be along the lines that if you are supporting thousands of users, or hav …
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How can I get people to fully read my question?

One simple answer is to simply write a better question, taking into account how people actually read content on the web. Use the inverted pyramid style for composing your question. Use keywords and …
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"network engineer" terminology

Simple. Don't mention the job title at all. Questions here should be about your technical problem, not about your job title. As a general rule we don't want or need to know your job title or organi …
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ServerFault - Direction and Future - Professional Questions

Do you really think that Is RHCA good? is a good question that will actually have value for people. The problem I see with most career questions is that ~95% of them are crap like the one you mention …
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Edit powers activate! Removing Hi/Thanks

Is it OK to use our awesome edit-powers to remove these greetings/signoffs? Yes, please do.
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Why limit site to "many desktop PCs" and no mention of laptops?

I think the FAQ needs to be treated as a guideline, not a legalistic set of rules. The point of that bullet is about administering a large set of similar systems. I think it is probably adequate. I …
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Question seeking tips and suggestions from technical experts closed, why?

Symantec Endpoint Protection vs Microsoft Endpoint Protection Whereas : My Question was recently categorized as a shopping question I have cast a close vote on that question too, you are right …
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What makes this question “not real”?

It isn't that bad really, and a quick re-write would fix it. It would be better if you could re-forumlate it so that it didn't rely so heavily on me having to read the tutorial. For example you coul …
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These tags should probably be blacklisted.

I just removed all the few questions tagged it, and I was thinking about removing system-administration for the ~27 questions, but I didn't really want to bump all those questions. I think both of th …
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Should my question or the proposal be reopened?

Your question seems to be about a a piece of gear primarily aimed at consumers. Which is why it got some close-votes here. Your question probably would have been closed on a site suggested by that a …
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What is our "competition" for ServerFault?

There are lots of sysadmin related reddits and there are frequently Q&A style posts http://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/ http://www.reddit.com/r/linuxadmin/ http://www.reddit.com/r/devops/ SpiceWork …
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Should we try to eliminate password reset questions?

I think any type of censoring a discussion about a tool that a system administrator may use in the normal course of their work is silly and counter-productive if we wish to be a good source of questions …
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Updated: Does the new-user URL filtering need a better error message on server fault?

There is a filter in place to prevent new users from posting more then one link on the body of a question. I believe the intent of this is to prevent spammers from using the system, but does it reall …
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Which tag should be used for restoring backups?

Apparently we have two almost equally used tags that are being used mostly for the same purpose. Lets pick one, merge, and setup an alias. I like the backup-restoration choice a bit more, because it …
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