Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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How to send a message to a moderator
I made a post but the post was deleted. I do not know why.
How do I send a message to a moderator to find out?
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Flagged post didn't get re-edited
While going through my usual reviews of posts, I will also check for accessibility, formatting, grammar, etc. I came across an answer that was quoting a link they provided but the quote was formatted ...
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Should we be slower to close some questions?
"Welcome to Stack Exchange. Your question has been closed."
So goes the old joke. Here's a classic example of a post from someone who's clearly not very tech savvy, looking for help with a ...
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Why can't you re-upvote comments?
Pretty straightforward question:
Why can't we re-upvote comments?
For example, when I accidentally upvote a comment, almost instantly cancel my upvote because it was a mistake and realise after ...
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Edit an old post
While browsing the main site, I came upon some (very) old posts (questions and answers) that needed editing (formatting/capitalization/typos/etc.) but I was unsure whether to edit them or not ...
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Cross-post to Apple Developers forums - what should I do?
I just found a person who posted the exact same question both on Ask Different and on Apple Developers forums. I just asked them if it was them and they said "yes".
What should I do about it?...
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Create a `sonoma` tag
As the new macOS version is announced (macOS 14 Sonoma), I suggest we create a tag for it.
Previous macOS versions have their own tags, Sonoma should have its own.
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Why did the voting buttons change to this horrible design?
I just noticed that in the past hour, some changes were made on voting buttons, it became:
Why were these changed? The previous ones were really good.
Those ones are unaesthetic and aren't even well-...
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What do we do with 'useless old questions'?
What do we do with 'useless old questions'? Ones that never really defined the problem, will never have an answer & no-one would care if they vanished off the face of the earth. They don't provide ...
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Comments on Review Actions
My edit was rejected and I posted a comment on the related question/answer.
I was then told I shouldn’t do this. I thought comments were for clarifications.
What’s the proper etiquette here?
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Retro Tag for Vintage/Obsolete Apple Tech?
Just putting this out there for opinions.
Would having a “Retro” tag be beneficial?
I am thinking this could cover everything older than, say 15 years old (i.e. White Unibody MacBook) and include all ...
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Edit suggestions ban threshold
I got blocked from editing again.
I wanted to know from when (ratio approve/reject?) I get blocked. For example, in my last 10 suggested edits, 7 were approved and 3 were rejected. Is this the ratio?
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April fools 2023?
I visited AD on April 1st this year (as well as every day in March and April) but I didn't see anything for April fools. I have seen other posts on AD Meta on April fools for other years but I'm not ...
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Are questions about the Apple website allowed?
I've got a quite unusual question here.
Would asking a question about the Apple website directly be on-topic?
If so, what are the specifications or the "checklist" I should follow when ...
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Mass edit reject - why?
I have proposed a few edits, and all of them, even the most worthy of being accepted got rejected for an ambiguous reason : "The edit does not improve the quality of the post. Changes to the ...
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Answer from someone's comment
This can be considered as an ethical question.
I was wondering if, when seeing someone's comment answering the question on which it was posted, I can add an answer based on that comment. Of course, ...
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Discussion requested on a tag synonym cleanup - sed and awk / unix
We have questions on the synonyms for unix
On Ask Different, freebsd is a synonym of unix
Separate Linux tag from Unix
One of the problems in doing anything is that there seems to be no agreement on ...
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Middle Sidebar Advertising
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On Ask Different, freebsd is a synonym of unix
Context
The moderators of this site don't understand what synonym means ("exactly or nearly the same as another word") and put freebsd, bsd, linux, ubuntu into the synonyms of unix. The ...
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“Urgent” edit due to new Imgur ToS and loss of images
I reviewed two “urgent” edits that were done because the editor referred to a Meta post Imgur TOS change on May 15th could cause the loss of thousands of StackExchange images!
The first answer and the ...
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Retract a suggested edit
It already happened that I initially wanted to edit a post, posted my edit and noticed that it wasn't really useful after having posted. Is it possible to retract my edit somehow?
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Another very small question with same topic as another one
I have another question about the meaning of some very small parameter linked with MDM and this question, do I post another question, a comment or do I make it an edit to the question?
The parameter ...
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Add Ask Different to MS Edge Sidebar
This is just a simple "Hey! Check out this new feature post..."
Microsoft added a sidebar and you can add in websites. StackOverflow is already on their list, but you can add in Ask ...
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Can we have notifications for review queues?
I am looking for a way to get notifications in real time as when I earn reputation or have something in my inbox but for review queues.
I have seen in other Meta SE questions that it was the case ...
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Make [ios-16] and add it as synonym of [ios]
I suggest making ios-16 and adding it as a synonym of ios.
ios already contains recovery-mode, ios-beta, ios-12, ios13, ios-13, ios14 and ios-15.
