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  <row Id="1" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-06-29T01:04:59.553" Score="5" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any plans for a data-dump for ServerFault? (Or more importantly meta.stackoverflow?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:06:58.423" Title="Data-dump for ServerFault?" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;&lt;data-dump&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="2" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2009-06-29T01:06:34.357" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seems like you'd need a lot more data for it to be worthwhile, but I guess once we get to that point it's likely to happen...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:06:58.423" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="3" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2009-06-29T02:29:09.603" Score="6" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;We will do this, but I agree with Michael -- there's not enough data yet. Plus, we'd like to &quot;perfect&quot; the process with the SO data dump before extending it to the other sites.&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See the latest SO blog entry for plans.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/10/creative-commons-data-dump-oct-09/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/10/creative-commons-data-dump-oct-09/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:06:58.423" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="4" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-06-30T08:01:26.440" Score="0" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should questions about Microsoft's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/default.mspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Windows Home Server&lt;/a&gt; be closed on Serverfault or tolerated (until SuperUser.com goes online)? I'm sitting on the fence, because they certainly &quot;violate&quot; the FAQ maxim&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Server Fault is not for general&#xA;  computer troubleshooting questions; if&#xA;  you paid for that desktop hardware,&#xA;  and it's your personal workstation, it&#xA;  is unlikely that your question is&#xA;  appropriate for Server Fault.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But some questions could contain interesting information for sysadmins.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples: &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/windowshomeserver&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/windowshomeserver&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:06:59.903" Title="How to deal with Windows Home Server questions on Serverfault?" Tags="&lt;close-reasons&gt;&lt;moderation&gt;" AnswerCount="5" />
  <row Id="5" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4" CreationDate="2009-06-30T08:05:37.007" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You pegged it.  Tolerate these types of questions until &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;superuser.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; comes online, and then the questions can be closed/migrated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="251" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:06:59.903" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="6" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4" CreationDate="2009-06-30T08:07:10.030" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a question is propably interesting for &quot;professional&quot;, not-home servers, I would keep it open. Otherwise vote for a close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There'll always be overlaps between the triology. So try to establish a border between them. But that's a community thing like Wikipedia's lemmas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:06:59.903" />
  <row Id="7" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4" CreationDate="2009-06-30T08:28:06.533" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I personally know consultants currently selling WHS to small businesses. I don't see why you should make a differentiation just because MS marketed it with the name &quot;home&quot; in the title.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:06:59.903" />
  <row Id="8" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4" CreationDate="2009-06-30T09:41:16.920" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Isn't Windows Home Server a &quot;server&quot; and thus equally deserving of support by ServerFault?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's Windows 2003 Server under the bonnet so I can't really understand why it should be excluded. I bet there's a heap of one man bands out there using it as a cheap and cheerful back up tool in their businesses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="822" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:06:59.903" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="9" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4" CreationDate="2009-07-01T22:44:13.987" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it's a big mistake to try and draw a line between corporate and residential IT. In my former career as an IT guy, I dealt with just as many residential customers as corporate customers. There's also a lot of overlap in challenges faced. I saw a question on ServerFault about how to change monitor refresh rate which was closed as being not sysadmin-related. Would the same thing have happened if it were cleverly posed from a corporate perspective? I suspect not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Trying to separate corporate and residential IT is like trying to separate HTML and CSS; they're so closely related. I think SuperUser is fine for questions about how to do blah in Microsoft Word, but anything to do with adjusting system settings or system building is, in my opinion, most definitely sysadmin-related.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had a question of my own closed by Jeff on Serverfault where I asked about TV tuner cards that supported HD via satellite instead of just HD over-the-air. Yes, it was for a computer in my house, but so what? I could easily have posed the question like this: &quot;Our company has an HDTV in our boardroom connected to a satellite dish on the roof. The CEO isn't happy with the quality of the HD channels...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:06:59.903" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="10" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-06-30T11:44:17.403" Score="3" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;Links to HTTPS URL's aren't automatically converted to be clickable, see this example on serverfault:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/33630/syntax-highlight-in-bugzilla&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/33630/syntax-highlight-in-bugzilla&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:00.520" Title="Link detection for HTTPS" Tags="&lt;bug&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;linking&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="11" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10" CreationDate="2009-06-30T12:09:56.890" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's see if FTP works: &lt;a href=&quot;ftp://ftp.somesite.com/web&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ftp://ftp.somesite.com/web&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if all these cases could be detected that would be great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:00.520" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="12" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13" CreationDate="2009-07-02T02:47:14.917" Score="2" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a little of retro effect.  Sure had to deal with that plenty of times back in the day...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.sqeq.com/image/macos%5Fbomb.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;MacOS Bomb&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1054" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:00.720" Title="Should put the MacOS bomb dialog on the maintenance page of SF" Tags="&lt;maintenance&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="13" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12" CreationDate="2009-07-02T03:30:12.270" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not a good fit for a server based site, is it? Macs aren't exactly known for &quot;server-ness&quot;..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:00.720" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="14" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-07-05T20:06:53.647" Score="1" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/2508/account-association-between-websites&quot;&gt;Account Association Between Websites&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/2508/account-association-between-websites&quot;&gt;Account Association Between Websites&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My ServerFault reputation suddently went down from 501 to 423. It does not seem to be the &#xA;result of many downvotes (or they are well hidden). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the past, I remember that big cleanings of reputations took place in StackOverflow, after &#xA;massive cheating was detected. But I find no such announce for ServerFault and, anyway, I do not cheat :-) Any idea of what is going on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:00.933" Title="Recent big cleaning of reputation in ServerFault?" Tags="&lt;reputation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="15" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14" CreationDate="2009-07-05T20:09:19.397" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Say hello to an un-documented side-effect of &quot;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/2251/will-we-get-back-rep-points-lost-after-a-rep-recalc&quot;&gt;rep recalc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We (as user) shouldn't know anything about this internal stuff, but it appears a reputation recalc cannot take into account votes from questions since then deleted...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And a large &quot;rep recalc&quot; seems to be underway following some mishaps with a &quot;bonus&quot; to be set when &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/2508/account-association-between-websites&quot;&gt;associating accounts&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned in my question, we do not care about all that: we just want the rep back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:00.933" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="16" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-07-06T15:19:32.060" Score="4" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the past couple of days, I've been noticing that serverfault has very prominently placed ads for each question, which doesn't seem to be present in SO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't usually mind the ads on the side in SO because it's not too prominent, and most of the time is relevant. But this serverfault ads are really nagging me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought Jeff was all for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000893.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;discreet relevant ads&lt;/a&gt; that don't detract the user from his experience. What's happening?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:01.173" Title="What's with the prominently placed ads for each question in ServerFault?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;advertising&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="17" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16" CreationDate="2009-07-06T15:21:51.517" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's reputation-based.  Your serverfault rep is &amp;lt;200, and users with lower rep see more ads.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/03/responsible-advertising-feed-a-programmer/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/03/responsible-advertising-feed-a-programmer/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2869" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:01.173" CommentCount="6" />
  <row Id="18" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16" CreationDate="2009-07-22T19:27:14.307" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could I give some of my reputation from StackOverflow to ServerFault or Superuser up to the limit of getting over the advertising minimum?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise I'll have to start filtering it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm unlikely to earn enough points, I've been at ~100 for a month now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:01.173" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="19" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-07-09T06:35:24.210" Score="4" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's how splattne's announcement rendered in my browser... I thought it was quite appropriate!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/1398/serverfaul.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:01.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-07-09T07:35:39.470" Title="Nice serverfaul image" Tags="&lt;fun&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="20" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19" CreationDate="2009-07-10T09:53:30.557" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's the server's fault!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:01.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-07-10T09:53:30.557" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="21" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-07-10T06:18:14.587" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was viewing Serverfault Unanswered Questions with My Tags, and clicked one of the tags in the Unasnwered tags list, on the right, I believe Apache. This took me to the Questions section, showing only questions tagged with Apache, more or less as expected.* I returned to Unanswered Questions-&gt;My Tags, and found it (I believe, but can not reproduce) showing me only Apache tagged questions. I clicked on another unanswered tag, can't recall which, was again taken to Questions, and again returned to Unanswered-&gt;My Tags. But this time, the list was empty list. Nothing I have tried since then has restored the list to displaying any questions, filtered in any way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additional info:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My Tags lists the question count as 0.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unanswered-&gt;Votes and Newest still show correct number of unanswered questions, about 500 right now.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clicking on and off tags in Unanswered-&gt;My Tags or Questions view has no visible effect&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Logging out and back in did nothing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Turning off Hide My ignored tags did not solve the problem, besides which my ignored tags list is not large. I can easily confirm that some of the 500 unanswered questions should be showing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Started in current Chrome, switched to Firefox and tried same things with no change.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have not tried similar things on StackOverflow or Meta. I like My Unanswered Tags list just the way it is!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Problem occurred for my identical username on Serverfault: &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/12296/willfulwizard&quot;&gt;WillfulWizard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will be happy to provide any other info that might be helpful. I would like that view back if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*Switching back to all Questions was not what I expected the click to do, but rather filter my current view. This behavior, at least, was close enough to what I wanted though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:01.840" Title="Bug: Unanswered My Tags empty after clicking on a couple tags" Tags="&lt;bug&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;tags&gt;&lt;unanswered-questions&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="22" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="21" CreationDate="2009-07-10T12:24:45.293" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;If you are on the &quot;My Tags&quot; tab it will override any other selections w/r/t tags. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, this is confusing, yes, there are many other requests about it, etc. etc.&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I finally fixed this. Hey, 6-8 months is better than never!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:01.840" />
  <row Id="23" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-07-10T21:19:47.750" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are only questions about server administration allowed on the serverfault site? I have noticed a lot of desktop configuration or administration questions have been closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12134" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:01.950" Title="Scope of questions for serverfault" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;questions&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="24" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="23" CreationDate="2009-07-10T21:20:32.263" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. Desktop config/admin questions will be redirected to &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/the-stack-overflow-trilogy/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;superuser.com&lt;/a&gt;. In 6-8 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:01.950" />
  <row Id="25" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="23" CreationDate="2009-07-11T05:43:48.783" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;addressed in the Server Fault FAQ&lt;/a&gt; and I don't think the accepted answer here is correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Server Fault is for system administrators and IT professionals, people who manage or maintain computers in a professional capacity. If you are in charge of ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;servers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;networks&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;many desktop PCs (other than your own)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... then you're in the right place to ask your question! Well, as long as the question is about your servers, your networks, or desktops you support, anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please note that Server Fault is not for general computer troubleshooting questions; if you paid for that desktop hardware, and it's your personal workstation, it is unlikely that your question is appropriate for Server Fault. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Server stuff is generally appropriate. This is the best rule of thumb for non-server stuff: &lt;strong&gt;if it's a desktop PC, and you paid your own money for that desktop PC, it's unlikely your question is a good fit for Server Fault.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:01.950" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="26" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-07-16T13:57:05.347" Score="5" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please change all instances on the tag &lt;code&gt;[opensource]&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;[open-source]&lt;/code&gt;. This is an issue on &lt;strike&gt;SO, SU, and&lt;/strike&gt; SF &lt;strike&gt;(on SF the &lt;kbd&gt;open-source&lt;/kbd&gt; tag hasn't even been created!)&lt;/strike&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Open source&quot; is two words, so it should definitely be hyphenated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE (July 15/2010):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[opensource]&lt;/code&gt; (86)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[open-source]&lt;/code&gt; (4)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bonus: &lt;code&gt;[opensource-software]&lt;/code&gt; (2) --&gt; &lt;code&gt;[open-source]&lt;/code&gt; (4)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:02.130" Title="Retag request: opensource -&gt; open-source on ServerFault" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="27" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="26" CreationDate="2009-07-20T22:09:38.803" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Done on SO&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:02.130" />
  <row Id="28" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-07-17T19:08:55.837" Score="8" ViewCount="241" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it just me or does the server fault icon look like a Nintendo Entertainment System?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://sstatic.net/sf/img/logo.png&quot; alt=&quot;serverfault.com&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:02.343" Title="Is It Just Me Or Does The Server Fault Icon Look Like A Nintendo Entertainment System?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;fun&gt;" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="6" />
  <row Id="29" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="28" CreationDate="2009-07-17T19:11:39.897" Score="14" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://explodingcoder.com/cms/files/images/kii66b6ydxsianr3tdusot2ul2.preview.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:02.343" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="30" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="28" CreationDate="2009-07-17T19:18:19.030" Score="7" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes it does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:02.343" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="31" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="28" CreationDate="2009-07-17T21:44:34.650" Score="19" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2579/3729964879%5F5f3a968059%5Fo.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/niceness/172684398/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; title=&quot;nintendo entertainment system by niceness&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/172684398_df464c0ca4.jpg&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;375&quot; alt=&quot;power glove to the people&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it kinda does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:02.343" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="32" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="28" CreationDate="2009-07-17T23:04:46.150" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looks to me like a hot-swap drive array.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:02.343" CommentCount="0" />
  <row Id="33" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="28" CreationDate="2009-07-18T05:35:37.870" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;nope, its just you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:02.343" />
  <row Id="34" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="28" CreationDate="2009-07-18T06:22:23.260" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It does. It's not just you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:02.343" />
  <row Id="35" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="28" CreationDate="2009-09-19T13:11:06.870" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I thought it was an equalizer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2321" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:02.343" />
  <row Id="36" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-07-18T13:52:55.213" Score="5" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stack Overflow all fine, SuperUser all fine, even meta all fine, but Serverfault frequently just 'gives up' in Safari 4. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've tried it from 2 up-to-date Mac OS X machines, in both Safari and Firefox, and it seems really hit and miss - I've cleared the caches and restarted both browsers, but I can't seem to find the problem. The 'sister' sites are all working fine but ServerFault just doesn't want to load. From the activity log in Safari, it looks like it times-out with this;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/content/js/master.js?v=3731&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;this just doesn't ever seem to finish loading. Any thoughts? This has been a problem at both my office and at home, so I've no reason to believe it's a broadband issue (though to be fair it's the same provider at both locations).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;edit: I've tried it on 2 machines, both browsers, 2 physical locations, so 8 permutations. I'll try to get more diagnostic information and run on a few more permutations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:03.613" Title="Anyone having trouble loading pages from Serverfault?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="37" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="36" CreationDate="2009-07-18T14:03:45.403" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can't repro -- just browsed a bunch in Safari 4 on SF and not seeing any issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:03.613" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="38" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="36" CreationDate="2009-07-18T15:39:19.360" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can't seem to connect to serverfault at all - seems to be DNS issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ dig +short @208.67.222.222  stackoverflow.com&#xA;69.59.196.211&#xA;&#xA;$ dig +short @208.67.222.222  meta.stackoverflow.com&#xA;69.59.196.213&#xA;&#xA;$ dig +short @208.67.222.222  superuser.com&#xA;69.59.196.219&#xA;&#xA;$ dig @208.67.222.222  serverfault.com&#xA;&#xA;; &amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; DiG 9.6.1-RedHat-9.6.1-2.fc11 &amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; @208.67.222.222 serverfault.com&#xA;; (1 server found)&#xA;;; global options: +cmd&#xA;;; Got answer:&#xA;;; -&amp;gt;&amp;gt;HEADER&amp;lt;&amp;lt;- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 16033&#xA;;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0&#xA;&#xA;;; QUESTION SECTION:&#xA;;serverfault.com.   	IN	A&#xA;&#xA;;; Query time: 12 msec&#xA;;; SERVER: 208.67.222.222#53(208.67.222.222)&#xA;;; WHEN: Sat Jul 18 16:38:59 2009&#xA;;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 33&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ dig @ns22.domaincontrol.com serverfault.com&#xA;&#xA;; &amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; DiG 9.4.2-P2 &amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; @ns22.domaincontrol.com serverfault.com&#xA;; (1 server found)&#xA;;; global options:  printcmd&#xA;;; Got answer:&#xA;;; -&amp;gt;&amp;gt;HEADER&amp;lt;&amp;lt;- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 58675&#xA;;; flags: qr aa; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0&#xA;&#xA;;; QUESTION SECTION:&#xA;;serverfault.com.               IN      A&#xA;&#xA;;; ANSWER SECTION:&#xA;serverfault.com.        3600    IN      A       69.59.196.212&#xA;&#xA;;; AUTHORITY SECTION:&#xA;serverfault.com.        3600    IN      NS      ns21.domaincontrol.com.&#xA;serverfault.com.        3600    IN      NS      ns22.domaincontrol.com.&#xA;&#xA;;; Query time: 81 msec&#xA;;; SERVER: 208.109.255.11#53(208.109.255.11)&#xA;;; WHEN: Sat Jul 18 23:20:00 2009&#xA;;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 101&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I still can't get this from any other dns server... I've put it in /etc/hosts for now&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10206" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:03.613" />
  <row Id="39" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="36" CreationDate="2009-07-18T20:43:40.283" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ping serverfault.com&#xA;ping: unknown host serverfault.com&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;in Slovenia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:03.613" />
  <row Id="40" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="36" CreationDate="2009-07-19T11:41:18.243" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Oddly enough, when I try to dig from stackoverflow's nameserver, from a UPC connection in .ie, I get no answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;; &amp;lt;&amp;lt;&gt;&gt; DiG 9.5.1-P2 &amp;lt;&amp;lt;&gt;&gt; @216.69.185.11 serverfault.com&#xA;; (1 server found)&#xA;;; global options:  printcmd&#xA;;; Got answer:&#xA;;; -&gt;&gt;HEADER&amp;lt;&amp;lt;- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 552&#xA;;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;;; QUESTION SECTION:&#xA;;serverfault.com.   	IN	A&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;;; Query time: 8 msec&#xA;;; SERVER: 216.69.185.11#53(216.69.185.11)&#xA;;; WHEN: Sun Jul 19 12:11:23 2009&#xA;;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 33&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I try the exact same thing from a box in France (on ovh), I get an answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;; &amp;lt;&amp;lt;&gt;&gt; DiG 9.4.2-P2 &amp;lt;&amp;lt;&gt;&gt; @216.69.185.11 serverfault.com&#xA;; (1 server found)&#xA;;; global options:  printcmd&#xA;;; Got answer:&#xA;;; -&gt;&gt;HEADER&amp;lt;&amp;lt;- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 33998&#xA;;; flags: qr aa; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;;; QUESTION SECTION:&#xA;;serverfault.com.               IN      A&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;;; ANSWER SECTION:&#xA;serverfault.com.        3600    IN      A       69.59.196.212&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;;; AUTHORITY SECTION:&#xA;serverfault.com.        3600    IN      NS      ns21.domaincontrol.com.&#xA;serverfault.com.        3600    IN      NS      ns22.domaincontrol.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;;; Query time: 83 msec&#xA;;; SERVER: 216.69.185.11#53(216.69.185.11)&#xA;;; WHEN: Sun Jul 19 12:11:05 2009&#xA;;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 101&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I get similar data from other nameservers, so I think UPC must be silently redirecting DNS requests. Out of interest, how many of the other users suffering from this are on UPC?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:03.613" />
  <row Id="41" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="36" CreationDate="2009-07-19T12:34:08.330" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in Sweden and I get the same problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; dig serverfault.com                        &#xA;&#xA;; &amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; DiG 9.5.1-P1 &amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; serverfault.com&#xA;;; global options:  printcmd&#xA;;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached&#xA;&#xA;&amp;gt; dig stackoverflow.com                      &#xA;&#xA;; &amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; DiG 9.5.1-P1 &amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; stackoverflow.com&#xA;;; global options:  printcmd&#xA;;; Got answer:&#xA;;; -&amp;gt;&amp;gt;HEADER&amp;lt;&amp;lt;- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 57515&#xA;;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2&#xA;&#xA;;; QUESTION SECTION:&#xA;;stackoverflow.com.             IN      A&#xA;&#xA;;; ANSWER SECTION:&#xA;stackoverflow.com.      4507    IN      A       69.59.196.211&#xA;&#xA;;; AUTHORITY SECTION:&#xA;stackoverflow.com.      134614  IN      NS      ns52.domaincontrol.com.&#xA;stackoverflow.com.      134614  IN      NS      ns51.domaincontrol.com.&#xA;&#xA;;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:&#xA;ns51.domaincontrol.com. 3166    IN      A       216.69.185.26&#xA;ns52.domaincontrol.com. 3166    IN      A       208.109.255.26&#xA;&#xA;;; Query time: 0 msec&#xA;;; SERVER: 10.0.0.1#53(10.0.0.1)&#xA;;; WHEN: Sun Jul 19 14:32:48 2009&#xA;;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 135&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:03.613" />
  <row Id="42" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="36" CreationDate="2009-07-19T14:23:31.923" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Finland here, also no reach to serverfault.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ dig serverfault.com&#xA;&#xA;; &amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; DiG 9.5.1-P2 &amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; serverfault.com&#xA;;; global options:  printcmd&#xA;;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is my attempt going to get a woot badge on all sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="261" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:03.613" />
  <row Id="43" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-07-19T18:17:48.347" Score="2" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed the Jeff Atwood close this server fault question for not being sysadmin realted: &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/42661/linux-source-code-closed&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/42661/linux-source-code-closed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;...am looking for the source code to learn about their working in Linux for all the common commands which we use in our day to day life like cal, su, sudo, ls -l, dir, pwd etc.&#xA;    where really does the source code for these commands present in linux distributions? ...&quot;&#xA;    ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I respectfully, but strongly, disagree with closing this question for that reason, and I feel he might have touched a sensitive topic that might alienate Linux Administrators.  I think having access to the source code is a fundamental part of the whole Linux / Open Source culture, even as an Administrator.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part of troubleshooting ( administering ) you can look at the source code of the kernel, common utilities, and servers ( such as Apache ).  It is also part of how and Administrator might learn more about Linux to be more effective at their job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have never had an interview where I haven't been asked about if I am familiar with compiling source code (and configuring compile options) for Linux. I may have also been asked how to get the source code -- I can't remember for sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this maybe different from the general scope of being a Windows Administrator, but not the scope of being a Linux Administrator. My question for the other Linux Administrators is if they more or less agree with this, and what their arguments might be for or against this.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:04.297" Title="Linux Source code Closed Question closed on Serverfault" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;close-reasons&gt;&lt;close&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="44" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="43" CreationDate="2009-07-19T18:23:56.740" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with you on this.  Having access to the source code really improves the administration experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:04.297" />
  <row Id="45" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="43" CreationDate="2009-07-20T00:00:41.477" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I feel the question is ridiculous for a variety of reasons, one of which is, if you can't &quot;find&quot; the source code for linux then you really have no freaking clue what you're even asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, it's not worth fighting over, so I reopened it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:04.297" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="46" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-07-20T05:53:12.957" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi,&#xA;I have read in the FAQ section that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Server Fault is not for general&#xA;  computer troubleshooting questions; if&#xA;  you paid for that desktop hardware,&#xA;  and it's your personal workstation, it&#xA;  is unlikely that your question is&#xA;  appropriate for Server Fault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my doubt is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;can I post a particular software related queries in this site&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Suppose I have a problem with one of the sofwares and if I contact the official support forum for the software it might take days to resolve the problem. So posting in a site like serverfault which has a wide range of users can solve the issue in a shorter period. Is this appropriate or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:04.537" Title="Can I post queries related to a specific software in ServerFault?" Tags="&lt;untagged&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" />
  <row Id="47" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="46" CreationDate="2009-07-20T05:57:30.593" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to use &lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com/questions&quot;&gt;SuperUser.com&lt;/a&gt; if you have non-Admin related software questions.  It will be out of beta soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5947" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:04.537" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="48" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="46" CreationDate="2009-07-20T05:59:56.047" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is this software something that you support for multiple users as part of your job? If yes, then the question is probably appropiate for stackoverflow, if not it's probably better off on &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/07/super-user-semi-private-beta-begins/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;superuser.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10206" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:04.537" />
  <row Id="49" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="46" CreationDate="2009-07-20T06:00:09.167" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm fairly sure it depends on the software in question, and the nature of the query.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can't figure out how to change your screensaver in Windows XP, that's for SuperUser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can'f figure out how to set a GPO to change a screensaver, that's for us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:04.537" />
  <row Id="50" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="46" CreationDate="2009-07-20T06:12:08.707" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have you also read this section in the FAQ ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Also, try to refrain from asking questions about &lt;strong&gt;Server Fault&lt;/strong&gt; itself unless you absolutely, positively have to. Most admins don't come here to learn about the intricacies of this site; they come here to get answers to their questions. Let's try to help them out by not cluttering up the system with navelgazing meta-discussion. If you want to suggest a feature or discuss how &lt;strong&gt;Server Fault&lt;/strong&gt; works, visit our &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;meta-discussion site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:04.537" />
  <row Id="51" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="46" CreationDate="2009-07-20T19:15:36.250" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your question is related to database software or the like it would be appropriate for ServerFault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will probably want to post your question on &lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;superuser.com&lt;/a&gt;.  It is a more general computer support Question and Answer site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="199" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:04.537" />
  <row Id="52" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:35:07.013" Score="10" ViewCount="284" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions such as removing viruses or malware, help installing/uninstalling software, configuring Outlook, etc?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/8324/how-does-serverfault-work-the-community-faq&quot;&gt;Return to FAQ Index&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-30T07:57:52.547" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-04-30T09:46:19.197" Title="Should personal computer-troubleshooting questions be asked on SF?" Tags="&lt;faq&gt;" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="7" />
  <row Id="53" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="52" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:36:25.653" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it's inevitable, most people will never read the FAQ&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:04.813" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="54" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="52" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:37:32.920" Score="13" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Server Fault is for system&#xA;  administrators and IT professionals,&#xA;  people who manage or maintain&#xA;  computers in a professional capacity.&#xA;  If you are in charge of ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;servers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;networks&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;many desktop PCs (other than your own)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... then you're in the right place to&#xA;  ask your question! Well, as long as&#xA;  the question is about your servers,&#xA;  your networks, or your desktops,&#xA;  anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;in a professional capacity&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;other than your own&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Judging from the above quote, it seems perfectly okay to ask these kind of questions, as long as it is primarily focused on the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;professional&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; field and does not end up in &quot;help me, my computer broke down&quot; kind of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If these questions are focused on a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;home&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; use, they should be directed to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, as long as they respect &lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com/faq&quot;&gt;its scope&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Super User is for computer enthusiasts&#xA;  and power users. If you have a question about … &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;computer hardware&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;computer software&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;and it is &lt;strong&gt;not about&lt;/strong&gt; … &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;videogames or consoles&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;websites or web services like Facebook, Twitter, and WordPress&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;electronic devices, media players, cell phones or smart phones, except&#xA;  insofar as they interface with your&#xA;  computer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a shopping or buying recommendation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;… then you're in the right place to&#xA;  ask your question!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" LastEditorUserId="10448" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-30T07:57:52.547" LastActivityDate="2010-07-30T07:57:52.547" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-04-30T09:35:24.013" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="55" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="52" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:39:44.257" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there related to a multi pc environment - such as having a virus affect your whole network or setting up outlook for multiple pc's then that should be ok. 1 Pc with a virus or email error is not really what SF's about, but they will come, I guess the only way to deal with that is good moderation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this will be more of a problem than with SO, as everyone has a pc, when they experience a problem there going to google it and SF will be here with an answer thats close, but doesn't really apply because its for a server, so they'll ask the question instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:04.813" />
  <row Id="56" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="52" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:13:32.863" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the whole multiple server thing could become silly.  If this site is too strict about it, you'll have to append &quot;on multiple servers&quot; to every question to keep from getting shut down.  Instead of saying &quot;what's the registry key to ...&quot; you'll have to say &quot;I need to write a script to ... on 500 servers. What's the registry key to ...&quot;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:04.813" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="57" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="52" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:34:36.527" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;TBH, I'm more worried about an influx of HijackThis logs than about the ocasional home user...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="151" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:04.813" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-04-30T09:34:36.527" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="58" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="52" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:39:31.637" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this is the biggest risk for serverfault. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stackoverflow only has to contend with homework and 'give me teh codes pleez' questions. But the world is full of more or less clueless people with PCs who do know how to use Google...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is where the low barrier to entry (no login required) could become a problem, long term. I guess rep may be the saving factor, as clueless people aren't likely to get much. I expect that once serverfault gets to a critical mass of questions/users, the downvoting and closing will become a lot harsher, as the community becomes more engaged and will want to protect the value of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in short I would answer - ask away for the time being. If your question is for your home PC but is also of relevance/interest to a sysadmin, I don't think there's a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:04.813" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-15T05:39:31.637" />
  <row Id="59" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="52" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:57:04.273" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree it's the biggest risk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone can ask the question in such a way as to make themselves known to be a sysadmin, then who the end-user is should not matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if it's naive end-user questions (who happen to be the sysadmin for their home systems), serverfault will fail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think the requirements should so much be &quot;in a professional capacity&quot; and &quot;other than your own&quot; so mcuh as it should be that it is -indistinguishable- from a question asked in a professional capacity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:04.813" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-06T00:57:04.273" />
  <row Id="60" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="52" CreationDate="2009-12-22T12:47:51.543" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. Ask on &lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com&quot;&gt;SuperUser&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:04.813" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-12-22T12:47:51.543" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="61" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-07-23T15:26:25.220" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/unanswered&quot;&gt;ServerFault.com/Unanswered&lt;/a&gt; I always see the &lt;strong&gt;How Does ServerFault Work? (The Community FAQ)&lt;/strong&gt;.  Can we refactor this so that it has an answer (which then can be upvoted) and thereby get this of the top of the unanswered page?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:05.633" Title="Refactor Serverfault FAQ" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;unanswered-questions&gt;" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="63" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-07-27T14:17:54.543" Score="7" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should the SF tag &lt;code&gt;[sqlserver]&lt;/code&gt; be retagged to be the same as SO tag &lt;code&gt;[sql-server]&lt;/code&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a DBA I use both sites, but often find myself typing the wrong thing!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit (Jon):&lt;/strong&gt; Here's what currently needs cleaning up. I'd take care of these but I don't have enough rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[sqlservermanagementstudio]&lt;/code&gt; (44) --&gt; &lt;code&gt;[sql-server-management-stu]&lt;/code&gt; (to match SO)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[sqlserveragent]&lt;/code&gt; (15) --&gt; &lt;code&gt;[sql-server-agent]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[sqlserver2008]&lt;/code&gt; (2) --&gt; &lt;code&gt;[sql-server-2008]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[sqlserver2005]&lt;/code&gt; (5) --&gt; &lt;code&gt;[sql-server-2005]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[sqlserver2000]&lt;/code&gt; (4) --&gt; &lt;code&gt;[sql-server-2000]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[sqlserver-reporting-servi]&lt;/code&gt; (4) --&gt; &lt;code&gt;[reporting-services]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[sql-server-reporting-serv]&lt;/code&gt; (1) --&gt; &lt;code&gt;[reporting-services]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[reportingservices]&lt;/code&gt; (11) --&gt; &lt;code&gt;[reporting-services]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[sqlserverprofiler]&lt;/code&gt; (3) --&gt; &lt;code&gt;[sql-server-profiler]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[sql-profiler]&lt;/code&gt; (2) --&gt; &lt;code&gt;[sql-server-profiler]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[sqlserverce]&lt;/code&gt; (2) --&gt; &lt;code&gt;[sql-server-ce]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[sqlserver-7]&lt;/code&gt; (1) --&gt; &lt;code&gt;[sql-server-7]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On SO, there is &lt;code&gt;[reporting-services]&lt;/code&gt;, as well as SQL Server version-specific tags (i.e., &lt;code&gt;[reporting-services2005]&lt;/code&gt;), but there are less than 100 total questions on SF on that topic (and they'd need hand-separating), so I say leave it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.157" Title="Retag request: SQL Server tags on SF" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="4" />
  <row Id="64" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="63" CreationDate="2009-07-27T14:19:36.090" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sounds reasonable enough. I imagine it would be best practices for all the tags across the systems to try and follow the same standard conventions (hyphens separating words, etc.). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should be something fairly easy for a mod to go and switch up using the tools available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.157" />
  <row Id="65" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="63" CreationDate="2009-08-18T00:05:34.790" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I also find this quite annoying. especially then threads get moved from stackoverflow To serverfault &amp;amp; they have sql-server tag.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Should i take it upon myself to re-tag all the existing sqlserver questions to sql-server ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1715" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.157" />
  <row Id="66" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="63" CreationDate="2009-08-24T00:43:01.540" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Bump.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every day more questions get created with the sqlserver tag, instead of sql-server. Is there any way of blacklisting over-used incorrect tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(speaking of which, latest offense is &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/57722/how-long-can-a-mirrored-fail-over-partner-be-offline-before-a-full-backup-is-requ&quot;&gt;here &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/57722/how-long-can-a-mirrored-fail-over-partner-be-offline-before-a-full-backup-is-requ&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/57722/how-long-can-a-mirrored-fail-over-partner-be-offline-before-a-full-backup-is-requ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;), asked by someone in this very topic...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.157" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="67" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="63" CreationDate="2009-11-18T11:44:06.767" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like as part of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/30187/what-does-rg-mean&quot;&gt;RG sponsorship&lt;/a&gt; all the SF &lt;strong&gt;sqlserver&lt;/strong&gt; tags have been updated to the SO &lt;strong&gt;sql-server&lt;/strong&gt; standard. Time to update my ignore list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.157" />
  <row Id="68" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:06:56.973" Score="9" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;                   Thank you very much for all your answers.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A while ago &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/users/658/nobody&quot;&gt;nobody_&lt;/a&gt; asked&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/6254/what-should-the-users-of-stackoverflow-be-called&quot;&gt;What should the users of Stack Overflow be called?&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;I shamelessly copy his idea (and rules) and ask: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What should contributors to Server Fault be called?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a poll with strict requirements for the answers. &#xA;Here are the rules, posts will be edited if they are out of compliance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your post must contain only your desired answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You must not duplicate an answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you do accidentally duplicate an answer, it's your responsibility to delete it. Otherwise, it will be edited to say &quot;I can't follow directions&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Observers should vote up the names they like&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Discussion should occur in the comments&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer with the highest number of votes (excluding jokes) will be accepted as the official answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As several people have noticed, it's not possible to post answers shorter than ten characters. If your suggestion is too short just add a nice remark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T14:23:17.713" Title="What should contributors to Server Fault be called?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;faq&gt;" AnswerCount="48" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="69" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:08:30.623" Score="6" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;server-faultee&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="70" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:08:36.987" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Faults of course. And this should be a community wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T14:08:36.987" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="71" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:09:55.957" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Fault-lessers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" />
  <row Id="72" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:12:15.843" Score="22" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;just call me Paul &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommentCount="11" />
  <row Id="73" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:15:21.440" Score="9" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;server de-faulter&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" />
  <row Id="74" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:15:47.383" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Crashers&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommentCount="6" />
  <row Id="75" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:16:04.823" Score="9" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;neckbeards&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="76" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:16:17.663" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;weird&lt;b&gt;OS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4694" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="77" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:17:07.007" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;All powerful     &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1054" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-07-30T15:42:36.917" />
  <row Id="78" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:17:52.090" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;PFYs&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(as we eternally are when dealing with computers)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2101" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" />
  <row Id="79" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:17:53.307" Score="18" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sysadmins&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T14:17:53.307" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="80" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:19:17.610" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;General Failures&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2101" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" />
  <row Id="81" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:23:59.023" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;SF'ers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Boring, I know, and liable to be confused with Sci-Fi'ers, but context should make it clear enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T14:23:59.023" />
  <row Id="82" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:24:47.570" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Anonymous_BOFH&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T14:24:47.570" />
  <row Id="83" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:26:49.003" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;inquisitive idiots.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.richeobscure.com/cluelessness.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T14:26:49.003" />
  <row Id="84" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:27:04.413" Score="8" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;ServerFault users.&#xA;(or ServerFault visitors, or ServerFault Contributers - why does everything in the world haver to have a cutesy name?!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T14:27:04.413" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="85" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:27:12.137" Score="17" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;To follow the same logic as Stackers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Faulters&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T14:27:12.137" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="86" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:32:29.150" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Dirty Pages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T14:32:29.150" />
  <row Id="87" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:34:43.670" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;e-Plumbers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4113" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T14:34:43.670" />
  <row Id="88" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:40:25.063" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ServerFaulters&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T14:40:25.063" />
  <row Id="89" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:47:02.197" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should be called superusers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T14:47:02.197" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="90" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:48:22.447" Score="9" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;sudoers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(stupid character limit)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T14:48:22.447" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="91" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:53:33.373" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;server ninjas&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1565" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T14:53:33.373" />
  <row Id="92" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:00:56.293" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Peons&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(random text here so it will let me post)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T15:00:56.293" />
  <row Id="93" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:08:46.917" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;server monkeys&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1565" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T15:08:46.917" />
  <row Id="94" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:22:46.000" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;ServerFailures&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T15:22:46.000" />
  <row Id="95" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:23:14.050" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Master of disaster&lt;/strong&gt; for me please. Suits me well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2413" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T15:23:14.050" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="96" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:29:15.973" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Defaulters&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T15:29:15.973" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="97" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:35:56.847" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Admins&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cheeky, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T15:35:56.847" />
  <row Id="98" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:37:42.197" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sysops&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T15:37:42.197" CommentCount="0" />
  <row Id="99" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:11:49.270" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thief&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously because if they are just visiting they aren't contributing?&#xA;Or I didn't understand...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T16:11:49.270" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="100" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:38:08.593" Score="8" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastard%5FOperator%5FFrom%5FHell&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;BOFH&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T16:38:08.593" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="101" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:44:49.563" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;packetmonkeys or faultards*&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*relax, it's a joke.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T16:44:49.563" />
  <row Id="102" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:42:54.633" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Faulties&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(or Faultys if you prefer, always good to have some controversy in these things :) )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T19:42:54.633" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="103" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:58:06.820" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Knowledge Munchers&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1840" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T19:58:06.820" />
  <row Id="104" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:01:03.693" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Depends on your point of view.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your only hope&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your greatest nightmare&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...or, it depends on the last time you bought me coffee....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T20:01:03.693" />
  <row Id="105" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:04:56.513" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;errand-boys&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T21:04:56.513" />
  <row Id="106" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:31:15.757" Score="6" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;SerFs of course :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1435" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T21:31:15.757" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="107" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:44:55.373" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Or, you know, we could go with something totally off-base so we can use it as a community &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;shibboleth&lt;/a&gt; type thing.  I'm going to recommend:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Godzillas&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Man, that'll hose up some Digg links!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-16T22:44:55.373" />
  <row Id="108" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:55:35.023" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;rooters&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You know, like Hooters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-17T08:55:35.023" />
  <row Id="109" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:31:04.647" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel%5F%28Unix%5Fterm%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wheels&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1293" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-17T12:31:04.647" />
  <row Id="110" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:06:14.567" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answer: @Fault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-17T13:06:14.567" />
  <row Id="111" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:17:21.650" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Certified Netware Engineer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-18T11:17:21.650" />
  <row Id="112" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:00:14.233" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;faulty (singular)&#xA;faults (plural)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-21T10:00:14.233" />
  <row Id="113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-06-28T16:16:01.287" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;trogs&#xA;.....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8258" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-28T16:16:01.287" />
  <row Id="114" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-07-09T06:55:39.450" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;The Faultless&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-07-09T06:55:39.450" />
  <row Id="115" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-07-09T07:26:11.637" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we'd be &lt;strong&gt;Exceptions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-07-09T07:26:11.637" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2009-07-30T20:12:51.800" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Fawlties&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://orangecow.org/pythonet/pics/fawlty/fawltylogo.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Why?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:06.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-07-30T20:12:51.800" />
  <row Id="117" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-07-31T07:43:38.017" Score="3" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just thought that today (in South Africa, your time zone may vary) is System Administrator Appreciation Day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would be nice to see a little banner or pop up on ServerFault saying thanks to the hard working IT Pros... or maybe having SF is enough appreciation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:09.900" Title="System Administrator Appreciation Day" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="117" CreationDate="2009-07-31T08:29:26.097" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;great idea! doing it now!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:09.900" />
  <row Id="119" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-08-01T19:05:19.633" Score="7" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag media-centre on ServerFault is spelled incorrectly, it should be changed to media-center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I made this post I did not realize that &quot;center&quot; was spelled &quot;centre&quot; outside of the US. The powers that be need to decide if a retag is warranted. Additionally, a determination should be rendered if US spellings are what should be used for tagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, maybe I am a dumb/ugly American but I find spelling &quot;center,&quot; &quot;centre&quot; jarring. Further the Google Chrome spell checker marks &quot;centre&quot; as incorrect. To some extent these posts probably apply: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001248.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Ugly American Programmer&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.codesqueeze.com/forced-to-write-english-syntax-code-simplicity-or-burden/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Forced To Write English Syntax Code – Simplicity or Burden&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably the best summary of where this thread is headed is contained within this &lt;a href=&quot;http://xkcd.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;XKCD&lt;/a&gt; comic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty%5Fcalls.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1337" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:10.073" Title="Please Convert media-centre to media-center on Server Fault" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="9" />
  <row Id="120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="119" CreationDate="2009-08-01T19:13:24.623" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;'centre' is the non-US spelling.  See here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thefreedictionary.com/centre&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.thefreedictionary.com/centre&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="278" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:10.073" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="119" CreationDate="2009-08-01T19:42:17.687" Score="6" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just because they are both accurate spellings (depending on your locale) it makes no sense at all to keep both as tags. Combine them into media-center (the american spelling) and strive to keep that as the default.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:10.073" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="119" CreationDate="2009-08-01T22:20:14.870" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Isn't there a large clue in &quot;English&quot;? As in England?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;British-English would be more consistent to help all the H1B Indians doing a damn fine job (just cheaper) in the USA. Or off-shore. Or our European neighbours, Or the Commonwealth based users...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are far more pressing issues such as sqlserver vs sql-server tags, and is it sequel or S-Q-L?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4955" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:10.073" />
  <row Id="123" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="119" CreationDate="2009-08-02T08:08:46.780" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It aint spelt wrong till there isnt a red line under it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its my answer because thats the way i work these days :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:10.073" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="124" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-08-06T19:18:28.623" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just registered in ServerFault but my &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/12602/adinochestva&quot;&gt;user page&lt;/a&gt; said that im member for 24 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is it a known bug ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:10.980" Title="just registered in ServerFault but my user pages said that im member for 24 days " Tags="&lt;bug&gt;&lt;status-bydesign&gt;&lt;users&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" />
  <row Id="125" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="124" CreationDate="2009-08-06T19:30:11.407" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that just means that you visited the site 24 days before for the first time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Accounts are very lightweight as Jeff mentioned in one of his &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/02/when-is-an-account-abandoned/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;blog posts&lt;/a&gt; and you get one when you just visit.&#xA;When you register details are added to your already existing account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/02/when-is-an-account-abandoned/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;blog post&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Stack Overflow is a bit unusual in&#xA;  that our accounts are ultra&#xA;  lightweight. We don’t require&#xA;  registration; we allow essentially&#xA;  anonymous posting. We were inspired by&#xA;  Wikipedia in this regard. We wanted to&#xA;  reduce the friction of asking and&#xA;  answering to little more than entering&#xA;  an anonymous comment on a blog. For&#xA;  example, we don’t always even have an&#xA;  email address for our users. And we’re&#xA;  fine with that. I can’t think of very&#xA;  many sites with as loose a definition&#xA;  of account as Stack Overflow&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technically there was a cookie set in your browser 24 days before you registered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:10.980" />
  <row Id="126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="124" CreationDate="2009-08-06T19:33:37.670" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe it may be because Stackoverflow associated a cookie-based account with the one you just registered.  Thus, if you had been active before you officially registered, your account is still as old as your first day of activity on your cookie-based account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="199" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:10.980" />
  <row Id="127" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-08-06T21:29:03.760" Score="0" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/4146/unexpected-results-from-clicking-the-unanswered-button&quot;&gt;Unexpected Results From Clicking The Unanswered Button&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I must be missing something, but it used to work on stackoverflow such that if you wanted to answer a question nobody has answered yet, you click on unanswered and there are questions with zero answers. No so much anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:11.293" Title="Why, when you click on unanswered questions, does it show questions with lots of answers?" Tags="&lt;server&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="127" CreationDate="2009-08-06T21:42:19.690" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a duplicate question, but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you look on the sidebar it says questions with no answers that have upvotes. StackOverflow considers this to be unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:11.293" />
  <row Id="129" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-08-06T23:28:59.037" Score="15" ViewCount="456" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi All,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was reading a &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/45516/recommended-logparser-queries-for-iis-monitoring&quot;&gt;Jeff Attwood post on ServerFault here&lt;/a&gt; (quite a long one, but not obscenely long) and saw that the last part of the question got cut off:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.41085.org/SF-1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Cut off text&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When viewing the revision history, the full text is intact:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.41085.org/SF-2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Full text intact&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And no, the text had not been deleted at a later date...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This appears to happen on both Questions and Answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:11.530" Title="Serverfault cut off/truncated on long post?" Tags="&lt;bug&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;questions&gt;&lt;truncated&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="130" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="129" CreationDate="2009-08-07T05:31:13.637" Score="10" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think I know what that is. I used a SQL server .NET CLR regex to un-nofollow internal links in posts, and I suspect it has a maximum length based on the SQL data type it is cast to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully that was the rare post that was &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;extra long&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;contained internal site links&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;otherwise, there may be others like it out there..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The revision history will contain the actual post in any case, so doing an edit no-op (inserting a space) will restore the truncated content. Not an easy thing to query for, though, because the rendered HTML (in the root post), and the Markdown (in revision history) will always be different lengths.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:11.530" CommentCount="7" />
  <row Id="131" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="129" CreationDate="2009-08-11T02:34:47.967" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It happened to an answer of mine, and I found this post when I came here to report it. The good news is that editing the post and adding a single space was enough to make it come back to life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The post was: &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1156572/evaluating-mathematical-expressions-using-lua/1157717#1157717&quot;&gt;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1156572/evaluating-mathematical-expressions-using-lua/1157717#1157717&lt;/a&gt; in case anyone wants to know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:11.530" />
  <row Id="132" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="129" CreationDate="2009-08-18T18:50:12.820" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found this on one of my questions, too, but the work-around is pretty simple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm posting now because this seems like something that we should be able to test for and fix: just use the dump to run a query for all posts where the length &gt; &lt;em&gt;N&lt;/em&gt; and the last edit is before Aug 7.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2869" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:11.530" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="129" CreationDate="2009-08-24T13:34:04.307" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For those who want to check their lengthy answers, you can do so at &lt;a href=&quot;http://statoverflow.com/sandbox/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;statoverflow&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, with a request similar to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SELECT ParentID, LENGTH(Body) AS length, Body, LastEditDate FROM posts WHERE PostTypeId = 2 AND OwnerUserId = 6309 AND LENGTH(Body) &amp;gt; 5000 AND Body LIKE '%http://stackoverflow.com%' ORDER BY length DESC LIMIT 200&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Replace '6309' by your userid, and 5000 by &quot;the proper limit&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CAVEAT&lt;/strong&gt;: statoverflow is based on the July dump, not the August public dump, meaning there is a all month of answers, also potentially affected (because edited before August 7th). All the following numbers (of answers truncated or users affected) can be actually &lt;em&gt;higher&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since my 2 initial truncated answers reported in this &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/16645/is-there-a-new-length-limit-for-answers-on-so-and-not-sf-closed&quot;&gt;(duplicate) MSO question&lt;/a&gt;, I did found similar problems (i.e. &quot;answers truncated&quot;) with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/763099/flexible-vs-static-branching-git-vs-clearcase-accurev/764219#764219&quot;&gt;Answer to SO question 763099&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/163796/program-to-analyze-a-lot-of-xmls/172149#172149&quot;&gt;Answer to SO question 163796&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/665239/what-does-the-j-in-japplet-mean/665252#665252&quot;&gt;Answer to SO question 665239&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/527499/how-much-time-and-effort-should-a-project-spend-on-backward-compatibility/527546#527546&quot;&gt;Answer to SO question 527499&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/708502/eclipse-rcp-how-to-order-perspective-buttons-belonging-to-different-plugins/708547#708547&quot;&gt;Answer to SO question 708502&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/899373/transferring-legacy-code-base-from-cvs-to-distributed-repository-e-g-git-or-mer/899428#899428&quot;&gt;Answer to SO question 899373&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/560797/why-doesnt-the-java-sdk-installer-set-javahome/560847#560847&quot;&gt;Answer to SO question 560797&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They all:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;contained a link to another stackoverflow question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;had an HTML body greater than 5000 characters&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I consider this &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27578/when-to-choose-checked-and-unchecked-exceptions/73355#73355&quot;&gt;SO answer&lt;/a&gt; with only 4480 characters (in the HTML Body), it has &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; been truncated (even though it does contain a internal link to stackoverflow).&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;So the limit to consider may be 5000 characters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Warning&lt;/strong&gt;: The previous SQL request may miss some other truncated answers which contain internal stackoverflow links, but for which the HTML rendering truncates said link (the string &quot;http://stackoverflow.com&quot; would not be present in &quot;Body&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you should also check any post of yours with more than 5000 characters, without &quot;stackoverflow.com&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SELECT ParentID, LENGTH(Body) AS length, Body, LastEditDate FROM posts WHERE PostTypeId = 2 AND OwnerUserId = 6309 AND LENGTH(Body) &amp;gt; 5000 AND Body NOT LIKE '%http://stackoverflow.com%' ORDER BY length DESC LIMIT 200&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How many potential answers are affected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SELECT COUNT(*) FROM posts WHERE PostTypeId = 2 AND LENGTH(Body) &amp;gt; 5000 AND Body LIKE '%http://stackoverflow.com%'&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are 252 &quot;potentially truncated&quot; answers in StackOverflow alone.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;You can list them with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SELECT ParentID, LENGTH(Body) AS length, Body, LastEditDate FROM posts WHERE PostTypeId = 2 AND LENGTH(Body) &amp;gt; 5000 AND Body LIKE '%http://stackoverflow.com%' ORDER BY length DESC LIMIT 300&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of them (not all, because they have recently been edited) are truncated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/322666/why-does-it-seem-that-most-programmers-tend-to-write-all-their-code-at-the-lowest/426292#426292&quot;&gt;Answer to SO question 322666&lt;/a&gt;... contributed (but not originally written) by Jeff Atwood Himself ;) A fine explanation of Abstraction (very interesting) is cut short.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/227950/programatic-accent-reduction-in-javascript-aka-text-normalization-or-unaccenting/228006#228006&quot;&gt;Answer to SO question 227950&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and so on...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: the following SQL request seems to indicate 171 users potentially affected by this &quot;truncated message&quot; issue (which includes, again potentially, more than 200 answers)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; SELECT OwnerUserId,COUNT(*) AS n FROM posts WHERE PostTypeId = 2 AND LENGTH(Body) &amp;gt; 5000 AND Body LIKE '%http://stackoverflow.com%' GROUP BY OwnerUserId ORDER BY n DESC&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:11.530" CommentCount="6" />
  <row Id="134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="129" CreationDate="2009-09-04T16:12:36.630" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been playing with this today, and I found three things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Even if a link is trunctated, the &quot;body&quot; column shows the encoded html and therefor the href=&quot;...&quot; part is still included.  So I don't think you can have an internal link without the &lt;code&gt;http://stackoverflow.com&lt;/code&gt; showing up in the &quot;body&quot; column somewhere.  It &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be safe to leave that in.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The LENGTH() function returns the number of &lt;em&gt;bytes&lt;/em&gt;, not the number of characters.  I haven't checked it thoroughly yet, but I suspect that using CHAR_LENGTH() will have more consistent results as far as that goes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The bug only effects posts that were last edited on or before August 7th.  Anything after then should be okay.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding in all that new information, I put together this query:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SELECT &#xA;    ParentID, CHAR_LENGTH(Body) AS length, Body, LastEditDate, CreationDate &#xA;FROM posts &#xA;WHERE PostTypeId = 2 AND CHAR_LENGTH(Body) &amp;gt; 4500 AND Body LIKE '%http://stackoverflow.com%'&#xA;AND LastEditDate &amp;lt; '2009-08-08'  AND CreationDate  &amp;lt; cast('2009-08-08' as datetime)&#xA; ORDER BY length DESC LIMIT 200&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At this point, that has us down to about 74 records, at least one of which was already corrected.  That's small enough we &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; clean it all up by hand, if I could get another set of eyes on this to check my assumptions and query.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Well that's one big assumption down: statoverflow doesn't have the august dump yet :/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;I also realized that query only covered answers.  I now have the september dataset loaded on my server at home, and I ran an updated query there that should cover both questions and answers.  It's still just 96 posts (mixed questions and answers, only question ID shown).  That's still small enough to work by hand, if anyone want to take a few here and there.  I'm marking this post community wiki so that after someone fixes a few posts they can mark them off the list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;368858&#xA;380819&#xA;429995&#xA;78756&#xA;1046016&#xA;788084&#xA;242996&#xA;717725&#xA;841231&#xA;470942&#xA;683273&#xA;1154571&#xA;553264&#xA;1106741&#xA;375881&#xA;279860&#xA;891681&#xA;450835&#xA;669619&#xA;243387&#xA;402283&#xA;945288&#xA;474584&#xA;1059574&#xA;784417&#xA;1078412&#xA;823138&#xA;1167060&#xA;1001569&#xA;1181533&#xA;47394&#xA;379371&#xA;219827&#xA;359763&#xA;146271&#xA;181050&#xA;814627&#xA;657751&#xA;189156&#xA;688325&#xA;387783&#xA;904353&#xA;749852&#xA;922402&#xA;1149611&#xA;271686&#xA;815443&#xA;489425&#xA;323346&#xA;1041266&#xA;432154&#xA;1214621&#xA;696378&#xA;631852&#xA;535385&#xA;368750&#xA;543995&#xA;1173912&#xA;796246&#xA;415035&#xA;961601&#xA;1151658&#xA;582412&#xA;764710&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2869" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:11.530" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-09-17T21:38:28.380" />
  <row Id="136" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-08-07T19:00:11.237" Score="8" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &quot;How to Ask&quot;, or preferrably, after you click &quot;Ask Question&quot; and before it allows you to type anything, there needs to be some kind of feature that warns against astonishingly vague questions like &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/51446/high-traffic-website-security&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;, which are quickly becoming a plague on Serverfault. Those who are interested in answering questions &lt;strong&gt;need&lt;/strong&gt; to know:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Have you Googled it?&lt;/strong&gt; This question may have already been asked, and as such, the answer is probably already out there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are you trying to do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why are you trying to do it?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What equipment are you using? Operating system? Software?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If this is a question about a specific error, what is the error message?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does this question actually belong on Superuser.com?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also applies to Superuser.com, since it's &lt;em&gt;definitely&lt;/em&gt; going to attract noobs like AOL does, all with the same level of technical savvy. Not that that's a bad thing, of course, but we'll need something to prevent questions like &quot;My computer doesn't work&quot; that give roughly as much detail in the body.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.047" Title="Serverfault seriously needs more information in &quot;How to Ask&quot;" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="11" />
  <row Id="137" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="136" CreationDate="2009-09-09T02:31:19.257" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your list seems to mostly assume that questions will only be asked when the user has a problem, which isn't the case by any stretch of the imagination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regards to #1, I believe Jeff has stated (can't remember where, maybe on the blog, maybe on CH, maybe elsewhere) that &quot;google it first&quot; is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; an appropriate response to &quot;basic&quot; questions, since the idea is for SOFU to become a deep repository of useful information, such that when someone does &quot;google it&quot;, they'll arrive at SOFU, and find an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.047" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="138" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="136" CreationDate="2009-09-09T13:12:19.947" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I don't see a problem with asking a question again even if it can be found with a search engine.&lt;/strong&gt; The more information that's available on a problem the better. A question on the SO family of sites also directs it to an appropriate audience that often have great and well explained answers. This can often beat what's already out there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Also:&lt;/em&gt; do you really think the sort of people that ask the question you've linked to are going to bother reading a check list?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Surely this would be better solved by the outcome to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/20696/handling-problematic-stack-overflow-participants&quot;&gt;Handling “Problematic” Stack Overflow participants&lt;/a&gt; question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1376" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.047" />
  <row Id="139" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="136" CreationDate="2009-09-09T14:18:24.537" Score="6" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Warning this is a rant and my moment on the Soapbox&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My official feeling as moderator and member of the community on 1:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Google is the SU/SF/SO home page. Until every question has been asked on these sites and the first 3 pages of Google point only to SU/SF/SO LMGTFY is not an answer nor a solution to any question.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The moderators openly ignore any flags that indicate this and we will not close a question because someone else believes that the person should have used Google first. Believe it or not, but outside of your small little IT world there is users out there that doesn't know how to use Google, or doesn't know how to ask the question. This is why SU/SF/SU exists. Am I harsh? Yes. Because I am extremely tired of seeing people use Google as an excuse for people asking valid questions. I am a certified trainer and deal with some of the brightest minds in the IT industry everyday, and most of them don't know how to ask questions, but can answer them brilliantly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On SF I can understand 2-5 however on SU they make no sense. The average person does not always understand the terminology. I have been in IT for 14 years and recently asked questions regarding Linux networking, which turned out to be a bridging question, however I did not know about the term and therefore the question made no sense, and I could not find the information using Google because I wasn't sure what I was looking for. However SF provided useful, intelligent and quick answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you are not willing to accept that there are people that really don't know, and won't have the ability to Google it, I strongly suggest that these sites are not the place for you&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.047" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="140" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-08-07T19:37:56.293" Score="14" ViewCount="3578" Body="&lt;p&gt;Who is the hot lady in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ads.stackoverflow.com/ads/220250final.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ads for IssueTrak&lt;/a&gt; on SF?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://ads.stackoverflow.com/ads/220250final.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" Title="Who is the hot lady in the ads for IssueTrak on SF?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;advertising&gt;" AnswerCount="20" CommentCount="10" />
  <row Id="141" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-08-07T19:39:42.013" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Random Stock Photo Girl&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" />
  <row Id="142" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-08-07T19:40:19.487" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Her name's Becky. She lives in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqaluit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="143" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-08-07T19:42:48.593" Score="8" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have heard that her name was Francesca O'Neil. She was rescued from a Turkish brothel at the tender age of 17 and has been your standard &quot;girl you put on Issue Tracking software ads&quot; girl ever since.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-08-07T19:43:11.460" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;She's really my sister...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="296" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-08-07T19:45:00.927" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Other reports are that she is actually Tatum Christoph, a girl who has been missing from her family in Delta, Louisiana for the past 24 years. All her life has been captured by various cameras and published as stock photography, unknown to her biological parents. At this time she currently lives in a modest house on Bibbington Court in Hanover, PA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-08-07T19:48:02.403" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Henrietta Golberstien is a German quasi-celebrity who tours around the various D-level SysAdmin conferences in the United States and European Union countries. She has achieved modest success as a cover model for several SysAdmin related products along with IssueTrak. Some particular favorites are TossMyTicket and ScanThePortz.co.de&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" />
  <row Id="147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-08-07T19:51:28.823" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's no lady.  That's a dude.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="148" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-08-07T19:53:56.917" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Polly Simmons, aged 26, is a former student of the famed Julliard school for dancing. After what appeared to be a promising future she was expelled from school after getting caught writing satanic verses on the stalls of the girls' bathroom. Shamed and without the money to return home to Ironton, OH, she remained in New York City doubling as both an exotic dancer and private escort. This however was cut short when an unfortunate accident led to an unplanned pregnancy and her subsequent firing from both jobs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After several months of hard rehabilitation and parenting classes, Polly managed to land herself a job as an Issue Tracking software advertising cover model, and is now earning an honest wage and caring for her newborn son, Opie. She and her son, along with live-in boyfriend make their home now in Atlantic City, NJ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" />
  <row Id="149" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-08-07T19:56:35.100" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Shelly Johnson, aged 27. Finally got bored of touring cross country as a Linkin Park groupie and decided to enter the work force as a stock photography model.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" CommentCount="7" />
  <row Id="150" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-08-07T20:00:03.113" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Mary Connel is a recent graduate of the Teays Valley Regional Dental Academy. Apparently what you are seeing is a stolen profile photo. It can be guessed that the guys at IssueTrak thought that at she looked professional enough to give credibility to their software. Of course they only show what is photographed from the chest up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" />
  <row Id="151" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-08-07T20:07:55.763" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Catherine Amanda Fulop García (born March 11, 1965, Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan model of Hungarian descent, actress and sister-in-law of Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini. She participated in Miss Venezuela 1986 where she finished as fourth runner-up. She was married to Fernando Carrillo from 1990 to 1994. She has been married to Osvaldo Sabatini (brother of famous tennis player Gabriela Sabatini) since April 3, 1998 and has two daughters with him and a dog, Oriana and Tiziana. She now lives in Argentina where she works as an actress and conducts &quot;Catherine 100%&quot; a TV exercise program on Fox Sports en Español.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" CommentCount="0" />
  <row Id="152" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-08-07T20:08:58.150" Score="11" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you 'view source' on the ad, you may be able to find who owns the copyright on the picture. It's likely to be either the ad-agency, a stock-photo company, or IssueTrak themselves. From there you can email the copyright holder directly and see if you are able to ascertain her A/S/L. And possibly phone number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8122" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-08-07T20:11:52.323" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only solution is to ask their help desk.  Maybe you can ask this woman:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.issuetrak.com/images/helpdesksoftwareheader.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; title=&quot;help desk lady&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hmmm, I wonder who she is, too...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="154" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-08-07T20:36:09.793" Score="69" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.issuetrak.com/staff/LaDonna%20copy.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;ladonna&quot; /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;LaDonna:&lt;/strong&gt; Good news, sir!  Our ad on ServerFault is getting a lot of attention!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.issuetrak.com/staff/Hank%20copy.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;hank&quot; /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Hank:&lt;/strong&gt; Really?  I bet sales are way up!  Let's have a party!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.issuetrak.com/images/sept2008.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;hooray&quot; /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Everyone:&lt;/strong&gt; Hooray!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.issuetrak.com/staff/LaDonna%20copy.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;ladonna&quot; /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;LaDonna:&lt;/strong&gt; No, sir.  The &lt;em&gt;ad&lt;/em&gt; is getting attention, not the product.  They want to know who the woman is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.issuetrak.com/staff/Hank%20copy.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;hank&quot; /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Hank:&lt;/strong&gt; Who knows?  We got her photo from that creepy guy who lives in the park.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.issuetrak.com/forkids/mayor.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;mayor&quot; /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Creepy old guy:&lt;/strong&gt; Hey there, young fella!  I found ya another girlie what for your dirty pictures!  She's a right purty one, ain't she?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.issuetrak.com/staff/Hank%20copy.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;hank&quot; /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Hank:&lt;/strong&gt; They aren't dirty pictures.  They're for advertisements for our software.  I read in a magazine that pretty woman can improve -- wait a minute, that's my daughter!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.issuetrak.com/forkids/mayor.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;mayor&quot; /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Hank's daughter:&lt;/strong&gt; Hi, Dad!  This old guy offered me this magical vessal full of purified lifeforce in exchange for a photo shoot.  See?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.issuetrak.com/forkids/webSaunders.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;vase&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.issuetrak.com/staff/Hank%20copy.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;hank&quot; /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Hank:&lt;/strong&gt; Sweetie, that's a vase with a glowstick in it.  Why don't you go home now, before the pirates kidnap you and make you their cabin wench?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.issuetrak.com/forkids/gardners.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;pirates&quot; /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Pirates:&lt;/strong&gt; ARRRR!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.issuetrak.com/staff/LaDonna%20copy.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;ladonna&quot; /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;LaDonna:&lt;/strong&gt; Sir, I keep telling you, they &lt;em&gt;aren't&lt;/em&gt; that kind of pirates.  They're people want our software, but don't feel like paying, so they go out and get an illegal copy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.issuetrak.com/staff/Hank%20copy.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;hank&quot; /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Hank:&lt;/strong&gt; People want our software?!  It must be because our ads are working.  I bet sales are way up.  Let's have a party!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.issuetrak.com/images/sept2008.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;hooray&quot; /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Everyone:&lt;/strong&gt; Hooray!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.issuetrak.com/staff/LaDonna%20copy.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;ladonna&quot; /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;LaDonna:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Sigh&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The above is a dramatization and mostly fabricated.  All photos taken from IssueTrak's site.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" CommentCount="7" />
  <row Id="155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-08-15T05:04:16.383" Score="8" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;What I have learned from this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001286.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Evony had the right idea&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="156" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-08-15T08:33:45.400" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having personally worked with the fine folks at Issue Trak, I think I'm the most qualified to answer this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Her name is Anastasia Model-C8D4N, and she is a robot from the year 3012. Actually, the word &quot;robot&quot; is bit of a misnomer, since the line between &quot;human&quot; and &quot;machine&quot; no longer will apply. As I'm sure you're all aware, a thousand years from now, we will all be &quot;robots&quot; that exist only in a simulation within &lt;em&gt;another&lt;/em&gt; simulation within &lt;em&gt;yet another&lt;/em&gt; simulation, all which runs on a Pentium z9 Micro on a USB 6.0 flip drive on a computer in the &lt;em&gt;first&lt;/em&gt; simulation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't worry, it doesn't make sense to me either. Our primitive minds just can't make sense of it all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, Anastasia was sent back in time to work as a CSR at a software company so that she could preempt a devastating bug that would be ultimately responsible for the Collective Mind collapse of 2483. It's only through complete happenstance that a photographer noticed Anastasia on her way to work, and asked if she could be used in a stock photo. Not wanting to arouse suspicion, Anastasia agreed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" />
  <row Id="157" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-08-31T16:29:13.863" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe she is related to the macwarehouse/pcwarehouse/macmall/pcmall signiture lady with the headset on for the last 15+ years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd find a pic, but @ work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11949" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" />
  <row Id="158" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-09-01T19:29:29.973" Score="24" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Alex, you promised us we'd get results if we advertised on ServerFault.  You weren't kidding!  We're big fans of StackOverflow, ServerFault, Jeff Atwood, Joel Spolsky, and their podcast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is great!  Pesto, if you're ever in Virginia Beach, look us up, LaDonna would be glad to buy you a beer!  I might even introduce you to &quot;my daughter&quot; (She's actually the head of a local non-profit. Can't wait to send her the link to this question!).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, Alex, is this going to cost us extra?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="159" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-10-20T13:33:39.220" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.thehashtable.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Irish-Girl-One.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, wait, &lt;a href=&quot;http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Souvenir-Potpourri-Irish-Girl.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;wrong site&lt;/a&gt;. Anyway, we need a Girl-related meme. i mean, seriously, TDWTF has three already (The other two being beanbag girl and foosbag girl), and SO is really falling behind the competition!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="151" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" />
  <row Id="160" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="140" CreationDate="2009-11-05T14:06:42.687" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Has anyone noticed that TheTXI has posted several, apparently contradictory, statements about this person?  At first I thought he must be lying or wrong, but since he has more than 23k rep, that can't be it.  There's only one other possibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She's a cylon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anybody asks, I'm taking the rest of the day off to look for a Boomer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:13.997" />
  <row Id="161" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-08-10T07:44:30.893" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked this &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/44995/how-to-work-out-the-wmi-class-name-from-its-perfmon-counter-name&quot;&gt;question on serverfault&lt;/a&gt; some weeks ago and put a bounty of 50 rep on it (it got published with a bounty of 100 rep attached so I guess the system 'tops up' the bounty amount). When it came to the time for accepting an answer - I found that I couldn't i.e. I was not given the tick option at the side of the answers (as if I did not own the question). The best I could do was to upvote the answer which helped me the most - but that did not appear to present the user who answered my question with the 'prize reputation'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did I mess up somehow or is this a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:16.987" Title="Can't accept answer for 'bountied' question on serverfault" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;bounty&gt;&lt;accepted-answer&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="162" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="161" CreationDate="2009-08-10T07:51:52.483" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Bounties are awarded within a week to the highest upvoted answer at the end of the time, or if you accept it sooner. If you offered the bounty &quot;some weeks ago&quot;, and neither of the answers were upvoted, I suspect that the bounty merely timed out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2781" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:16.987" />
  <row Id="163" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-08-12T05:45:08.037" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since your &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.peakinternet.com/business/hosting/?stackoverflow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;rackspace is hosted in Corvallis&lt;/a&gt;, it only seems appropriate that you should include Oregon on your list of stops for the Serverfault world tour/DevDays-equivalent, whenever you get around to having it. Portland is a beautiful, fun town full of character with a wealth of tech presence including Intel, Tektronix, and IBM, and is a hotbed for open source -- Linus even lives here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Portland also has a small-town chip on its shoulder for a city its size, which can sometimes come off in a slightly passive-aggressive fashion but means you would be treated as absolute rock stars the whole time you were here.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2302" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:17.217" Title="ServerFault  DevDays (AdminDays?)... come to Portland, Oregon" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;devdays&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="163" CreationDate="2009-08-12T05:47:16.720" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Rip city eh?  Just do it in Seatle, they'll come up ;-). Overall a great idea though. Seems like PDX doesn't get the respect it deserves. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:17.217" />
  <row Id="165" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-08-17T02:03:18.027" Score="11" ViewCount="273" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a user who only came onboard with Server Fault (haven't done any programming in years), I can't help but feel left a little bit cold when it comes to meta and the blog.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You see, they're hosted on stackoverflow.com - now I understand why this would have been (at the time it was the only site that existed, and they didn't know if it was going to be successful), but I feel that being hosted on stackoverflow.com is a bit 'exclusive' (rather than inclusive). Is it only for discussing Stack Overflow? Am I allowed there even though I use Super User or Server Fault? Do I need to sign up for a Stack Overflow account first?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are people's thoughts on moving it to a site-neutral domain? Especially now that the LOJ exists, would the blog and meta be more suited somewhere else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:17.450" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-08-17T02:03:18.027" Title="Too much focus on Stack Overflow?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;meta-meta&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="165" CreationDate="2009-08-17T02:05:53.970" Score="6" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Meta is used for discussing anything SO/SF/SU and even StackExchange related.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anything as far as questions that follow the proper guidelines are. But if you have a question concerning something SF related, feel free to ask it here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is completely SF related, just make sure to tag it with &quot;serverfault&quot; so that we know you are speaking directly about that site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:17.450" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-08-17T02:05:53.970" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="165" CreationDate="2009-08-17T02:10:21.157" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;StackOverflow is the roots of the community. Jeff and Joel are programmers, and started a programming site. Henceforth, everything grew from that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, Meta is about SOFU, not just about StackOverflow. Please feel free to ask, answer, laugh, and cry with us. Well, if you're crying, you may want to do that on your own time. But laugh, laugh with us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:17.450" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-08-17T02:10:21.157" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="168" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="165" CreationDate="2009-08-17T02:11:03.153" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The sites are independent of each other, a rep on one is entirely limited to that site; however you can link your accounts between each of the sites: as detailed &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/07/cross-site-account-associations/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure that I agree that things are &lt;em&gt;too&lt;/em&gt; SO-focused; but perhaps as the trilogy grows, and new users come in, that sentiment may become more pervasive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:17.450" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-08-17T02:11:03.153" />
  <row Id="169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="165" CreationDate="2009-08-17T04:07:52.587" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've said pretty much the same thing on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/13929/should-meta-be-doctypes-support-forum/14090#14090&quot;&gt;doctype question&lt;/a&gt;, and probably some other questions. At the very least the use of the stackoverflow name is confusing to new users, but I'd agree that meta feels like site about stackoverflow, not a site about LOJ sites. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At least in part that's due to the fact there's much more stackoverflow users, but the hostility towards doctype by some people claiming doctype was not fitting with &quot;the stackoverflow community&quot; really showed that there was an ignorance to the existance of totally different user groups who weren't interested in programming or stackoverflow.*&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps this will change when superuser goes live and becomes bigger than serverfault, which is only a matter of time imo. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The name isn't just historic, it's symbolic. Until the name changes to something else the other sites will be seen as sideprojects of stackoverflow, and somehow less important.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;*&lt;/code&gt; I don't mean to imply that was the opinion of everyone, or that there weren't other more practical reasons for doctype to be seperate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10206" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:17.450" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-08-17T04:07:52.587" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="170" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="165" CreationDate="2010-05-26T22:16:35.183" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As documented in&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/05/one-year-of-server-fault/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/05/one-year-of-server-fault/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We now have&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.serverfault.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.serverfault.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And participation on both sites is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; optional for our (soon to be) two full time sysadmins. :) We gotta walk the walk if we're gonna talk the talk!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:17.450" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-05-26T22:16:35.183" />
  <row Id="171" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-08-19T04:17:37.647" Score="6" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;Using &lt;em&gt;StackOverflow&lt;/em&gt; pretty much guratanteed I would eventually solve each problem I posted. I believe this is largely to do with that fact that when solving problems in code, you can post the broken code to the site, and the responses will eventually contain fixed code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I have found the problems I've tried to fix with &lt;em&gt;ServerFault&lt;/em&gt; generally don't have code, instead I need to post a description of the symptoms of the problem, and all the things I've tried so far. The responses are usually more things I can try, but they don't always result in my problem being fixed. Sometimes the problem is simply un-fixable - due to genuinely broken hardware - in which case the correct solution ought to be &quot;buy a new XXX&quot;. But responders generally don't write that. More often, in order to really fix a problem with a server or network, a knowledgeable individual really needs to get access to the equipment and try his own barrage of tests and checks based on his/her personal experience and instincts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now I have a handful of problems on ServerFault which I have not been able to fix. I'm being nagged to &quot;considered accepting an answer or starting a bounty for this question&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, how to more effectively ensure the problems I post to ServerFault will ultimately actually get solved? And what should I do with questions that didn't get a working solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:18.503" Title="Solving Problems using ServerFault" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;problem-solving&gt;" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="171" CreationDate="2009-08-19T04:19:40.683" Score="7" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Continue editing your question with the steps that you've tried and new speed bumps that come up. It may go into CW, but it's a small price to pay for fixing your problem!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Editing the question will keep pushing it to the front of the homepage, too. This is totally acceptable if you don't have a resolution to your problem. Also, let people know that you're okay spending money on new hardware. There are a lot of IT depts out there that are locked into a budget, and so it is clearly a fine line to walk with the, &quot;Go buy X&quot; and not sound condescending or spamalicious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:18.503" />
  <row Id="173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="171" CreationDate="2009-08-19T04:51:06.330" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes you make a reasonable observation. I think that you are right; the model for answers doesn't really work on that site, if that is the typical approach. Probably it shouldn't be so answer-based (or &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; answer based). Instead you could just hand out points to those that are helpful, and comment on the underlying resolution to the problem yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:18.503" />
  <row Id="174" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="171" CreationDate="2009-08-19T05:14:51.040" Score="7" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I quite agree with you, many problems on ServerFault will require more back and forth dialog than will on StackOverflow.  That's the nature of these types of problems.  Patience is the key with these.  And with sysadmin problems there sometimes is not an acceptable solution, just a lesser of many evils.  That sucks bad, but is something we have to live with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Honestly, though, I don't really see the breakdown in the system that you're hinting at.  I had a look at your question list and here are some general observations I have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Q1: &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/33721/how-to-reset-a-bricked-belkin-router-model-f5d7230&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to reset a bricked belkin router model f5d7320&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;In this case splattne gave you the suggestion to replace the hardware, which is what you indicate (above) that you would want to see.  (Note that this question really belongs on SuperUser now.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Q2: &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/41991/how-to-make-windows-shutdown-script-run-earlier&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;how to make windows shutdown script run earlier&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;You accepted the answer, albeit it wasn't ideal.  I would have just left it open as the provided solution wasn't really the answer to your question, but rather a workaround.  You could edit your original question to note that the answer was a workaround, but not the true answer to your question.  You don't &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; to accept an answer if it's not the real answer you're looking for.  It's perfectly acceptable to leave it open until you are satisfied.  You could also try putting a bounty on the question, but I know that can be not very acceptable in the back-and-forth dialog type resolutions that we're discussing, due to the timeline of the bounty and the possibility of not receiving an acceptable answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Q3: &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/42461/thinkpad-t42-loses-power-with-no-warning&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;thinkpad t42 loses power with no warning&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(This one also belongs on SuperUser)  I'm guessing this one's all good since you note the accepted answer exactly addressed the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Q4: &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/53066/ssh-tunnel-using-putty-no-longer-works-after-server-change&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ssh tunnel using putty no longer works after server change&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;There are comments to the answers asking you questions for further information.  You should follow up with those people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Q5: &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/39987/w2k3-bsod-irqlnotlessorequal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;w2k3 bsod irqlnotlessorequal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Looks like here you were able to work to you solution with the assistance of others on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One more point I might make is that right now ServerFault is still relatively young.  Some of this stuff, I think, will settle out given a little more time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope that helps!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1054" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:18.503" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="175" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="171" CreationDate="2009-08-19T05:55:40.943" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;squillman says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[M]any problems on ServerFault will require more back and forth dialog than will on StackOverflow. That's the nature of these types of problems...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps this site should be configured to have a higher threshold for the number of edits required for a question to be pushed over to &quot;community wiki&quot; status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9907" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:18.503" />
  <row Id="176" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="171" CreationDate="2009-08-19T13:35:53.563" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sounds like ServerFault could also use some kind of direct integration with the Copilot service.  That might also turn into a good way to monetize the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2869" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:18.503" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="171" CreationDate="2009-08-19T16:50:09.303" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see one outstanding Question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/53066/ssh-tunnel-using-putty-no-longer-works-after-server-change&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/53066/ssh-tunnel-using-putty-no-longer-works-after-server-change&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe I am a bit slower, but I read that a couple times and still can't figure out what you are trying to do exactly.  I recommend often having what you are trying to do at the start of the question or in bold or something.  For instance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I have a Linux Server and a Windows Server, and a Windows Desktop. I am trying to connect to the Linux server from my Desktop via a tunnel I set up on the Windows server.  I used to have this working, but on the Linux server, we moved the hard drive to a new physical server.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;vs:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Prior to the move I was using PuTTY on&#xA;  a Windows box to tunnel web-traffic as&#xA;  a SOCKS proxy through the server using&#xA;  a Dynamic port set as 9870.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not that clear to me if you are using putty to set up the tunnel, or using putty to connect to the tunnel, or both.  What is 'the server'?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So I recommend that your draw a picture&lt;/strong&gt;, even with ascii art, or paint the picture with words.  If you explain the situation very thoroughly, but concisely, you might get better support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:18.503" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="178" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-06-13T03:17:56.163" Score="15" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that a lot of questions with several 'answers' aren't upvoted, or are disproportionately upvoted (6 answers, 1 upvote). Is this normal or expected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To clarify, the question being asked isn't upvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Common reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't want to give reputation to non sysadmin/IT professional questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Question itself wasn't interesting, but answers were.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't want to increase search engine results for some questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suggestions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comment on the original question to help the asker improve the quality of the question itself.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make the question a community wiki so it can be modified by others to improve it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:19.070" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-13T08:03:13.100" Title="Why don't people upvote questions they answer?" Tags="&lt;sffaq&gt;" AnswerCount="13" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="179" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="178" CreationDate="2009-06-13T03:24:23.517" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's a dumb/obvious/useless question so I'm not going to upvote it, but I will waste my time answering and expect votes because I'm an awesome genious. Wait...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think questions deserve votes if they have a lot of votes for answers. Even if its not a great question, it needs votes to get people to open it and see the awesome answer. Maybe the site could use an option to sort questions by max(votes on question, votes on answers to the question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:19.070" />
  <row Id="180" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="178" CreationDate="2009-06-13T03:30:25.987" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think I've only upvoted one question though I've answered many. Come to think of it, I don't think I answered that one because others had already said everything I would have said.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess it's like when you meet someone but you forget their name ...because you didn't actually listen to it ...because you were busy thinking about what you were going to say. I think that is why we forget to upvote questions that we answer. We are too busy thinking about our answer, so we forget to upvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe they should let us upvote our own answers so that upvoting will be part of the answering paradigm. ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:19.070" />
  <row Id="181" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="178" CreationDate="2009-06-13T03:32:17.560" Score="11" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you can be discriminating about what you upvote.  I upvote questions I can't answer, because they are interesting, and I sometimes don't upvote questions I can answer because... well the question isn't that interesting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides, if the community tries to fall into mutually gaming the system so that we all have high reputation numbers, it will quickly fall into the same category of uselessness as the eBay Feedback comments did.  &quot;A+++++++++++++++++ SUPER AWESOME QUESTION DUDE!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did you know you can up-vote more than one answer in a post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6767" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:19.070" />
  <row Id="182" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="178" CreationDate="2009-06-13T04:49:10.883" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I upvote questions that I think will be useful to a lot of people.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I upvote answers that I think will be useful for someone researching the question being answered.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would hope someone finding their way here from Google trying to solve a specific problem can see a highly upvoted question on their problem and would go to it to find a thorough discussion of their issue.  I would also hope that the highest voted answers would be the most useful and the ones they'd have the most confidence in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6811" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:19.070" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="178" CreationDate="2009-06-13T05:30:43.280" Score="15" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Example - and I mean this respectfully - but this particular question, for example, does not strike me as particularly insightful. That is, I'm not sure that it is something I'd want to see in a google search result (&quot;serverfault how upvote works&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So while I am providing an answer to this question, I kinda feel like gaining reputation for this question - which isn't programming or sysadmin related at all - would be disingenuous. (haha, watch me get down-voted!) An increase in reputation wouldn't demonstrate that you (or any of the posters here) have insights into system administration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, no upvote here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that is true for many questions - interesting, good questions, but not something worth bringing to the attention of the greater community. Or, not something that has increased the stature and reputation of the poster in my eyes. With so many users, even if my opinion is unfair, it should certainly be out-voted by other community members! Invisible hand!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Actually, I think this could be a thought-provoking question, but it should at the very least be community wiki!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:19.070" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-13T05:30:43.280" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="184" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="178" CreationDate="2009-06-13T06:18:36.163" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's easy to say &quot;That's a good answer&quot; when something elegantly and correctly solves a question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When do you say &quot;That's a good question&quot;?  A bad question is easier, poorly worded and unclear, insufficient information, etc (and deserves a request for more information, which if not forthcoming &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; deserve a down-vote).  What separates a good question from an &quot;average&quot; one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you have a limited number of up-votes per day; I've run into that limit more than once.  I'm not sure what the number is, though.  Edit: I think it's around 25.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6383" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:19.070" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="185" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="178" CreationDate="2009-06-13T07:14:15.537" Score="14" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just because I know the answer to a question doesn't mean I think it was worth asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:19.070" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="186" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="178" CreationDate="2009-06-13T07:15:51.493" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've found that there are lots of good questions and answers here, so I often browse around instead of searching for a particular topic.  I look at tags I find interesting, and I sometimes jump to a &quot;random&quot; page number in the list of questions and look at the questions there.  If I find a question or answer that's good and hasn't been upvoted very much, I'll upvote them and often mark them as favourites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me there are so many questions coming in that unless you're on SF all the time, you're not going to see more than a small percentage of them.  In order for the good questions and answers to be voted up, you need to have a large number of active users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:19.070" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="178" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:03:59.453" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it's a very valid question, contrary to what other's have said. It's basically &quot;How can you have interesting and useful answers to questions that are not interesting, if the number of upvotes is an indicator of the interest level?&quot;. It might also be: &quot;How am I supposed to boost my reputation when nobody upvotes my questions, even if the answers get upvoted?&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should the question upvotes be calculated based on the votes given to the answers?  It seems to some extent, intentional or not, if you want to get rep, you do it by answering questions, not asking them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:19.070" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-13T17:03:59.453" />
  <row Id="188" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="178" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:44:13.770" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The litmus test for me is really about whether the question makes serverfault a more valuable resource for sysadmin research (regardless of whether I knew the answer).  I'd wager that most of my upvotes are for questions I &lt;strong&gt;didn't&lt;/strong&gt; know the answer to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:19.070" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-13T17:44:13.770" />
  <row Id="189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="178" CreationDate="2009-06-14T07:22:42.340" Score="10" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Due to popular demand:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The real problem I see is that people just upvote the highest voted answer, even when there are better answers below. More than once I've seen the highest voted answer incorrect or incomplete, when there's a better answer just below it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:19.070" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-14T07:22:42.340" />
  <row Id="190" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="178" CreationDate="2009-06-14T07:30:00.640" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;People vote a question up if they like the question.  People answer a question if they have an answer.  Just because you have an answer doesn't mean you like the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="86" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:19.070" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-14T07:30:00.640" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="178" CreationDate="2009-06-14T16:10:03.887" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Check out the mouse over popup on the answer and question up and down votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:19.070" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-14T16:10:03.887" />
  <row Id="192" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-08-26T15:45:52.430" Score="6" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes the questions asked here are related to the following three categories ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hackers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, yes, I understand there's a fine line between a competent (grey hat) hacker and a sysadmin. But I can't help the feeling that sometimes people come here looking for malicious advice ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cheaters&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this is not as prevalent on serverfault as it is on stackoverflow, I've seen a few questions that are obviously homework questions. Students looking to crowd-source their homework.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lusers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those few users who feel the need to purposefully circumvent configuration and security controls(&quot;Because I need to be more productive!&quot;). And then blame their broken systems on their sysadmins. I've been noticing many questions about proxies, tunneling, and dual-homing systems, where the questioner has no idea about the network equipment being used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you decide to answer suspicious questions?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What ethical responsibilities do we have as a community?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are there questions that shouldn't be answered?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:20.123" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-08-26T15:45:52.430" Title="Ethical Questions About Hackers, Cheaters, and Lusers" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;ethics&gt;" AnswerCount="10" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="193" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="192" CreationDate="2009-08-26T15:56:14.390" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as specific information (like passwords) aren't being handed out, we should give good answers for all the NON-hackers/cheaters/lusers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5947" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:20.123" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-08-26T15:56:14.390" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="194" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="192" CreationDate="2009-08-26T16:06:53.263" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Adrian has a point ... perhaps meta is a better fit.  This has certainly been discussed there, and on stackoverflow.  But it's here and so am I!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My take ..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1- I answered the homework issue on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/202/should-users-answer-homework-questions/257#257&quot;&gt;meta&lt;/a&gt;.  I am not concerned about whether a question is homework, work-work, hobby work, or curiosity.  I am more concerned that the question displays some thought and effort.  I don't want to do anyone's work for them, whatever kind of work it is.  I want to help them get past issues so they can do their own work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2- I generally presume the best about people until they demonstrate otherwise.  If I can contribute to a question, I do.  Many questions can have bad intent .. for instance there have been questions here about scripting robocopy or rsync.  Those could certainly be used to steal corporate data.  But we presume good intent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3- I suspect the real answer to the &quot;ethical question&quot; conundrum is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%5Fknow%5Fit%5Fwhen%5FI%5Fsee%5Fit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Potter Stewart&lt;/a&gt; formulation .. I can't explain what makes an unethical question, but I know it when I see it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="846" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:20.123" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-08-26T16:06:53.263" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="192" CreationDate="2009-08-26T16:07:50.500" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received alot of help here and I try to give out good advice.  Sometimes I will point the questioner in the right direction instead of directly answering their question if I feel like the question isnt exactly legit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:20.123" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-08-26T16:07:50.500" />