Since iOS 16 got released in the end of 2022, I think ...
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How to propose tag synonyms?
I want to propose a synonym for a tag, how do I do? I have read that it is available to create tag synonyms for users that have 2.5k rep but I don't know from when it's possible to propose a tag ...
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This post is marked as a duplicate, but none of the "original" questions provide the actual answer
I have run into an issue and Googled and found this answer to my issue. In Ventura, I'm finding that Finder windows will follow me from space to space. It's marked as a duplicate and 4 other questions ...
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Do I have to edit all of my posts when I do an upgrade?
I will soon be doing an update on my iPad. Should I edit all of my questions where I mention the OS update?
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Why are some people not providing explanations when downvoting posts?
Some of my posts got downvoted but the downvoters didn't tell me why it was downvoted, making it difficult for me to imrove the post because I don't know what's not right with it.
Why are people doing ...
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Where are close votes?
Where are close votes located on questions and answers? I don't see the number of voters anywhere, on any question.
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What to do if your question is already old and ignored, but still unanswered?
I still need to find a solution to my problem.
Can I repost the same question?
Can I "bump" the old question?
Do I just have to give up on this site (for this question) and look for help at ...
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Why does it not show when you get downvoted?
Normally, when you gain reputation, it shows a little number at the top right of the cup with a star on it (next to inbox).
Why isn't it showing when you lose reputation as when you get downvoted? I ...
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What’s up with the Favicon?
In the last couple/few days, I have noticed the favicon go from the Apple clover on a white background to a bold letter “A” on a red background.
Did we change anything or are we in the midst of a ...
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Why are my edits rejected (and why am I suspended from editing)?
I wanted to pose this topic to our community members with the review privilege (part of the moderator tools) so they could share their reasoning behind the decisions to reject an edit. From this, I ...
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Question led to a followup question — asked in separate question, marked duplicate
I asked: Why does Finder.app Sort by Kind sort extensions in reverse order.
The answer was: Sort by Kind doesn't sort by extension. Fair enough.
The question answers the unexpected (to some) behavior ...
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Suggested Edit was MUCH longer than original answer
So I ran across an answer to a question that was not much more than a couple of short sentences and the suggested edit was six paragraphs plus three images:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/review/...
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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Why would a moderator delete the first duplicate answer in the timeline?
If an answer gets deleted by a moderator - presumably because it was considered a duplicate - why would said moderator delete the first answer in the timeline, especially after the poster has put in ...
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Stack Exchange iOS App is giving me errors
I have been using the Stack Exchange iOS app for years. Today, for the first time, I was unable to comment or ask using it for Ask Different. It suggested that I log out and back in. When I did ...
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How to improve this question
This question was closed:
Free WYSIWYG Markdown editor
with the motivation
Questions asking to recommend or find a Mac, book, tool, tutorial or other off-site resource are off-topic for Ask Different ...
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Help with shells
Newbie here. I (still) use the MacOS terminal a lot. I have some very specific questions about bash.
Can someone tell me where the best place to post these might be?
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Help me understand why my flag was declined
I raised a flag for this answer by user MindingMyBusiness which has virtually the same information as this answer by user drivec. The flagged answer is also saying "Thank you".
As far as I ...
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AWS will be sponsoring Ask Different
We're thrilled to announce that AWS will be sponsoring Ask Different starting on July 22 through December 31. We wanted to give you a heads-up and walk you through what that means.
How and where will ...
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Why is it hard to get answers and responses here? Or is this a false impression?
I've been a Stack Exchange user for about seven years, mostly on Unix & Linux. I noticed recently that I have a slight impression that it's pointless to ask about my Apple problems on this site, ...
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The policy on flagging link-only answers should be made much more obvious
I recently had a NAA flag declined on this answer, which consists entirely of the text:
This might help:
How to Enable Dashboard Features in macOS Catalina
where the second line is a link to an ...
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How to earn reputation here?
I want to upvote meaningful comments and downvote useless comments. And the most important thing is to comment on threads that I like participating in. so yeah, How to earn a reputation?
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Are software recommendations in-topic or not?
I asked a software recommendation:
Best iPhone app to track stocks
This isn't the first time I do it, and my other questions were generally well-received:
App which allows me to comment *and* to ...
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Why is this question about removing puTTy "off-topic?"
This question was recently closed as off-topic.
The help page lists several types of on-topic questions. Among them is the fourth bullet point: "third-party hardware, services and software when ...
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Second opinion on edits
I searched for LibreOffice on App Store and I think the only thing under that name was a paid imitation product and not what is meant when LibreOffice is mentioned in this answer.
So I edited the ...
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"off-topic" versus "insufficient research"
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting
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Questions must demonstrate a reasonable amount of research &
understanding of the problem being solved. Please edit to ...
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