  <row Id="196" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="192" CreationDate="2009-08-26T16:10:00.900" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Meta is a better place, but to answer this question: &lt;strong&gt;This is why we have the up and downvote buttons.&lt;/strong&gt; If you think the question asker is a cheater, hacker, etc - then downvote the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone has a homework question - as long as they are looking to get an explanation of the problem, I am totally OK with leading them through the answer. If they just want the answer or number, then I will ignore or downvote them, as this question is not useful to the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:20.123" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-08-26T16:10:00.900" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="192" CreationDate="2009-08-26T16:19:39.680" Score="8" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's my 2 cents (maybe less depending on if you agree with me)... ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hackers&lt;/strong&gt; -- I'd rather see the &quot;malicious advice&quot; posted here in the open for ALL sysadmins to see than one some deep dark secret haxor board that only a handful of troublemakers know about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cheaters&lt;/strong&gt; -- My mommy told me cheaters never win.  Boy was she wrong. ;-)  That being said, I can't say I personally care TOO much about someone trying to crowd-source their homework.  They can't crowd-source their exams... so... if the crowd gave them answers to help them better understand the subject, so be it.  If they didn't understand, then look on the bright side... at least their learned the basic steps of OUTSOURCING... let's make those people MANAGERS. &lt;em&gt;wicked grin&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lusers&lt;/strong&gt; -- This kinda goes back to the whole &quot;Hackers&quot; thing.  I too have seen questions about getting around proxy servers, etc.  On the same note, I've also seen questions from sysadmins who have REALIZED the system is being circumvented and are asking for ways to lock it down harder/better.  I think its a win-win personally.  I'm not a big fan of &quot;pretending&quot; a vulnerability doesn't exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you decide to answer suspicious questions?&lt;/strong&gt; -- I answer the ones I feel are worth answering... which is most of them that I feel I can contribute a good answer to.  REMEMBER, the answer isn't just for the poster... its for the community as a whole and for future sysadmins that may stumble upon the question weeks or even months from now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What ethical responsibilities do we have as a community?&lt;/strong&gt; -- Well I wouldn't post something that is completely damaging, such as a zero day exploit.  Other than that, knowledge is knowledge.  Most of the answers here can be found elsewhere on the internet... its just easier and more convenient to have them all in one place.  That place is ServerFault, StackOverflow, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are there questions that shouldn't be answered?&lt;/strong&gt; -- Within reason, no.  I personally wouldn't respond to a question like, &quot;I'm trying to hack www.example.com, can someone out there give me tips?&quot; or &quot;How do I attack www.example.com?&quot; or something clearly malicious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:20.123" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-08-26T16:19:39.680" />
  <row Id="198" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="192" CreationDate="2009-08-26T16:26:44.657" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not the gun that kills, it's the person who pulls the trigger. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where I can provide a meaningful answer, I will provide it, sometimes with attached warnings (if it is obvious that somebody is trying to do something they shouldn't be doing) or pointers to more documentation (if it is obvious that the poster hasn't got a clue). In any case the information given can always be obtained by anybody with enough curiosity, and as such I am not causing any harm. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that information is abused, then it is the abuser who is to blame. If somebody gets his homework done here, well (s)he will fail in the real world very soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:20.123" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-08-26T16:26:44.657" />
  <row Id="199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="192" CreationDate="2009-08-26T16:45:09.223" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the question is interesting and I have an answer, I answer it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not see the value of reading tea leaves and passing judgement on the moral/ethical motivation of someone based on a few lines here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2224" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:20.123" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-08-26T16:45:09.223" />
  <row Id="200" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="192" CreationDate="2009-08-26T17:12:38.900" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For me it depends on the question. &#xA;The funny thing is that answers existed and have been available by doing a search before serverfault and friends existed on the web :)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As a &quot;community&quot;....none. We are large group of people gathering in the same virtual space. &#xA;We have no responsibility &quot;as a group&quot;. Each is responsible for their own  actions etc.&#xA;(At least that's what I think my lawyer would like me to say) - Before we have someone suing &quot;the users of an online community&quot; wholesale as a group.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes. But when you know the answer it's hard not to blurt it out. That's why someone once said &quot;with knowledge comes responsibility&quot; - [ and if someone knows who that was, add it as a comment]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:20.123" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-08-26T17:12:38.900" />
  <row Id="201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="192" CreationDate="2009-08-26T17:29:50.583" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The kinds of questions you mention are good news for me, as an overburdened smalltime sysadmin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's great to get this kind of insight into what my users may try to do.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Posted answers give me additional insight by pointing me toward vulnerabilities and workarounds I need to double-check and/or close up.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can't be said often enough.  &lt;strong&gt;Security through obscurity is garbage.&lt;/strong&gt;  If we think our networks are secure because our users are too stupid to cause damage, we're in for a world of hurt.  Censorship (even self-censorship) is not the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like to think there's a reason this issue isn't addressed in the SF rules or FAQ.  Can of worms, if nothing else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Scenario: if one person decides a question is malicious in intent, and he feels he's responsible for keeping the information in that helpful answer out of our cracker's hands, how far would/should he go to remedy that problem?  Delete answers?  That's 12 kinds of terrible to my way of thinking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:20.123" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-08-26T17:29:50.583" />
  <row Id="202" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="192" CreationDate="2009-08-26T19:00:24.193" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think you should give it much thought, but rather, go with your gut.  You can always chose to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you &lt;em&gt;sure&lt;/em&gt; this malicious, down vote it.  If you have the power to cast a vote to close, do so.  It will take 4 others to agree with you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are unsure, just ignore the question if it makes you uneasy.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:20.123" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-08-26T19:00:24.193" />
  <row Id="203" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-08-31T16:57:09.173" Score="2" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just posted this on serverfault.com and realized it didn't really have that much to do with &quot;Systems Administration&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts? Maybe its too small a category to have its own site, but &quot;sys admins&quot; typically don't train all that much on advanced networking topics.  (Or am I biased?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/60832/when-would-you-use-mpls&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/60832/when-would-you-use-mpls&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6609" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:20.827" Title="High end networking questions?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="4" />
  <row Id="204" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="203" CreationDate="2009-08-31T16:59:35.500" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you might be taking &quot;sys admin&quot; too literally. I think your question fits perfectly for SF.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="640" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:20.827" />
  <row Id="205" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="203" CreationDate="2009-08-31T17:06:58.107" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looks fine to me. Although you could do a bit of work making that question a little more terse and to the point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1017" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:20.827" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="206" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="203" CreationDate="2009-08-31T17:43:31.513" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a perfect question for SF.  Systems administration takes on all aspects of managing a network and all the services/devices hardware/software that run on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11949" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:20.827" />
  <row Id="207" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="203" CreationDate="2009-09-03T14:00:14.133" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;From SF FAQ:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What kind of questions can I ask here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Server Fault is for system administrators and IT professionals, people who manage or maintain computers in a professional capacity. If you are in charge of ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;servers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;networks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;many desktop PCs (other than your own)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:20.827" />
  <row Id="208" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-09-08T07:48:43.913" Score="2" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is the highlight for interesting questions in SF too light?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it is.  I barely noticed that I already have interesting tags until I shifted my view from my monitor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Increasing the contrast of the interesting question would be nice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:21.167" Title="Is the highlight for interesting questions in SF too light?" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="209" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="208" CreationDate="2009-09-13T04:25:40.497" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looks and feels fine. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's on that shade just before being too dark and way too light to notice. But right now, it's a nice kind of pancake batter hue to it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that's only from a perspective on a non-colour blind user. If you are, then &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/20804/is-the-highlight-for-interesting-questions-in-sf-too-light/21562#21562&quot; title=&quot;aaarggh, roaooar, colours!&quot;&gt;as Eric points out&lt;/a&gt;, it's waaaaaaaaaaaaay too light to differentiate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:21.167" />
  <row Id="210" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="208" CreationDate="2009-09-13T04:36:29.727" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Preface: I'm color blind and rarely use ServerFault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, yes it is way too light. Please darken it for us folks who have trouble comparing colors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:21.167" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="211" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-09-08T14:57:59.847" Score="0" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that the background colour of Server Fault is a faded gray (which looks pink on some LCDs) background: #fdfdfd.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering reasoning for this is because it looks weird compared to the other sites and also makes me think that something is wrong, maybe with my screen/browser. Also, why is it different from the other sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:21.617" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-09-08T14:58:12.733" Title="What's the reason behind the different background colour on Server Fault?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;color&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" />
  <row Id="212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="211" CreationDate="2009-09-08T15:13:30.707" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;#fdfdfd&lt;/code&gt; is not a faded pink background, as it has the same values in the red, green, and blue channels.  It is a very light gray, an off-white if you will.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it looks pink to you, it's almost certainly to do with your monitor settings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:21.617" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-09-08T15:13:30.707" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="211" CreationDate="2009-09-08T15:19:24.597" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Funny: it didn't look pink to me until you complained.  I didn't even notice that it wasn't just plain white.  Now I can't look at a page without seeing a rose-tint.  Stupid Psychology mind games.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2869" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:21.617" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-09-08T15:19:24.597" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="214" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-09-11T12:14:53.653" Score="0" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just ran into the 5 tags limit, asked a lot of questions and never thought to use that many tags before, but this time it would have been useful.  So I would like a little higher tag limit myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This might be a duplicate, so I am open to links where this has already been discussed, &lt;strong&gt;but has raising the tag limit for serverfault in particular&lt;/strong&gt; been talking about? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case, I was asking a question about networking, which involves a lot of technologies which seem like suitable and important tags.  On serverfault, tags are used in generally to list versions and the OS.  Such as Windows-server-2003, Exchange-2003, outlook 2007 client.  This ends up taking several tags right there.  So maybe for serverfault, a slightly higher tag limit would make sense?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:22.227" Title="Raising the Tag Limit for Serverfault in Particular " Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;&lt;tags&gt;&lt;retagging&gt;&lt;tagging&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="12" />
  <row Id="215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="214" CreationDate="2009-09-11T12:19:22.163" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have yet to see an instance where you really need more than 5 tags. Every time someone has asked for more, I have noticed that they are adding superfluous tags that don't need to really be added.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tagging is supposed to be used to help categorize your question and get it the attention of users who scan tags for new material. It is not meant to try and sum up your entire question in 5 small phrases or less.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many people try to make their title into tags and I don't think that is right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your question is about the Outlook 2007 client communicating with Exchange 2003 on a Windows Server 2003 box, then those tags are fine. I don't know what other tags you would need to necessarily add (seeing as how you have two more to go after that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:22.227" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="216" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="214" CreationDate="2009-09-11T12:32:35.773" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd suggest we wait until the public data dump becomes available, and analyze the data to see how the tag usage distribution falls. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Frankly, I don't know enough about network administration to judge whether the tags you used in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/64465/slow-performance-with-mpls&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; you mentioned in the comments are necessary, or whether having &lt;kbd&gt;site-to-site-vpn&lt;/kbd&gt; and &lt;kbd&gt;vlan&lt;/kbd&gt; are also important, so I just have to trust your judgment that they are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, unless this happens relatively often and is negatively affecting the use of tags for their intended purpose, I wouldn't hold your breath.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:22.227" />
  <row Id="217" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="214" CreationDate="2009-09-11T13:19:47.730" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I just ran into the 5 tags limit,&#xA;  asked a lot of questions and never&#xA;  thought to use that many tags before,&#xA;  but this time it would have been&#xA;  useful. So I would like a little&#xA;  higher tag limit myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to reiterate: you have asked &quot;a lot of questions&quot; and only run up against the tag limit &lt;em&gt;once&lt;/em&gt;.  That isn't grounds for raising it.  There needs to be a consistent need for additional tags before it is even worth considering such a thing.  There are always going to be outlier questions that the asker will feel need more tags, regardless of the limit.  Five is a good limit because it encourages the author to pare the tags down to just the essentials.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:22.227" />
  <row Id="218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="214" CreationDate="2009-09-11T16:12:38.193" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;On serverfault, tags are used in&#xA;  generally to list versions and the OS.&#xA;  Such as Windows-server-2003,&#xA;  Exchange-2003, outlook 2007 client.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a problem in itself - tags don't need to be this specific. Answers to questions about one version are often highly relevant to other versions too. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10206" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:22.227" />
  <row Id="219" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-09-12T17:22:00.673" Score="1" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hello,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the people answering and posting on serverfault are IT professionals, so a majority belong to a company or another and they can have a bias in their answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for people to add the company they work for so other member can see it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know it will based on honesty, but that all the purpose of  this website. :-D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regards&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:22.833" Title="Can you add a company field in the user profile ?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;profile-page&gt;" AnswerCount="5" />
  <row Id="220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="219" CreationDate="2009-09-12T17:33:10.870" Score="7" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can mention your company in the &quot;About Me&quot; field if you want. I don't think it's worth it to clutter up user profile pages with a dozen fields.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="761" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:22.833" />
  <row Id="221" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="219" CreationDate="2009-09-12T17:47:53.373" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Anyone can add (nearly) anything they want to their profile. However, I don't think there's a need or reason to add a specific &lt;code&gt;company&lt;/code&gt; field. I imagine many user's would not want to share this information (and unfortunately, some I'm sure do not have a job currently) and I'm not sure how much value it would add. Perhaps you could research a person and their company to determine any bias in regards to a specific answer, but if you're analyzing a situation you should be testing the answers you receive against your situation anyway. Additionally, the voting system should handle a case where a poor solutions, whether they're posted by someone with a vested interest in that solution or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:22.833" />
  <row Id="222" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="219" CreationDate="2009-09-12T17:48:33.293" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use your public profile's About Me section. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't need all of those fields to fill out because most of the time they are going to be pretty useless and most people aren't going to care who you work for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:22.833" />
  <row Id="223" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="219" CreationDate="2009-09-12T18:07:44.897" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i28.tinypic.com/2lnvi8i.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:22.833" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="219" CreationDate="2009-09-12T22:17:39.507" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you wanted to support your company within your profile you could use the website field. If your company is known by others and/or is publicly listed then you would almost always have a website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:22.833" />
  <row Id="225" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-09-12T22:51:49.537" Score="1" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Server Fault logon seems to be broken (SO, MSO and SU are all fine). When I try to logon using my 'MyOpenID' provider I get the following error on the Server Fault logon page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Unable to log in with your OpenID provider:&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;The signature verification failed. &lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is happening on two different machines connected to two different internet providers. I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and Firefox 3.5.3.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've cleared all my cookies, cache etc but the error persists. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How strange, this has just magically started working again. Nothing was changed at this end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="822" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:23.533" Title="Is there a problem with ServerFault and MyOpenID?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;openid&gt;&lt;login&gt;&lt;myopenid&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="225" CreationDate="2009-09-12T23:20:10.467" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just tried it and works for me. Ubuntu. Firefox 3.0.14&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:23.533" />
  <row Id="227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="225" CreationDate="2009-09-13T01:15:43.440" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was also having a problem, in this case logging into meta - something along the lines of &quot;credentials expired, try logging in again.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just tried again, and it seems to be working now, at least for FF3.5 on XP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:23.533" />
  <row Id="228" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-09-22T11:40:01.683" Score="4" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question on SF regarding a server setup involving a SAN using Linux. It is definitely a complex question, and one of the major reasons I asked on SF, since it falls strongly in the System Administration category. This is also an existing problem I have at work and it has fallen on my desk to resolve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first answer I receive is someone replying saying I must phone the supplier and Dell. To me personally this is as bad as posting LMGTFY links, however there is rare cases where it is a valid response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering the response on this particular question I am torn between three options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Remove the question completely, and do exactly that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Downvote the answer as not possible&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ignore both and wait for a better reply&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Opinions? Thoughts? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this particular case the original answerer has actually edited the answer with much more detail, and useful details as well. However it is still an interesting question for the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:23.847" Title="Are &quot;call support&quot; or &quot;contact the supplier&quot; valid answers?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;answers&gt;&lt;specific-question&gt;" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="229" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="228" CreationDate="2009-09-22T11:47:49.390" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Calling support seems like a viable option in many hardware/software situations if it is available.  If you're paying for people to be available to help solve your problems, then why not take advantage of it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it seems like a weak answer to a question.  I would expect an answer more along the lines of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I had a similar problem.  I called support and they helped me out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or, as the question asker, to post an answer with more details about the solution that you received as a result of calling support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:23.847" />
  <row Id="230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="228" CreationDate="2009-09-22T11:48:48.767" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;How about calling support, leaving the question up there in SF, and either&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;introduce the support agent to SF and have him reply to your question there&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;or answer your question yourself after having received support&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the meantime there still is a chance for a knowledgeable person to give you an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I do think that there are times that replying &quot;call support&quot; is valid, but not without in depth reasoning. If setup is very different depending on product and spec, maybe only support can help you. This might have been the experience of the person. But I would be very explicit about why I was telling you to call support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But again, leave it on SF for future users as a knowledge repository.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3573" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:23.847" />
  <row Id="231" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="228" CreationDate="2009-09-22T11:49:22.790" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tricky this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Over on Super User I've seen questions that say &quot;I can't do X on my company machine&quot; or &quot;X doesn't work on my company machine&quot; and I've suggested that they should contact their IT department to get it resolved - after all that's their job. If they'd posted that they were the company IT department then that would be a different matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, in your case the first port of call should be to raise an issue with the supplier - assuming that you still have a support contract with them. If you don't then you need to state that in your question. By doing that you should short circuit most of these non answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Equally if you've already contacted them and they haven't been able to help you need to state that as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1071" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:23.847" />
  <row Id="232" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="228" CreationDate="2009-09-22T12:15:15.140" Score="6" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As with others here, I think this is an issue that is situationally dependant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An answer of strictly&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should call support!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; helpful and should be downvoted. Even&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I called support and they helped me out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is not helpful, because a more useful response would be. &quot;I had to call technical support, and they told me to do XYZ which solved the issue.&quot; But then they aren't telling &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; to call, they are simply relating the information they received.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;em&gt;useful&lt;/em&gt; &quot;Call Tech Support&quot; answer would be if the answer was &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You have a hardware issue, there's a factory warranty on said product, you should call tech support, and they may be able to fix for free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This issue requires a factory-level unlock, you must call technical support to get that resolved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is some critical part of the solution that requires a call to technical support, then it &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; be part of the answer. However, if the person doesn't &lt;em&gt;know&lt;/em&gt; the answer, so they are passing you on to technical support, then they shouldn't be posting an answer at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8122" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:23.847" />
  <row Id="233" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="228" CreationDate="2009-09-22T12:31:38.787" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't really see why &quot;contact X&quot; would be a bad answer if it is legitimate. There are some things which may simply not be possible to fix personally. Whether that means contacting someone else in your company or a developer/manufacturer/supplier, it doesn't matter. If someone else is the correct answer, then it is the correct answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just don't think it should be used as a catch all &quot;duh&quot; answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:23.847" />
  <row Id="234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="228" CreationDate="2009-09-22T12:48:10.270" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the realm of serverfault especially, this kind of answer isn't necessarily out of line.  Often networking equipment is leased or there is some other kind of support agreement in place, specifically for this reason.  The business doesn't want somebody who's not an expert mucking with it, and they've already paid for the support.  Calling the vendor is absolutely the right thing to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2869" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:23.847" />
  <row Id="235" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-09-25T06:14:21.603" Score="0" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hey everyone,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just wondering why I'm not able to offer a bounty here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/66513/creating-a-file-server-how-can-i-use-a-large-vhd-file-in-hyper-v-700gb&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/66513/creating-a-file-server-how-can-i-use-a-large-vhd-file-in-hyper-v-700gb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's been well past 2 days and I have some reputation left I'm willing to slice off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3260" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:24.277" Title="Why can't I offer a bounty for my question?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;bounty&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="235" CreationDate="2009-09-25T06:16:40.957" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/5338/please-dont-suggest-starting-a-bounty-to-users-who-are-unable-to-do-so&quot; title=&quot;did you ear that?&quot;&gt;need at least 100&lt;/a&gt; rep before you can slice off your ear and offer it up to someone as part of a bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:24.277" />
  <row Id="237" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:08:37.557" Score="10" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do I get better answers? Or perhaps more accurately, how can I ask better questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically what kind of information are other system administrators looking for posters to provide in order to receive useful, detailed answers in response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A general reference to the topic would be ESR's &lt;a href=&quot;http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;How To Ask Questions The Smart Way&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:24.427" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-01T23:08:37.540" Title="How do I get better answers?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;answers&gt;" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="238" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="237" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:20:30.183" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Read &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;the FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask precise, finite questions that can be answered by people who have had experience with the specific issue(s) you are experiencing.   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;List what you have already tested while troubleshooting.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Share any measurements you have taken while troubleshooting, even if you may have ruled those out as contributing factors.   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:24.427" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-01T23:20:30.183" />
  <row Id="239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="237" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:48:06.467" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For Software related questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;List your operating system (Windows, Mac OS X, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Solaris, Centos, Fedora, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, etc.) with version numbers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;List your Hardware architecture (i386, x86-64, SPARC, PPC, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;List specific versions of relevant components (e.g. Linux kernel version, Python version, Java Virtual Machine version/provider, PHP version, httpd version, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:24.427" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-01T23:48:06.467" />
  <row Id="240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="237" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:53:01.110" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're running an End-of-lifed OS version, clearly articulate reasons why upgrading to a supported release is not the correct answer when asking about updating software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:24.427" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-01T23:53:01.110" />
  <row Id="241" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="237" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:01:08.263" Score="11" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Be detailed.&lt;/strong&gt; The more details you specify about the question, the easier it is for other people to answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't be afraid to edit your question to be clearer.&lt;/strong&gt; If you think the question is confusing, edit it for the benefit of the readers. Maybe by changing the sentences, other people can understand what you are trying to get at.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Show us that you are applying our answers, even if it was wrong.&lt;/strong&gt; Assuming you have tons of answers. You try each one and all of them failed. You should let us know (either via the question or via the comments) which one failed and what are the results.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Treat the readers with respect. Assume that they are not idiots.&lt;/strong&gt; You show us respect and we will show you respect. Be arrogant in your questioning (although usually, this isn't intentional) and we will not respond.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't be afraid to show the things you did wrong.&lt;/strong&gt; This would either save us time in responding with the same wrong answer you came up with and it would show us that that you researched the problem before asking us about it. &lt;em&gt;Note: Alternatively, it's understandable if you don't want to include your experience in doing something stupid which caused the problem to get worse. Discretion is advised.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:24.427" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-02T00:01:08.263" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="242" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="237" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:03:22.367" Score="6" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is utterly off topic, but it would be great if more people marked answers. It seems like the majority of the &quot;unanswered&quot; questions have been answered very well, but the originator forgets to come back to the thread. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4392" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:24.427" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-02T00:03:22.367" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="243" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="237" CreationDate="2010-05-26T09:43:29.417" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frontload your questions&lt;/strong&gt;.  For heaven's sake, don't start your questions with &quot;Hi guys, I'm new here, and I don't know much about SQL but I was wondering ...&quot;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead jump right into &lt;strong&gt;either an easy to grasp description of the problem&lt;/strong&gt; that led to your question, &lt;strong&gt;or a precise nailing down of your question&lt;/strong&gt;.  If possible, the title should be a condensed version of the question in your first paragraph, one that attracts people who have the right kind of knowledge to help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most common edits I perform on other people's questions are (i) making the title reflect what the questioner actually wants, and (ii) removing introductory fluff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two resources:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;quack quixote's analysis of what was wrong with &lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com/questions/113727/why-doesnt-disk-utility-app-recognise-my-dd-copied-disk&quot;&gt;an SU question of mine&lt;/a&gt; got me to think harder about what kind of questions were good for potential answerers;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Frontloading is a bit like &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3aSummary_style&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wikipedia's summary style&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:24.427" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-05-26T09:43:29.417" />
  <row Id="244" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="237" CreationDate="2010-05-26T11:21:38.800" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;People will answer your question if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your question is clear &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They understand it &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They know the answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If its a long question, you have a better chance of getting an answer if you've at least given it a shot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People will not answer your question if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They don't understand it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is unclear&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It looks troll-y&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:24.427" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-05-26T11:21:38.800" />
  <row Id="245" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-09-25T16:16:31.207" Score="5" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;(EDIT: changed the request based on Eric's answer)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To align to the convention we've created on SF.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;12 questions currently tagged with [windows2000server]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;15 tagged with [windows-2000-server]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW- I agree with hyperslug that a dozen bumps from me doing this manually is a bit noisy on the front page... I can do it, though, if nobody wants to.&#xA;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/23473/retag-request-videostreaming-video-streaming/23476#23476&quot;&gt;see this answer from earlier&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1054" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:24.887" Title="SF Retag Request: [windows2000server] -&gt; [windows-server-2000]" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="246" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="245" CreationDate="2009-09-28T20:12:57.120" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The primary reasons for retagging seem to be either SEO or to merge two related subjects under the more appropriate of the two.  It seems to me that, here, the correct choice would be &lt;strong&gt;[windows-2000-server]&lt;/strong&gt; as that matches the product name and, according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/trends?q=%22windows+2000+server%22%2C+%22windows+server+2000%22&amp;amp;ctab=0&amp;amp;geo=all&amp;amp;date=all&amp;amp;sort=0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Google Trends&lt;/a&gt;, is a far more popular search term than &quot;windows server 2000&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:24.887" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="245" CreationDate="2009-09-30T14:27:43.070" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Retag completed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1054" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:24.887" />
  <row Id="248" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="252" CreationDate="2009-10-08T08:18:10.883" Score="10" ViewCount="226" Body="&lt;p&gt;I answer questions both on Serverfault &amp;amp; Stackoverflow, although my user ranking is much higher on serverfault.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I sign up for careers.stackoverflow.com as a SQL Server DBA, will this be worthwhile? Or will I have to fork out more money for careers.serverfault to associate my SF user account if/when that happens?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe being a SQL Server DBA is one of these gray areas in IT that is a bit cross functional where some questions are relevant for me on both sites, so I'm the gap case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT: Yes! I'm signing up for vapourware&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1715" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:25.117" Title="Will there be a careers.serverfault.com?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;careers&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="249" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="248" CreationDate="2009-10-08T08:31:35.370" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the comment responses from Jarrod on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/24897/stackoverflow-careers&quot;&gt;this thread&lt;/a&gt; ( last response on the page) there will eb SF and SU versions coming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:25.117" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="248" CreationDate="2009-10-08T12:10:45.957" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it's any comfort, it's already implemented in the tooltip for the 'Associate accounts' tab :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:25.117" />
  <row Id="251" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="248" CreationDate="2009-10-15T09:16:36.407" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Completely agree that one site would be better than a multitude, but as a SuperUser-user I have a hard time filling in the questions for the CV. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Favorite technology: Windows-7? Plus my work experience isn't a measure for my SuperUser activity, even though I do handle some of the computer related support questions at work. Also in my case, my education isn't computer science related AT ALL, so it doesn't really make sense to fill it in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand if they first want to see how it goes and then create spin-off CVs that are more directed to other careers, just want to know if I should take the discount 'while I can' ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:25.117" />
  <row Id="252" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="248" CreationDate="2009-10-15T09:45:55.217" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will definitely be able to associate your Super User and Server Fault accounts with your Stack Overflow CV, if you want to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact they are already associated (including Meta), but we suppress display of anything except the SO account right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We aren't entirely sure if there will be a careers.serverfault.com and careers.superuser.com at the moment. &lt;strong&gt;Personally, I think it makes more sense to have a single careers site everyone can go to, rather than two or three.&lt;/strong&gt; There's no benefit to &quot;splitting&quot; the conversation when it comes to employment and getting a critical mass of employers and CVs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clarification: if we do end up having careers.serverfault.com and careers.superuser.com (which I deem unlikely at this point) there will be NO additional charge to list your CV all three places. I can guarantee that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:25.117" CommentCount="7" />
  <row Id="253" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-10-27T15:53:58.783" Score="6" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/26689/how-do-we-grow-the-server-fault-and-super-user-communities&quot;&gt;How do we grow the Server Fault and Super User communities?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been fairly regular on Server Fault since it went public earlier this year.  However, as the site gets older, the quality of the questions and answers seems to have gone down hill.  Sure, there are a still handful of great users that provide quality answers to a lot of topics but the community in general is maybe not so great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I may get down voted for this, but I fear the problem is that SF is really just &quot;tech support for developers.&quot;  The site's tag is &lt;strong&gt;a Q&amp;amp;A site for system administrators and IT professionals&lt;/strong&gt;, but I would be surprised if half the users are actually professional system/network administrators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The result is that the site works well if you have a question about configuring SQL or web servers, but maybe not so well if you are trying to figure out how to block STP broadcasts on a specific port for HP Procurves.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess the question is, how do we improve Server Fault and how do we get more professional administrator eyes on the site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good example of what I am talking about - the first four questions on the Active list are all by developers with a much higher SO reputation than on SF:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/78719/connect-win-nt-and-vista-via-switch&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/78719/connect-win-nt-and-vista-via-switch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/78724/how-to-disable-hiddev96-in-linux-or-tell-it-to-ignore-a-specific-device&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/78724/how-to-disable-hiddev96-in-linux-or-tell-it-to-ignore-a-specific-device&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/78723/who-can-i-complain-to-about-ms-product-activation-service&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/78723/who-can-i-complain-to-about-ms-product-activation-service&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/78712/symbolic-link-to-folder-in-root&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/78712/symbolic-link-to-folder-in-root&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5391" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:25.990" Title="Improving Server Fault" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" />
  <row Id="254" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="253" CreationDate="2009-10-27T16:43:15.007" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not as engaged on Server Fault as I was when the site went public, but I don't have any feeling that the &quot;quality&quot; of the questions (both as a measurement of their intellectual merit, or as an assessment about their subject area) has changed dramatically. I feel like there's been a decrease in the number of questions and traffic to the site (or, perhaps, just a lack of an increase), but I'm assuming that the corpus of already-answered questions is helping some people get answers w/o having to ask new questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd direct you to the question Brandon mentions in his comment (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/26689/how-do-we-grow-the-server-fault-and-super-user-communities&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/26689/how-do-we-grow-the-server-fault-and-super-user-communities&lt;/a&gt;) regarding some ideas on getting &quot;new eyes&quot; on the site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do think that the &quot;problem domain&quot; that SF is oriented towards is smaller, by far, than the SO problem domain. By nature, most sysadmins are using COTS tools and operating systems, and typically these tools are configured in &quot;best practice&quot; type configurations. There are a lot of possible permutations, but many don't produce productive results. If my work as a contract sysadmin has taught me anything, in excess of 90% of the technical details of computer networks are the same from network-to-network. Those that are radically different are typically pathological cases where somebody didn't know what they were doing setting it up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7200" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:25.990" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="253" CreationDate="2009-10-27T18:05:36.757" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, I am thinking that the site might be improved if there where a couple more active moderators that could immediately close or move off-topic questions.  I think having too many off-topic and superuser questions is actually off-putting to system administrators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also the issue that when I do go out of my way to try and answer some of the more obscure, highly specific, system admin questions I usually receive no reputation or any kind of reward.  As I am sure is covered in many other places on meta, this system tends to reward answers or questions that are more common and understandable by the masses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that if we want the system to have more participation we may need to find a way to reward answering some of the more difficult and obscure questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:25.990" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="256" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-11-04T02:24:04.827" Score="0" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/12513/stackoverflow-should-i-answer-my-own-question-or-not&quot;&gt;Stackoverflow: Should I answer my own question, or not?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently ran into a problem that was particularly annoying and I was able to find the answer by a funky non-linear approach.  Hence, I'm thinking it might be good to document the post.  I seem to recall Joel a/o Jeff mentioning in a podcast that they want the trinity sites to be a repository of all answers.  In that line of reasoning I should post it, but I'm wondering if there is a way to post a question with answer so that people don't waste time testing and debugging only to find the solution that's already known.  Theoretically there could be other valid solutions, so maybe it makes sense to post it like a normal question, but I know I'd be cheesed to find out that I was re-inventing the wheel.  (Yeah, I know the question is subjective, but I'm hoping to find a consensus anyway)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:26.590" Title="Asking Questions When You've Found the Answer " Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;site-usage&gt;" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="257" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-11-05T21:14:32.473" Score="0" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;We found differing IP addresses between sites for this association request - please return to Server Fault and try again.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I get this when trying to associate a newly created serverfault account with my stackoverflow account, but didn't get it when doing the same thing with meta and superuser accounts. This error message is almost useless to me (what IP addresses? Mine? Yours? Why is the IP Address relevant? I don't know the inner architecture of an account association request!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Various combinations of logging in and out of stackoverflow/serverfault and retrying the association request all have failed. Is there any way to fix this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:26.927" Title="What does this error on account association failure mean?" Tags="&lt;bug&gt;&lt;status-bydesign&gt;&lt;linked-accounts&gt;&lt;association&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="258" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="257" CreationDate="2009-11-05T22:40:47.840" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This doesn't entirely answer the question, as I still have no idea what caused the bug, but I was able to do the association from my home PC instead of my work PC. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:26.927" />
  <row Id="259" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="257" CreationDate="2009-11-06T02:41:35.527" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your IP is changing per-request, and more than just the last quad of the IP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:26.927" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="260" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-11-10T20:24:27.370" Score="11" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;On Meta, Stackoverflow, and Superuser, when a question has an answer that has been accepted, its answer count is displayed as light against a dark background.  On Serverfault, this difference is much less obvious -- the color of the box around the count changes to a darker shade of green, and the number is displayed in green as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not colorblind, but this is still subtle enough that I have to look really closely, where on the other sites, the difference is obvious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be a lot easier for me, personally, if Serverfault used the same scheme as the other sites.  Does anybody else think the same?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:27.250" Title="Can Serverfault better show whether or not a question has any accepted answers?" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;&lt;user-interface&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="260" CreationDate="2009-11-10T20:34:49.053" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Agreed...the contrast is even worse on my crappy laptop at home.  A solid box like SU would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which one has the accepted answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i36.tinypic.com/mw9p94.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5391" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:27.250" />
  <row Id="262" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-11-10T22:03:52.650" Score="6" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please consider either changing the color of links in serverfault slightly to contrast more with regular text, or make the links underlined. It is nearly impossible to see them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/83434/apache-logging-rotating-logs-on-win32&quot;&gt;example on serverfault&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that on this site the underlined link style is used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:27.597" Title="links in Serverfault not readily visible" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="263" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-11-12T16:17:28.807" Score="13" ViewCount="610" Body="&lt;p&gt;Did anyone else than me notice the lack of answers, up/downvotes lately?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been away for a few months, but I notice a huge difference - especially at the number of responses on questions. Why did people leave?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can only speak for myself, but I'm very much annoyed by the plethora of questions raised by the &quot;I have a server at my home where I want to host a web site&quot; questions, when this is supposed to be a site where &lt;strong&gt;professional&lt;/strong&gt; admins can throw questions and advice at each other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can we as a community do to attract more professional admins to Server Fault?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Please don't misunderstand the post. People are pointing at duplicates, where graphs are shown of the traffic that comes in to serverfault, wich shows no downfall at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point I'm trying to make is that less admins are responding to difficult questions than before, and less difficult questions are being raised (my home server bla bla). This makes me conclude that more SU-people are asking about &quot;easy&quot; or home-related questions, and the most experienced professionals stay away from the site because of this. I made this thread to spew some discussion around why there are so few responses to questions lately, not about how many hits the site gets from Google.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9140" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:27.800" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-12T16:31:55.703" Title="Where did all the admins on Server Fault go?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="11" CommentCount="14" />
  <row Id="264" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="263" CreationDate="2009-11-12T16:27:00.253" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree that the questions about home servers and single XP machines are quite annoying, but I think the community is doing a good job of staying on top of these and getting them closed and move to superuser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find myself going through stages of spending a lot of time answering questions, and then a few days of not doing much at all, often because I get busy at work, and I think this is the same with alot of people. I know I often find myself needing a break from answering questions too, and will spend a few days away, but always come back ready to answer more questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do still thing SF needs to attract more professional admins, particularly who are interested in answering questions, rather than just asking questions. I think that is one of the big problems with the site, that a lot of admins who come here do so for a very specific question they wasn't answered and then leave again. We need to encourage these users to hang around, answer a few questions, it doesn't take much to get hooked on it, its getting them in initially and onto the other side of the question/answer divide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do see quite regularly people discovering SF, and their joy at finding somewhere like this, but its a bit of a trickle. It needs to generate some mass and start gaining more and more admins, because this really is a fantastic resource.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:27.800" CommentCount="7" />
  <row Id="265" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="263" CreationDate="2009-11-12T18:46:49.973" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;My issue is that I don't use the Tags very well, honestly I ignore them.  I should probably take some time and setup the tags, but I haven't so far.  I'm not sure how many others fall into this category, but the problem for me is that when I do go to SF there is a ton of stuff I'm not interested in, and consequently I burn out and stop looking for questions to answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is related to just me, the easy fix is that &lt;strong&gt;I need&lt;/strong&gt; to do something about it (learn the tags).  If this is related to more people, maybe something needs to be done to make the tags easier, or prompt for more use of the tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:27.800" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-12T18:46:49.973" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="266" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="263" CreationDate="2009-11-12T19:19:54.793" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Perhaps a lot of the people with good questions are finding their answers already present as someone else has asked something very similar already, and people are ignoring the not-so-good questions to a certain extent reducing the amount of voting and other activity seen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:27.800" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-12T19:19:54.793" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="263" CreationDate="2009-11-12T22:12:49.090" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you see questions on Server Fault that don't belong, flag them!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/raising-a-red-flag/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/raising-a-red-flag/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are active moderators, it takes the whole community to enforce the boundaries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:27.800" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-12T22:12:49.090" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="268" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="263" CreationDate="2009-11-22T06:42:23.913" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the knee-jerk reaction that &quot;it's meta, it has to be on meta&quot; and &quot;this is a dup of Jeff's question about growing the SF community&quot; are a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't a dup of &quot;how to grow&quot; it's more like &quot;what's wrong&quot; and I think you have to figure out if there is anything wrong before you have much hope of growing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:27.800" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-22T06:42:23.913" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="269" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="263" CreationDate="2009-11-23T10:21:10.880" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed the same thing on SO. Since sometime end of the summer the percentage of good interesting question has been dropping with the current set of questions is largely populated by stupid ones. Stupid questions and duplicates are not being downvoted and closed as before. I find myself reluctant to even look inside most of them less to participate. I'm not sure if it's seasonal or not, but it's definitely getting boring, the last 3-4 weeks being the most boring time since I discovered SO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think community needs to take more active actions on dealing with duplicates and bad questions. Otherwise quantity will defeat quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:27.800" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-23T10:21:10.880" />
  <row Id="270" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="263" CreationDate="2009-11-23T13:25:56.487" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of the big problems is that many users from stackoverflow do not understand the purpose of serverfault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen many questions about something network related for a home network that got closed as &lt;em&gt;belongs on serverfault&lt;/em&gt; instead of superuser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In contrast, I haven't yet seen a question on stackoverflow that really belonged on serverfault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would be interesting to see how many questions are migrated to serverfault and get closed over there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:27.800" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-23T13:25:56.487" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="271" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="263" CreationDate="2009-11-23T16:12:29.977" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I deleted the bookmarks to SF last week.  It was too much effort to get any enjoyment out of the site and the quality appears to be decreasing - not increasing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Jeff should just rename the site to &quot;Stuff That's Not Quite Stack Overflow&quot; because that's what it is.  It is definitely not a site for professional admins.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5391" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:27.800" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-23T16:12:29.977" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="272" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="263" CreationDate="2010-01-06T10:01:45.603" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following DLux now and deleting bookmarks to SF.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It simply keeps pouring in SU-related questions, and flagging posts for moderator attention does not seem to get any attention anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9140" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:27.800" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-01-06T10:01:45.603" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="273" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="263" CreationDate="2010-01-06T12:11:32.997" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion SF lacks a role model. I think the community at SO is formed by people that can identify themselves with people like Jeff, Joel, Jon, Marc Gravell, VonC, TheTXI, etc.&#xA;I could go on with this list of SO idols out of my head but I have difficulty &#xA;to do the same with SF.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you picture what these people stand for, the purpose of SO becomes so concrete.&#xA;SF on the other hand looks to me mostly like a place for people that are primarily programmers and only part time sysadmins. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Jeff is a good example for this. Keeping all the servers running, no doubt he does serious &#xA;sysadmin work, and yet he considers himself a programmer.&#xA;I'm a good example myself, having done a lot of sysadmin work in a large network. &#xA;But primarily I'm a programmer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I wonder if the pure-bred sysadmin SF targets really exists at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:27.800" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-01-06T12:11:32.997" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="274" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="263" CreationDate="2010-01-06T22:46:21.183" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been thinking about this for a while. There are a couple of things I'm seeing: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The types of questions being asked. Really, most of these are just barely not programming releated (mod_rewrite questions) or barely not superuser questions (how do I configure xyz web server to serve pages). At times it seems as if ServerFault should be called WebServerFault. And then there are the questions with very little detail and no response to the added detail. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how do we fix these? Honestly I'm not sure. I guess the answer would be to attract good sysadmins. How to that that, well that is the 10000$ question isn't it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do have a suggestion for the no response to requests for more information. At least on SF make the notifications non-lazy. I know this is done intentionally, but i don't know if that way of working is the best for a site for sysadmins who need more of a back and forth. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;The ServerFault Community&quot; I really think that having meta bet the overriding discussion about site is really working. Part of SO is the fact that there is a strong community on meta shaping what SO is. From what I have seen on meta SF questions get almost &quot;silly children&quot; type treatment when it has anything to do with how SF is as a community. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue that I see here, is that SysAdmins and Programmers &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; differently. So when the community here considers things, they consider it from the perspective of a programmer. Which isn't a knock against you guys it's just the way we are and has created this great community. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to fix this, well this is where the challenge comes. The powers that be at SO have decided that a meta.serverfault.com is not a good idea. I've heard explainations both ways some I agree with and some I think just arn't working. So here is what I propose: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;meta.stackoverflow.com - discussion about stackoverflow and the stackoverflow engine. A place that SO people can go to develop the SO community, as well as for stackoverflow engine discussion across the Trilogy.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;community.serverfault.com - discussion about serverfault. A place where SF Admins can go and work together to develop a community that works for sysadmins. I really think that SF having it's own place to develop a real community will gain bigger rewards than trying to stuff it into what SO has already built on Meta.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5880" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:27.800" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-01-06T22:46:21.183" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="275" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-11-14T01:45:25.740" Score="21" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm done with Serverfault.  When people can't see outside their own little box of what's system admin related they're not worth me wasting my time.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/84486/its-friday-youre-not-eating-lunch-at-your-desk-are-you-closed&quot;&gt;question/COMMUNITY WIKI&lt;/a&gt; is related to OUR HEALTH and yet people think, not system admin related because it's not an enterprise technical question.  Personally I put on 40 freaking pounds 2 years ago from the poor lifestyle I was leading as a result of being a system admin.  Guess what, it is system admin related.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That guy who has a peer to peer network of 10 computers Windows XP Home manages with one of them being the &quot;server&quot; - He's a systems admin too, just not your concept of enterprise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That question about how do I flash the Bios on my laptop?  Well last time I checked I was doing that from work, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I access my home PC from work? Well when I use it when I work from home, that's a system admin related one too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or the question about a guy wanting to put a DB on one big freaking server and not cluster it?  Get off your high horses, that's what he wants to do so rather then say &quot;bad idea&quot;, or &quot;it'll crash&quot; just shut up or offer something useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And you sit there and wonder why people hate calling the Helpless Desk or IT Unsupport&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes I was (am) one of those at times and work hard not to be. It was fun here for a while, I'm going outside for a bike ride now and get rid of a few more of those pounds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the question for this question is : why are admins so tied to their little box of what's system admin related?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:29.367" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-14T01:45:25.740" Title="How do you define &quot;sysadmin related&quot;?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="9" CommentCount="9" />
  <row Id="276" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="275" CreationDate="2009-11-14T02:43:34.850" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe some venting at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.userfriendly.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UserFriendly&lt;/a&gt; pages would help you settle down a bit.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;All support work is quite stressful and unsettling.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Blowing your mind only takes you further out.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:29.367" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-14T02:43:34.850" />
  <row Id="277" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="275" CreationDate="2009-11-14T03:12:03.687" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/84486/its-friday-youre-not-eating-lunch-at-your-desk-are-you-closed&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;/COMMUNITY WIKI is&#xA;  related to OUR HEALTH and yet people&#xA;  think, not system admin related&#xA;  because it's not an enterprise&#xA;  technical question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you look at the close reason, you will notice it was closed as &lt;strong&gt;not a real question&lt;/strong&gt;.  It was not closed because it wasn't sysadmin related.  Serverfault is a Q&amp;amp;A site. 95% of the &lt;em&gt;question&lt;/em&gt; was not a question and instead was your personal answer.  The bits where you actually asked something people could respond to was buried in the middle of you telling us YOUR answer and preaching at us.  Write a better question, and it probably won't be closed with a the reason &lt;strong&gt;not a real question&lt;/strong&gt;.  There where three comments asking you to reword the question.  It would have been very easy for you to follow the advice and reword your question, and move the rest to an answer.  Instead of following the advice and making it a question you simply added more of your personal opinions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The FAQ has this to say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's also perfectly fine to ask and&#xA;  answer your own question, but pretend&#xA;  you're on Jeopardy: &lt;strong&gt;phrase it in the&#xA;  form of a question&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't find the article where I read it, but someone said that they though that it is very common for your IT guys idolize the character &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory%5FHouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Gregory House&lt;/a&gt; from the show &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%5F%28TV%5Fseries%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;House M.D.&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people have take the stance that people are drawn to IT because because they have &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9072119/Asperger%5Fs%5Fand%5FIT%5FDark%5Fsecret%5For%5Fopen%5Fsecret%5F&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Asperger's Disorder&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people believe it is the nature of IT and working with computers all day that makes us less likely to be social and polite&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nature or Nurture?  It is a big debate.  It is probably a bit of both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:29.367" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-14T03:12:03.687" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="278" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="275" CreationDate="2009-11-14T03:13:42.637" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you can't look after your own health that's your problem, just like my health is my problem. While it might be job related it is not sysadmin related. Instead of sitting there complaining about it why don't you move away from your computer and start doing something about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:29.367" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-14T03:13:42.637" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="279" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="275" CreationDate="2009-11-14T03:13:48.830" Score="10" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally, I hoped to see Server Fault maintain a higher level of discussion between professional system administrators (you know...the people that get paid to support your networks and servers).  However, the site seems to be mainly developers and other non-professionals looking for help on their web/sql/development/home PC.  That's great for them, but pretty dull for the rest of us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally don't have any problems with the food-related question you linked too...at least it is applicable to a large percentage of sysadmins (UNLIKE questions about flashing the BIOS on a laptop).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really have a hard time seeing this site succeed as-is, and the folks over on Meta couldn't seem to care less either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This doesn't answer your question...but whatever, I'm not interested in a flame fest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5391" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:29.367" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-14T03:13:48.830" CommentCount="18" />
  <row Id="280" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="275" CreationDate="2009-11-14T03:31:19.373" Score="12" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I play Server Fault for fun, and because I like how it feels when I actually help somebody. I'm sure that some people do play to forward their &quot;religious&quot; agenda w/ respect to IT, but I think they're fewer in number than your question suggests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope that, above all else, the Server Fault community works to keep the site fun and welcoming. Having a reputation of being insular and unfriendly is worse, to my mind, than having a reputation for being inaccurate or unhelpful. Frankly, we'll never get a chance to be helpful to anyone if our collective attitude intimidates questioners. Running the site in the ground while trying too hard to keep &quot;on topic&quot; would be a real shame, and something that I think that all of us who enjoy Server Fault need to keep in mind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All-in-all, I see the Server Fault community as being very knowledgeable, though sometimes &quot;focused&quot; perhaps a bit too finely on the intended subject area of the web site. I didn't vote to close the health-related question earlier today because I agree that the typical &quot;all consuming&quot; occupation that is systems administration can lead to a sedentary lifestyle and being overweight. I'm also alright if the community doesn't want to discuss it, though, too. I'm not going to get hung up bickering about whether the question is &quot;valid&quot; for the site or not. I don't happen to feel strongly enough to vote to re-open, but if enough people do it'll come back. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To speak to some of your specific points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Server Fault is a microcosm of the real IT world. I've noticed that there's an &quot;enterprisey&quot; bent to the types of answers that come up on Server Fault, but that doesn't surprise me. I think that some people suffer from the &quot;All I have is a hammer&quot; problem when they look at solving IT problems. They know a particular tool, operating system, management methodology, etc, and look to apply it to every problem. Every IT crew that I've ever contracted with has been this way, and part of the fun and challenge in working on a contract is to learn something new and to teach someone else something new at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do get the feeling, sometimes, that posters don't have any concept for what their proposed solutions would actually cost. Not every server role needs five 9's of uptime. Not every business is &quot;enterprise&quot; in its needs for change control and operational documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I happen to suffer from the curse of trying to do anything I can to get away &quot;on the cheap&quot;. It's as bad as the curse of trying to make everything &quot;enterprisey&quot;, and I Work hard to keep it in check. I try to recognize when &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; throwing money at a problem ends up making the &quot;solution&quot; more costly in the long run.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end, we all need to remember that decisions about IT, in business, are about ROI, risk tolerance, and the all mighty &quot;bottom line&quot;. No business (that wants to stay in business, at least) &quot;does IT&quot; for the sake of &quot;doing IT&quot;. The &quot;enterprisey-ness&quot; of a given IT solution needs to be based on real business need. It should not be based on the personal whim of a sysadmin who really likes SAN gear and thinks that everything needs to be on dedicated RAID-10 arrays (or, conversely, the sysadmin who thinks that backups are for wimps and uses whitebox PCs as 'servers').&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;re: questions being closed to diverted to superuser.com - I do vote to migrate questions that aren't sysadmin related. If you're talking about a BIOS update on a fleet of PCs that's one thing, but questions with a scope of a single client computer aren't &quot;sysadmin-related&quot; to me. I don't play on superuser.com, but plenty of other people do and there will be answers posted for the migrated questions from that community. I don't feel bad about voting to migrate a question, and I don't think anybody else should either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7200" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:29.367" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-14T03:31:19.373" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="275" CreationDate="2009-11-14T03:36:59.190" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The process is rather natural: people learn that there's a place where clever guys answer YOUR questions, and they go there to get their task fulfilled. Every place - either on the net or in real life - gets filled with people who are really not very appropriate, and it would have been better if there was none of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also expected to see higher concentration of clever, nice, professional people out here, but like it always does happen - they're rare. Often you can get no gratitude for your help, but it happens everywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't take it that serious: you can't the world, so just take from it the things you like and ignore everything else!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Life's short, and it's f***ing ridiculous to spend your precious time on the sulks! ;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:29.367" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-14T03:36:59.190" />
  <row Id="282" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="275" CreationDate="2009-11-14T04:03:44.673" Score="14" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;SpaceMan, don't go. To bastardize a certain famous quote: &quot;All that is necessary for the triumph of pompous admins is that good admins get frustrated and leave.&quot; So, in other words, stick around and be that force for good that you want to see. I sympathize with you completely, but if I could constructively criticize you: you're a part of the problem in that you're letting the more destructive forces' voices drown yours out. Is it tough some days to get along with the more abrasive people on this planet? Yes. But suck it up and be good in spite of it. It makes you gooder. =)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this site is community driven (although not to a 100% degree... and I suspect that it's not even anywhere near 100% community driven; However, meta is a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;whole&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 'nuther discussion), We can affect the change that we want, but not without effort or discipline.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...pause for a moment. Is it just me or am I starting to sound like a Workers' Party speach writer? Now back to regular broadcasting...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stick around and be the change you want to see. It takes effort to not let the annoying ones drag you down and to also deliberately look for the bad traits in yourself and replace them with better ones. Or you can leave and start the community that you want to see and hope that others help it to gel into a good resource.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words: &lt;strong&gt;Be a good admin. Stop seeing problems. Start seeing everything as a solution waiting to happen.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:29.367" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-14T04:03:44.673" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="275" CreationDate="2009-11-14T04:47:20.343" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have much to add in direct response that hasn't been already stated elsewhere, but being very active on the site and wanting to see it succeed I do feel compelled to point out that there is a very active community at &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;meta.stackoverflow.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ready to address issues such as this.  Nearly every point that you reference and the actions of the community that you refer to have been discussed on Meta in some form or another.  And even if not, then it is well worth raising your concerns there as well.  I have already asked that the moderators move this discussion over to Meta, where you're likely to see some more varied discussions from the non-sysadmin participants on the other sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an exmaple, here are a few specific questions that I've seen and been a part of that relate to some of your points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/26689/how-do-we-grow-the-server-fault-and-super-user-communities&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do we grow the ServerFault and SupserUser communities?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/28217/what-questions-belong-on-superuser-vs-serverfault&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What Questions belong on SupserUser vs ServerFault&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/15365/solving-problems-using-serverfault&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Solving Problems using ServerFault&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't emphasize enough the importance of raising concerns through the proper channels if you care to see anything change.  It sounds like it might be too late for you, but maybe (hopefully!) after the bike ride you will feel different and consider another go at it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ServerFault is a community.  All of the SOFU sites were developed with community in mind.  As such you will inherently see a vary wide variety of personalities.  None of us are perfect, and I put myself at the top of that list.  The choice is always yours whether or not to participate.  Personally, I hope you do and I hope you help make it better.  If not, well, then I do wish you the best of luck and I'm sorry that it didn't work out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1054" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:29.367" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-14T04:47:20.343" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="284" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="275" CreationDate="2009-11-17T12:59:51.253" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're raising multiple points, but I'll try to get at a couple of them before my attention span flitters off elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;SF was not intended to be a messageboard.  Of course people have a need to converse, but the site wasn't set up to handle that.  It was set up to handle sysadmin Q&amp;amp;A (the way votes rearrange posts nonsequentially is a big tipoff here).  Using a spork as a shovel is &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt; but there will be a lot of complaints about its ability to do the job effectively.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is SU FOR if not questions pertaining to individual systems?  By the definition you've given, everything computer-related &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; apply to sysadmin, and therefore SU has no reason to exist.  There's got to be a line somewhere.  &lt;strong&gt;Migrating questions to SU isn't some kind of punishment&lt;/strong&gt; - it's about sending the question to the place where it should get the best answers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As to the glib &amp;amp; rude responses - DOWNVOTE!!  When I get a downvote to an answer, I think long and hard about whether I'm speaking from experience or wild conjecture - about whether I've phrased my response professionally or obnoxiously, etc.  At the very least, maybe you can help downvote the snarky comments right out of existence.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:29.367" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-17T12:59:51.253" />
  <row Id="285" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-11-17T18:33:03.897" Score="2" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/26689/how-do-we-grow-the-server-fault-and-super-user-communities&quot;&gt;How do we grow the Server Fault and Super User communities?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/30036/how-do-you-define-sysadmin-related&quot;&gt;This discussion&lt;/a&gt; illustrated some of the issues.  Here are my thoughts on SF's problems:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There aren't enough experienced admins contributing.  I don't think SF has reached a critical mass yet.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There's a need for some meta about SF, but meta.stackoverflow isn't working well for it.  There aren't many of the higher-rep SF'ers here, and I don't think they're likely to come here.  I think most people who are active on SF like the way the site works so meta about details of how the sites operate isn't very interesting and doesn't draw admins over here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you ask a question, one of the hints on the side is: &quot;We prefer questions that can be answered, not just discussed.&quot;  That just doesn't work well for a lot of issues sysadmins deal with.  While it's certainly up to Joel/Jeff to decide what sort of site they want, I think if you rule out discussion questions, it makes it less interesting.  I'd like SF to be a place where I could go (and I can suggest other people go) to get answers to all sorts of sysadmin questions, not just ones that have clear-cut, step-by-step answers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I haven't thought about this one much, but it might help if there were a way to quickly filter the 0 votes/0 answers/minimal views questions.  I think a lot of these are the &quot;barely sysadmin&quot; questions that people want to ignore.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Fine, this question duplicates some of the content of that other question, but it's hardly an exact duplicate.  The &quot;problems&quot; with SF that might be limiting its popularity with sysadmins are unlikely to be the same as with SU, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anything, closing this supports my point #2 that a separate discussion of how SF could be made more vibrant makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:31.417" Title="What's wrong with ServerFault?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="285" CreationDate="2009-11-17T18:41:12.073" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Regarding nr. 4 that would cause problems with new questions, since they all meet your condition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:31.417" />
  <row Id="287" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-11-17T19:40:35.753" Score="3" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/28612/discussions-should-not-be-marked-as-duplicate&quot;&gt;Discussions should not be marked as duplicate&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could we please stop closing &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/30096/whats-wrong-with-serverfault-closed&quot;&gt;duplication questions&lt;/a&gt; on Meta?  There have been several questions discussing problems with Server Fault and every one gets closed and directed to Jeff Atwood's question.  Of course, new posts to old questions never go anywhere so it essentially kills off the discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the point?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5391" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:32.203" Title="Closing duplicate questions on Meta" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;closed-questions&gt;&lt;rant&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="11" />
  <row Id="288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="287" CreationDate="2009-11-17T19:45:16.323" Score="12" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't have anything to contribute to the original discussion, then what's the point of starting it all anew?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:32.203" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="287" CreationDate="2009-11-17T19:53:36.060" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, because many of Jeff's questions are some of the best discussions on all of meta.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have more to add to the discussion, edit or add more to the existing question.  The community growth question is only ~3 weeks old. It hasn't been around forever.  Everything said in that question is still completely relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11949" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:32.203" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="290" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="287" CreationDate="2009-11-17T19:57:08.563" Score="6" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;New posts to old questions never go&#xA;  anywhere so it essentially kills off&#xA;  the discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conversely, new questions rehashing previous discussions go around in circles and accomplish nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's far better to keep discussion on a given issue in one question so everything can be referenced from one location.  Otherwise inefficient repetition occurs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:32.203" CommentCount="0" />
  <row Id="291" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="287" CreationDate="2009-11-17T20:02:53.093" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Instead of&lt;/strike&gt; As well as simply closing (and deleting) these &lt;strike&gt;as&lt;/strike&gt; dupes, IMHO the moderators should be merging all the posts into the original discussion so that the feedback can be seen in one place. I agree that there is a problem with SF, and meta is the place to discuss it, so let's gather the information together and continue discussing!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9907" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:32.203" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="292" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="287" CreationDate="2009-11-17T20:34:51.897" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Responding to an old question just does not work as a way of starting a conversation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm not sure if Meta is the place to discuss Stack Overflow, but if it is, then there should be a tag where you can talk with others without fear of being marked a duplicate.  Most conversations start with a question about the weather, and maybe many of them are duplicate, but they have some value to the people that participate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:32.203" CommentCount="6" />
  <row Id="293" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-11-18T21:41:31.290" Score="12" ViewCount="396" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update 7th June 2010&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are all gone on Stack Overflow and Super User. ServerFault is a different story:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-superuser&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-superuser&lt;/a&gt; - 189 questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-stackoverflow&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-stackoverflow&lt;/a&gt; - 14 questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-meta&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-meta&lt;/a&gt; - 0 questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update 9th June 2010&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Overflow links for reference:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-serverfault&quot;&gt;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-serverfault&lt;/a&gt; - 0 questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-superuser&quot;&gt;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-superuser&lt;/a&gt; - 0 questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-meta&quot;&gt;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-meta&lt;/a&gt; - 0 questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Super User links for reference:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-serverfault&quot;&gt;http://superuser.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-serverfault&lt;/a&gt; - 0 questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-stackoverflow&quot;&gt;http://superuser.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-stackoverflow&lt;/a&gt; - 0 questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-meta&quot;&gt;http://superuser.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-meta&lt;/a&gt; - 0 questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately the quick retagging exploit for closed questions no longer works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1071" LastEditorUserId="1" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-03T03:31:01.037" LastActivityDate="2010-08-03T03:31:01.037" Title="There are 189 questions tagged [belongs-on-superuser] on Server Fault" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="16" />
  <row Id="294" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="293" CreationDate="2009-11-18T21:55:52.727" Score="7" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was trying to clean up a bunch of the belongs-on tags, but eventually gave up (except for new questions I see which have them). It really grinds my gears, because many of them get closed &amp;amp; migrated (hence locked) before the tag gets removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People, please, if you're voting to close a question which has one of the abominable tags on it, please, please, please remove the tag first. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And once again, I would be totally in favor of a tag blacklist containing anything that even starts with &quot;belongs-on&quot; ... (That should be easier than specifically blacklisting individually, just blacklist anything that starts with the word &quot;belong&quot;. Done!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:34.337" CommentCount="13" />
  <row Id="295" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="293" CreationDate="2009-11-18T21:57:08.357" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, if they belong on serverfault then they should have the tag.  This way someone like yourself can look them all up at once.  It adds to the organizational capabilities of the site as tags should.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5947" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:34.337" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-11-18T21:57:08.357" CommentCount="8" />
  <row Id="296" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-11-22T07:50:13.870" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see this question clearly asked and answered anywhere, it's certainly not in the ServerFault FAQ where I was trying to find it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From reading some of the stuff on meta, it seems that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the correct way to deal with a question on ServerFault that should be on SuperUser is to flag it for moderator attention with a note that the question belongs elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the wrong thing to do is to slap on a &quot;belongs-on-superuser&quot; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that about right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:37.007" Title="What should users do to move questions to the more appropriate site?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;moving-questions&gt;&lt;sffaq&gt;&lt;belongs-on&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="297" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="296" CreationDate="2009-11-22T08:28:53.363" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you have enough reputation, vote &quot;belongs on xxxxx&quot;. You can also flag the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you do not have 3k+ rep, you can flag the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Never use the &quot;belongs on xxxxx&quot; tag on any question. This has been discussed a few times and the conclusion is to not use those tags on any of the sites.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11949" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:37.007" />
  <row Id="298" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-11-22T22:04:03.167" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;No reason for these to be separate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:37.337" Title="Merge tags on serverfault [nameserver] and [nameservers]" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="299" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-12-01T00:11:46.243" Score="2" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/&quot;&gt;Server Fault&lt;/a&gt; out of public beta?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, when did it happen? Do you have a reference?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/server-fault-public-beta-launches/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Announcement of start of public beta&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5144" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:37.627" Title="When did the Server Fault public beta end?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="300" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="299" CreationDate="2009-12-01T01:13:50.907" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Server Fault finished its beta testing on &lt;strong&gt;May 27th, 2009&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1581" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:37.627" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="299" CreationDate="2009-12-01T06:45:15.710" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know that the public beta ever ended. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The term &quot;beta&quot; is only used loosely in this context&lt;/strong&gt; as the underlying software was fairly mature at this point -- we had already done a private beta, public beta, and formally removed the literal, encoded-in-the-darn-html &quot;beta&quot; tag on Stack Overflow itself (in Jan 2009 as I recall?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And since it's essentially the same software..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:37.627" />
  <row Id="302" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-12-01T23:04:51.210" Score="1" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;What's the correct way of dealing with a question that's &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/89958/nt-server-2003-running-mailserver-on-subdomain&quot;&gt;essentially a request for training?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it just a bad question (vote down) or is it &quot;not a real question&quot; or something else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:37.900" Title="How should &quot;Help me do (whatever), I'm a beginner with no idea what to do&quot; questions be dealt with?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="303" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="302" CreationDate="2009-12-01T23:11:43.257" Score="7" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The funny thing about these questions is that there is almost always a pretty good tutorial a quick google away. If you do the google, and post the link, chances are you'll collect a quick 30 points in rep and the OP will go away fairly satisfied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:37.900" />
  <row Id="304" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="302" CreationDate="2009-12-01T23:23:35.857" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question could be answered with links to various books that cover the topic as well as web sites that have more information.  It probably covers too much ground to get a self-contained answer on SF, but that doesn't, in itself, make it a bad question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you have four options: ignore it, down vote it (if you feel strongly that it doesn't belong), close (if you feel very strongly), or suggest a resource/answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd probably go with the first option unless you can come up with some helpful information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1393" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:37.900" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="305" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="302" CreationDate="2009-12-01T23:46:15.723" Score="12" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;While &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.perlmonks.org/?node=1st%20Monasterians&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Erudil's first letter to the Monasterians&lt;/a&gt; was written for the Perl Monks' Monastery, I think its message applies universally, particularly verses 4 and 5:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;Brothers and sisters, I beseech you to continue fighting the good fight, showing patience and understanding to those who come to the gates of our blessed Monastery, bereft of clues and ignorant of our ways. &lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;Do not rebuke them with harsh words such as &quot;RTFM&quot;, but rather lead them gently - with URLs - so that they may learn wisdom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:37.900" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="306" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="302" CreationDate="2009-12-01T23:52:05.103" Score="8" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it just a bad question (vote down)&#xA;  or is it &quot;not a real question&quot; or&#xA;  something else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's &quot;something else&quot;: it's a real question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that Google has a bunch of answers is irrelevant. Tutorials can be wrong, misleading, outdated, contradictory, incomplete, overwhelming and unfocused. It takes someone who knows about the subject to weed out the good ones and this is why SO exists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Honestly I wish I could slap someone in the back of the head every time they post a comment with nothing but a link to Google (or, worse, lmgtfy.com) I'd be a happier man.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:37.900" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="307" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="302" CreationDate="2009-12-02T08:07:38.510" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you don't know much about a topic, even if you research it yourself before posting on SO, you might not know how relevant or how good the data you found really is. Remember, not all tutorials are created equal. Try to guide people towards the answer, give them help in determining what's good and what to avoid. Even hints as to the correct solution might be enough for most people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not everybody wants to have others do their work, they want to do it themselves, but need guidance; we've all been there at one point in our career. The person that never ever needed any help at any point in their career is allowed to post LMGTFY (sort of like: &lt;em&gt;He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:37.900" />
  <row Id="308" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-12-02T18:45:37.723" Score="9" ViewCount="300" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it time to merge svn and subversion tags again? Below are tag counts for both tags on the trilogy sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Stack Overflow:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/svn&quot;&gt;svn&lt;/a&gt; 4523&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/subversion&quot;&gt;subversion&lt;/a&gt; 9&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Server Fault:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/svn&quot;&gt;svn&lt;/a&gt; 260&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/subversion&quot;&gt;subversion&lt;/a&gt; 161&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Super User:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com/questions/tagged/svn&quot;&gt;svn&lt;/a&gt; 100&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com/questions/tagged/subversion&quot;&gt;subversion&lt;/a&gt; 0&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:38.697" Title="Please merge svn and subversion tags (again)" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="8" />
  <row Id="309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="308" CreationDate="2009-12-04T00:32:40.810" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;del&gt;Done on stackoverflow, plus a tag dedup.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;del&gt;And again...&lt;/del&gt; &lt;sub&gt;&lt;del&gt;(Dec 7 at 9:52)&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And again...&lt;sub&gt;(Apr 23)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Waiting for another &lt;em&gt;And again...&lt;/em&gt; &lt;sub&gt;&lt;em&gt;And again...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;em&gt;And again...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;em&gt;And again...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;em&gt;And again...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;em&gt;And again...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:38.697" />
  <row Id="310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="308" CreationDate="2009-12-15T18:18:32.363" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Jeff, when is this black list up and running?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:38.697" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="311" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="308" CreationDate="2010-04-23T14:26:12.790" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did the ones on SO by hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since there were only 9 questions, next time you can take care of them yourself since you have enough rep. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/38987/how-many-retags-should-you-do-before-asking-a-moderator&quot;&gt;See here&lt;/a&gt; for guidelines on when to retag and when to ask for help. I don't mean to be snarky, but for a really trivial number of questions, the mods don't need to be called in and do extra work that we as a community can accomplish in seconds. We have the power, we should use it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The merge on SF, on the other hand, &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be done by the mod's automagic non-bumping merge process since there are quite a few that need retagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24743" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:38.697" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="312" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="308" CreationDate="2010-04-23T18:46:14.803" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Merged on Serverfault as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:38.697" CommentCount="0" />
  <row Id="313" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-12-03T16:30:32.087" Score="0" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/90676/how-does-ssh-port-forwarding-work-exactly/90688#90688&quot;&gt;While responding to a question on ServerFault&lt;/a&gt; I noticed that there seems to be a bug in the display code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using &lt;strong&gt;Bold&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;code&gt;**&lt;/code&gt;) and &lt;em&gt;Italic&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;code&gt;*&lt;/code&gt;) at the same time shows up correctly as &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;bolded italic&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; text in the preview but on the post itself. The post itself will show up as bolded text with &lt;code&gt;*&lt;/code&gt;'s on both sides.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps I'm doing something wrong? It explicitly says that it should work in the full format reference on the right side of the page and it does display correctly in the preview. I did not try using underscores.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:40.047" Title="Bold + italic Markdown formatting breaks when used on underscored text" Tags="&lt;bug&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;specific-question&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="314" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="313" CreationDate="2009-12-03T16:34:14.997" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;We disable intra-word markdown emphasis on the server, but it still shows in the preview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is by design at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need finer control use &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; as appropriate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:40.047" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="315" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="313" CreationDate="2009-12-03T16:37:53.150" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've managed to reproduce this: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;it seems that simple text works&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*underscores_screw_everything_up*&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/revisions/7cc6015b-5119-4201-a390-5f515c79a614/view-source&quot;&gt;view source for details&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My guess is that this is somehow connected to the change that SO made to Markdown such that underscores no longer trigger italics when used within_a_word...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:40.047" CommentCount="0" />
  <row Id="316" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-12-04T16:07:30.273" Score="1" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it just me, or are many users on the serverfault site not quite getting the &quot;game&quot; of selecting an accepted answer, thus encouraging further help in the future?  I've only been there a few days, but it seems like many users will comment, positively even, on answers, but not actually check them off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is a user education campaign in order, or is that just the S/A time management culture, and it ain't gonna' change?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:40.430" Title="Serverfault users not selecting an answer to questions?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;questions&gt;&lt;accepted-answer&gt;" AnswerCount="3" />
  <row Id="317" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="316" CreationDate="2009-12-06T00:27:34.340" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not spending much time on SO these days, I don't know if SF is any worse than SO, but back when I used to hang out on SO the accept rates weren't real hot there, either.  I think it's just that most people want hit-n-run answers and don't want to learn the intricate mechanics of the site.  I've learnt to deal with the raaaaaaaaage of comments on my answers saying &quot;this was awesome, thanks!!!!!&quot; with no upvote or accept.  Do the sysadminly thing, and drink heavily to forget.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:40.430" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="316" CreationDate="2009-12-06T05:17:43.770" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's happened to me a couple of times in the last week or so - more than before, though my time to date has been brief.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if account creation should include a wizard of sorts, where the user has to run through the task of asking a question, including formatting, and accept the answer before being able to post a live question.  Also, they'd have to read the FAQ &amp;amp; successfully answer questions based on FAQ content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realize that account creation was setup with the idea of the community educating, but I don't have links to various meta/etc questions onhand.  I participate in questions; there's enough education going on as it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:40.430" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="319" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="316" CreationDate="2009-12-06T10:55:38.973" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to maximize your upvotes for time invested in the site, you might refrain from answering questions for those with a rep of lower than a few hundred.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you just want to help people out who are stuck with some challenge, then just answer and see what happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally find myself somewhere in between.  Although if it really is a good answer, you will probably get some upvotes several weeks later as the thank-you-upvoters stumble across your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:40.430" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="320" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-12-28T23:59:48.587" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;hard-disk&lt;/code&gt; (46) seems to be a less-commonly used synonym for &lt;code&gt;hard-drive&lt;/code&gt; (157).  I think it'd be worth merging the former into the latter, for cleanliness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:40.937" Title="Retag request: serverfault hard-disk -&gt; hard-drive" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="321" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="320" CreationDate="2009-12-29T02:53:12.883" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;ok, I merged them up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:40.937" />
  <row Id="322" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-01-05T17:48:59.227" Score="6" ViewCount="237" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone quite new popped up on 30th December on SF and since then has posted 12 new questions in the last 9 hours, 25 in the last day and 30 in the last 6 days since the 30th.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many if not all of these questions are badly written and/or have answers readily available either via google/old-SF-q's or vmware.com's top level pages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I being a miserable old git or is this user treating the place like twitter - what's your thoughts and what can/should be done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;p.s. I have been answering their questions, but it's like having a toddler again ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1435" LastActivityDate="2010-08-02T09:20:13.123" Title="Is this new SF user posting too-many/too-poor questions" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;users&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="8" />
  <row Id="323" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="322" CreationDate="2010-01-05T18:04:04.010" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Many if not all of these questions are badly written and/or have answers readily available either via google/old-SF-q's or vmware.com's top level pages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Badly written question is always a problem, however just because the answer is readily available does not mean it shouldn't be on SF. The Goal of the trilogy is to be the Google home page, and a canonical repository of information from all over. Therefore having the answers on SF will add value, if VMWare for example decides to remove documents, which they have done in the past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:41.237" />
  <row Id="324" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="322" CreationDate="2010-01-29T02:27:34.513" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not sure if I should add this as another question but there is now a rash of new users on SF posting VMware related questions that are direct lifts of questions from various VMware Communities Forums. Some are reasonable questions but some ( like &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/107228/feature-request-make-ignored-method-list-configurable-from-the-gui&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; ) could only make sense in the support forum where they originated from. Many of the questions asked by the user referred to by Chopper3 followed the same pattern. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This doesn't appear to be an attempt to game the reputation system, and there's no obvious Spam angle that I can see but it is very irritating and I don't think that it is healthy for SF to have content that is clearly lifted from other sites without any acknowledgement. I'm happily down-voting the ones I recognize and have started to flag them but I also don't want to send a torrent of junk at the moderators if this is something that I'm alone in thinking needs to be cleaned up. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8517" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:41.237" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="325" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="329" CreationDate="2010-01-06T07:12:16.883" Score="8" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed a couple of people on SF that are &quot;spamming&quot; for a company called colasoft. If this was traditional one-liner spam I would be flagging it and moving on with my life. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However there is a reason i put spamming in quotes. Their answers aren't completely off-topic and in most cases the tool &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; have some use, just in my opinion isn't the first thing to try or in some cases the second, third or fourth thing to try. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/30191/john&quot;&gt;John here&lt;/a&gt; has been pushing colasoft products in all of his posts. The only reason it got my attention was that a month or so ago there was a user &quot;anna&quot; or somthing like that who did the same thing, just a bit more blatantly. So when I saw a post in the same pattern it twitched a nerve. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideas on how to handle this type of situation? Should i just flag it and move on with my life?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5880" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:41.637" Title="Colasoft &quot;Spammers&quot;" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;spam&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="325" CreationDate="2010-01-06T08:22:47.143" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.networkmonitor.blog.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;his website&lt;/a&gt; I can see direct links to Colasoft (on the right hand side).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that most of his answers are of little to no use. They don't contain information but only a link plus a text saying that Capsa is a packet sniffer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The least he should have done is adding a disclaimer that he's affiliated with Colasoft.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest deleting his answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:41.637" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="325" CreationDate="2010-01-06T08:24:46.420" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only time I don't flag that sort of thing as spam is when it is actually a &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; good answer that really solves the questioner's problem.  Typically, though, the spamswers are the very thinnest of answer, and if you examine the posting times it's typical that it's a search-and-spam run -- they've found a pile of questions that might be relevant and dumped largely-identical answers into all of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:41.637" />
  <row Id="328" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="325" CreationDate="2010-01-06T08:27:11.547" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As i commented earlier, and as gs posted , his &lt;a href=&quot;http://networkmonitor.blog.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;website &lt;/a&gt; IS an ad. blog for Colasoft, and i checked the Colasoft website, you can become a partner and sell their products, the links his providing on his website has the &quot;prid&quot; added which shows his a partner/reseller, &lt;b&gt;however i couldnt find direct linking in his answers, so &quot;technically&quot; his not advertising &lt;/b&gt; and he did recommend using Wireshark which is free, so unless the answer isn't related to the question, i don't think it is offensive or spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:41.637" />
  <row Id="329" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="325" CreationDate="2010-01-06T08:58:39.337" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Blatant spamming will not be tolerated. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:41.637" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="330" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="325" CreationDate="2010-01-06T09:19:17.433" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do wonder about something, though. The product John seems to be pushing is compared a lot of times with Wireshark. Since Wireshark is open-source, it would not surprise me that this company has just misused the Wireshark code behind their own user interface. The fact that the product site is hosted in China makes this even more suspicious to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe SO needs to be checked for any references to these products, making sure they're not spam...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:41.637" />
  <row Id="333" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-01-08T04:37:47.540" Score="2" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/29020/what-to-do-with-unexplained-downvotes&quot;&gt;What to do with unexplained downvotes?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/99857/installing-a-ruby-app-as-a-linux-service&quot;&gt;legit question&lt;/a&gt; on serverfault.com.  There were several good answers and no complaints.  Then, I notice I have a score of -1 on the question.  No explanation.  How can I report this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:42.273" Title="Who do I ask about unfair downvotes?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;down-votes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="334" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="333" CreationDate="2010-01-08T04:56:53.097" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't. Votes are individual expression, and people are free to vote however they wish. That being said, you can ask as a comment on your question (which I see you did).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2894" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:42.273" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="335" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-01-09T20:33:22.947" Score="5" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;On each site in the question lists, the second column from the left gives a visual cue whether the question has been answered (besides the numeric information).  For example, on Stack Overflow, red background means no answers, green background means some answers.  An additional cue indicates whether there is an accepted answer; for example it's yellow on green on Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way the same is done on Server Fault is barely readable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Instead of using the background color of the box, the color is only indicated in the thin dotted border.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &quot;accepted answer&quot; cue is apparently a slightly different shade of green, and a green instead of grey number.  This is hardly visible unless you specifically research it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/1482/serverfaultacceptcolors.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Together, this makes Server Fault much less usable than the other sites (for certain usage patterns, of course).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:42.673" Title="question list color coding on serverfault is hard to read" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;usability&gt;&lt;color&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="336" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="335" CreationDate="2010-01-09T21:47:35.803" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many factors that affect everyone's viewing: screen size, screen resolution, screen quality, eyesight, colourblindness, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The coloured boxes are a bit dainty, but I don't find it hard to differentiate between &quot;no answers&quot; and &quot;some answers&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the cardinal rules of UI design is to not use colour as the primary indicator of state. With respect to that, the design &lt;em&gt;is following&lt;/em&gt; the guideline because you can see the number of answers as a number, not just by looking at the border colour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do agree that &quot;some answers&quot; and &quot;accepted answer&quot; look very similar. However, that may be by-design so users aren't dissuaded from participating in &quot;accepted answer&quot; questions. This aspect fails to follow the UI design guideline (the tooltip on &quot;accepted answer&quot; questions don't count), but at the same time, it isn't essential information about state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24743" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:42.673" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="337" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="335" CreationDate="2010-03-28T03:22:15.213" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I decided to normalize the background color on SF from &lt;code&gt;#fdfdfd&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;#fff&lt;/code&gt; like the rest of the trilogy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I was in there I darkened up the accepted answer color as well. It was &lt;code&gt;#608A0E&lt;/code&gt; and is now &lt;code&gt;#3D5509&lt;/code&gt;. Quite a bit darker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:42.673" />
  <row Id="338" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-01-12T20:48:36.713" Score="8" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;ServerFault:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[windows][xp]&lt;/code&gt; -&gt; &lt;code&gt;[windows-xp]&lt;/code&gt; (24)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[xp]&lt;/code&gt; -&gt; &lt;code&gt;[windows-xp]&lt;/code&gt; (57)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[vista]&lt;/code&gt; (297) -&gt; &lt;code&gt;[windows-vista]&lt;/code&gt; (48)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so I guess &lt;code&gt;[vista]&lt;/code&gt; should win, but this is inconsistant with &lt;code&gt;[windows-xp]&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;[windows-7]&lt;/code&gt;... (perhaps this is where synonyms would be great)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:42.967" Title="SF: Merge/Re-tag [windows] [xp] to [windows-xp]" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="339" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="338" CreationDate="2010-01-12T20:59:42.583" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[windows-vista]&lt;/code&gt; is better than &lt;code&gt;[vista]&lt;/code&gt; even if there are fewer of those in use. However, &lt;code&gt;[vista]&lt;/code&gt; will keep coming back if synonyms aren't instituted.. :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9907" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:42.967" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="338" CreationDate="2010-03-30T08:11:00.750" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just an update: I've merged some of the most common windows-... combinations. I'll keep an eye on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:42.967" />
  <row Id="341" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-01-18T13:36:18.437" Score="0" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm doing more and more sysadmin things day-to-day (deployments, dev-infrastructure, etc), so am needing to ask questions in serverfault.com with more regularity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the questions I feel are kind of newbie - as in, I can't imagine a &quot;real&quot; sysadmin not knowing the answer to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if it would be possible to have a setting in my profile that indicates (when checked) that sysadmin stuff is not my full-time speciality...?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:43.457" Title="Feature request on serverfault.com - &quot;I'm a dev pretending to be a sysadmin&quot; checkbox" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="342" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="341" CreationDate="2010-01-18T13:39:56.413" Score="10" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could just add some text stating whatever you want on your user's &lt;em&gt;About Me&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/6213/herev.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:43.457" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="343" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="341" CreationDate="2010-01-18T13:40:32.747" Score="10" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why do you need that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your questions are just as valid as others', provided they're related to one of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;servers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;networks&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;many desktop PCs (other than your own)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;then you're fine, per the &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you really think your question is beginner, &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/beginner&quot;&gt;tag them as such&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:43.457" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="344" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="341" CreationDate="2010-01-18T14:06:33.920" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's a pretty specific piece of information most people will not be interested in. The question itself is much more relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if your prior experience (or lack of) is &lt;em&gt;relevant&lt;/em&gt; to getting a correct answer, add it to the text. Adding a bit of background information to a question is perfectly acceptable, if it helps you get a correct answer. Otherwise, it's just not that important.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1581" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:43.457" />
  <row Id="345" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="341" CreationDate="2010-01-18T14:10:32.163" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not that uncommon for a software developer to be asked to maintain the servers and network infrastructure in the case of a small company and likewise, it isn't uncommon for them to maintain a testing server that they use. As such, they may have legitimate questions to be asked on Server Fault, even if the answers are obvious to someone who does the job for a living, so there shouldn't be any problems with them asking the questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:43.457" />
  <row Id="346" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="341" CreationDate="2010-01-18T14:52:40.490" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I pretend to be a programmer, and nobody seems to notice when I post on Stack Overflow...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:43.457" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="347" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="341" CreationDate="2010-01-18T15:01:02.733" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This would have to be modified for implementation across all trilogy sites so would need a little reworking (they share the same code base, someone correct me if I'm wrong).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I also don't see the need to implement.  We see new sysadmins on SF all the time (frequently as evidenced by the question content itself).  It's very infrequent that I look at someone's profile before answering a question and as such I would rarely, if ever, see that &quot;I'm a new sysadmin&quot; checkbox.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you look at the # of views of SF profiles of some of even the highest rep users, they're really not all that high considering it's been 8 months since the site launched.  Mine's barely eclipsed 1000 in 8 months, as have the rest of the first couple of columns on the user page (except Evan and splattne who are only up past 3K).  I don't see that it's really going to help you based on the data...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1054" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:43.457" />
  <row Id="348" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-02-02T17:11:53.277" Score="1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking it's because I just registered and don't have enough reputation to Add a Comment, so on my own question it automatically shows the boxes rather than the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that doesn't quite make sense to me, wouldn't it be just as easy to show the link rather than show all these boxes? Was there a design reason behind this or is this just a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/8565/imgeb.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;I remembered the freehand circles this time.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:44.317" Title="Why does Serverfault always show the Add Comment box on answers?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;add-comment&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="349" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="348" CreationDate="2010-02-02T17:17:01.923" Score="7" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many new users were confused as to how they should respond to answers posted to their questions, and made the mistake of posting answers consisting of replies instead of commenting. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So now the comments are made more obvious for new users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;See: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/36247/rep-requirement-for-answering-own-question/36337#36337&quot;&gt;Rep-requirement for Answering Own Question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:44.317" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="350" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-02-09T00:56:44.707" Score="5" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Serverfault Retag Request:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;snowleopardserver&lt;/code&gt; x6 to &lt;code&gt;snow-leopard-server&lt;/code&gt; x13&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The latter is already favored by the community and is correctly formatted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2894" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:44.587" Title="Retag: snowleopardserver =&gt; snow-leopard-server" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="351" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="350" CreationDate="2010-02-09T03:21:13.877" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Might as well do &lt;code&gt;snowleopard&lt;/code&gt; &gt; &lt;code&gt;snow-leopard&lt;/code&gt; while you are at it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, there are two anomalous &lt;code&gt;snow&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;leopard&lt;/code&gt;-tagged questions that need to have those tags fixed into a single tag: &lt;code&gt;snow-leopard&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For such a small number of re-tags, I'd just do it myself but I don't have the rep on that system to do the editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1581" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:44.587" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="352" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-02-11T16:54:09.527" Score="1" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;These guys: &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/gpo&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/gpo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;go here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/group-policy&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/group-policy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5391" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:45.143" Title="Server Fault retag: gpo to group-policy" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" />
  <row Id="353" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-02-11T23:46:05.580" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I try to log in to Server Fault with my OpenID, but it gives me this weird username: &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/24929&quot;&gt;user24929&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, earlier, I asked &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/112085/is-buying-a-poweredge-2970-a-bad-idea&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; but I was logged out so just entered &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/34571/yan-bellavance&quot;&gt;my name and email&lt;/a&gt; and now I cannot edit this question anymore.  Can that question be transferred to my real account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:45.370" Title="When I try to log in with my OpenID, I see a weird user name" Tags="&lt;support&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="354" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="353" CreationDate="2010-02-12T00:06:22.630" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You probably want to e-mail &lt;a href=&quot;http://mailto%3ateam@stackoverflow.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;team@stackoverflow.com&lt;/a&gt; and have them merge the two accounts. The trick will be making sure that the OpenID you're using to sign in currently is the one which the other account gets merged into. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:45.370" />
  <row Id="355" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="353" CreationDate="2010-02-12T00:13:12.370" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently you cleared your cookies since you asked that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as your cookies are in place, use the &quot;register&quot; link at the top of the page to roll a unregistered (cookie-based) account into a registered (openid-based) account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:45.370" />
  <row Id="356" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-02-13T05:17:24.740" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;On ServerFault, there are tags [tape] and [tapedrive].  [tape] has 40 questions, [tapedrive] has 3. It seems that [tape] is being used for all aspects of tape backup, including questions specific to drives, and one of the [tapedrive] questions should really be under [tape].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think it's worthwhile to have two tags?  I think only [tape] is necessary, but I also see the argument that some of the existing [tape] questions which discuss tape drives should have [tapedrive] added to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17794" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:45.853" Title="SF Tag merge- tape and tapedrive?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="356" CreationDate="2010-02-15T11:26:21.450" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree. I reviewed all three &quot;tapedrive&quot; questions and added the &quot;tape&quot; tag. In one case I removed the &quot;tape-drive&quot; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:45.853" />
  <row Id="358" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-02-19T03:10:31.300" Score="0" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently removed (deleted) one of my own questions from Stack Overflow because I re-created the question under appropriate tags on Server Fault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I hadn't realized that this would &quot;permanently delete&quot; the question from SO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, I would have preferred the original question to just show a &quot;CLOSED - Transferred to Server Fault&quot; but it now appears completely deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can any admins help &quot;undelete&quot; my post ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;NEW&quot; question is &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/114489/dns-server-ms-returns-nxdomain-original-returns-noerror&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:46.270" Title="Change a question from &quot;Deleted&quot; to &quot;Closed - transferred&quot;" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;undelete&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="359" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="358" CreationDate="2010-02-19T03:13:31.590" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For future reference your best bet in that case is probably to flag for moderator attention and ask them to migrate (the term we use for moving questions between sites) it for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="623" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:46.270" />
  <row Id="360" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="358" CreationDate="2010-02-19T04:36:43.077" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming migrated questions do not get deleted from their source site, your best bet right now is probably to take the following course of action:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Delete your Server Fault question (if this is possible, if not, skip this step.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Undelete your Stack Overflow question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag your Stack Overflow question for mod attention, and mention you want it migrated and MERGED into the Server Fault question (ID #114489).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Profit?!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will get you the best of all worlds -- your SO question will be closed, but still visible and shown as migrated. The SF question you've already asked will get merged into the migration target, and you'll be set.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if migrated questions get deleted by the mods or not, though. If, as a matter of course, migrated questions get deleted from their source sites, then this may all be completely moot. If they do not, then this will get you everything you're looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:46.270" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="361" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:50:17.870" Score="4" ViewCount="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I looked in the FAQs section and searched, but maybe I'm missing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've noticed a lot of questions that have great answers that have been voted up 5-20 times for the answer, but the original questioner has never accepted an answer in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this just remain this way or is there an automated process to eventually auto-select the answer with the most up votes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or does an accepted answer really not matter overall?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Added tag per request and checked community wiki.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:46.700" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-11T13:59:14.950" Title="ServerFault - rules for questions without accepted answers?" Tags="&lt;answers&gt;&lt;sffaq&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="362" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="361" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:08:12.920" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's up whoever posted the question to accept an answer. Answers are not automatically accepted regardless of how many up votes they get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="355" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:46.700" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-11T14:08:12.920" />
  <row Id="363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="361" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:10:20.653" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have two questions (one admittedly isn't really a question) that i don't feel have been satisfactorily answered and are now dormant. I would like to know if I can delete them or in some other way stop them from cluttering up the unanswered questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;JR&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:46.700" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-11T14:10:20.653" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="364" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="361" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:11:04.100" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;An answer may be very popular and technically correct without actually answering the posters actual question - i.e. it is not helpful to the poster.  This can happen for a variety of reasons but the poster is ultimately responsible for marking the answer as accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1447" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:46.700" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-11T14:11:04.100" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="361" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:21:20.147" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As folks have said, there's no process to auto-accept an answer to a &quot;normal&quot; question.  There do exist, though, &quot;above-normal&quot; questions that have a reputation bounty offered on them.  These questions DO get accepted automatically after 7 days if the asker does not accept an answer him/herself.  The top-voted answer will receive the acceptance and thus the bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1054" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:46.700" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-11T14:21:20.147" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="366" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="361" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:40:01.437" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure where we add feature requests, but it would be nice if moderators could accept an answer (or someone with a certain amount of reputation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many cases were a question has been obviously answer, but the OP hasn't returned.  Other times the highest voted answer is good enough for the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another suggestion would be multiple accepted answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5391" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:46.700" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-11T14:40:01.420" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="367" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:03:09.673" Score="5" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;This isn't obvious to me from the FAQ, so I'd like to know if SF is a good place to ask these kinds of questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why does KB-xyzzy not install on our mail server? Here are the error codes I get... (MS support instead?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am getting the following blue-screen crash on one of our Vista workstations, can you help me diagnose the cause? (Google for error code?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On login one of my users is getting a crash from MS service foobar.exe, how can I fix? (MS support again?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a pile of things in the event logs for our servers that I want to either understand or resolve, and I'm afraid that if I post questions about each here I'll get smacked down with a &quot;this is why you should call tech support&quot;. I've had terrible luck with tech support on some of our vendors (though some are stellar, and I always go to them first).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And of course I've found that if I search the web for a DLL or driver filename involved in a bluescreen crash, or an error code, I end up with thousands of pages of fools shooting HijackThis logs at each other. Or &quot;dllandexeinfo.com&quot; hits that are trying to sell virus software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is SF the right place to ask questions about diagnosing problems like the above examples?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My instinct says &quot;it depends&quot;. Some questions are just too specific to a particular setup to be useful to anyone except the person asking (voiding the point of asking on a public forum). But others, such as a driver crash, could be very broad in usefulness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:48.133" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-07T22:02:36.640" Title="Is ServerFault an appropriate place to ask about..." Tags="&lt;sffaq&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="368" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="367" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:07:22.270" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I say: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1)&lt;/strong&gt; - Yes, errors installing software on the mail server == serverfault&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2)&lt;/strong&gt; - No, single workstation issues belong on superuser &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3)&lt;/strong&gt; - I could see it going either way. It could be a problem with the domain account, in which case it belongs here, or a problem on the workstation, in which it belongs on superuser. Since you really can't tell until it's been debugged, I don't think it would get kicked back from either. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or you catch the mods in a really bad mood and it gets booted from both. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4392" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:48.133" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-07T20:09:28.053" />
  <row Id="369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="367" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:31:17.573" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this would be a good application of Attwood's rule #628 (apocryphal number) from &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.fogbugz.com/default.asp?W29056&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;StackOverflow podcast&lt;/a&gt;: &quot;if you paid your own money for that machine, it's probably not a good question for Server Fault.&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of the three questions you posted above fit in that bracket, if you have searched for a solution and not found one then ServerFault is a good place for your questions. I would suggest not posting them all at once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are no stupid questions!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="282" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:48.133" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-07T20:31:17.557" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="370" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="367" CreationDate="2009-06-07T22:54:08.203" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have to say that if you think you should call tech support you probably should call tech support.  Serverfault is a great resource but I've seen too many just plain wrong answers that have been voted up to the top of the pile to trust without having a test server onhand to verify whatevers been suggested for a production server.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Event log questions seem to be a great fit.  Even more of a fit is how to troubleshoot any particualr problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;as far as single workstation issues I'd say problems on &lt;strong&gt;your&lt;/strong&gt; workstation belong on superuser, problems fixing a &lt;strong&gt;users&lt;/strong&gt; workstation belong on serverfault.  Fixing users systems is one of the things a sysadmin gets called on to do more and more especially as the desktop support guys get laid off&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:48.133" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-07T22:54:08.190" />
  <row Id="371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="367" CreationDate="2009-06-07T23:03:29.980" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I actually think this is an excellent question because it will help new users determine what is appropriate on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For event log errors, your best friend is &lt;a href=&quot;http://eventid.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://eventid.net&lt;/a&gt; - you can search for free but paying the annual subscription is worth it. It's something like twenty dollars and you get links directly to relevant resources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can't resolve your problem that way, then I would have thought it was a legitimate question for SF.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:48.133" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-07T23:03:29.963" />
  <row Id="372" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="367" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:55:03.513" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think your answer sums it up pretty well, Matt.  Though I wanted to post some samples, because it seems like there's still a lot of murk around this topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/21690/uninstalling-vs-2008-team-suite-closed&quot;&gt;VS2008 installation&lt;/a&gt; (closed)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/24231/intel-atom-330-as-a-server-machine-closed&quot;&gt;Workstation to server OS&lt;/a&gt; (closed)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/23279/how-to-enable-right-click-select-in-windows-explorer-closed&quot;&gt;Windows 7 behavior troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt; (closed)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;vs.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/1938/what-benefits-are-there-to-running-a-64-bit-operating-system&quot;&gt;Workstation Theory&lt;/a&gt; (reopened)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearly &quot;workstation&quot; is not taboo in itself, but maybe a good question to ask is &quot;does this belong on superuser?&quot;  Obviously VS2008 installation is something with relevance to the workplace, yet it was closed - it seems that the goal of this site is to serve a particular niche.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that &lt;strong&gt;good&lt;/strong&gt; questions can and should be closed - &lt;strong&gt;when they do not match up with the intent of the site&lt;/strong&gt;.  According to the types of questions that Jeff closes, and according to the FAQ - that intent is not for workstation/helpdesk type questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:48.133" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-12T18:55:03.513" />
  <row Id="373" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-02-22T19:09:23.423" Score="2" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/39613/legitimate-ways-for-users-to-protest-irrelevant-sponsorship-of-tags&quot;&gt;legitimate ways for users to protest irrelevant sponsorship of tags&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ok, fine, Redgate has tools for Exchange and SQL Server, so maybe it makes sense to have the annoying little rg on exchange and sql-server tags (although it's arguable even there, since not every Exchange question is about archiving, and that's what all Redgate's ads are for).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there are also rg's on email and backup tags, which make no sense at all.  The first page of questions tagged &quot;email&quot; has only a few Exchange questions, so it's irrelevant to have ads for an Exchange archiving tool all over the place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How about getting rid of the rg's altogether?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:48.833" Title="Are the rg tags getting out of control on ServerFault?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;tags&gt;&lt;advertising&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="373" CreationDate="2010-02-22T19:14:29.000" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;They pay money to be advertised on those tags and they get it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may be annoying, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/24065/user-script-to-remove-so-sponsored-tag-advertisements&quot;&gt;there are Greasemonkey scripts to deal with it&lt;/a&gt;, but think of it this way:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would you pay to use Server Fault (Or Stack Overflow)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that number is not zero, then consider this the price you pay for not having to pay that money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="394" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:48.833" />
  <row Id="375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="373" CreationDate="2010-02-22T19:21:02.620" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe they can be hidden for users with more than 200 rep (which is an &lt;strong&gt;extremely small&lt;/strong&gt; percentage)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:48.833" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="376" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-02-26T15:54:04.773" Score="4" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I load SF question/answer view there's a banner ad that appears at the top and then quickly flashes away. Is this a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I managed to get a pic :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6328/73447634.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:49.207" Title="Woah, SF has top-banner ads?" Tags="&lt;bug&gt;&lt;status-bydesign&gt;&lt;ads&gt;" AnswerCount="3" />
  <row Id="377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="376" CreationDate="2010-02-26T15:56:45.673" Score="10" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Top ads will show up on the site if you have less than 200 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for it flashing away, do you have any ad-blocking software/plugins?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:49.207" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="378" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="376" CreationDate="2010-02-26T15:56:49.590" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No that's not a bug - those adverts appear until you clear 200 reputation - your screenshot shows you're currently at 133.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:49.207" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="379" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="376" CreationDate="2010-02-26T15:58:58.133" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The ads are normal for users under 200 rep.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the flashing, are you running an AdBlock in Chrome?  I think this is due to an issue to the way the AdBlock works.  It doesn't have as deep of an integration with Chrome as it does with Firefox, so it actually hides the ads after they are loaded, hence the short flash and then disappearing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://code.google.com/p/adblockforchrome/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Chrome Ad-block FAQ&lt;/a&gt;, has more info on how ads are blocked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:49.207" />
  <row Id="380" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-03-05T13:19:36.843" Score="4" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Stack overflow podcast has always been very tightly focussed on the SO community and programming related conversation. Obviously this is inevitable when the two presenters are both programmers, and I'm not complaining, there is SF and SU content included from time time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it would be interesting if there could perhaps be a one off (or occasional) Serverfault orientated podcast, perhaps discussing some issues that are more related to to SysAdmin type things, and maybe getting in some of the top SysAdmin bloggers or high profile Sysadmins as guests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not saying there should be a new Serverfault podcast, or the existing one should focus more on Serverfault more often (although that would be nice) but a one off edition would be an acknowledgement of all the hard work people are doing on SF, and may perhaps encourage more users who've not heard about SF to use it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, just a thought.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:49.650" Title="Serverfault orientated podcast" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;&lt;podcast&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="381" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="380" CreationDate="2010-03-05T13:31:51.623" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/11/podcast-75/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; title=&quot;oh so long ago&quot;&gt;Podcast #75 guest stars Tom Limoncelli&lt;/a&gt; of Everything Sysadmin and regales you with a banging bucks' worth of sysadmin content on the Stack Overflow podcast series.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:49.650" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="382" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-03-07T00:28:35.810" Score="4" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are probably a few others but saw these while searching for an issue I have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;win2k3 (16) -&gt; windows-server-2003 (1580)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;windows-server-2003-r2 (10) -&gt; windows-server-2003 (1580)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;windows-server-2008-sp2 (4) -&gt; windows-server-2008 (1413)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:49.890" Title="Windows Server 2003 tags on ServerFault" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="383" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="382" CreationDate="2010-03-07T17:10:34.903" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Those questions tagged [windows-server-2008-sp2] probably relate directly to issues with Service Pack 2, so I don't know if it would be appropriate to genericise that tag. However, [windows-server-2008] should certainly be added so they can be found in a more generic search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9907" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:49.890" />
  <row Id="384" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-03-09T18:31:22.597" Score="3" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally I like 'domain-registrar' better but it seems as though 'registrar' gets used much more. Either way I don't think we need both tags. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also up for discussion:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;domain(213)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;domains(28)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;domain-name(55)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;domainname(2)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;domain-names(1)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though I can these being a problem since some I'm sure some are referring to windows domains and some to website domains.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:50.067" Title="Retag 'registrar' and 'domain-registrar'" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="384" CreationDate="2010-03-09T18:45:09.750" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the &lt;code&gt;domain-registrar&lt;/code&gt; should be used despite the stats (&lt;code&gt;registrar&lt;/code&gt; ×20, &lt;code&gt;domain-registrar&lt;/code&gt; ×2), but the majority ones for the others (&lt;code&gt;domain&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;domain-name&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5947" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:50.067" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="384" CreationDate="2010-03-10T08:13:53.473" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do you really see any ambiguity in the future where we someone would use registrar and not mean a provider of DNS services?  Personally I am a big fan of using the most simple tag whenever possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I retagged domainname and domain-names to domain-name since that one is pretty clear.  I also retagged subdomains(3) to subdomain(100) while I was at it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:50.067" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="387" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-03-14T18:50:41.407" Score="5" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe If I could transfer points specifically to use for bounties (only for bounties) from&#xA;sisters sites (like stackoverflow) to other sites, &lt;strong&gt;just for the sake&lt;/strong&gt; of opening bounties, I would have used this a lot. As, for example, I need stuff especially from serverfault, as answers there tend to save a lot of time.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;You might suggest I participate and answer stuff...sadly, I am not that expert on server issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[edit]=I removed the part on buying as I am convinced it is not &quot;worth it&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:50.640" Title="Transfer bounty points" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;&lt;bounty&gt;&lt;business-model&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="388" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="387" CreationDate="2010-03-14T19:04:56.340" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It adds complexity for something that I don't believe is necessary. Also - as we already discussed ad nauseum - &quot;buying&quot; points (even if they can only be used for bounties) is against the spirit of the websites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:50.640" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="389" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="387" CreationDate="2010-03-14T19:20:27.263" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can understand the wish to buy bounty points, but in addition to buying points for money being against the basic spirit of the trilogy, money transfer would pose enormous (and expensive) technical and tax obstacles for negligeable amounts of money that would never yield any kind of profit. Simply can't be done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea of transferring points from associated accounts on sister sites, though, I find very good, and I can't see any obvious possibilities of abuse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:50.640" />
  <row Id="390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="387" CreationDate="2010-03-14T19:30:10.087" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every time I visit the paper towel department, I see a collection of questions that have perfectly valid, reasonable, not-accepted answers. 'Bounty'-land seems, at least on so.com, to be the home of people unwilling to accept the necessary non-squareness of circles. So I'm -1 on expending any effort on anything related to bounties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:50.640" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="391" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-03-14T23:01:57.800" Score="4" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/45734/the-coolest-server-names&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/45734/the-coolest-server-names&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.41085.org/WhereBeTheComments.png&quot; alt=&quot;No Comments!&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FireFox 3.5.7&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just noticed the following two errors are caught:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Error: styleCode is not defined&#xA;Source File: http://serverfault.com/questions/45734/the-coolest-server-names&#xA;Line: 41&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Error: w.find(&quot;textarea&quot;).charCounter is not a function&#xA;Source File: http://sstatic.net/sf/js/question.js?v=6383&#xA;Line: 1&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also just noticed that I can't click on the vote numbers to see the breakdown either (cursor just stays as a normal &lt;code&gt;I&lt;/code&gt; cursor, not a select cursor)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:51.060" Title="Clicking button to show more comments... doesn't" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;comments&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="391" CreationDate="2010-03-14T23:10:27.763" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like it goes through a transition state where it first enables the comment field, then inserts all the other comments, and for some reason got stuck after it brought up the comment field.  I'm not sure why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm able to get all the comments just fine (Firefox 3.7).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5947" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:51.060" />
  <row Id="393" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="391" CreationDate="2010-03-14T23:39:30.600" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;F5&lt;/kbd&gt; usually helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; What, no &lt;code&gt;kbd&lt;/code&gt; styles on Meta? Bug report coming up!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:51.060" CommentCount="6" />
  <row Id="394" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="391" CreationDate="2010-03-14T23:49:09.850" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've had comment display trouble with FireFox occasionally. Sometimes a reload will fix it. If that doesn't help try clearing the cache (which has been the sovereign remedy for me).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="623" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:51.060" />
  <row Id="395" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-03-15T16:40:56.757" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Most Close Votes tab in the tools page on serverfault (and maybe on other sites, can't get into the tools page on other sites) does not seem to be showing the correct values.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you look at it currently, there is a question on there entitled 'What is better - 12x1 Gb RAM vs 3x4 Gb RAM?' which says it has 1 close vote, however if you go to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/121683/what-is-better-12x1-gb-ram-vs-3x4-gb-ram&quot;&gt;question itself&lt;/a&gt; it has 4 close votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:52.007" Title="Bug with number of close votes on summary page" Tags="&lt;bug&gt;&lt;status-bydesign&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="396" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="395" CreationDate="2010-03-15T17:05:12.357" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 10k tools page shows the number of close votes in the selected time range (the last day, the last two days, 7 days,... depending on what you selected). The question page instead shows the total number of active close votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:52.007" />
  <row Id="397" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="395" CreationDate="2010-03-15T17:10:07.487" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Oddly, I've noticed a different bug with that list: a question that has been &lt;em&gt;closed and reopened&lt;/em&gt; will be listed under the &lt;em&gt;close votes&lt;/em&gt; section with some (usually high) number of close votes, but the question page shows no current close votes.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com/questions/118550/anyone-know-a-windows-application-i-can-use-to-play-music-with-others-in-real-tim&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; is a good example (currently &lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com/tools?tab=close&amp;amp;daterange=last7days&quot;&gt;top of the &lt;em&gt;most close votes&lt;/em&gt; list&lt;/a&gt; in the 7-day view).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can only see the tools on Super User, but I've never noticed the behavior you describe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:52.007" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="398" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="401" CreationDate="2010-03-21T00:42:13.043" Score="29" ViewCount="349" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've come across an example of reputation gaming on VMware Communities where users are using ServerFault to boost reputation over there by asking questions here. We've discussed the pattern of verbatim posts of VMware Communities questions by certain users (&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/23439/toretrygg&quot;&gt;ToreTrygg&lt;/a&gt; and his aliases\buddies who is clearly involved in this particular example too) before but it seemed that if the questions were OK and the answers were good it was no major problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I just had the odd experience of reading a thread on VMware Communities only to realize as I was reading it that I'd written the comments even though I never post answers there. There were answers of mine from ServerFault cut and pasted verbatim as a series of comments along with an answer by Chopper3 to the same question. This all appears to be a gaming exercise by some enterprising users of the VMware Communities site but they're gaming the rep system over there, not the system here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://communities.vmware.com/thread/259850&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;VMware thread is here&lt;/a&gt;. The ServerFault question with the answers and comments from Chopper3 and me that got lifted &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/123032/vds-vcenter-problem/123128#123128&quot;&gt;is here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The original question on the VMware Communities site by a user called Rick is almost certainly genuine, the question was lifted verbatim, posted here and then the answers posted here were poured back into the VMware communities site in order to bump up their rep level there (chasing the vExpert tag I assume). At least one vExpert (&lt;a href=&quot;http://communities.vmware.com/people/AnatolyVilchinsky&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Anatoly Vilchinsky&lt;/a&gt;) seems to have no problem participating in the exercise. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to take it up over on the VMware communities site which is probably where this needs to be sorted out but I'm wondering if this is an issue that is a concern for the sites here, after all this is blatant lifting of our content without attribution but it does generate (some) good questions and answers here. If it is undesirable is there anything that can be done about this sort of thing? Are there other examples out there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edited to add&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I've raised this with VMware but I don't expect a rapid response, there is no specific &quot;report this post\user&quot; contact info in the Communities site so I've had to  go through VMware's main web site contact form.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;STRIKE&gt;&#xA;While submitting my request that the posts be corrected with the correct attribution I noted that &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vmware.com/help/legal.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;VMware's own copyright notice&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;em&gt;&quot;Except where otherwise specified, the contents of this site are copyright (c) 1998-2010 VMware, Inc.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;) seems to raise serious issues about the reposting of the original question here. There may be issues with the question itself (and others) since posting it here appears to contravene VMware's copyright even if the original poster here was the same person who posted it on the VMware Community site (which is possible but doesn't seem likely). &lt;/STRIKE&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(I'd mistaken the site wide VMware legal notice for the specific terms of reference for VMware Communities, waiwai933 pointed to the correct &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vmware.com/communities/content/community_terms/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Terms of Service&lt;/a&gt; which are more permissive)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8517" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:52.443" Title="What to do about external rep scamming" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;gaming-the-system&gt;&lt;plagiarism&gt;" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="0" />
  <row Id="399" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="398" CreationDate="2010-03-21T00:48:42.273" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;SOFU is licensed under CC-BY-SA. As long as they cite your username, link back to the post, and make their own work CC-BY-SA, there's nothing wrong with what they're doing, at least as far as SOFU is concerned. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they do not meet the conditions of the CC-BY-SA license, you should immediately, issue a DMCA Takedown Notice to the OSP, which would be VMware communities (and their host, if they fail to comply). Ensure that you meet all the requirements listed &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMCA_takedown_notice#Notice_from_Copyright_Owner&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt; While it may seem excessive to issue a Takedown Notice, this is the proper legal way to do it. If you feel nervous about this, then you may want to just email them and inform about this violation informally but politely and firmly. If they decline, issue the Takedown Notice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regardless of whether or not you are credited, I do suggest you inform VMware communities because they probably have some sort of their system being gamed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; Regarding your update on the situation, please note that VMware Communities is bound to a different copyright license. Regardless, Section 6 of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vmware.com/communities/content/community_terms/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Terms of Service&lt;/a&gt; states that you grant certain rights to VMware Communities that CC-BY-SA doesn't allow people to grant unless they're the original poster. So it's looking like it depends on whether or not the user was the OP here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2894" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:52.443" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="398" CreationDate="2010-03-21T02:20:57.657" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The user who posted the question, could very well be the same person who posted the original. So there doesn't appear to be a problem there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://communities.vmware.com/message/1495632#1495632&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This response on VMware&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;from &lt;a href=&quot;http://communities.vmware.com/people/AnatolyVilchinsky&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Anatoly Vilchinsky&lt;/a&gt; is definitely a copy of&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/123032/vds-vcenter-problem/123116#123116&quot;&gt;this post on Server Fault&lt;/a&gt;. Which &lt;strong&gt;does&lt;/strong&gt; appear to be a license violation, because &lt;a href=&quot;http://communities.vmware.com/people/AnatolyVilchinsky&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Anatoly Vilchinsky&lt;/a&gt; does &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; appear to be the same person as &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/8517/helvick&quot;&gt;Helvick&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There appears to be another license violation with &lt;a href=&quot;http://communities.vmware.com/message/1495959#1495959&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this response&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://communities.vmware.com/people/ToreTrygg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ToreTrygg&lt;/a&gt;. Which is nearly an exact copy of &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/123032/vds-vcenter-problem/123128#123128&quot;&gt;this post on Server Fault&lt;/a&gt;. Although &lt;a href=&quot;http://communities.vmware.com/people/ToreTrygg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ToreTrygg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be the same person as &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/1435/chopper3&quot;&gt;Chopper3&lt;/a&gt;, it does appear unlikely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main problem from the Server Fault point of view, is that they violated the cc-wiki license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There isn't much we can do, other than inform the people behind the VMware community site. And possibly suing them for copyright violation, if they refuse to add an attribution, or take down the offending posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:52.443" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="401" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="398" CreationDate="2010-03-30T01:00:43.173" Score="12" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;John Troyer from VMware here -- &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Helvick, thanks for alerting us to the situation. We are investigating right now and we'll take appropriate action. Posting material to which you do not have rights to is a violation of our Community Terms of Use. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions: jtroyer@vmware.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:52.443" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="402" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="398" CreationDate="2010-04-01T21:53:32.273" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is Alex Maier (http://communities.vmware.com/people/amaier650), Communities Manager at VMware.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have found several examples of such misuse where legitimate questions from VMware communities have been posted on Serverfault and answers given by users there were copied back into the VMware communities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will be reaching out to the admins of Serverfault/Stackoverflow to solve this issue. If any of the ones reading this thread are admins, do let me know how to best reach you. For now, I will use the team@ email addresses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cheers,&#xA;Alex&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:52.443" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="403" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="398" CreationDate="2010-04-02T05:48:45.000" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thank you for bringing this to our attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alex Maier of the VMWare forums was kind enough to contact us and let us know he is following up on &lt;em&gt;his&lt;/em&gt; end, and we are following up on &lt;em&gt;our&lt;/em&gt; end. There will be consequences for these users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:52.443" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="398" CreationDate="2010-04-02T06:58:37.560" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This isn't a direct answer but more of an expanded comment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I say this practice can be fair, IF and only IF they provide a link to the original source and community wiki all copied posts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can make it easier to add extra knowledge to the trilogy. But we also do not want reputation being given when it is not deserved. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE&lt;/strong&gt; I do say that the currently attrition-less posts should be taken down. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:52.443" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="405" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-03-24T21:59:19.983" Score="3" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I answered &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/125785/how-do-i-configure-iis-7-discount-asp-net-to-point-subdomains-at-application-s&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question on Serverfault earlier today, a user wanted to know how he could redirect from a subdomain to an application. I gave the user a number of options, one of which was URL Rewriting. The user asked how he could to this, so I pointed him to an article that walked him through URL rewriting and how to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I then saw the user had posted a question, asking how to do the rewriting, then 4 minutes later posted the answer to his own question, great! However as you can see from &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/125851/rewrite-rule-to-redirect-subdomains-to-subdirectories-in-iis7&quot;&gt;the question&lt;/a&gt; the user then added a comment saying &quot;Thanks for nothing server fault&quot;. This wound me up a bit, I was quite annoyed that had he not come to serverfault he would never have known that URL Rewriting would solve his problem, so I ranted a little, maybe I shouldn't have, but hey. Anway the users response was that I shouldn't have spoon fed him, I should have given him a straight answer that he could use directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I believe that if I can show a user how to do something so they understand the principle and can use it again, then that is better than just telling them exactly how to solve their specific problem, but am I in the wrong here, should I just have explained to the user how to solve his exact problem, is this how we should answer every question and stop trying to teach users how to do things, just answer questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've noticed the questions getting some downvotes now, I didn't post to get revenge on the guy, It's a valid question, and a valid answer and doesn't deserve downvotes, it may be of use to someone in the future. I just didn't like the way things ended up and wanted to know what others thought.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:53.750" Title="Giving Answers or Helping to Learn?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;answering-questions&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="406" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="405" CreationDate="2010-03-24T22:19:30.987" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, FWIW, I agree with your reaction. The OP should have posted the specific answer in the original question thread pointing out that the pointers in your answer had helped him figure out the specific solution to his problem. He could have then accepted his own answer with beneficial results for the community. There was no need for the &quot;thanks for nothing&quot; comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, I think you have enough rep to vote to close the second question as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:53.750" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="407" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="405" CreationDate="2010-03-24T22:32:56.950" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A pedagogical response is &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, not all posters will appreciate it, and you may not get as many votes as a finished answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP's complaints are pretty much par for the course from the ever-so-entitled set, and are slightly out of line, but I would recommend letting it go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="623" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:53.750" />
  <row Id="408" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-03-25T10:58:26.067" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are currently around 400 questions tagged Exchange, and 16 tagged Exchange-Server. Obviously we don't need both, and I would say we get rid of Exchange-Server as there are less questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, we do have a windows-server tag for generic questions about Windows Server, so maybe we should get rid of the Exchange tag and use Exchange-Server for non version specific Exchange questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any thoughts on what's best, and can a Mod please do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:54.633" Title="SF Retag Request: [Exchange-Server] -&gt; [Exchange] or the other way" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="409" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="408" CreationDate="2010-03-29T10:56:59.153" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Retag completed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:54.633" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="410" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-04-05T10:26:10.007" Score="12" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know my way around Server Fault so I thought I'd ask first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am in the process of taking down a Windows Server, and had to back up a number of Subversion repositories (&gt;10) from there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To do this automatically using &lt;code&gt;svndump&lt;/code&gt;, you have to build a small script that lists all the directories in your repositories dir, and runs a &lt;code&gt;svndump&lt;/code&gt; on all of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The syntax to do this varies from Windows to Windows. Because I need to do this 1-2 times a year max, I have to look up how to do it on the Internet every time, and usually try 3-4 different MSDN pages, blog entries, and forum posts until one solution finally works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it appropriate to start a question on Server Fault named &quot;How to dump multiple repositories on various operating systems&quot;, make it CW, and post my answer for Windows 2003 Server? Partly so I know where to look for it next time, and partly obviously because it would be useful for others as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no such question on Server Fault at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:55.220" Title="Is this &quot;note to self&quot; appropriate to post on Server Fault?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;questions&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="410" CreationDate="2010-04-05T10:29:49.047" Score="13" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Simply phrase it as a Jeopardy question and give others the time to answer it for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You never know, you might learn something new in the process!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the rest I don't see any objections&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:55.220" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="412" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-04-07T20:15:38.903" Score="0" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just out of interest - I'm not looking to get the poor guy's question closed, just to get a feel for things on server fault - would &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/130266/whats-the-best-programs-used-to-recover-a-deleted-pst-file&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;normally be considered a duplicate of&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/50935/need-decent-undelete-utility-for-windows&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;on SF?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because on SO, it probably would.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not a 3k+ user on SF so I can't see how many close votes there are in place (which is really, really a missing feature by the way IMO. One should be able to see that kind of information.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:56.093" Title="Is this regarded a duplicate on SF?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;specific-question&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="413" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="412" CreationDate="2010-04-07T20:30:55.887" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it's a dupe.  It currently has 4 close votes (mine being the first) to move to SU where it really belongs.  So it'll get moved instead of closed as a dupe.  Your comment was good to point out the dupe in this situation.  It'll probably get closed as a dupe on SU as well, since Kara pointed out a simiar question in a comment on the SF question you linked to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1054" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:56.093" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="414" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-04-10T15:13:41.143" Score="4" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just spent a few hours re-tagging a few hundred questions on serverfault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mostly this was to remove 20XX tags, and as they can be ambiguous (eg SQL 2008 vs Windows 2008, etc.) there's no easy way to automatically re-tag, but it makes sense that people create them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be great if they could be blocked with a specific message, something like &quot;Years are not useful tags, you probably are referring to a software version, if so use the full name as the tag, for example: windows-server-2008, exchange-2007&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is somewhat a dupe of: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/31184/what-can-be-done-about-ambiguous-tagging&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/31184/what-can-be-done-about-ambiguous-tagging&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:56.457" Title="Prevent ambiguous tags" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="415" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-04-12T17:16:13.283" Score="3" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;On serverfault&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;web-hosting&lt;/code&gt; has 226 questions vs. &lt;code&gt;webhosting&lt;/code&gt; with 21 questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please retag &lt;code&gt;webhosting&lt;/code&gt; -&gt; &lt;code&gt;web-hosting&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:56.793" Title="serverfault retag webhosting -&gt; web-hosting" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="415" CreationDate="2010-04-15T11:59:55.593" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've merged the tags. I also reviewed and removed/merged the &quot;webhost&quot; tag which in all six cases was used as synonym to &quot;web-hosting.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:56.793" />
  <row Id="417" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-04-13T22:20:38.733" Score="5" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;This answer to a question &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/132126/web-based-open-source-ftp/132131#132131&quot;&gt;132126&lt;/a&gt; on serverfault mentions a specific product and provides a link to download an installer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I see a link directly to an exe should I edit out the link directly to the installer and link to the download-page or product-page?  Or Should I mind my own business and assume everyone will be as parnaoid as I am and double check that the link is the official site and location instead of malware?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-07-25T19:34:26.113" Title="Should something be done about links that are direct to executable content?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;executable&gt;" AnswerCount="5" />
  <row Id="418" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="417" CreationDate="2010-04-13T22:24:50.877" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may have your cake and eat it too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go to the official site, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;check the download link,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;compare with posted link&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If not, edit accordingly,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Profit!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;It's exactly the same reason I edit out shortened links.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:57.017" />
  <row Id="419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="417" CreationDate="2010-04-13T22:25:28.050" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think what you did was OK. The OP answered your concerns by editing the post to indicate that it was a direct link to an exe and by explaining why he linked to it the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you edit the link to point at download or product page then you might be losing vital information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have enough rep you could edit the question to add something along the lines of &quot;(this is a direct link to an exe, proceed with caution)&quot;. You could &lt;em&gt;add&lt;/em&gt; a link to the download page as well so that people have easy access to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1071" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:57.017" />
  <row Id="420" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="417" CreationDate="2010-04-13T22:29:09.017" Score="9" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would change it to point to the download page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why? Two reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Versions change. Sometime soon that link will be outdated, but the link to the download page will (probably) not.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's nice to let people read just a little from the site before downloading an exe. I'd like at least a little indication that I'm getting what I think I'm getting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="531" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:57.017" />
  <row Id="421" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="417" CreationDate="2010-04-14T03:34:20.667" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should change it to the download page.  And just for fun change it to a scary ShadyURL[1] link!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[1]  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.shadyurl.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.shadyurl.com&lt;/a&gt; --  &quot;Don't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frightening.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:57.017" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="422" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-04-16T15:21:42.530" Score="7" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see logic behind a network and a networking tag, does anyone else?  Can they be merged into Networking if that is the case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/network&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;[network]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (425)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;[networking]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (1211)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastEditorUserId="1803" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-10T22:12:42.643" LastActivityDate="2010-08-10T22:12:42.643" Title="Serverfault Tag Merge network/networking" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" />
  <row Id="423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="422" CreationDate="2010-04-16T17:45:46.350" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally I think this probably will need to wait until &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/2779/could-the-tagging-system-be-enhanced-to-support-tag-synonyms&quot;&gt;tag synonyms&lt;/a&gt; are available.  Until synonyms or a &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/19018/implement-a-tag-black-list&quot;&gt;blacklist&lt;/a&gt; is available people will continue to use the [network] tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:57.373" />
  <row Id="424" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="422" CreationDate="2010-04-26T11:28:19.720" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did some research on that topic. I found no evidence that there were differences in usage of both terms. So I've gone ahead and merged the &lt;code&gt;[network]&lt;/code&gt; tag into the (more often used) &lt;code&gt;[networking]&lt;/code&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:57.373" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="425" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-04-28T11:56:58.387" Score="8" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;Server Fault is getting questions migrated to it that are not appropriate to it, because the close reason associated with migration to SF is overly general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the migrate to SF close reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;migrated to serverfault.com by $CLOSERS $TIMESINCE ago&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  This question is server or system administration related, and is a better fit for Server Fault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the SF FAQ talks of administration of servers, networks, or many machines.  It's easy to see why SO moderators who are not familiar with SF might think SF is a reasonable target for &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2727828/how-to-test-filesystem-in-linux&quot;&gt;questions such as this&lt;/a&gt; given that description.  But it's &lt;em&gt;wrong&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Request&lt;/strong&gt;: change migrate reason to say &quot;This question is about servers, networks or the administration of many machines, and so is a better fit for Server Fault&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other examples&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;mdash; This is CW, so feel free to add other examples of questions wrongly migrated to SF that might have benefitted from the proposed wording.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/135619/ubuntu-hard-disk-problem&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/135619/ubuntu-hard-disk-problem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/136826/add-group-rwx-permissions-to-a-folder&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/136826/add-group-rwx-permissions-to-a-folder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/59454/whats-the-maxium-number-of-files-a-unix-folder-can-hold&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/59454/whats-the-maxium-number-of-files-a-unix-folder-can-hold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/40812/broken-fetchmail-configuration&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/40812/broken-fetchmail-configuration&lt;/a&gt; - Well, actually, since fetchmail is user space, maybe the rewording wouldn't help&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/82843/filesystem-has-unsupported-features-older-fsck-ext3-vs-newer-mkfs-ext3&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/82843/filesystem-has-unsupported-features-older-fsck-ext3-vs-newer-mkfs-ext3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/127271/reach-the-same-svn-repository-from-a-lan-connection-and-from-a-external-connectio&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/127271/reach-the-same-svn-repository-from-a-lan-connection-and-from-a-external-connectio&lt;/a&gt; (Qner doesn't administer office server)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/118691/how-to-partition-and-format-multiple-disks-using-a-batch-script&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/118691/how-to-partition-and-format-multiple-disks-using-a-batch-script&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your convenience, the relevant text from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;SF FAQ&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What kind of questions can I ask here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Server Fault is for system administrators and IT professionals, people who manage or maintain computers in a professional capacity. If you are in charge of ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;* servers&#xA;* networks&#xA;* many desktop PCs (other than your own)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... then you're in the right place to ask your question! Well, as long as the question is about your servers, your networks, or desktops you support, anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please note that Server Fault is not for general computer troubleshooting questions; if you paid for that desktop hardware, and it's your personal workstation, it is unlikely that your question is appropriate for Server Fault. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:57.697" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-04-30T13:38:48.557" Title="Fix discrepancy between Server Fault reasons for migration and FAQ" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="425" CreationDate="2010-04-28T12:42:24.910" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok so you want&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is about &lt;strong&gt;servers, networks or the administration of many machines&lt;/strong&gt;, and is a better fit for Server Fault&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;versus&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is about &lt;strong&gt;servers or system administration&lt;/strong&gt;, and is a better fit for Server Fault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pretty subtle stuff, there..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;edit: but I agree, even subtle improvements are still improvements. Changing now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:57.697" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="427" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="425" CreationDate="2010-04-30T13:14:09.780" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with the problem.  Stuff for superuser ends up on serverfault.  So basically the person asking the question gets transferred twice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So think of calling Dell, first you get some guy who says you are in the wrong support area, and transfers you.  Then the person you are transferred to says this isn't right either and transfers you.  At this point, you might hang up a swear never to buy their products again (Of course the person should have maybe spent a little time figuring out the right number to call).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Changing the wording might not be the &lt;em&gt;best&lt;/em&gt; solution, but it still something that I imagine it pretty &lt;em&gt;easy to implement&lt;/em&gt; and it might help.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe a site that has reached the popularity of stackoverflow needs the closed vote rep raised a little bit so it ends up in that hands of people that know the whole trilogy better? But I imagine that is a lot more complicated than I know (You would have to start having different rep levels for different sites?), as opposed to just changing the wording. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:57.697" />
  <row Id="428" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-05-03T16:57:51.820" Score="2" ViewCount="161" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was the recipient of the following message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My name is Angelica Tello, and I saw your information on Serverfault.  I’m interested in getting feedback from tech professionals on a few questions.   I’m a part of Cydeck, a free site focused on helping tech professionals take control of their careers or grow their small business.  Cydeck provides job opportunities, partnership alliances, project collaboration tools, knowing sharing and commerce exchange. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;One of our features, Insights, has some similarities to Serverfault.  Cydeck is driven by the needs of tech professionals.  We would like your input on how we can help the IT community of professionals.  I’m not trying to sell you anything; I’m just interested in creating a dialogue with professionals who are active in the tech community.    Below are some questions I have for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As a tech professional, what are your business needs and wants?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What attracted you to join and participate on Serverfault?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What would you like to see be a part of online tech communities?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;I look forward to hearing from you, and thanks for your time!         &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Angelica Tello&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Cydeck Community Support&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You know you've reached a certain level of fame and fortune when others want your userbase. My questions, then, are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Has anyone else been contacted?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How did you respond?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What do Joel/Jeff/etc. think of this? (A moment of meta. :)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:58.163" Title="Cydeck bulk-spamming serverfault users?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;spam&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" />
  <row Id="429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="428" CreationDate="2010-05-03T17:34:47.303" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If someone contacts you through public information you've entered in your profile, I think that is legitimate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you saying that this person contacted you by some means &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; than the public info in your SF profile?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/2550/esm&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/2550/esm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:58.163" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="430" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-05-14T15:49:39.047" Score="6" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;Look like there is maybe someone trying out scripts that needs to be blocked:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/103129/leave-windows-session-logged-on/141939#141939&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/103129/leave-windows-session-logged-on/141939#141939&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Noticed it since they are responses to my question. It stuff like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;asdasdasdasd&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:59.470" Title="Someone Spamming Serverfault with Noise" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;spam&gt;&lt;spammer&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="431" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="430" CreationDate="2010-05-15T03:13:42.923" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think that's a script, just a bored user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any time you see noise content, flag it as such. I'd only post here on meta if it's a serious pattern warranting a lot of people's attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:07:59.470" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="432" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-05-22T16:07:08.720" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question was transferred here from stackoverflow.  My visible name is Pete Alvin.  I tried logging in using Google Open ID and it can't find it.  So how in the world to I authenticate or claim Pete Alvin?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:00.120" Title="How do I log onto my account" Tags="&lt;support&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="432" CreationDate="2010-05-22T18:09:26.957" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you use the same Open ID to create account at multiple sites, you should be told that the new account will be joined to the preexisting one. For example, I only had to enter my display name on the first site I registered on (this one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:00.120" />
  <row Id="434" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-05-23T14:54:22.140" Score="3" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the past 24 hours at least, someone has been upvoting questions without discretion on ServerFault.  At first, I started to downvote the particularly heinous misappropriation.  At this point, I'm less willing to take the reputation hit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a remedy to this activity or is it simply a side effect of the design?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's difficult to illustrate the activity for the purpose of discussion.  Nevertheless, I frequent the site and actively notice trends based on observation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of 5/23/2010 at 11:00AM EDT approximately over the past 24 hours:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions&quot;&gt;Nearly a full page of the newest questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A bunch of current examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/144469/ubuntu-on-virtualbox-can-only-show-resolution-of-800-x-600-how-to-change-it&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/144469/ubuntu-on-virtualbox-can-only-show-resolution-of-800-x-600-how-to-change-it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/144497/huawei-product-passwords&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/144497/huawei-product-passwords&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/144514/dd-wrt-and-squid-proxy&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/144514/dd-wrt-and-squid-proxy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/144513/data-archiving-vs-not&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/144513/data-archiving-vs-not&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's ridiculous to continue listing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:00.547" Title="Upvoting without discretion" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;voting&gt;" CommentCount="11" />
  <row Id="435" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-06-07T06:59:20.577" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed in both ServerFault and SuperUser that when I click the &quot;Questions&quot; button, it shows a lower number of questions when I'm logged out.  Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:01.513" Title="Why are there more questions when I'm logged in?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="436" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="435" CreationDate="2010-06-07T07:07:19.890" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;We cache pretty aggressively for unregistered / anonymous users, so you're probably seeing older question counts in the &quot;logged out&quot; state. So there would be &quot;more&quot; questions when you're logged in because the display is closer to real time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:01.513" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="437" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-06-14T21:20:22.990" Score="5" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I look at Employer View, the Employer Search Result example shows my SO &quot;flair&quot; and link (even if I select to hide it on my CV). I &lt;strong&gt;do&lt;/strong&gt; want to include my SO rep and link, but I want my SF one to be primary since I'm a sysadmin. How can I do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1293" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:02.250" Title="How can I set my Server Fault flair to show in the employer search result in Careers?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;status-planned&gt;&lt;careers&gt;" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="438" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-06-17T13:24:14.547" Score="3" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now that Area51 has been announced on the SO blog, could you also post it on the SF blog.  In the case that people are following the SF blog and not the SO blog and understanding that that might be a pretty small set of people.  But still, how 'bout some SF love?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1054" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:02.640" Title="Post the Area51 announcement on the SF blog" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;&lt;area51&gt;&lt;blog&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="439" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="438" CreationDate="2010-06-17T13:41:23.520" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is my understanding that the SF blog is not meant for that sort of stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The SF blog is in place to document the the Server Fault related topics that the team has to deal with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hardware Upgrades&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Database Config stuff&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Load balancing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Speed Optimizations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what was &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/serverfaultcom/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;posted&lt;/a&gt; about the serverfault blog:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can expect to find &lt;strong&gt;blog posts there related to us documenting our own efforts of running and scaling our network of websites&lt;/strong&gt; — the same sort of stuff you’ve come to expect from the server category on this blog. We want to actively give back to the community by documenting everything we’re doing on the sysadmin front — both by discussing it on the blog, and asking (and answering!) relevant questions about it on Server Fault whenever possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="199" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:02.640" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="440" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="442" CreationDate="2010-06-22T04:19:40.113" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;At time of writing, there are questions tagged thus on ServerFault:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;178 in &quot;esx&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;124 in &quot;esxi&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;48 in &quot;vmware-esx&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;45 in &quot;vmware-esxi&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;901 in &quot;vmware&quot;:&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;115 also have &quot;esx&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;63 also have &quot;esxi&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;17 also have &quot;vmware-esx&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;16 also have &quot;vmware-esxi&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The advice on &quot;How to Tag&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;favor existing popular tags&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;combine multiple words into single-words with dashes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which is correct: leave the &quot;esx[i]&quot; tags because they're popular, or retag to &quot;vmware-esx[i]&quot; because they combine multiple words?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it better to have tags that combine multiple categories (and thus create new categories), or have multiple tags so that the intersections are useful? &quot;esx&quot; and &quot;esxi&quot; are both subsets of &quot;vmware&quot; (they're similar but distinct VMWare products), but &quot;vmware&quot; seems to be being used as a generic term for &quot;virtualisation&quot;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42461" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:03.420" Title="SF retag: &quot;esx&quot; and &quot;esxi&quot; to &quot;vmware-esx&quot; and &quot;vmware-esxi&quot;?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="440" CreationDate="2010-06-22T05:04:38.750" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe the correct tag is &lt;code&gt;vmware-esx[i]&lt;/code&gt; - this is again where synonyms would be great&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:03.420" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="442" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="440" CreationDate="2010-06-23T08:23:52.037" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've merged the tags according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/54545/sf-retag-esx-and-esxi-to-vmware-esx-and-vmware-esxi/54546#54546&quot;&gt;Farseeker's proposal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;esx&lt;/code&gt; → &lt;code&gt;vmware-esx&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;esxi&lt;/code&gt; → &lt;code&gt;vmware-esxi&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:03.420" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="443" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-06-22T21:11:53.713" Score="2" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;The last post is one month old, and there are only 2 blog entries (the first one made 1 day before the second). Is it still alive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will we see a higher posting frequency in the future (about the same as stack overflow's)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:04.600" Title="Is blog.serverfault.com still active?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;blog&gt;" AnswerCount="3" />
  <row Id="444" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="443" CreationDate="2010-06-22T21:20:53.260" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ya... what sounded like a good idea seems to have died down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was nice while it lasted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30745" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:04.600" />
  <row Id="445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="443" CreationDate="2010-06-22T21:32:40.773" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think it was a good idea, unless the goal was to isolate ServerFault from the rest of &quot;the network.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see why a blog post every now and then about the details of servers or switches or storage would be so terrible.  Would it alienate the programmers from SO or the PC specialists from SU?  And from the other point of view, why would you want to alienate the sysadmins on SF by cutting them off from the posts about Area 51, StackApps, etc.?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:04.600" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="443" CreationDate="2010-06-22T22:09:40.903" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes! It is active. It is in a state of flux at the moment but we should have some exciting new announcements soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:04.600" />
  <row Id="447" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-06-26T13:34:56.960" Score="4" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;On Server Fault, there are 56 tags [backupexec] and no [backup-exec] tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems odd to me, as you would say it as Backup Exec (2 words), much like you would say Windows Server 2008 R2 as multiple words (which has the tag [windows-server-2008-r2]).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Splitting this up would also allow for different versions of the software to be discussed, i.e [backup-exec-11d], [backup-exec-12.5], [backup-exec-2010] and would make it easier to distinguish what the poster was talking about, as they don't always state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33884" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:06.163" Title="Retag [backupexec] to [backup-exec]?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="448" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="447" CreationDate="2010-06-26T21:48:45.470" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If these are not split you can still easily do [backupexec-11d], [backupexec-12.5], or [backupexec-2010] to identify a particular version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am hesitant to start retagging anything when there seems to be no confusion and everyone is using the current tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your example of [windows-server] really isn't that great, because windows also comes in desktop variations and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might also be somewhat confusing in light of the other [backup-*] tags like below.  These tags do not identify a particular product and instead are about specific facets of backup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;backup-restoration× 82&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;backup-server× 2&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;backup-solution× 2&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;backup-strategies× 4&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:06.163" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="449" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-06-28T14:26:36.033" Score="0" ViewCount="220" Body="&lt;p&gt;My comment was closed here at &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/155196/robot-datacenter-automation-can-it-be-done&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/155196/robot-datacenter-automation-can-it-be-done&lt;/a&gt; because a number of individuals felt it too vague. Well, all of the interesting and useful discussions are. Furthermore, someone actually could build a mechanical automation of a datacenter, so there is no qualification that this is just rhetoric or ambiguous. Clearly people were interested in the topic because it received much response in the short amount of time the thread was left open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be more careful when you censor someones comment. I will be taking my discussion posts elsewhere. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:06.773" Title="Why do people censor serverfault questions that are interesting and valuable due to personal bias?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;specific-question&gt;&lt;allowed-topics&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="449" CreationDate="2010-06-28T14:40:18.403" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well the fact that you use the following phrase:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What if there was a fully automated system of robots&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;shows that this is not a specific question with a correct answer.  Tuns, it isn't a fit question for Server Fault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="199" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:06.773" />
  <row Id="451" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="449" CreationDate="2010-06-28T14:42:28.437" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would not have been closed it but from my point of view it's true that the question is a bit ambiguous and has part of an answer inside it. I would have ask it like this:&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;&quot;Maintenace in a Datacenter is time consuming (racking hardware, changing drives, ...), how do you do to reduce time spend on this? Is there any automation solution?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;this question let people share their experience in managing a datacenter instead of asking why datacenter robot doesn't exist&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9503" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:06.773" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="449" CreationDate="2010-06-28T14:42:30.460" Score="12" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of the best things about Serverfault, Stackoverflow, and Superuser is how clean, organized, and consistent their information is. It's only due to the self-organizing, self-policing nature of these sites that they are able to maintain such a high Signal-to-noise ratio.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, you posted a somewhat theoretical, vague question. As such myself and several others flagged it so that it would be closed. If you can think of a better, more concise way of asking that same question, by all means do so!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20815" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:06.773" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="453" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-06-29T09:05:40.290" Score="1" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;At present, all of the sites share a common blog (accessible via &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;blog.stackoverflow.com&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;blog.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt;, or following the link in the footer of the SO/SU/meta/careers/apps/area51) except for SF.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Surely, since the SF blog is a form of meta, discussing the infrastucture and admin behind the sites, it would sit well with the main, common blog, which discusses things such as how the software is implemented, who works to produce the sites and what changes are being made or being planned, which are also similar forms of meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not suggesting that the two need to be combined because of a lack of content, and I'm curious as to the &quot;exciting new announcements&quot; mentioned by Jeff in his answer to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/54654/is-blog-serverfault-com-still-active&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. Obviously if these announcements mean that the subject of the SF blog will change direction to cover SysAdmin stuff en general, and not focus on the specifics applied to our sites, then there is little reason to merge it, and doing so would bloat the main blog, but I don't think that we need to be concerned about SO users not wanting to read SF-type articles on the main blog. The main blog at present is not for SO or SU or SE users - it's mostly for people interested in the meta behind all these sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-24T05:41:15.083" Title="Should blog.serverfault.com be combined with the main blog" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;blog&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="454" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="453" CreationDate="2010-06-29T18:08:52.530" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Obviously if these announcements mean&#xA;  that the subject of the SF blog will&#xA;  change direction to cover SysAdmin&#xA;  stuff en general, and not focus on the&#xA;  specifics applied to our sites, then&#xA;  there is little reason to merge it,&#xA;  and doing so would bloat the main&#xA;  blog, but I don't think that we need&#xA;  to be concerned about SO users not&#xA;  wanting to read SF-type articles on&#xA;  the main blog.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.serverfault.com/post/747186396/serverfault-trees&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;first post&lt;/a&gt; I have written actually isn't about Stack Overflow's environment and is just general system administration (Wrote it on my first day, so kind of had to be general).  Although my guess is currently that it will be dominated by the building out of the Stack Overflow environment I don't want to limit it to just that. My aim is to update it enough as well that it is worth having its own dedicated blog.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastEditorUserId="2561" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-23T00:04:50.587" LastActivityDate="2010-07-23T00:04:50.587" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="455" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-02T16:58:12.770" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3167394/&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; really about &quot;servers, networks or the administration of many machines&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't understand how other questions that strictly not programming related (e.g. how to change some setting in Visual Studio) belong in SO, but not this question, that also focuses on how to set up a development tool/environment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it had been any 5 users voting to migrate, I wouldn't have brought this up, but since a moderator got involved, this seems to be some official policy whose reasoning I fail to grasp.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:08.553" Title="Doubtful serverfault migration" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="455" CreationDate="2010-07-02T17:02:00.117" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The administration of server software, including PHP, belongs on Server Fault, because the typical php.ini file is touched by server administrators and not programmers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, a question about Visual Studio is a question that only a programmer would pose as VS is a programmer's tool, and does not relate to the server itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2894" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:08.553" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="457" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-04T19:42:33.813" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tags &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/wol&quot;&gt;[wol]&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/wake-on-lan&quot;&gt;[wake-on-lan]&lt;/a&gt; in Server Fault should be merged.  They are clearly referring to the same topic and wol is just a short form of wake-on-lan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;wake-on-lan has 15 questions whereas wol has 8, so clearly wake-on-lan is the preferred option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="27117" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:08.983" Title="Merge tags wol and wake-on-lan on SF" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="457" CreationDate="2010-07-05T13:02:20.197" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I merged the tags as requested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T18:08:08.983" />
  <row Id="459" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-22T21:49:05.900" Score="2" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seems like a good candidate for merger. Only one question in each. Or should it be handled with a simple re-tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T22:40:00.213" Title="Tag merge: 'ssi' and 'server-side-includes'" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="460" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="459" CreationDate="2010-07-22T21:58:14.990" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Small mergers like this should just be done with a manual retag (which I've done).  It's when you start to get boatloads of them that a mod should get involved and to a mass retag.  Basically, if a manual retag is going to be a big pain or if it's going to clutter up the front page with a bunch of bumped questions request a mod do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1054" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T21:58:14.990" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="461" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="459" CreationDate="2010-07-22T22:40:00.213" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Shouldn't every tag merge become a &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/tags/synonyms&quot;&gt;tag synonym&lt;/a&gt; as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T22:40:00.213" />
  <row Id="462" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="463" CreationDate="2010-07-22T22:41:25.017" Score="3" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I notice that Squillman has entered some tag &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/tags/synonyms&quot;&gt;synonyms&lt;/a&gt; into the system that are &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/tags/synonyms?tab=newest&amp;amp;filter=suggested&quot;&gt;currently pending&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does one do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastEditorUserId="984" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-03T23:38:47.590" LastActivityDate="2010-08-03T23:38:47.590" Title="How do I submit a tag synonym?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;tag-synonyms&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="463" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="462" CreationDate="2010-07-22T23:57:21.163" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;looks like it's kinda hidden. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/57479/allowing-users-with-a-nominal-amount-of-rep-to-submit-possible-tag-synonyms-and-v&quot;&gt;the one true meta&lt;/a&gt; you need to go into the tag and then hit the info tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5880" LastActivityDate="2010-07-22T23:57:21.163" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="464" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-23T01:06:55.673" Score="6" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;The color contrast here (MetaSF /questions) is a bit difficult.  Fine on the home page, but white and yellow against light gray isn't enough of a contrast.  Talking about the vote / answer boxes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ok, the gray boxes are gone but can something be done about the yellow on the number of answers when one's been accepted?  Keep it black or something to keep in line with the toned down scheme of meta, but the yellow doesn't have enough contrast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1054" LastEditorUserId="1054" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-05T00:57:03.953" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T00:57:03.953" Title="Color scheme in questions lists needs some help" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;meta-sf&gt;&lt;color-scheme&gt;" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="465" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-23T15:50:30.110" Score="11" ViewCount="298" Body="&lt;p&gt;When using ServerFault, I approach it from the perspective of a professional resource.  I use it to to provide solutions and see solutions provided to professionals.  Specifically from the FAQ:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Server Fault is for system&#xA;  administrators and IT professionals,&#xA;  people who manage or maintain&#xA;  computers in a professional capacity&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it were not a professional resource, I would not be here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/162388/what-does-five-asterisks-in-a-cron-file-mean&quot;&gt;recent post&lt;/a&gt; had several comments encouraging catering to beginners regarding a question that would be posed by an average end-user and could arguably belong on Superuser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: &lt;strong&gt;Are we going to pander to people who are asking general questions and are not knowledgeable about technology or the industry?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T15:35:19.747" Title="Perception of purpose" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="11" FavoriteCount="5" />
  <row Id="466" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="465" CreationDate="2010-07-23T17:01:15.143" Score="10" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to try to summarize what I am reading here...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I can tell the way most people are evaluating questions is by categorizing the person based on the question.  Some of the common categories of people (not including stuff that just has to be moved to super user):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Professional System Administrators  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Beginner System Administrators and Students &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Developers who are also System Administrators in a Professional Capacity&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Developers who need support getting their development environment Up&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Developers who need support getting their LAMP environment Up ASAP.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is what I gather we think about these categories:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Professional System Administrators:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Awesome, we want more of you.  We are very welcome to basic level questions from you because of you ability to contribute in other areas. You also speak the &quot;language&quot; and will be easy to help. Your basic questions will likely become canonical answers useful to others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beginner System Administrators and Students:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;We all started out at some point and you are welcome.  You must be willing to try to ask questions well (to the best of your ability within your English language ability).  It should seem your goal is to learn and not for us to do your homework for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Developers who are also System Administrators in a Professional Capacity:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;These people are &lt;em&gt;trying to do the job right&lt;/em&gt; and are also trying to learn to some extent.  We expect that you have put in effort to learn and solve the problem. Essentially you are the same as Beginner system administrators except your long term goals are different and you probably have more fundamental computer knowledge. In general these sort of people are welcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Developers who need support getting their development environment up:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Their goal is to get a basic environment up that they can develop on and are not concerned about things like security. In generally we really are just are not interested although if the problem is interesting and not super basic it is possible we might be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Developers who need support getting their LAMP environment up ASAP:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Again no concern for learning or doing it right.  Not willing to do their own homework.  Please, please, just go away.  These people are the same as &quot;Please kindly give me the codes&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The summary of all this is that we are community of professional system administrators for other system administrators. We want to improve ourselves and our field as a whole through this community.  We are not just free labor. So as a community we should work together to make sure the perception we give is in line with the purpose of this community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although that question is basic -- it is conceivable to me that many professionals might not know this.  They might be trying to administer a unix box for the first time and are just confused by not having any numbers in there. I can see someone new typing &lt;code&gt;man crontab&lt;/code&gt;, not knowing that the man pages have sections, see no asterisks and giving up. Therefore I make the &lt;em&gt;personal&lt;/em&gt; decision not to move it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question also isn't terrible since the person bothered to use punctuation, the shift key, code tags etc...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea is that questions that are relevant to system administration and have a straight forward answer to someone will likely be useful to others in the future even if they are basic. It hopefully will only ever be asked &lt;em&gt;once&lt;/em&gt; and it becomes the canonical answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The famous question on stackoverflow relating to this for programmers is Joel's &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1003841/how-do-i-move-the-turtle-in-logo&quot;&gt;How do I move the turtle in Logo?&lt;/a&gt;&quot; and it is talked about in this &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/20694/definition-of-a-beginner-question-spolsky-question&quot;&gt;stackoverflow meta post&lt;/a&gt;.  In podcast 58, &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; I remember correctly, Joel is more for basic fundamental questions being okay to be asked once than Jeff was.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately the decision must be made by the community itself. Now that I am a moderator, I only cast a vote to move a question if I am very confidant that everyone will agree (hopefully get that right -- yell at me in meta if I don't). It takes five close votes to move the question and this is how the community can direct where the line is drawn. This system also makes the community flexible over time. As the question base grows more questions should get closed as duplicates. However, I think discussion of this on meta is a great idea as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is how I look at citing manual pages in particular: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Worst thing to do -- Server Fault Aims to stop this:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;RTFM YOU IDIOT!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Better:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Insert Direct Answer Here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can be found in &lt;code&gt;man blah&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Best I can come up with:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;A description of how to use the manual page system in *nix so they will be better equipped to professional solve problems.  This is how I addressed your particular sample question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Am I still missing your point?:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I still feel I might be missing your bigger point about pandering and/or spoon feeding. If you or anyone else has a chance to get some links to questions on this topic it might help define the concern a little bit more. I think I see your concern about the site not satisfying more professional and advanced users and that it certainly something we can use our new meta site to try figure out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastEditorUserId="2561" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-28T15:35:19.747" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T15:35:19.747" CommentCount="12" />
  <row Id="467" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="495" CreationDate="2010-07-23T17:33:32.533" Score="0" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is reputation offered up as bounty taken away even if the bounty is never awarded? Even after offering a bounty, I received only one answer to my question. In fact, the &quot;answer&quot; mostly just asked more questions, and really should be a comment. If I didn't really get any help from posting the question, why should I lose rep?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14033" LastActivityDate="2010-07-26T17:01:09.007" Title="Why is reputation for bounty taken away even if nothing is awarded?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;support&gt;&lt;bounty&gt;" AnswerCount="3" />
  <row Id="468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="467" CreationDate="2010-07-23T18:02:11.590" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reputation is taken when the bounty is started, regardless of whether it actually gets awarded. So that reputation is &quot;gone&quot; as soon as the bounty starts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17856" LastActivityDate="2010-07-23T18:02:11.590" />
  <row Id="469" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="481" CreationDate="2010-07-23T18:03:37.343" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since there's no &quot;accounts&quot; tab on SE 2.0 Meta pages, there's no link to the user's parent-site profile on the user's Meta profile page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please add a link somewhere so I don't develop callouses having to click &quot;visit parent&quot; / &quot;users&quot; / type username / click username. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1293" LastEditorUserId="1" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-27T17:35:32.090" LastActivityDate="2010-07-27T17:35:32.090" Title="Link back to user's parent-site profile in Meta" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;users&gt;&lt;profile-page&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="465" CreationDate="2010-07-23T19:10:36.820" Score="7" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Kyle already nailed 90% of what I wanted to say.  As for the rest...  Every professional was a beginner at some point.  I like the [beginner] tag for this purpose, because it lets the poster (or editor) acknowledge that it's a beginner-level question &lt;em&gt;in that area&lt;/em&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are networking masters who need to ask a basic Windows server question from time to time - and vice versa. I think SF is the perfect arena for those situations.  It also allows the tag to be ignored wholesale if an individual finds it aggrivating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The self-serving side of this issue is also that the more broad and basic the question, the more traffic it brings to the site.  The larger the community, the more collective knowledge we have, and the better chance my obscure question has of being answered (that last bit relies on effective architecture &amp;amp; community moderation of the site, but that's getting kinda meta-meta).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a HUGE fan of well-phrased &amp;amp; researched beginner questions.  I upvote them, and the well-thought answers they sometimes receive, whenever I see them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-07-23T19:10:36.820" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="471" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="467" CreationDate="2010-07-23T20:01:36.947" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is covered on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/06/improvements-to-bounty-system/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SO blog, in detail&lt;/a&gt;.  Note the reference to &lt;em&gt;non-refundable&lt;/em&gt; rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23067" LastActivityDate="2010-07-23T20:01:36.947" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="472" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-23T22:23:45.397" Score="4" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://netstrata.com/images/metarep.png&quot; alt=&quot;Meta Rep&quot; title=&quot;Meta Rep&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should be called &quot;up-votes&quot;, or something like that, showing a count (&quot;1&quot; in this case) instead of a value. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure what should be done with down-votes. Perhaps the tab should say &quot;votes&quot; and show &quot;+X -Y&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it is it implies that reputation is awarded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1293" LastActivityDate="2010-11-01T12:44:50.477" Title="SE 2.0 Meta doesn't award rep, but it refers to &quot;rep&quot;" Tags="&lt;bug&gt;&lt;reputation&gt;&lt;meta-meta&gt;&lt;voting&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="473" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="465" CreationDate="2010-07-24T04:27:05.020" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have mixed feelings on this. There are some beginner level questions being asked by professionals who are working in an area outside their comfort zone. I don't downvote such questions unless they are just plain poorly written. I believe &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/62578/how-to-get-a-list-of-drive-letters-on-a-system-through-a-windows-shell-bat-cmd&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; to be an example, although whether that is really a system administration issue or not is a whole other matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where I do readily downvote and/or vote to either move or close, is where it is clear that the poster is NOT an IT professional. Certainly not as per the FAQ description. Moreover, I believe that any upvotes given to questions that are later moved or closed should be removed and the rep adjusted accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A case in point is &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/162851/are-ports-80-and-8080-the-same&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. What sort of IT professional, in any area whatsoever, would think that question is so good as to warrant an upvote? Yet when I first saw it there were already four upvotes. I realise the question originated on SO but even a hobby level programmer should know better than to upvote such a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion the value of Server Fault as a tool for professionals is seriously restricted by having to sift through the dross of inappropriate questions, which for some strange reason tend to come in batches. More than once I've considered abandoning the site for this very reason. Unlike the sister sites SF supposedly is NOT for hobbyists, so why are they being encouraged to stay?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Karla is correct - at some point we were all beginners - but I can't see what that matters. Had SF existed back before I started working as an IT professional I would not have considered it the appropriate place to post my newbie questions. There's a whole Internet full of more appropriate sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-07-24T04:27:05.020" CommentCount="7" />
  <row Id="474" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="465" CreationDate="2010-07-24T05:18:48.257" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the one hand, I mostly agree with Warner and John that it would be better for SF to be questions from professionals about managing computers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, apparently my instinct is to consider networking questions, even if they're &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/163310/what-is-ip-address-what-is-ip-address-space-what-is-private-ip-address-space&quot;&gt;badly phrased and from someone who's lost&lt;/a&gt; or clearly &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/163287/please-explain-email-paths&quot;&gt;pertaining to a home network&lt;/a&gt; as &quot;professional.&quot;  Maybe I should quit answering things late at night...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thinking about it now, both of those questions are probably bad, but you could have beginner questions that cover the same material, e.g. someone from a small company that used to outsource email and now wants to bring it in.  That sort of beginner question should stay, but I think I'll go and cast the final close vote on that goofy private address space question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: The message that shows up now that &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/163310/what-is-ip-address-what-is-ip-address-space-what-is-private-ip-address-space&quot;&gt;that question's&lt;/a&gt; been migrated sort-of confirms my feeling that SU isn't the right place for networking questions: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is related to computer&#xA;  hardware or computer software in&#xA;  general, and is a better fit for Super&#xA;  User&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-07-24T05:18:48.257" CommentCount="6" />
  <row Id="475" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-24T05:30:25.133" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've always found the &quot;FAQ&quot; at meta.stackoverflow to be useless.  I'd like to see a few pages that have &quot;all&quot; the information on a topic (e.g. reputation) w/out having to click back and forth to a list of links to other questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to have more details on reputation in that section, e.g. lost rep due to question migration (and &quot;why did I lose 4 points about an hour ago? it seems to be due to a deleted answer when a question I'd answered was migrated), how to check your rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastEditorUserId="1" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-25T15:09:13.027" LastActivityDate="2010-07-25T15:09:47.517" Title="Can we have our own FAQ?" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="476" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="453" CreationDate="2010-07-24T05:41:15.083" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to links from SF to meta.SF and blog.SF, what I'd &lt;strong&gt;really&lt;/strong&gt; like to see is links in the same place (bottom of the page) to the meta.Stackoverflow and blog.Stackoverflow so that it's easy to get to them as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-07-24T05:41:15.083" />
  <row Id="477" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="475" CreationDate="2010-07-24T06:06:27.017" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You already do!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would you like to see added to &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/faq&lt;/a&gt; specifically?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;edit: based on your response, none of that is SF specific -- you should open this on meta.so if you want general /faq improvements that apply to all sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastEditorUserId="1" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-25T15:09:47.517" LastActivityDate="2010-07-25T15:09:47.517" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="465" CreationDate="2010-07-25T01:28:57.110" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I addressed this on the old meta in reply to Jeff Atwood, but I believe Server Fault got off to a bad start because of its association with Stack Overflow.  It essentially became the place where programmers ask sysadmin questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure we were all beginners once, and everyone has to start somewhere.  But it is obvious by the voting on the site that difficult or specialized questions &amp;amp; answers are not rewarded.  Why, because a huge population of the site doesn't understand them.  On the hand, ask an extremely basic crontab question and it gets all sorts of traffic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is, I don't know how you break out of the mold of being a LAMP support site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5391" LastActivityDate="2010-07-25T01:28:57.110" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="479" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-25T07:54:02.977" Score="3" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;When someone answers a question, serverfault emails me. When someone comments on my question, which can very likely contain relevant context to the question, I'd also like an email. Can you make it so there's at least an option to get emailed when someone comments on either my answer or any answer in a question? I'd rather have a flood of info when I really want to know something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45816" LastActivityDate="2010-07-25T15:08:41.843" Title="Can we get better email notifications?" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="1" />
  <row Id="480" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="479" CreationDate="2010-07-25T15:08:41.843" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;We will not be supporting this feature at this time&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the envelope next to your name lights up when there are comments on your posts, so you can always view your new comment responses there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-07-25T15:08:41.843" />
  <row Id="481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="469" CreationDate="2010-07-25T15:30:25.683" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;ok, I see what you mean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I added a link just under the user picture on the left titled &quot;parent user&quot;. Not sure if that's the right place or text, exactly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastEditorUserId="23067" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-25T17:24:59.683" LastActivityDate="2010-07-25T17:24:59.683" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="465" CreationDate="2010-07-25T16:51:56.507" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the crontab question is fine. As Kara says, everyone is new to something. I'm a somewhat experienced Linux admin, but if I suddenly had to admin a Windows box I'd be on ServerFault asking some pretty basic questions (once I'd tried google of course).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe we should use the &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/beginner&quot;&gt;beginner tag&lt;/a&gt; a lot more aggressively (ie add that tag to lots of basic questions) and then those who aren't interested can ignore that tag. Defining the scope of the beginner tag would be an interesting exercise of course ... Or maybe there should be a new tag like &quot;basic&quot; or something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall I would be sad to see beginner questions go. I started getting involved in sys admin as a volunteer helping other projects, and Server Fault would have been a wonderful resource at that time, and the things I was doing don't really seem a good fit with my understanding of what Super User is for. Unless there is to a re-alignment of the purpose of Super User to cover basic Sys Admin I think the questions should stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="629" LastActivityDate="2010-07-25T16:51:56.507" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="483" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="465" CreationDate="2010-07-25T19:22:00.357" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that as long as the question is from a system admin perspective, then it should be fine for Server Fault. Server Fault is a great resource for the &lt;strong&gt;new&lt;/strong&gt; System Administrator, and it would be a shame to run those people off just because they aren't yet knowledgeable in the field. We should be setting an example of how to answer basic questions without being jerks, in the hopes that they will follow our example.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="37815" LastActivityDate="2010-07-25T19:22:00.357" CommentCount="6" />
  <row Id="484" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="417" CreationDate="2010-07-25T19:34:26.113" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A couple of times I've responded to a question by making available one of my own programs, which are generally just a free-standing executable, and post a link to the file. There is no download page, nor will there ever be one. So what should be done in such a case? Deny the poster of what might be an appropriate solution to the problem or leave the link?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-07-25T19:34:26.113" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="485" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-25T20:56:25.090" Score="1" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question, as it was on ServerFault can be found &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/163735/configuring-a-mysql-5-1-instance-on-windows-7-professional-x64-fails-closed&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and the SuperUser version can be found &lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com/questions/167492/configuring-a-mysql-5-1-instance-on-windows-7-professional-x64-fails&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. It's clearly server related - I'm trying to establish a local database server for use in development. This is the same software that resides on servers that power websites and enterprise applications - if anyone was to be able to answer my question, it would be the people who regularly install and maintain database servers, not the typical household PC user that you can find on SuperUser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that ServerFault is for server and commercial-grade networking questions, and this is clearly a server question. The name of the software is &quot;MySQL &lt;em&gt;Server&lt;/em&gt; Instance Configuration and I'm attempting to use this software in a professional (as opposed to individual/personal) capacity. Because of this, I would like this question moved back here. Is this possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before I posted my question on ServerFault, I went through this thought process when reading the FAQ:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Server Fault is for system&#xA;  administrators and IT professionals,&#xA;  people who manage or maintain&#xA;  computers in a professional capacity.&#xA;  If you are in charge of …&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently acting in the role of system administrator for a network of two computers that I am using as development environments for software development. Although I'm not getting paid to do it, I am clearly a system administrator of these machines and am attempting to manage and maintain them in a professional capacity (as opposed to recreational or entertainment use) - I'm trying to further my abilities professionally as a software engineer by taking on personal development projects.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;servers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;networks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;many desktop PCs&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(other than your own) … then you're in&#xA;  the right place to ask your question!&#xA;  Well, as long as the question is about&#xA;  your servers, your networks, or&#xA;  desktops you support, anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm attempting to install server software on a computer. I interpret this as an &quot;or&quot; statement - if I meet one criteria for a given question, my question is within the scope of ServerFault. I do admit that I own the machines. But so would a system administrator if he was the owner or co-owner of a business. The software and hardware in question is supported by me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only possible point of contention to topicality is the number of conditions that must be met. I feel that as long as one is met, the question is on topic. If I'm running a server (whether it's Apache HTTP Server, a MySQL Server, a MS-SQL Server, or a PostgreSQL Server) or if I'm running a network in a professional capacity (I wouldn't try to pass off my cobbled together network solution in my house as a professionally run network - I would take those questions to SuperUser) or if I'm working across multiple computers, my question is fair game for being on-topic. However, a strict interpretation would require that two or even all three conditions are met - if you aren't running your systems in an enterprise environment, take it to SuperUser. I believe that the fact that I met one of these conditions in a capacity directly related to me functioning professionally, I've met the criteria for being on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please note that Server Fault is not&#xA;  for general computer troubleshooting&#xA;  questions; if you paid for that&#xA;  desktop hardware, and it's your&#xA;  personal workstation, it is unlikely&#xA;  that your question is appropriate for&#xA;  Server Fault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not a general troubleshooting question. I have a specific question regarding a piece of server software and it's installation/configuration. Yes, it says that my question is not likely to be appropriate, but every other condition has been met.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please do look around to see if your&#xA;  question has already been asked (and&#xA;  maybe even answered!) before you ask.&#xA;  It's also perfectly fine to ask and&#xA;  answer your own question, as long as&#xA;  you pretend you're on Jeopardy: phrase&#xA;  it in the form of a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My specific question has not been answered, but there are indeed a number of other questions relating to supporting MySQL Server installations, both the freely available GA release and the commercially supported software packages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="296" LastEditorUserId="296" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-26T03:34:54.300" LastActivityDate="2010-07-27T04:04:33.983" Title="Why was my question about a MySQL Server Instance configuration moved to Super User?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;moderation&gt;&lt;moving-questions&gt;" AnswerCount="4" />
  <row Id="486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="485" CreationDate="2010-07-25T21:04:49.550" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't speak for Jeff but if i was to guess would be that you are not talking about a server OS, and not talking about deploying mysql to many desktops. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please note that Server Fault is not for general computer troubleshooting questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which from the first paragraph of your question this seems to be. At best it is a borderline question since you are dealing wtih mysql server on a desktop. I probably would have voted to move to SU though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;in response to the comment thread.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;There are two components to &quot;does the question fit here&quot; when we are talking about desktops.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Who is my audience, or more appropriately would this audience be a suitable set of people to answer my question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the scope of the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would weight these 80% scope, 20% audience. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For criteria 1: With your particular question, I would say ... maybe, yes the people here have a lot of experience with MySQL, however this is balanced by the fact that probably 90% of that experience is on Server class hardware and software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For criteria 2: No your question does not fit the scope of the site at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, lets take these two very generic questions: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm trying to install $program on $DesktopOS. When i install, I'm having $problem&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a question who's scope is that of a single user having an issue on a single machine. It is definitely not in SF's scope. The answer is going to be a fix applied to a particular workstation once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, consider the following&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm trying to install $program on 1000 desktops running $DesktopOS the package gets pushed fine, but then $problem happens&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This second example is definitely withing scope of SF. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are focusing on the less important audience part, where for desktop OS issues scoping is much more important. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5880" LastEditorUserId="5880" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-25T23:26:50.693" LastActivityDate="2010-07-25T23:26:50.693" CommentCount="14" />
  <row Id="487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="485" CreationDate="2010-07-25T23:00:51.797" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The discussion about more basic questions on Server Fault is currently going on at &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/465/perception-of-purpose&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/465/perception-of-purpose&lt;/a&gt; .  One complaint is about Server Fault being &quot;Developer Support&quot; which it really should not be.  It is a place for professional system administrators to answer questions of other system administrators (regardless of level it seems so far). I am guessing that might have been Jeff's reason but I can't say for sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as people setting up MySQL on Super User they do it all the time. It is used for the backend of things like MythTV etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastActivityDate="2010-07-25T23:00:51.797" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="488" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="465" CreationDate="2010-07-25T23:12:53.947" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm starting to think that &quot;purpose&quot; does not necessarily mean &quot;what level of knowledge do we expect&quot;, or Server Fault would be useless as a comprehensive resource - there should be room for everything in the field of system administration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What people &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; object to are poorly asked questions; advising people on &lt;a href=&quot;http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;how to ask questions the smart way&lt;/a&gt; seems to be less and less common. The most basic of questions will get good answers if asked correctly; any question will get bad answers (or no answers at all) if asked poorly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42461" LastActivityDate="2010-07-25T23:12:53.947" />
  <row Id="489" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="465" CreationDate="2010-07-25T23:29:46.010" Score="-4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to throw my two cents in on a few things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's start with the matter of ServerFault being a &quot;developer support&quot; site. At work, I am a software engineer. There, system administrators and IT staff are available if I have problems with the servers or even with my development environment (such as a local development server environment). Their job is to make sure that I can get my job done and help me maintain my local environment as well as the development servers and production servers. At home, however, I am not only a software engineer, but also the system administrator, IT staff, and end user. There are times when I am at home, working on a project, and have an IT or system administration problem - when such a problem arises, I should be able to turn to the experts in the field, who should be found at ServerFault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the second, and potentially bigger, problem is defining what ServerFault and SuperUser are and what their relationship is. For StackOverflow, it's pretty easy to define what is a programming question - if it's related to code or the tools I use to write code, it's an on-topic question. But when it comes to ServerFault and SuperUser, it's harder. My personal rule-of-thumb is to ask myself what types of technology are at play. I define ServerFault as being the &quot;professional&quot; and &quot;enterprise&quot; site - if I'm doing work and have a problem or question that relates to my ability to get work done when using a professional or enterprise capable application or piece of hardware, it's a ServerFault question. Tools that I use that I would go to ServerFault to ask about include Apache HTTP Server, MySQL Server, Postgres installations, my Subversion server (potentially also on StackOverflow, depending on where the problem lies - administration of the server or actually using SVN), Microsoft SQL Server (although questions about writing applications using it would go to Stack Overflow), IIS Server, and Virtual Machines. I would go to SuperUser to ask about other &quot;office-style&quot; applications - 7Zip, uTorrent, Dia, GIMP, my web browser, Microsoft Office, and OpenOffice.org. A few topics, however, overlap - an enterprise network and a home network are very similar, but have very different administrative and technical backbones so should be split up across both sites depending on how the network is being deployed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My concern is that I should be able to ask questions on the appropriate site, regardless of how complicated they are. If it's an IT or system administration question that comes up when I'm wearing my &quot;system administrator&quot; hat (even if I'm at home working on one of my two development computers), I want to be able to ask everyone else who is wearing that hat - which means coming here to ServerFault. If I have a problem when wearing my &quot;power user&quot; or even just taking care of paperwork, I want to ask the super users on SuperUser. And if I have problems when serving in the capacity of a software engineer or programmer, I want to ask on StackOverflow. It's really that simple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="296" LastActivityDate="2010-07-25T23:29:46.010" CommentCount="14" />
  <row Id="490" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-25T23:50:16.567" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is related to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/465/perception-of-purpose&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;discussion here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There seems to be a class of question that is more than one that would be asked by someone who really isn't a sysadmin or is just starting their career (where the [beginner] tag is very appropriate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something like a middle ground for someone to use who is by no means an IT beginner but they are starting to work on a technology that is new to them. Something like [fundamentals] so that there isn't the connotation that goes with the [beginner] tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something that would give us a middle ground where someone wouldn't have to preface a bunch of questions with &quot;hey I'm new to this tech, not IT in general.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you guys (and gals) see any value in that type of tag, and how would you define its use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5880" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T12:25:52.340" Title="Fundamentals tag" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="4" />
  <row Id="491" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="490" CreationDate="2010-07-26T02:24:36.867" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've said this on StackOverflow, SuperUser, and everywhere anyone has ever mentioned anything like a [beginner] tag. Tags like [beginner] and [fundamentals] have two problems - they are not well-defined nor do they have a strong meaning to describe the content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is a fundamental or beginner concept to you might be second nature to me. Let's take the recurring theme of a system administrator with 15 years of experience in Linux- and Unix-based systems. This admin takes over a Windows system. He is not a beginner, nor does he know what the fundamentals of running a Windows system are. He does, however, understand key words such as &quot;batch script&quot;, &quot;service&quot;, and &quot;shell&quot; and can use these key words to tag his question in meaningful ways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if the tags weren't applied by the asker, you still have the problem of defining what is fundamental or beginner - not everyone draws the lines in the same place. And it's harder to define skill levels than it is key words (especially technical words).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of that said, however, a methodology for defining things like &quot;beginner&quot;, &quot;intermediate&quot;, &quot;advanced&quot;, &quot;fundamentals&quot;, and other similar words would be of benefit to every Stack Exchange community. The specifics would have to be done by every community, but a process that has worked once and can be applied multiple times would be useful in developing communities to be able to categorize questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="296" LastEditorUserId="296" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-26T02:43:06.433" LastActivityDate="2010-07-26T02:43:06.433" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="492" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="465" CreationDate="2010-07-26T14:01:42.380" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd just like to expand on a comment I just left:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Server Fault is for &quot;people who &lt;strong&gt;manage or maintain&lt;/strong&gt; computers in a &lt;em&gt;professional&lt;/em&gt; capacity&quot; (my italics). If you have a question about administering your home system it should go on Super User. There shouldn't be anything stopping you posting answers here, but questions should be from people doing systems administration as their &lt;strong&gt;job&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I would hope that answers from an informed user (such as myself) would be acceptable, after all we have to work with the systems and procedures that the sys admins come up with and have an understanding of how the systems work. For example if I saw a question about limiting users access I'd want to feel I could answer that developers need more access to machines than office workers and give reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a lot of startups and small companies a developer &lt;strong&gt;is&lt;/strong&gt; the systems administrator. It's not ideal, but it's the way the world works. It's not their main area of responsibility but it is their job and they &lt;strong&gt;will&lt;/strong&gt; ask the &quot;stupid&quot;/beginner/fundamentals question because they have no one else to turn to.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1071" LastEditorUserId="1071" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-26T14:14:54.360" LastActivityDate="2010-07-26T14:14:54.360" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="465" CreationDate="2010-07-26T16:45:43.787" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are we going to pander to people who are asking general questions and&#xA;  are not knowledgeable about technology&#xA;  or the industry?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing to remember about these types of questions is some cases simple questions are easier to find in Google search results.  If we want to grow the community we need as much Google juice as we can getting new users onto the serverfault site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you remember back from the stackoverflow podcasts this was discussed during the episode that spawned the question &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1003841/how-do-i-move-the-turtle-in-logo&quot;&gt;How do I move the turtle in LOGO&lt;/a&gt;?  The vast majority of develoeprs could figure out how to move the turtle, and the language is considered more of a toy then professional language, but it is also a pretty popular question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In another podcast Joel encouraged (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/23456/questions-to-help-build-up-the-sf-repo/23459#23459&quot;&gt;ref&lt;/a&gt;) users to add lots of basic programming questions because they may bring in more users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having basic questions is not a bad thing in my opinion.  At least as long as they are related to field of system/network administration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/36906/no-question-too-newbie-are-you-sure&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/36906/no-question-too-newbie-are-you-sure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastEditorUserId="984" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-26T17:19:06.467" LastActivityDate="2010-07-26T17:19:06.467" />
  <row Id="494" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-26T16:47:48.043" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;What happened to the following migrated questions on Superuser, were they deleted?  Are we migrating questions we should be closing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/164183/convert-powerpoint-to-visio-closed&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/164183/convert-powerpoint-to-visio-closed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/159688/bugzilla-installation-url-closed&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/159688/bugzilla-installation-url-closed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-07-26T16:47:48.043" Title="Migrated questions gone" Tags="&lt;support&gt;" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="495" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="467" CreationDate="2010-07-26T17:01:09.007" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Partly to prevent gaming the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also consider that one of the features of the bounty is that your question is featured.  You could look at this from the perspective that you are paying to have your question be advertised like a sponsored link.  Just because you didn't get a good answer doesn't mean your question wasn't listed in the featured tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/56298/why-arent-bounties-refunded-if-they-are-not-awarded/56299#56299&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/56298/why-arent-bounties-refunded-if-they-are-not-awarded/56299#56299&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-07-26T17:01:09.007" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="496" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="490" CreationDate="2010-07-26T17:16:04.880" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that the tagging system is mostly used for searching.  I don't see how a [fundamentals],  [beginner], or other tags is very useful for finding questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-07-26T17:16:04.880" />
  <row Id="497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="485" CreationDate="2010-07-26T17:37:02.927" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However, configuring an environment to&#xA;  support software development is a&#xA;  professional concern&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that was not what your question was about.  Your question basically is just &lt;code&gt;the install failed, how do I fix it&lt;/code&gt;.  Nothing about they way you asked the question tells me that it is about system administration.  You aren't asking about permissions, or optimization, backups or anything that really would fit into system administration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer to your question has more to do with desktop support then system administration.  Most likely you have some security tool running, or permissions messed up.  Or perhaps you downloaded a bad copy of the file.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Honestly the question as written isn't that great and may not get a good answer anywhere.  I doubt anyone can give you a good answer since we don't have enough information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-07-26T17:37:02.927" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="498" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-26T20:38:34.787" Score="17" ViewCount="221" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm seeing SO MANY questions lately that should be KILLED ON THE SPOT that are simply being moved to SuperUser as a way to get rid of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should not be done. I don't know if people are scared of making the decision to kill a question, or if they want to give it &quot;one more chance&quot; but questions that DON'T BELONG THERE should not be sent there as a way to get rid of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question: &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/164240/why-is-classful-addressing-obsolete-closed&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/164240/why-is-classful-addressing-obsolete-closed&lt;/a&gt; should have just been closed as a dupe or off topic or not a real question or something appropriate. It does not belong on SU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the most recent one, but I've seen it happen dozens of times lately. More often actually, maybe because we're starting to get more 10k users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I don't use SU but I know that this must be pissing them off to no end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T18:49:34.153" Title="Stop sending things to SuperUser to die!!" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;super-user&gt;" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="11" FavoriteCount="0" />
  <row Id="499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="498" CreationDate="2010-07-26T21:06:51.350" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was about to ask a question on meta.superuser entitled &quot;Is Super User a dumping ground for Server Fault?&quot;  And found that someone already asked &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.superuser.com/questions/357/is-superuser-a-stackoverflow-dumping-ground&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Is Super User a Stack Overflow Dumping Ground?&lt;/a&gt;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for now maybe I will just keep it here....  How extensive is this problem?  Do we have any data?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastActivityDate="2010-07-26T21:06:51.350" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="500" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="498" CreationDate="2010-07-26T21:14:52.200" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm starting to wonder if this is something that needs to be hammered out more fully here on Meta.  A lot of people seem to think that SU exists to answer the questions that are too basic (or in the example above, too poorly phrased) for SF.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure how to make the point that SU and SF address different topics entirely, and it's absolutely not a complexity-divide.  I'd say SU should just send them back where they started, so those questions can be shot &amp;amp; buried on our dime, as it were.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should there be a mechanism for a site to reject question migration?  A question-purgatory where users of sufficient rep can vote on whether to keep or reject the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-07-26T21:14:52.200" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="501" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-26T21:16:04.697" Score="4" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an idea that part of the way we might improve Server Fault a little bit is to take questions that just are not that great but maybe have potential and edit them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think if when users with enough rep reach for the downvote button, maybe if we edit them into &lt;em&gt;better&lt;/em&gt; questions that will have a little more depth to them it might help out some of frustration with some of the not-so-great questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People often do this in their answers anyways.  Because the person is struggling a little to ask the question anyways we answer the question .. and then some.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know some people are very worried about stepping on the authors toes or changing their intent.  However it the question might get closed you are helping them, and I believe they can always just edit it back (hope I am not mistaken about that).  So I say, &lt;em&gt;if you feel like it&lt;/em&gt;, go for it....  Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T02:35:40.343" Title="Editing not-so-good Questions" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="502" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="501" CreationDate="2010-07-26T21:43:50.060" Score="7" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's been occasions where I've virtually re-written a question from scratch. I've got a lot of experience dealing with people who have english as a second language so I'm usually pretty good at re-writing a question coherently without changing the intent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I frankly don't care if peoples rep gets inflated because of my edits for two reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They're often hit-and-run users who don't come back a 2nd time&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I believe question rep should represent whether or not the question is a good question, not whether it was written coherently or clearly&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other things I've done are fix incorrect terminology (captive portals seem to be one a lot of people get confused with) that actually changes the context of the question, but because the original terminology was incorrect the question had an incorrect context in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not a single one of my edits has ever been chastised by the original poster, so I say &lt;strong&gt;go for it&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastEditorUserId="1803" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-27T03:12:01.627" LastActivityDate="2010-07-27T03:12:01.627" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="503" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="501" CreationDate="2010-07-26T21:52:23.753" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If i can figure out the intent of the question I've re-written more than one from scratch as it was a good question to begin with. On the flip side I won't edit a question I've figured it out and it still is a bad questions, I'll just vote to close. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I can't figure out what exactly the person is asking, I'll try and go in and clean up grammar, spelling, and CapiTaliZatioN mistakes to give someone who is more knowledgeable in the field that is being asked about a better chance of cleaning it up further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5880" LastActivityDate="2010-07-26T21:52:23.753" />
  <row Id="504" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="498" CreationDate="2010-07-26T22:00:47.230" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering how many of those closed questions arn't 4-1 or 5-0 to move to SU, but something more like 1-1-1-2 or 1-2-2 to move. Does anyone know if close votes are published in the Data dump or even the fact that it was closed at all? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I think that Kara's idea of a Question Purgatory could be very workable as long as you don't rely on the mods. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Say something like if the question doesn't have a super-majority of close votes (4 or 5 for the same reason) then it gets sent to Question purgatory. It would be locked while there and then the 10kers have a final say type vote to close needing only 3 votes to finalize the move. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also include a &quot;Should not be closed&quot; option that unlocks the question, and removes close votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5880" LastActivityDate="2010-07-26T22:00:47.230" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="505" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="498" CreationDate="2010-07-26T22:51:01.270" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This conversation and ones on SO-Meta are beginning to make me rethink what qualifies as vote-to-close versus vote-to-move in my head. I've lurked on SU for a while, and am beginning to get an idea as to what kinds of questions thrive there and which ones go to die. The Classful question Farseeker pointed to qualifies as Not-SU to me, and only barely Not-Close. I guess I have a lower bound on the minimum grasp of the fundamentals needed to do much on SF than others. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think all three sites are suffering from beginner-fatigue on the part of the avid answerers. SU is perhaps the most forgiving of teh newb, which is why those questions get shoveled that direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-07-26T22:51:01.270" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="498" CreationDate="2010-07-26T23:29:32.860" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't have voted to close that question, I would have tried to edit it.   I don't mind a good beginner question at all.  A poorly asked question bugs me far worse then a question about basic networking.  Unfortunately it seems like a lot of poorly asked questions are migrated when they should have been either edited or closed, or marked as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we need to try and think of a way to encourage people to edit or close bad questions instead of just transferring them somewhere else where they don't really belong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's a lot faster to vote-to-move than&#xA;  it is to take the time to fix a post.&#xA;  It's a hard one to incentivise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@sysadmin1138, I agree, but I would prefer a vote to close over a vote to move if there is any doubt about the question being appropriate for the destination site.  I am almost thinking that vote to move should cost 2-5 rep unless the person voting has more then 3k rep on the destination.  That way if you want to move something you either must have established yourself on the destination site and you will probably know what does belong there or you must accept that your move vote will cost you a bit of your rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastEditorUserId="984" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-27T00:46:59.763" LastActivityDate="2010-07-27T00:46:59.763" CommentCount="6" />
  <row Id="507" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-26T23:34:52.230" Score="-5" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;Below are a few thoughts that I've had relating to a few points in the FAQ that need to be cleaned up by the site administration to prevent confusion when people move between Stack Exchange sites (especially between StackOverflow, ServerFault, and SuperUser). I'm posting similar concerns on the StackOverflow and SuperUser meta sites as well - I want to try to bring to light the problems that I have in navigating the primary trilogy of exchanges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today at work, a system administrator came up to all of the developers and told us there was a problem with the servers. But at the time, we were all using them just fine. Apparently, to a sysadmin and a computer scientist or software engineer, &quot;server&quot; means something very different. What he was trying to say, very simply, was that the cooling system had to have work done and they were going to shut down the nonessential servers (the dev servers) for a bit to fix it. Then I thought of my problems yesterday where I was arguing that MySQL Server is the server and not the hardware that it is installed upon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The standard definition for server from my computer science and software engineering textbooks is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A running program (a process) on a networked computer that accepts requests from programs running on other computers to perform a service and responds to appropriately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the definition that I'm used to. However, to him, a server is the physical box that holds the hardware, the hardware inside it (motherboard, RAM, fans, HDDs), the enclosure, rack, and cooling system. On top of this, the software (database server, web server, application server) is also included. Saying &quot;server&quot; to him would imply that there's a problem with anything in that list (and some things that I'm probably missing, too).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I was looking for a place to ask my question about MySQL Server, I saw &quot;server&quot; in the FAQ and was like &quot;hey, I've got a server installation/configuration problem&quot; and found my site to ask it. Even though I'm a competent, well educated, and experienced software engineer, I have very little experience running networks and hardware (although I have helped out sysadmins in the past when they were short handed and needed to get some stuff going). With people coming from StackOverflow and SuperUser through ServerFault and seeing certain words that to them mean something very different, they can get confused like I was and post things on the wrong site. That only leads to headaches, confusion, and (most importantly) no answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not a fan of the term &quot;professional capacity&quot;. What exactly does that mean? If you are going to keep that phrase, it has to be defined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that mean you have to get paid for it? I look at StackOverflow and it's for people who are enthusiasts as well as professionals. I could have a fully loaded 42U server rack in my basement where I'm running my own telephony server, file servers, web servers, database servers, print servers, and so on. But I'm not paid to do this, and such a powerful setup really isn't appropriate for SuperUser (especially if I'm using commercial-grade hardware). When I think of a SuperUser setup, I think of a handful of computers networked together in a home or small business using the kind of equipment you can walk into Best Buy or Staples, purchase, and walk out with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that &quot;professional capacity&quot; should be reworded to use some kind of phrasing to describe the type of system(s) that you are running. I'm not sure exactly what terms are best, but &quot;commercial-grade&quot;, &quot;enterprise&quot;, and &quot;corporate&quot; come to mind as possibilities that I've heard used. The exact term is going to have to be decided by people who know more about how to define a system than I do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are &quot;many&quot; networked PCs? Right now, I have 4 PCs on my network. I know for a fact that 4 PCs is not many. But is 5 many? 10? 100? I suppose this ties into &quot;professional capacity&quot;. Where do you draw the line between a SuperUser home/small-business network and a...whatever you want to call a larger network?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The FAQ says that scripting is allowed for discussion here. But where you you draw the line at scripting to programming? I know for a fact that questions about bash scripts and Windows batch scripts have been posted and accepted at StackOverflow. My personal feeling is that it would depend on the task you are performing and the question could potentially belong on either SO, SU, or SF depending on what your end goal is. This needs to be more defined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As new Stack Exchange sites open, I feel that it is important to potentially develop partnerships with them to offset some loads. A particular Stack Exchange that covers a subset of system administration/network administration/IT topics should be linked to in the official FAQ to ensure that people can get to the best possible venue to answer their questions. The topicality of each SE that is linked to should be described clearly (without ambiguity), but concisely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/58530/site-faq-update-suggestions&quot;&gt;StackOverflow Meta Post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.superuser.com/questions/1186/site-faq-update-suggestions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SuperUser Meta Post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="296" LastActivityDate="2010-07-27T02:45:29.940" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-27T00:40:38.467" Title="Site FAQ Update Suggestions" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="508" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="507" CreationDate="2010-07-27T00:36:51.420" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A running program (a process) on a&#xA;  networked computer that accepts&#xA;  requests from programs running on&#xA;  other computers to perform a service&#xA;  and responds to appropriately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That definition doesn't really fit the typical usage of the word by a sysadmin.  By that definition almost every and any computing devices is a server.  All your windows computers are servers, your mobile phones are servers, home routers are server and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think there is or can be a single definition that perfectly defines what fits on sererfault.  Like obscenity, this kind fits in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I know it when I see it&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I was to try and describe a server here are some of the criteria that I think may apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A server is not a piece of software running meant to serve a single person at the console.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most of the time a server is not running on a desktop operating system e.g. Windows Vista, 7, any Linux with Gnome/KDE/GUI installed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A server is not a computer using for desktop applications.  Unless it is serving many users at the same time (ie remote desktop services).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A server may be a computer providing a service for many users like file, print, email, and database.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What are &quot;many&quot; networked PCs? Right&#xA;  now, I have 4 PCs on my network. I&#xA;  know for a fact that 4 PCs is not&#xA;  many. But is 5 many? 10? 100?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the quantity is not that important, and the question subject is more important.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example I think a question about how to manually install MS office on 25 computer really doesn't belong here.  But a question about how to deal with key management does.  A question about how to automatically deploy office with GPOs, or something else belongs here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A question about how to use MDT, ghost, partimage to deploy an OS image does belong here even if you have only a couple computers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But where you you draw the line at scripting to programming?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think questions about the programming language, (ie how do you define a function, how do you use a control structure) do not belong here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The scripting questions that do belong in my opinion are more about looking for a code snippet to perform a specific task to many computers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Yeah. That's why it's real important&#xA;  that the SF FAQ defines &quot;server&quot; as it&#xA;  means to system administrators (to&#xA;  account for people like me who come&#xA;  here from StackOverflow asking about&#xA;  things that us CS/SE people consider&#xA;  to be servers) and then get SO and SU&#xA;  to change their use of &quot;server&quot; in&#xA;  their FAQs so people don't get&#xA;  confused and wander here when they&#xA;  should be someplace else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I think it would be a bad idea to get to nit picky and legalistic about what is on-topic in the FAQ.  I think the community moderation and migration works a lot of the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we get overly precise in our definitions we will most likely discourage questions that are on topic, but don't exactly fit the description.  Or people will just ignore the description because it is too verbose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a new person wants to know they could take 5-15 minutes and review the top ~20-100 questions sorted by votes to get an idea about what is going on.  It tends to be far easier to just look at past questions and see what the community allows then it is to try and work out the topic from a short description.  But even looking at past questions isn't entirely perfect since some questions where allowed in the startup of the site that would probably be closed/migrated today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastEditorUserId="984" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-27T02:23:47.327" LastActivityDate="2010-07-27T02:23:47.327" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-27T00:36:51.420" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="507" CreationDate="2010-07-27T02:45:29.940" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Server&quot; is nebulous to us sysadminly types as well. In the large majority of cases what we're talking about is a particular hardware/OS combination, with some forays into dedicated application servers (&quot;The Oracle server&quot;). It comes out of the fact that there is no widely accepted way to lexically discriminate between Server (subtype:Hardware) and Server (subtype:database, subtype:Oracle). You can have servers on servers, so it all gets lumped into 'Server'. Software Engineers build servers out of software, Sysadmins build Servers out of Hardware in order to run Software servers, and sysadmins may end up running those servers as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;'Server' is highly imprecise when you get down to drawing lines between things like Apache and CentOS. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where things get really fuzzy is where System Administrator and Application Administrator cross over. In small shops, one person may be doing everything from installing Office 2010 to making sure the PHP/MySQL environment is up to snuff for the one developer in the company. In larger shops that role may be covered by five different people (desktop tech, hardware/OS person, network person, DBA, Web Technology person), three of whom have different concepts of where Server ends and Application begins.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which is a long way of saying that for StackOverflow, where there is a preponderance of people with formalized Computer Science education, the ServerFault definition of Server can be described in rather precise terms (to a point). On SuperUser, where formal CS training is a very small minority, a more common-sense based definition of Server can be used. Zoredache's verbage is a good one for SuperUser. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Constructing one for StackOverflow will take some doing. &#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;Professional vs. casual:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the tone question. Is ServerFault for people with a certain minimum competence in their chosen technology, or is it welcoming to people who are just starting out in all of this? We already have a spate of homework questions getting posted. And there is always that case of the genius Windows administrator dipping their toe into Solaris for the first time and getting stuck. We're still arguing this one. &#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;Scripting vs Programing&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I myself have noticed that Powershell questions get better answers here than on StackOverflow. The same is probably true for bash scripts. This is one of those gray areas where complexity can be the differentiator. If you're &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3325911/how-does-threading-in-powershell-work&quot;&gt;getting parallel execution working&lt;/a&gt;, that's probably a StackOverflow question. If you're &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/159919/how-to-get-a-list-of-all-distribution-lists-and-their-members-in-exchange-2007&quot;&gt;wondering how to extract a certain kind of data&lt;/a&gt;, that's probably a ServerFault question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's all a gray area though. People will go to where the experts lurk, regardless of what the FAQ says.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-07-27T02:45:29.940" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-27T02:45:29.940" />
  <row Id="510" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="490" CreationDate="2010-07-27T03:37:25.600" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Beginner/fundamental tag is useful in allowing people to just ignore it (rather than voting to pitch it to SU inappropriately).  I think it would also be of great value to a ... beginner!  I would've devoured every beginner tagged question if i'd had SF when I started out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for defining what qualifies as beginner, I don't see that it's necessary.  It'd also be impossible.  But like everything else in the spirit of the trilogy, the commmmunity will reach consensus.  If a person tags their question and an expert feels that it's more advanced, they can remove the tag - or add it in thhe opposite scenario.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's important to avoid ivory-tower attempts to lock things down too rigidly in search of The One Truth.  These sites are vibrant (and useful in the really real world) in part due to their flexibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-07-27T03:37:25.600" />
  <row Id="512" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="485" CreationDate="2010-07-27T04:01:33.937" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was mentioned already, but I wanted to be very concise.  Admins in the field will not (in general) install ANY server apps onto desktop OSs.  Whether or not you feel that this is true, or fair, or relevant demonstrates a lack of broad, practical experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's ok.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As others have stated, SU - as a &lt;em&gt;hobbyist&lt;/em&gt; site - has a lot to offer in terms of advice on nonstandard or unsupported configs.  Often, the problem is with people perceiving SU experts as 'lesser' somehow.  They have different skillsets. Fact is, you have a much better chance of finding someone who's got experience with that scenario on SU than SF.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No offense intended, but you're installing something with 'server' in its name doesn't make the activity 'server administration' any more than standing in a garage makes me a car.  Perl is technically programming, but if I took such questions to SO, I hope they'd migrate it to SF.  Hopefully that makes it a little clearer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastEditorUserId="7709" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-27T04:04:33.983" LastActivityDate="2010-07-27T04:04:33.983" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="513" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="498" CreationDate="2010-07-27T13:05:30.677" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's how I handle these types of questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the quality of English is awful, I will try to decipher and clarify, but I'm less tolerant to nonsense with these questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If its an obvious homework question, vote to close&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I cannot determine what is being asked, vote to close&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2224" LastActivityDate="2010-07-27T13:05:30.677" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="514" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="519" CreationDate="2010-07-28T00:42:43.910" Score="4" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/164199/question-related-to-classful-ip-addressing-closed&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/164199/question-related-to-classful-ip-addressing-closed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot believe that I'm still seeing questions about how to manage class-based routing coming in to ServerFault:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/145440/&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/145440/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/115503/&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/115503/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/145440/&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/145440/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/167390/&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/167390/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/173113/&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/173113/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.ultraedit.com/assets/images/new.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and, of course this one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/164240/&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/164240/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's just some I found very quickly on the first page of a google search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of these (apart from the last one) are because people just &lt;em&gt;don't understand CIDR routing&lt;/em&gt; or are living in 1994. If you're 56 years old and have lived under a rock for the last 20 years - fine. What disgusts me is that some of these people are students and they are clearly being TAUGHT THIS AT SCHOOL. And not just as a theoretical exercise, but AS FACT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I went to a pretty crappy university where in 2004 our lecturer tried to teach us about setting an IRQ on a network card in an ISA BUS (she somehow managed to find enough old computers for our tutorials so we actually had to do this!) and our database lecturer taught me nothing useful in two semesters except how to understand the thickest russian accent I've ever heard. But even we didn't learn about class-based IP addresses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we bother answering these questions, or should we have one master &quot;Class based IP addresses are DEAD and here is why&quot; question/answer that we can link to and hit the close button?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastEditorUserId="7709" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-21T21:48:41.327" LastActivityDate="2010-08-21T21:48:41.327" Title="Class-based IP routing and other obsolete questions" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;close&gt;&lt;class-based-ip&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="514" CreationDate="2010-07-28T01:09:58.783" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The sad part is when i was in tech school (high school tech school not those crappy vocation schools that pretend to be college) (graduated a little under 10 years ago in 01) Class based IP addressing was taught as THE way to do subnetting ... if i remember we had 3 different tests on it. So I'm not surprised they are still teaching it. Heck I hadn't even heard of CIDR till i took a CCNA course 2 years later. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for Class based IP addresses are dead, i would suggest an edit to &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/49765/server-fault-wiki-how-does-subnetting-work&quot;&gt;Subnetting Wiki&lt;/a&gt; that explains class based addressing is dead as the master question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5880" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T01:09:58.783" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="516" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="501" CreationDate="2010-07-28T02:35:40.343" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/164337/&quot;&gt;Here's a question that I didn't know how to ask&lt;/a&gt;, so I asked it as Community Wiki in the hope of getting it edited to a decent question with useful answers. It would be useful if people could edit &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; as an  example of &quot;how to edit a question to make it better&quot;, and &quot;does Community Wiki actually serve a useful purpose&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42461" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T02:35:40.343" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="514" CreationDate="2010-07-28T03:36:34.920" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I support the idea of a new question / answer about classful vs. cidr. I'm not so sure adding this to the subnetting wiki is such a great idea. It seems to be a rather large post already. Of course, I'm still kinda newbish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33118" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T03:36:34.920" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="518" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="514" CreationDate="2010-07-28T06:16:06.497" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem with classful routing is that I have a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCNA&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CCNA&lt;/a&gt; study book from 2005 that discussion classful subnetting.  I would not be surprised at all if some colleges still teach it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We where interviewing for a Network Support position just recently (~ &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sage.org/field/jobs-descriptions.html#Junior&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;sage II&lt;/a&gt;).  Four out of the six candidates we interviewed where not able to tell us what CIDR or VLSM was.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Classes are dead, but I think we will probably see question about it until the majority of the Internet has switched to IPv6.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most new subnetting questions I just link to Evan's post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastEditorUserId="984" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-28T16:05:06.037" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T16:05:06.037" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="519" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="514" CreationDate="2010-07-28T10:34:03.937" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Per Zoredache's answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Most new subnetting questions I just link to Evan's post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a tag/list/something to denote the collection of question-answers that are &lt;em&gt;the&lt;/em&gt; authoritative examples on their respective topic?  Outside of subnets/CIDR, of course, those two seem pretty well covered. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As SF grows I suspect duplicate/beginner/one-hit-wonder questions will become a much larger issue.  Does the SE engine include a method to organize and publish such example questions in an easier-to-find fashion?[1]  Closing a question as duplicate/already-answered/&quot;beginner&quot; and redirecting the the One True Example Question may help.  Providing new users a Sysadmin-FAQ But-Not-The-Site-Usage-FAQ could be useful.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[1] - I realize this can all be mitigated with a little searching+rtfsf.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23067" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T10:34:03.937" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="520" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-28T13:21:28.283" Score="0" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I threw out a placeholder tag for gadgets questions &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/5475/how-to-sync-an-android-phone-with-anything-other-than-google&quot;&gt;like this&lt;/a&gt;, so we can hand them off when gadgets.stackexchange.com goes live.  It seems harmless enough to let it run its course, but I suppose we can lock these types if there's a good enough case for it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or maybe a belongs-on-stackexchange tag would be better.  We could just close them as off-topic...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So many options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastEditorUserId="1803" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-28T13:34:52.650" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T14:04:59.503" Title="Belongs-on-gadgets tag?" Tags="&lt;tags&gt;&lt;stackexchange&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="521" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="520" CreationDate="2010-07-28T14:04:59.503" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the question is regarding standardizing it within the IT infrastructure in a company, I believe it to be on topic.  Otherwise, I'd vote to close as off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tagging probably makes sense to enable migration later but only if we have the support of someone who can and will perform the migration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T14:04:59.503" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="498" CreationDate="2010-07-28T18:49:34.153" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now that we have some specific metas, it's indeed a good way to communicate between communities, especially on this kind of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be honest, I rarely see questions being dumped from SF to SU. I mean it happens, but most of the time it's justified: it's about a user-side question, and it's on topic. There is more often a problem with SO migrating off-topic questions just because they are not programming related, but I think we equally share the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About the particular case you mention, I don't think this is particularly off-topic on SU. The question is of poor quality, for sure, but it is a matter of computer science in general. Networking questions are on-topic on Super User, at least when it's about definitions like this. After, if someone is asking for more details about subnetworks, we will rather migrate it to SF, since it's more a topic sysadmins are likely to encounter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10448" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T18:49:34.153" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="523" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-28T18:57:17.553" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently on Super User is this question: &lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com/questions/166817/seach-content-of-files-with-unknown-extension&quot;&gt;Search content of files with unknown extension&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is asking how to do things with the search tool, in Windows Server 2008. I was wondering if this question should be migrated to SF or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, I know that this is not really a matter of sysadmin, it's really a &quot;user task&quot;. However, it's directed to an OS which is normally used only by sysadmins (and a few home servers). So in theory, the Server Fault community is more likely to know the answer to such a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So here is the general question, aside from my particular case: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What about questions on Super User which are related to a server OS? &lt;em&gt;(And I really mean a professional server one, not one which would be used as a home server)&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should we migrate them to Server Fault, if they don't get an answer on Super User?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or is it really a user matter, and it would clutter Server Fault?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10448" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T12:33:48.613" Title="What about server OS questions?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;allowed-topics&gt;&lt;super-user&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="524" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="523" CreationDate="2010-07-28T20:18:29.910" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I personally wouldn't be against migrating that question.  Configuring the Windows Search Service on a file server or Terminal server used by many users is something that an administrator may want/need to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question you linked to for Windows 7 does seem to work under 2008.  But there doesn't appear to be any way to include all files.  That procedure appears to only seem to allow you to index specific types.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way the question is written doesn't seem to be purely about a single end-user.  I am not sure if there is an answer though.  A correct answer may actually come from stackoverflow.  I am not entirely sure if it is even possible to get all files without writing a new filter to for the search service (&lt;a href=&quot;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb318649%28VS.85%29.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb318649(VS.85).aspx&lt;/a&gt;) on 2008.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone wanted to exeriment one could try adding the &lt;a href=&quot;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd940433%28VS.85%29.aspx#find_file_dll&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;plain-text persistence filter&lt;/a&gt; to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes* and see what happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastEditorUserId="984" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-28T20:30:18.337" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T20:30:18.337" />
  <row Id="525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="523" CreationDate="2010-07-29T12:33:48.613" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the question could live quite happily on either site, since it's a shared 2008/7 feature, and either community probably has a fair shake at having the same knowhow.  But then again, I'm comfortable with the gray area between the sites, where a host of questions can fall.  I know others are more in favor of a sharp line of separation, and I can't say which is correct, really.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T12:33:48.613" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="526" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-29T12:42:01.623" Score="2" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;This fits along the lines of SF and SU having entirely different scopes, and decidedly NOT covering different complexity levels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If SU is about individual systems, and the troubleshooting of that desktop/laptop and its hardware/software - &lt;em&gt;provided the question is not about configuring networking on that individual system&lt;/em&gt; should all networking questions belong on SF?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/164995/ipv6-routing-problem&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; doesn't seem like it'd get much input on SU, and if you remove the word &quot;home&quot;, I can't see that it doesn't fit right in.  However, I'm asking the question to get other perspectives on the idea.  I may head over to SU meta to see how they feel about pure networking questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it clarify the FAQs of both sites to direct networking questions to SF?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;edit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wasn't very precise - I'm mainly talking about general/generic/nonspecific networking, specifically where it doesn't involve a PC, consoles, gadgets, consumer-grade linksys wireless routers (though I've had to support those in the office far too often), etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastEditorUserId="1" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-04T06:56:36.743" LastActivityDate="2010-08-04T06:56:36.743" Title="Networking - always an SF topic?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;super-user&gt;&lt;scope&gt;" AnswerCount="7" />
  <row Id="527" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="526" CreationDate="2010-07-29T13:13:25.300" Score="7" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I made an exception for this one in my head because it is ipv6 which is probably going to be of interest to many administrators at this point in time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in general, I don't feel networking always belongs SF.  This is because often setting up home networking equipment is very different from setting up offices.  In offices you generally have different concerns about security, segregation, QoS etc than you might at home.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, more often than not the equipment is different.  I would say consumer grade networking equipment usually belongs on SU.  The people on SU probably know more about the details of how to get something like dd-wrt to work, or how to make it so their Mom can upload her pictures over a home NAS that supports file sharing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T13:13:25.300" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="528" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="526" CreationDate="2010-07-29T13:42:31.407" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Supporting&lt;/em&gt; entry level consumer grade networking products is entirely outside of the scope of SF IMO.  Setting up a NAT for the X-Box 360 on a Linksys is off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T13:42:31.407" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="529" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="530" CreationDate="2010-07-29T14:04:51.430" Score="0" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;Outside of when a moderators step in, I rarely see questions being closed due to receiving votes.  Do we not have enough 3000+ rep people on the site or is the 5 vote limit for close too high?  I'm not sure which is the case here, but the community moderation doesn't really seem to be working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't a knock on the mods, because you guys seem to be doing a great job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5391" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T14:13:10.193" Title="Have we lost critical mass of 3000+ accounts?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;moderation&gt;&lt;closed-questions&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="530" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="529" CreationDate="2010-07-29T14:07:56.167" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's because the mods are fast on the ball lately.  If the question stayed around long enough, it would hit the 5 votes.  We have enough 3000+ people right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, and as of 7/29/2010 at 10AM EST we have 98 SF users at 3000+ reputation right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastEditorUserId="35817" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-29T14:13:10.193" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T14:13:10.193" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="531" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-07-18T16:02:37.913" Score="0" ViewCount="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question here this morning and got about 5 good responses right away.  I just came back to check in on it and it's marked Closed, Migrated to SuperUser.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's even a link, but it just directs me to the &quot;you can't use SuperUser.com&quot; page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I see the answers to my question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:39.737" Title="You migrated my question from Serverfault to SuperUser.com. How do I read it?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;stackoverflow&gt;&lt;sffaq&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="532" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="531" CreationDate="2009-07-18T16:07:02.227" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you're asked for a password at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.superuser.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SuperUser&lt;/a&gt;, type&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;( see &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/07/super-user-semi-private-beta-begins/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/07/super-user-semi-private-beta-begins/&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That should then let you sign in with OpenID&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="658" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:39.737" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="533" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="531" CreationDate="2009-07-18T16:08:01.427" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/07/super-user-semi-private-beta-begins/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/07/super-user-semi-private-beta-begins/&lt;/a&gt; for getting in to SU, set up your account (don't forget to link them), and then you'll likely see why it was moved as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="284" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:39.737" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="531" CreationDate="2009-07-18T18:46:36.290" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You must admit it's a bit silly to move stuff to a site in semi-closed beta.  Until the site is really live, it would be better to just treat it as if it doesn't exist, so questions that would otherwise be moved there should be closed instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:39.737" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="535" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:37:20.637" Score="7" ViewCount="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;How to move question between serverfault and stackoverflow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible (maybe I don't have enough rep. to see this option)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/8324/how-does-serverfault-work-the-community-faq&quot;&gt;Return to FAQ Index&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:40.943" Title="Moving questions between sites" Tags="&lt;sffaq&gt;" AnswerCount="5" />
  <row Id="536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="535" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:41:10.797" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think it's possible at the mo.  I'm sure the team have considered it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One interesting problem I could see for the less frequent / drive-by users... it might not be obvious to them that their question had moved site... they might not be able to find it again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:40.943" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="537" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="535" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:52:44.063" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm assuming only mods can do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:40.943" />
  <row Id="538" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="535" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:39:00.910" Score="12" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;While Jeff &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.uservoice.com/pages/17382-general/suggestions/178800-show-related-items-on-stackoverflow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;has said&lt;/a&gt; that this feature will be coming, there are some complicating factors. Primarily, since this site is running of a separate database with separate users, it might be difficult for the poster to retain ownership of the question. Will an account be automatically created here for the user when a question is moved? How is ownership determined, by OpenIDs? There are already some &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/googles-openids-are-unique-per-domain/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;problems&lt;/a&gt; with that approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/podcast-49/#comment-19786&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;had hoped&lt;/a&gt; that this site would use the same DB as Stack Overflow, as it would make things like moving questions between sites simple, but I guess Jeff felt differently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;edit:&lt;/strong&gt; It's &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/07/migrate-questions-between-websites/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;now possible&lt;/a&gt; to migrate between all four sites (with the exception of migrating off Meta). Ownership is maintained through OpenIDs, and the Google OpenID problem is handled through account association.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="548" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:40.943" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="535" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:29:52.313" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of my questions did get moved, but as indicated my ownership of the question was removed and in fact my login on this site is busted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:40.943" />
  <row Id="540" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="535" CreationDate="2009-08-26T14:22:18.520" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators can currently move questions between sites from our menu.  Which you'll see in a moment when I move this question over the the meta site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:40.943" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="541" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:02:21.703" Score="3" ViewCount="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there an RSS / ATOM feed for new questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a feed on StackOverflow that is really useful.  Is there an equivalent on SeverFault?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry if this is a duplicate or already in the FAQ but I couldn't find it :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:41.747" Title="Is there an RSS / ATOM feed for new questions?" Tags="&lt;sffaq&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="541" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:08:47.120" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have you tried &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/feeds&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/feeds&lt;/a&gt; for the &quot;recent questions feed&quot; which you can find on the bottom of the home-page?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:41.747" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="541" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:46:08.340" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When your on the main page (eg: no a question) its displayed in the bottom right corner in either text form or a orange square.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:41.747" />
  <row Id="544" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="546" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:38:22.440" Score="3" ViewCount="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;So during the beta is it desirable to put questions in for others to answer that we might already know the answer to?  I know that one of the big things is for search engines (Google, etc) to index the site.  Should we go ahead and build up the repository of questions in prep for the public launch?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Please note that this has been added as a reference in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/8324/how-does-serverfault-work-the-community-faq&quot;&gt;Community FAQ&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1054" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:41.930" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-26T14:28:56.420" Title="Questions to help build up the SF repo?" Tags="&lt;sffaq&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="545" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="544" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:40:40.470" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Pretty sure thats the whole purpose of the beta.  Get a lot of commonly asked questions in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:41.930" />
  <row Id="546" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="544" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:49:35.140" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes.  Like most successful internet applications, Serverfault and Stackoverflow are middle-men.  They provide a forum where people can ask and answer questions.  The value of a 'middle-man' or brokerage application is a function that is upper-bounded by the square of the number of punters.  This square law is very nicely documented in an essay called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dtc.umn.edu/~odlyzko/doc/history.communications2.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;'Content is not king'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, the more questions (of reasonable quality) and answers the more people get value from the forum and the more valuable the forum is.  Joel and Jeff both had a base of readers that they could refer to the site - this is why they could get Stackoverflow off the ground where most people couldn't.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, the more (decent) questions the more punters are attracted to the site and the more content the site has access to.  The upper bound of the value is proportional to (number of good questions and answers * number of punters).  The more the merrier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1447" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:41.930" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="547" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="544" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:01:18.187" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;a href=&quot;http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/audio/download/ITC.SO-Episode53-2009.05.12.mp3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Episode 53&lt;/a&gt; of the podcast a Joel specifically encouraged listeners to post good generic questions on stackoverflow.  I think we can pretty much assume he would approve of the same behavior on serverfault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Episode 53 ~ 50:24 &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joel Spolsky&lt;/strong&gt;: I would&#xA;  like to see a bunch of people who are&#xA;  listening to this podcast to go in&#xA;  there and think about what are you&#xA;  easiest programming questions.  What&#xA;  is the first question you would have&#xA;  if you where a noob.  Learning how to&#xA;  program, what would be those confusing&#xA;  things.  Do you really have to make&#xA;  those brace match?  What the heck does&#xA;  private mean? What does public mean?&#xA;  What does friend mean? Post them as&#xA;  questions and lets see what good&#xA;  answers we get.  The truth is I am&#xA;  kind of selfish, I want a lot of&#xA;  traffic for stackoverflow because this&#xA;  is how I know stackoverflow is&#xA;  successful.  So I want to have these&#xA;  canonical little articles about every&#xA;  possible topic of programming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we should be doing it, and I have asked a few questions like this.  I try to phrase the question in such a way to discourage a simple copy and paste from Wikipedia.  I personally think the questions should try to get people to offer the types of information that don't really fit into Wikipedia model.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:41.930" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-22T03:29:57.177" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="548" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:14:31.943" Score="2" ViewCount="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't wish to appear ignorant, but does anyone know whether foreign language questions and answers are allowed?  Or do they have to remain in the sites native English language?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:42.527" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-27T10:14:31.927" Title="Foreign language question/answers?" Tags="&lt;sffaq&gt;&lt;language&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="549" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="548" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:22:09.773" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;My thoughts on this are that the majority of this sites users will speak English, one way or another. So if you want to get the maximum amount of answers to your question, then English is probably the way to go. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When answering, if you know the asker speaks another language, then you could use that, however your then going to prevent others who don't speak that language from using your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I wouldn't say no, you should never use anything other than English, but to maximise the effectiveness of your question and answers, English is probably the best way to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:42.527" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-27T10:22:09.773" />
  <row Id="550" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="548" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:22:33.753" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;See this &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/13676/is-english-required-on-stackoverflow&quot;&gt;related question on the (big) sister site Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:42.527" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-27T10:22:33.737" />
  <row Id="551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="548" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:36:51.273" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;SF authors' view of the issue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001248.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001248.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/podcast-48/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/podcast-48/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:42.527" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-27T10:36:51.257" />
  <row Id="552" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="548" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:23:12.523" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Jeff's argument is that English is the lingua franca of programming as most programming languages have keywords with English meaning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has less validity when it comes to this site, the realm of technical support is too vast.&#xA;If Joel wins out, which I think eventually he will, the site will be modified to support multilingual questions and answers. (Perhaps language filters)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't hold my breath though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:42.527" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-27T12:23:12.523" />
  <row Id="553" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:42:04.950" Score="5" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just answered a question, and then later someone voted it down and noted that it was a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a recommended way for an &quot;answerer&quot; to deal with this?  i.e. if I find that my answer is appropriate for the older question, should I repeat it there?  Or will someone with a higher rep come by and merge the questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:42.860" Title="What's the etiquette for duplicate questions?" Tags="&lt;faq&gt;&lt;etiquette&gt;&lt;sffaq&gt;&lt;duplicate-content&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="553" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:52:17.957" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no mergening; the question should be voted/flagged as duplicated and people with high rep can edit it with links to the answered questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might as well answer with a link the the answered question while waiting for it to be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:42.860" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="555" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="553" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:53:41.760" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Of course you can answer duplicate questions, the downvoter obviously didn't get the concept of &quot;helpful/not helpful&quot; answers. (Because that's what you say with a vote)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand you should think twice if it is worth your time and effort to answer a question which is most likely to be closed. (Even more so if SF get's more users with a high enough reputation)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:42.860" />
  <row Id="556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="553" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:36:03.663" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I should have thought of this when I posted the question, but it was late...  The StackOverflow answer is here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/610728/how-to-handle-duplicate-questions&quot;&gt;How StackOverflow handles duplicate questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a summary of that answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't&lt;/strong&gt; tag duplicate questions with &quot;duplicate&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A question should only be closed if it's an &lt;strong&gt;exact&lt;/strong&gt; duplicate of another question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;If you have enough rep to edit the question, add the following at the &lt;strong&gt;top&lt;/strong&gt; of the question:&lt;/s&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;sub&gt;This now gets automatically added when closing as a duplicate&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&#xA;&lt;s&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;###Duplicate&#xA;&amp;gt; [title of question](url to question)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the question is similar to another one, add the following at the &lt;strong&gt;bottom&lt;/strong&gt; of the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;###See also&#xA;&amp;gt; [title of question](url to question)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you can't edit the question, leave a comment with a link to the other question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:42.860" />
  <row Id="557" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:02:02.797" Score="9" ViewCount="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do questions not related directly to system administration, but rather web site administration, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SEO&lt;/a&gt;, etc. belong on Server Fault?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/8324/how-does-serverfault-work-the-community-faq&quot;&gt;Return to FAQ Index&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:43.343" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-08T17:02:15.840" Title="Do SEO, webmaster, etc. questions belong on Server Fault?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;seo&gt;&lt;sffaq&gt;&lt;webmaster&gt;" AnswerCount="7" />
  <row Id="558" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="557" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:07:28.963" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Website administration, I'd say yes, that's also sysadmin stuff (Apache, proxies, etc.). SEO, not at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:43.343" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-08T17:07:28.963" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="559" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="557" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:11:14.367" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your question is related to how your website interacts with the server, then yes - so web server configuration, mail servers, configuration settings for your site, even so far as problems accessing the site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your question becomes about the site itself, its content, presentation, or the code in it, and I think SEO falls into this bracket, then no, serverfault is not the place for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:43.343" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-08T17:11:14.367" />
  <row Id="560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="557" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:23:19.500" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;YES&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Website administration and SEO should both be accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since this is a poll type question, here's the YES answer.  Please only add a new answer if you have something very different from YES or NO, otherwise add comments below the YES or NO answer for minor nits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:43.343" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-08T17:23:19.500" />
  <row Id="561" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="557" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:23:51.763" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;NO&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both website and SEO topics should go to other (probably better) forums.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since this is a poll type question, here's the NO answer.  Please only add a new answer if you have something very different from YES or NO, otherwise add comments below the YES or NO answer for minor nits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:43.343" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-08T17:23:51.747" />
  <row Id="562" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="557" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:27:31.597" Score="7" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;YES to website admin, no to &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; SEO&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Website administration is fine, but SEO is generally a marketing topic, not an IT professional's topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since this is a poll type question, here's the waffling YES answer. Please only add a new answer if you have something very different from YES or NO, otherwise add comments below the YES or NO answer for minor nits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:43.343" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-08T17:27:31.597" CommentCount="0" />
  <row Id="563" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="557" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:38:27.967" Score="16" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YES to website admin, YES to SEO administration, NO to SEO techniques&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Website and SEO administration is fine, but SEO techniques are generally a marketing topic, not an IT professional's topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since this is a poll type question, here's the waffling YES/MAYBE answer. Please only add a new answer if you have something very different from the existing answers, otherwise add comments below the YES or NO answer for minor nits and vote for the one that most closely represents your views.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:43.343" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-08T17:38:27.967" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="564" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="557" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:58:05.487" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;SEO is a type of fraud. If SEO questions are allowed, then questions about how to hack should be allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:43.343" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-06T00:58:05.487" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="565" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:05:43.433" Score="6" ViewCount="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has already been brought up and been discussed extensively on Stack Overflow but we're&#xA; already starting to see an abundance of duplicate tags with different &#xA;formats - sql2005, sql-2005, etc. So I just wanted to bring in Joel Coehoorn's tips, updated for Server Fault for effectively tagging questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/8324/how-does-serverfault-work-the-community-faq&quot;&gt;Return to FAQ Index&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:44.090" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-02T16:06:10.407" Title="Tag Formatting - Best Practices" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;sffaq&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="566" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="565" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:11:27.023" Score="6" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Effective Tags - Bring more attention to your question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pick tags that show higher counts in the look-ahead prompts, as they are more likely to make your question appear highlighted for a user on the main page or show up in someone's rss feed. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At a minimum, try to include at least one very broad tag (i.e., server-2003 or linux) and one other tag to narrow the topic down within that broader category (i.e. SMTP,  or Firewall ).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are limited to 5 tags, and you are generally better off trying to use all 5 of them (if there are 5 appropriate matches among existing tags).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try to use broad tags. For example, you usually want to include the version with the .Net tag rather than the language. While tagging a question linux-ubuntu-9.04 might convey exactly the information you intend (it implies Linux, Ubuntu, and version 9.04 all in one tag), tagging it linux ubuntu ubuntu-9.04 will bring your question lots more attention, since more people will watch the generic Linux and Ubuntu tags. There is of course a trade-off: you used 3 tags to convey the same information you could have done with one. However, it's hard to understate how many more views the generic tags will bring to your question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Each tag should stand on its own: if a tag only makes sense when used in a group with other tags, something is wrong. For example, tagging a question as &quot;Windows XP &quot; (two tags) is wrong.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tagging Don'ts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try not to create new tags. If you create a new tag, that tag is guaranteed not to help your question show up on any subscribed rss feeds or interesting tag lists. Again, the look-ahead prompt can help with this. Odds are it also means you're missing an existing tag for that topic that would more-accurately categorize your question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't try to summarize your question using the tags. The point of tags on ServerFault is to help other interested persons find your question by sorting it into clear, specific categories. This is not the same as indexing or summarizing the question. The differences are subtle, but important.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't use your username for a tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Formatting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use all lower-case&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Replaces spaces with dashes (-) to combine multiple words into a single word&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Avoid punctuation. This can make it difficult to use the tag in a url&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ex: Tag &quot;active directory&quot; as &quot;active-directory&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A number of tags pre-date the guidelines, and are therefore formatted differently. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't follow these rules.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When naming a tag, think about how someone would google that subject. In most cases this means typing out the full name, but you may also want to use the abbreviation. For example, &quot;DNS&quot; is probably more appropriate than &quot;Domain-Name-System&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Re-tagging&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do not re-tag a question if you are not going to add value to the question information by doing it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do not re-tag only to change the format of the tag (i.e., serverfault -&gt; server-fault). This is done automatically by the community user.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do re-tag questions to use well-known and popular tags that are appropriate for the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:44.090" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-02T16:11:27.023" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="567" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="565" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:37:19.860" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can we cook up any consensus on plurals? We have best-practices, filesystems, upgrade, tips, log-files and configuration. Network and printers. Should we just go with the most popular version of a tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously Windows has to say plural ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="919" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:44.090" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-02T17:37:19.860" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="568" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="565" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:04:01.120" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does anyone else then the 'system-administration' and 'network-administration' tags are redundant and should be removed when found?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:44.090" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-23T21:04:01.103" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="565" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:57:45.667" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;How are redundant tags handled?  For example, there is currently &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/serverroom&quot;&gt;serveroom&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/server-room&quot;&gt;server-room&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/datacenter&quot;&gt;datacenter&lt;/a&gt; which all mean the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5391" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:44.090" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-01T16:57:45.667" />
  <row Id="570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="565" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:21:42.280" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've gotten in the habit of whenever I see a question that obviously shouldn't be on serverfault (&quot;my monitor's resolution is weird, help&quot;), I've been retagging with &quot;techsupport&quot;, since that's essentially what the request is. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any thoughts on whether this is A) reasonable or B) a good idea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4392" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:26:44.090" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-06-02T03:21:42.263" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="571" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-29T15:37:16.543" Score="0" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe it's a bugbear of mine but we seem to have had a lot of spamming recently; from tiny one-man operations in the far east to employees of large vendors peddling their hardware. It's easy to delete their posts and even suspend them but to be fair to them our policy in this area isn't clear in the FAQ - should and could it be clarified?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1435" LastEditorUserId="1435" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-29T15:47:24.343" LastActivityDate="2010-08-02T08:13:39.217" Title="Can we get an 'anti-spam' message put in the FAQ please" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;spam&gt;&lt;spammer&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" />
  <row Id="572" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="526" CreationDate="2010-07-29T15:38:55.310" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Networking is and should remain a shared topic between SU and SF, I don't think we need to really make a strong line between.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we have to stick to the &quot;job description&quot; method for the most part. If the question involves consumer grade products, setting up a network at home, all this, it's suited for SU, there is a part of networking you do at home. If involving domains, subnets, and all the funny things sysadmins love to work over, it should be on SF.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree however that some questions are in a gray area. But for these ones, I think we can simply let them where they are to begin with. If not getting answers, we can suggest to the poster to ask it on the other site, if it makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your example is a question a power user should be able to answer, and as such is suited for Super User. The trap here is to think that it's &quot;too hard&quot; for SU, and as such that it should remain on SF. However, the question can potentially be answered by both communities, in this case. Even if it's for a home server, the question refers to concepts which are usual for a more &quot;sysadmin&quot; world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, this is a good example of a borderline question, which should probably stay on the site it was asked on, because its community should be able to answer it. You can suggest to duplicate it, if he doesn't get answers, but it doesn't need to be migrated, in my opinion. And even if it does, it should be only a matter of topic. Not a matter of expertise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10448" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:38:55.310" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="573" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="571" CreationDate="2010-07-29T15:45:39.710" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since when spam needs to be explicitly forbidden?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It goes without saying, in my opinion. This is a Q&amp;amp;A site, there are advertising possibilities on it, it's pretty clear that questions and answers are not the places for people to advertise their products.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be also useless to make such a line in the FAQ. It won't prevent any spammer from posting their stuff. I don't think there is a need to be &quot;fair to them&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe your situation differs from Super User in that you get more &quot;corporate&quot; advertisement, but the effect remains the same. There is link for advertisers at the bottom. If they just want to spam their product links, it shows that they don't care and just want some free exposure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About spam in general, I have found mostly two kinds :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the &lt;strong&gt;robots&lt;/strong&gt;: the ones who have a site/product to promote, often of bad quality, and will simply answer to all related questions, even the ones which were answered and sleeping for 6 months, with their link and a basic description. No discussion to have with these ones, from what I experimented. You can try to leave a comment to see if they react, they never will. On SU, we used to simply &lt;em&gt;destroy&lt;/em&gt; them on sight. Now we do something more valuable and aesthetical: we &lt;em&gt;fuse&lt;/em&gt; them into one &lt;em&gt;inert&lt;/em&gt; monster/piece of art.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the &lt;strong&gt;traveling salesmen&lt;/strong&gt;: they actually work(ed) on the product they are advertising, and are acting like a regular commercial. Answers will be more adapted to the questions, and they will sometimes post actually useful answers using their product. This kind is more likely to actually answer to comment. It's ok to give your own product as an answer once in a while, as long as your contribute in other ways. For the ones who are actually only writing about their product, they should be reminded of the &quot;advertising info&quot; link at the bottom, and warned that they are on the thin line to the &quot;robot&quot; behavior, and face the same fate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10448" LastEditorUserId="10448" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-07-29T16:05:21.200" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T16:05:21.200" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="293" CreationDate="2010-07-29T19:58:52.513" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is now sorted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've now got enough rep to retag and did the last few today alongside Kara Marfia (purely coincidentally).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1071" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T19:58:52.513" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="575" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="526" CreationDate="2010-07-29T22:04:25.200" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally I would like to see all the general and networking theory questions exist on a single site.  I am talking about questions that are separate from any details about implementation.  I am talking about the OSI model, addressing, how protocols work, and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really want to see the SF get to a point where a person interested in networking could start reading questions on SF and take advantages of the tags, related questions, and linked questions to start exploring a topic.  I think the theory questions belong on SF more then SU since almost all system administrators should have a good understanding in networking theory, but the a typical home user can get by without knowing much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means I also want basic questions like how subnetting works, how a ping that doesn't use ICMP works, what is bandwidth, and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately there really isn't a good way for related content from two SE sites to be linked together.  If there was a way to better way to link tags and questions between two I would probably care less about having all the theory questions on SF.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T22:04:25.200" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="576" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="526" CreationDate="2010-07-29T23:03:31.173" Score="-1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't find the &quot;home&quot; and &quot;work&quot; dichotomy particularly persuasive, because the only substantive difference is the budget!  There is no practical difference between a &quot;home&quot; network (DSL, broadband router, 2 or 3 PCs, Home Server, xBox, DVR) and a office network (T1, firewall, 150 PCs, a copier, perhaps telephone system).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Scale matters, but one must generally become conversant in small before one can be conversant in large. Further, there is frequently a large overlap among these topics. How many small company sysadmins deal with the CEO's home stuff? How many companies have conference rooms with TV's, video, audio, etc? How many of us support remote folks in home offices?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO, if the basic topic is relevant to sysadmins, we should be inclusive rather than restrictive about the specifics and the scale and not go bonkers if the 4-letter word (&quot;home&quot;) happens to be in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="846" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T23:03:31.173" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="577" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="578" CreationDate="2010-07-30T18:48:42.693" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/1468/rob&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/1468/rob&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/49805/rob&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/49805/rob&lt;/a&gt; are both me, I'm not sure what's happened to result in me having multiple identities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know how/if I can get them combined?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49805" LastEditorUserId="1" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-03T03:30:32.827" LastActivityDate="2010-08-03T03:30:32.827" Title="I appear to have got two serverfault accounts, how do I get them merged?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="578" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="577" CreationDate="2010-07-30T19:35:14.940" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes.  e-Mail team@serverfault.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-07-30T19:35:14.940" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="579" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-30T21:01:34.827" Score="3" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since we have our discussion about &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/526/networking-always-an-sf-topic&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; going on I want to add similar question which seems to badly overlap between SF and SO. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of VCS questions that are asked or get bumped over from SO to SF.  But they seem to more appropriately belong on SO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/faq&quot;&gt;SO FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a specific programming problem&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a software algorithm&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;software tools commonly used by programmers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;matters that are unique to the programming profession&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we Just because the word 'server' is used in the posted VCS question doesn't make these really appropriate for serverfault.  I believe they are even less appropriate for superuser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For an example look at this recent question &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/165691/setup-an-svn-server&quot;&gt;165691&lt;/a&gt;.  If you look at all the users that actually provided an answer every single one of them is more active (more rep) on stackoverflow then serverfault or super user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It sure seems to me like a large number of the VCS questions that are asked on SF have next to nothing to do with the actual servering of a VCS system and more to do with the day-to-day usage which in my opinion fits the &lt;strong&gt;commonly used by programmers&lt;/strong&gt; portion of the SO FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please don't take me to be saying that all VCS questions belong over there.  I asked a moderately &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/3852/what-tool-do-you-recommend-to-track-changes-on-a-linux-unix-server&quot;&gt;popular question&lt;/a&gt; myself about using VCS, but I was asking how to use a tool I believe is mostly for software dev to manage my server configuration better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So where do you think VCS questions belong, or what qualities of a VCS question make it belong to one site or the other?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-07-30T23:48:32.687" Title="What is the correct site for Version Control questions" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;version-control&gt;" AnswerCount="3" />
  <row Id="580" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="579" CreationDate="2010-07-30T21:13:09.280" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with all your points.  I believe that those topics more often than not belong on SO and voted to relocate the question there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-07-30T21:13:09.280" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="581" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="579" CreationDate="2010-07-30T21:40:32.413" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yea, setting up a VCS on a single machine for yourself is not SF materiel. If it was setting up a VCS to be used by a department full of programmers probably. Although really us admins should know more about VCS than we do since IMHO we should all be putting our scripts in there too! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5880" LastActivityDate="2010-07-30T21:40:32.413" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="571" CreationDate="2010-07-30T23:03:37.910" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not that it's particularly easy to find - but in the footer is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/legal/terms-of-service&quot;&gt;legal&lt;/a&gt; link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;A Note from the Team&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... Spam, personal attacks, and abusive language do not have a place on the Stack Exchange Network. If you ever stumble across anything on the Stack Exchange Network that looks like it violates our policies, please be sure to let us know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33884" LastActivityDate="2010-07-30T23:03:37.910" />
  <row Id="583" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="584" CreationDate="2010-07-30T23:17:27.810" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking at this answer right here:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/165395/unlimited-desktop-connections-in-windows-server-2008-r2-standard/165729#165729&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/165395/unlimited-desktop-connections-in-windows-server-2008-r2-standard/165729#165729&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering if it should be flagged as it advances a method which breaks Microsoft's licensing agreement. I'm sure this is something very few of us would be proud to have on here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or maybe a down vote is enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there an official position out there about flagging questions/answers/comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33118" LastActivityDate="2010-07-30T23:23:45.227" Title="When should an answer be flagged?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="584" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="583" CreationDate="2010-07-30T23:23:45.227" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ergh. That question again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was an answer on there yesterday linking to some program which patched the system DLLs. Not particularly legal - so I flagged that answer, which promptly disappeared.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, answers like that should be sent to oblivion - this is a professional site, for professional people. It's not very professional to suggest breaking the law, let alone posting ways to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also wouldn't like people to think of Server Fault as a place to go for advice on how to circumvent such restrictions that may be in software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33884" LastActivityDate="2010-07-30T23:23:45.227" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="579" CreationDate="2010-07-30T23:48:32.687" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is one of those areas where Kara's idea of a question-purgatory would be a good idea. Clearly SO and SF have different ideas about where these kinds of questions belong, and having a queue of sorts where high-rep/mod users can vet incoming moves would help everyone iron things out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-07-30T23:48:32.687" />
  <row Id="586" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-01T23:46:13.710" Score="3" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/posts/165976/revisions&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/posts/165976/revisions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just love the fact that he went in and edited his answer to change &lt;code&gt;hanging&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;hangin&lt;/code&gt;, but still used the term &lt;code&gt;math's&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;dem number thingos&lt;/code&gt;. Aaah to have that youthful spirit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastActivityDate="2010-08-02T07:23:20.197" Title="I hereby nominate dickchop as Answer of the Year" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="587" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="701" CreationDate="2010-08-02T01:35:29.487" Score="6" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;http://www.top-password.com/reset-windows-password.html&quot; site:serverfault.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That search gave me a nice list of posts that got missed when we started spam-flagging. There are three users used for linking to that site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/43855/user43855&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/43855/user43855&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/43854/user43854&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/43854/user43854&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/44036/justtimgreen&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/44036/justtimgreen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All posts are on password recovery type questions, and all link to the same site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-11-06T19:30:39.180" Title="Spam users to dispose of" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;spam&gt;&lt;spammer&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="586" CreationDate="2010-08-02T01:58:19.387" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wow.  Just...wow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-02T01:58:19.387" />
  <row Id="589" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="586" CreationDate="2010-08-02T07:23:20.197" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Imma let you finish, but dickchop had one of the best answers of all time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2010-08-02T07:23:20.197" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="571" CreationDate="2010-08-02T08:13:39.217" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All FAQs now contain an explicit message about advertising&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(thanks &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/57497/limit-to-self-promotion-in-answers/59302#59302&quot;&gt;Jeff&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;May I promote products I am affiliated with here?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The community generally frowns on overt self-promotion and tends to vote it down and flag it as spam, so be careful. Post good, relevant answers, and if they happen to be about your product, so be it. However, you must disclose your affiliation with the product in your answers. Also, if a huge percentage of your posts include a mention of your product, you're clearly here for the wrong reasons. Our advertising rates are quite reasonable; &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/about/contact&quot;&gt;contact our ad sales team&lt;/a&gt; for details. We also offer &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/open-source-advertising&quot;&gt;free vote-based advertising for open source projects&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10448" LastActivityDate="2010-08-02T08:13:39.217" />
  <row Id="591" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="322" CreationDate="2010-08-02T09:20:13.123" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm bumping this up instead of writing a new question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a person posting only homework-related questions wich are vague, obsolete or simply not a real question (this is the same dude who started the Classfull-IP-adressing debate that's currently going on). Take a look at his (http://serverfault.com/users/44270/zia-ur-rahman) questions, and you'll see the pattern quite clearly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way for moderators or admins to block a user for a given number of days - so that they'll hopefully understand that we have rules that everyone should follow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9140" LastActivityDate="2010-08-02T09:20:13.123" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="592" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="593" CreationDate="2010-08-02T19:28:49.727" Score="3" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/59970/can-anyone-suggest-best-ssl-vpn-gateway-clientless-10-users&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; question, is a good one. &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/50000/sandeep-kasbe&quot;&gt;This guys&lt;/a&gt; answer, isn't. When I suggest a product, I like to at least add the fact that I've used it, and my reasons for recommending. It's the &quot;try this&quot;, without a reason why, and then finding that products webpage on that users profile, that gets me. I don't want to waste my rep downvoting it just because its a product push. Maybe I'm just overly annoyed by people searching the web for keywords relating to their product and throwing a useless post into a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9007" LastActivityDate="2010-08-04T03:04:33.440" Title="Etiquette for blatent product pushers?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;spam&gt;" AnswerCount="4" />
  <row Id="593" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="592" CreationDate="2010-08-02T19:52:41.390" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it's spam, flag it as spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-08-02T19:52:41.390" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="594" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="592" CreationDate="2010-08-02T20:12:38.593" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The official stance is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It it's &lt;strong&gt;on topic&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;adds value&lt;/strong&gt; to the discussion, and they &lt;strong&gt;disclose&lt;/strong&gt; that it's their own product, it's ok.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it's &lt;strong&gt;on topic&lt;/strong&gt; and they &lt;strong&gt;don't disclose&lt;/strong&gt;, I down-vote and ask them to disclose. You can mark as spam if you want though. The onus is on them to add value the discussion and disclose it's their own software.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it's &lt;strong&gt;off-topic&lt;/strong&gt; (even just a little), flag it as &lt;strong&gt;spam&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In an case these guys will be disappointed that all their links are marked 'no-follow' so search engines don't follow the links and score their pages higher; though users might still click through.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33417" LastEditorUserId="33417" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-02T21:10:08.157" LastActivityDate="2010-08-02T21:10:08.157" />
  <row Id="595" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="526" CreationDate="2010-08-02T20:50:30.893" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Consumer Grade NAT &amp;amp; WiFi, IPs config (including IP, Subnet mask, DNS, GW) -&gt; SU&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everything else -&gt; SF&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33417" LastActivityDate="2010-08-02T20:50:30.893" />
  <row Id="596" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="600" CreationDate="2010-08-03T03:03:26.460" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see quite a few question about choosing software for one thing or another. I won't single out any in particular, as I'm asking this as a general question. Some are very clearly server related, such as questions about selecting a mail server, web server, etc. Others seem to be more about choosing some end-user software. Where do we, or indeed should we, draw a line?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I have no problem with someone asking about a mail server but I do think that asking about a mail client is really not sysadmin stuff, as it's really a personal or business decision. Am I being too touchy or am I right to vote to move such questions to SU, or simply close them as off topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-08-03T21:07:09.277" Title="Is it appropriate to ask about choice of software on SF?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;software&gt;" AnswerCount="4" />
  <row Id="597" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="592" CreationDate="2010-08-03T03:29:53.013" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;We updated the &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;faq&lt;/a&gt; for this recently, based on:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/57497/limit-to-self-promotion-in-answers/59302#59302&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/57497/limit-to-self-promotion-in-answers/59302#59302&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;May I promote products I am affiliated with here?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Be careful, because the community frowns on overt self-promotion and tends to vote it down and flag it as spam. Post good, relevant answers, and if they happen to be about your product, so be it. However, you must disclose your affiliation with the product in your answers. Also, if a huge percentage of your posts include a mention of your product, you're clearly here for the wrong reasons. Our advertising rates are quite reasonable; contact our ad sales team for details. We also offer free vote-based advertising for open source projects.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-08-03T03:29:53.013" />
  <row Id="598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="596" CreationDate="2010-08-03T05:00:41.790" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it's client software deployed to multiple user machines, in my mind it falls under &quot;system administration&quot; and questions like &quot;What mail clients do XYZ, can be scripted to install, can they keep their settings on a network drive, etc.&quot; should be OK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My first instinct is to say &quot;if the question is valid for one of the Trilogy / meta sites, migrate it&quot;; perhaps you need to be asking on meta.superuser too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42461" LastActivityDate="2010-08-03T05:00:41.790" />
  <row Id="599" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="596" CreationDate="2010-08-03T05:22:33.453" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a real fuzzy line between sysadminly software picking and end-usery software picking. It's one thing if you need to pick something that can be easily packaged for whatever software distribution product you're using. It's another to ask about comparative performance between two packages that have no adminly merit in and of themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-08-03T05:22:33.453" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="600" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="596" CreationDate="2010-08-03T13:17:24.087" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If someone's asking generically for a client recommendation, I would likely vote to relocate to Superuser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is very specific to IT, I'd probably leave it.  For example, issues deploying an install via group policy.  If they were looking for an enterprise feature in a client but couldn't find it, probably leave it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-08-03T13:17:24.087" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="596" CreationDate="2010-08-03T21:07:09.277" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For email client questions, for me it would depend on whether it looks like a personal question (&quot;what IMAP clients can I use w/ Gmail?&quot;) or a business network question (&quot;for (obscure reason) we can't use Outlook and need to use IMAP clients with Exchange 2003, what are pros and cons of various clients?&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or if it's &quot;what's an Acrobat alternative that's easy to deploy and update?&quot; vs. &quot;what other pdf readers and creators are there.&quot;  I guess for a question like this, even if I weren't asking about how to deploy the software, if I asked here I wouldn't want to have it migrated to SU.  I would take it for granted that I'm if I'm asking a bunch of sysadmins what PDF (or image manipulation or CAD or whatever...), that their answers were be based not just on what they like, but what they have experience installing and supporting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the rambling, the shorter answer is that I'd err on the side of leaving the question here unless it's clearly a home user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-08-03T21:07:09.277" />
  <row Id="602" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="592" CreationDate="2010-08-04T03:04:33.440" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a slightly narrow view on this. If the person doing the self promotion ONLY ever provides answers that include whatever product(s) they're pushing, or even if it's a significant percentage of those answers, I flag them as spam. I really don't care if that answer gets upvoted by others or if the product is any good or not, as I have a low tolerance of spam at the best of times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if that person provides useful answers that don't always include a mention of their products that's fine by me. It's really just a matter of percentages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-08-04T03:04:33.440" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="603" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="526" CreationDate="2010-08-04T03:26:09.837" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have very similar network topology and technology at home and at work, yet I wouldn't even consider asking a question about my home network on SF. I'm sure others will disagree but in my opinion, when I'm working on my home network I don't qualify as a profession as per the SF FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At work I'm the professional. At home I'm a lowly hobbyist/home user (unless I'm working on the work system from home). To me it's a very simple and very clear distinction, with no fuzzy lines to blur the issue. I treat other people's questions accordingly. Simplistic? Perhaps, but we do need some borders.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-08-04T03:26:09.837" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="604" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-04T06:23:03.283" Score="2" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;To find something on SO en SF, I always 'abuse' the Ask Question form, because it gives me immediately feedback on existing topics. If I don't see my question listed, I can then refine my question. If it's still not there I publish the question. My question here is, why can't we get that functionality as the default search option?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10842" LastActivityDate="2010-08-04T06:56:15.527" Title="Better search, like the one that Ask a question has" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" />
  <row Id="605" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="604" CreationDate="2010-08-04T06:56:15.527" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;That form simply searches by title only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want that, use the advanced search options&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/search&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for example&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/search?q=example+intitle:1&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/search?q=example+intitle:1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-08-04T06:56:15.527" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="606" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="608" CreationDate="2010-08-04T14:46:50.677" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got back from vacation and saw I had a Teacher badge for &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/46/can-i-post-queries-related-to-a-specific-software-in-serverfault/47#47&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, but when I went to look at the question it had disappeared.  Can some 10k please tell me why this question was deleted?  I'm a 10k on MetaSO, but here I'm pretty helpless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5947" LastEditorUserId="2561" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-04T21:38:13.643" LastActivityDate="2010-08-04T21:38:13.643" Title="Why did this question get deleted?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;deleted-questions&gt;&lt;10k&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" />
  <row Id="607" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="606" CreationDate="2010-08-04T17:27:59.667" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/users/1/jeff-atwood&quot;&gt;Jeff&lt;/a&gt; deleted it.  I am not entirely sure why.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-08-04T17:27:59.667" />
  <row Id="608" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="606" CreationDate="2010-08-04T21:37:50.490" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not really sure why that got deleted.  Looks like it might have just been a mistake.  I undeleted the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastActivityDate="2010-08-04T21:37:50.490" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="609" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="615" CreationDate="2010-08-06T00:38:24.410" Score="3" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just been reading a bunch of questions on the various sites regarding the moving and closing of questions. The one point that really stands out is that not everyone is happy about how frequently questions get moved to another site, whether they are appropriate to that site or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I imagine that when these sites were a bit younger 5 votes to move or close seemed a reasonable number due to the small number of users with sufficient rep to cast those votes. Now that we have a lot more 3K+ members, should the number of votes required for an action be increased?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also wondering if a move should require more votes than a close in order to discourage or reduce the number of inappropriate moves, which are having a detrimental effect on each of the sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking that something like 8 votes to lose and 10 votes to move might be in order. Opinions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After reading the responses so far I'm thinking that it might be more appropriate for the number of votes required for an action to be related to the number of users with voting rep. I think that should make the impact of a few trigger happy individuals less significant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastEditorUserId="9278" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-06T11:19:05.027" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T19:16:29.820" Title="Possible voting options" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;voting&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="610" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-06T01:22:34.747" Score="-1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've heard many sysadmins are also Ham Radio enthusiasts.  I've been considering buying one to become more acquainted with sysadmins, since I am trying to recruit them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe this is silly, but I'll soon find out!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T14:03:21.657" ClosedDate="2010-08-06T15:01:15.497" Title="Is Ham Radio a good way to meet Unix SysAdmins?" Tags="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;radio&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="611" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="610" CreationDate="2010-08-06T01:29:31.143" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I personally don't know any professional sysadmins that are Ham Radio enthusiasts. But I do know some Ham Radio enthusiasts and a reasonable amount of sysadmins. So I don't think the intersection is that large, but who knows ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, if you have a genuine interest for Ham Radios than I would think... great idea. If not than I'm not sure if it's such a great idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps it would also help if you would tell us what kind of sysadmins you are looking for. From my experiences the Microsoft type sysadmins are completely different from the traditional Unix sysadmins, the old-school BSD sysadmins and the Linux sysadmins. With some of these you might get lucky with IRC ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T02:07:07.100" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="612" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="610" CreationDate="2010-08-06T02:03:41.687" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a General-licensed ham (soon to be Extra), and while I do know one other ham who is a sysadmin, I have not found that hams are more likely to be sysadmins than any other occupation. That's not to say you shouldn't get your license and a radio - it's a great hobby, and it can be as technical/geeky as you want it to be, but don't get into it solely with the hope of meeting more syadmins.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20815" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T02:07:07.100" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="613" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="610" CreationDate="2010-08-06T02:13:12.127" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking the following methods offer your best opportunity to meet like minded sysadmins:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;C.B. Radio&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bulletin Board System&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Usenet&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1149.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Carrier Pigeon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, I'm only kidding...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19152" LastEditorUserId="1293" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-06T04:59:45.183" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T04:59:45.183" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="609" CreationDate="2010-08-06T03:48:40.117" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A think this is just one of the growing pains StackExchange is going to face in the future.  Migrating questions between sites made some sense when there are were only the original 3, but Webapps, Gadgets, Webmasters, Statistics, and maybe more in the future might be possible migration sites, but how do you keep it under control with so many?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer the specific question, I think making migration harder and therefor rarer would be a good idea, but I think it might have to go away altogether in the long run.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the other long-term change might be for each site to become more insular.  Now that there are individual metas, it might make sense for each site to become more self-sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T03:48:40.117" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="609" CreationDate="2010-08-06T04:02:33.517" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been thinking similar thoughts. I've mentioned before that Kara's idea of a kind of inbound filter would be a good way for the mods/high-rep users to approve or redirect incoming moves before they take effect. That would require non-trivial coding on the back end to accomplish, though. As a shorter term fix, increasing the absolute votes needed to move would be a good thing. No less than 4 votes to move, which could mean some 2-1-4 close-voting on some questions. Or maybe just require a minimum of four votes in a single category to do anything, with a minimum total vote-count of 5 or more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The trilogy sites themselves are close enough in subject matter that moving is a good idea. How that'll interact with similar SE sites (gaming, computer hardware if it ever makes it) remains to be seen. Thematically similar SE sites probably need some sort of question migration mechanism just to keep things clean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T04:02:33.517" />
  <row Id="616" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="610" CreationDate="2010-08-06T06:23:24.910" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suspect you may have gotten this impression by looking at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://catb.org/jargon/html/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Jargon File&lt;/a&gt;.  Bust I believe most of these references are out of date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://catb.org/jargon/html/conventions.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://catb.org/jargon/html/conventions.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://catb.org/jargon/html/other-interests.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://catb.org/jargon/html/other-interests.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do know a couple sysadmins who are licensed HAM radio operators.  But it is no longer that common at all.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T06:23:24.910" />
  <row Id="617" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="514" CreationDate="2010-08-06T11:47:06.560" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few years ago I decided to do some Microsoft exams and get some certification to help switch jobs. As part of that process I obtained a few video training courses, most notably those from CBT, to help me revise and fill in those blanks resulting from things I didn't use day to day. Several of those courses still used, or at least refered to, class based addressing. So do a number of fairly recent texts I've seen from people/organisations that should know better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point I'm trying to make here is that, whether we like it or not, this stuff &lt;strong&gt;is&lt;/strong&gt; still being taught, so we are going to continue seeing those questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an aside, &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/12854/cidr-for-dummies&quot;&gt;serverfault.com/questions/12854/cidr-for-dummies&lt;/a&gt; is a great example of a question that got shoved onto SU when it should have been put out of its misery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T11:47:06.560" />
  <row Id="618" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="490" CreationDate="2010-08-06T12:25:52.340" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see merit in having beginner and fundamentals tags because I believe it helps others to get an idea of what level they need to address their answers to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an example, if I saw a question that had the &lt;code&gt;beginner&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;fundamentals&lt;/code&gt; tag I would assume the OP needs to be led by the hand. For the same question without such tags I would make what I think are reasonable assumptions about what I would expect the OP to already know about the topic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Same question - two very different answers, depending on the tags used (or not used).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T12:25:52.340" />
  <row Id="619" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="610" CreationDate="2010-08-06T14:03:21.657" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use standard recruiting methods.  For better success, I would focus on local resources such as Craigslist, usergroups, and other professional organizations with presence in the local community. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;National resources are useful as well.  Consider careers.stackexchange.com, USENIX/SAGE, and conferences focused on the technologies you're attempting to recruit for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Trying to recruit via ham-radio for administrators seems like an unfocused use of time at best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T14:03:21.657" />
  <row Id="620" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="609" CreationDate="2010-08-06T17:13:54.123" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not particularly compelled by any potential change I've heard suggested yet.  The more obstacles created, the less compelling it will be for people to participate in the &lt;em&gt;unpaid&lt;/em&gt; (community) moderation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure I've seen such a high volume of negative activity, such as incorrect migrations, that it truly examples the current system being broken.  I've already seen an improvement in the short term simply as a result of the discussions we've had on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;purgatory&quot; idea is not that bad but I'm not confident that it's truly necessary.  I'd regret any over engineered solutions for a perceived problem that may not exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T17:13:54.123" />
  <row Id="621" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="609" CreationDate="2010-08-06T18:22:08.413" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've only seen people lamenting that their own site is migrating too many questions.  So far, I've not seen any complaints about receiving too many, and Gnoupi said SU wasn't seeing a problem.  This may just be a non-issue.  Perhaps a meta-reverberation-effect?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T18:22:08.413" />
  <row Id="622" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="609" CreationDate="2010-08-06T19:16:29.820" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think you can use straight proportionality to the number of voting-able users.  Some users will achieve voting status and then abandon the site.  Some users may never exercise their voting powers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you need to figure out&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how many users have voting powers;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how many of those users have exercised their voting powers in the past (with a + or - to account for newly-empowered users)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how many of those users have been active (in any way) over the last X period&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...and make your threshold proportional to that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise you'll eventually end up with a threshold is impossible to meet because the number of accounts which are abandoned or just not interested in voting that way overwhelms the proportionality of users who are willing to act.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6767" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T19:16:29.820" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="625" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="626" CreationDate="2010-08-07T03:23:12.243" Score="9" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;After seeing &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/166288/does-solaris-ldom-require-seperate-license&quot;&gt;yet another licensing question&lt;/a&gt; I'm wondering whether I'm right in thinking they should be closed. While it can be difficult or slow getting answers for technical questions from the vendors, software companies, etc., surely questions about licensing should always be directed to the supplier of those licenses. To complicate things further, many licenses vary significantly from place to place, so the question may also be too localised. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, should licensing question be closed as off-topic or left alone, often to get some misleading and even downright incorrect answers because the answer doesn't apply to the OP's part of the world?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-08-30T17:43:17.900" Title="Should licensing questions be closed?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" />
  <row Id="626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="625" CreationDate="2010-08-07T05:39:16.370" Score="8" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wish we could have a &quot;Closed because this isn't somethng that you should be going to anybody but the Licensor for&quot; reason. That's probably a little too specific and verbose, though... &amp;gt;smile&amp;lt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think they should be closed, but it would be nice to provide the poster a link to a description of the rationale behind the closing. That gives them a meaningful answer, at least.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do we work that? Maybe all licensing questions should be closed as exact duplicates of a single &quot;Who should I talk to about software licensing questions?&quot; question with an accepted answer (ideally written by me and copiously upvoted by all of you... &amp;gt;snicker&amp;lt;) saying &quot;Talk to the Licensor.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7200" LastActivityDate="2010-08-07T05:39:16.370" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="627" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="625" CreationDate="2010-08-07T05:42:30.090" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's REALLY tricky. Yes, vendor support should be involved but I have had far too many cases where the vendor didn't know WTF I was talking about and peers who've worked with the product did. In this era of highly modular pricing (al la carte?), getting a bunch of anecdotes with stories of how people used them is actually kind of useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The real danger is as you say, though. Wrong information. Hopefully people who DO know what the answers are will downvote the wrong answers. And yes, licensing regimes in North America can differ markedly from EMEA and Asia. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since we discourage 'discussion' types of questions (&quot;Tell me how you licensed your NetBackup environment&quot;) we should probably close these as too vague or non-specific enough for correct answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-08-07T05:42:30.090" />
  <row Id="628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="625" CreationDate="2010-08-07T06:33:33.413" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;i put the following at the top of all my licensing answers: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;STANDARD LICENSING DISCLAIMER:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While SF can give you a decent idea, and more often than not a very good answer, the best place to ask these types of questions is to ask you licensing representative from Microsoft.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Microsoft&quot; can be substituted for any vendor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5880" LastActivityDate="2010-08-07T06:33:33.413" />
  <row Id="629" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="632" CreationDate="2010-08-10T06:14:08.687" Score="1" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;The trend in tagging is towards merging tags and tag synonyms, so I imagine this will be quite contentious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given the different default behaviours and configurations of different Ubuntu releases (6.06 vs. 8.04 vs. 10.04, and everything in between), would it be worth splitting the generic &lt;code&gt;ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; tag  into different tags by distribution (e.g. &lt;code&gt;ubuntu-10.04&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;ubuntu-8.04&lt;/code&gt; already exist) and eliminating the &quot;blanket&quot; tag? Should the same be done for any OS or other piece of software where the behaviour can radically change between versions (e.g. &lt;code&gt;windows&lt;/code&gt;)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42461" LastEditorUserId="42461" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-10T06:56:03.707" LastActivityDate="2010-08-10T16:30:03.777" Title="Splitting vs. combining tags eg. [ubuntu], [windows]" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;retagging&gt;" AnswerCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" />
  <row Id="630" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="629" CreationDate="2010-08-10T07:03:01.220" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with that. And anyone who put [ubuntu] in is interesting or ignore list may just use a wildcard instead, e.g. [ubuntu*].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although an &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/58073/implicit-tagging-hierarchy&quot;&gt;Implicit tagging hierarchy&lt;/a&gt; (i.e. all [ubuntu-10.4] tagged questions will also be found when searching for [ubuntu] without that tag being visibly there) might then be useful, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45248" LastActivityDate="2010-08-10T07:03:01.220" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="631" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="633" CreationDate="2010-08-10T11:55:47.010" Score="5" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just noticed there are currently 128 &lt;code&gt;64-bit&lt;/code&gt; tags and 89 &lt;code&gt;x64&lt;/code&gt; tags. While that's a fair few of each I really think they should be merged before it gets much messier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastEditorUserId="984" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-10T16:42:58.007" LastActivityDate="2010-09-19T20:22:52.800" Title="Merge 64 bit tags" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;support&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="629" CreationDate="2010-08-10T16:30:03.777" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I strongly disagree.  There are a very large number of [ubuntu] tagged questions that have nothing to do with the released version and apply to every possible version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example there are several questions about how to configure the &lt;code&gt;/etc/network/interfaces&lt;/code&gt; file.  This really hasn't changed during the lifetime of ubuntu and any answer would apply to all versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same is true for [windows] there are a large number of questions that would apply to any windows version or at least any recent w2k+ version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not saying that I am against re-tagging this to a release specific tag where it is appropriate, but a complete elimination of the tags just wouldn't make sense to me.  There are are too many questions that are pretty generic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-08-10T16:30:03.777" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="631" CreationDate="2010-08-10T16:42:25.030" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree but which tags are appropriate.  Are all 64-bit questions x86 or do we have some ia64 in there?  Should things about ia64 and x64 be in the same tag even though they are completely different?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I would prefer [32-bit], and [64-bit] to be eliminated and we go with [x86], [x64], and [ia64] for the most part.  But there probably are some generic 64 bit questions that are not tied to any specific cpu architecture.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a related cleanup I wonder if we should change all the [windows-release-{arch}] replaced with two tags like [windows-release] [arch].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;32-bit× 36&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;32bit-64bit× 31&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;windows7-32× 4&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;32bit-64bit× 31&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;64bit× 6&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;64-bit× 129&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;amd64× 15&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ia64× 2&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;tru64× 4&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;windows-7-64× 34&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;windows-7-x64× 5&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;windows-vista-64× 20&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;x64× 80&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;x86-64× 4&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastEditorUserId="1803" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-10T22:01:32.560" LastActivityDate="2010-08-10T22:01:32.560" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="634" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="635" CreationDate="2010-08-11T07:37:56.570" Score="0" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently there are &quot;only&quot; 100 users with &gt;3000 reputation, i.e. who can vote to migrate a question. Everyone else (over 15 anyway) can only flag what seem to be &quot;obvious&quot; migration questions (possibly a contentious example, but let's say Home Networking, which &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/526/networking-always-an-sf-topic&quot;&gt;consensus indicates is SU material&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So: is it appropriate to be flagging these sort of questions, instead of waiting for someone with enough rep to come along and do it for us?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/169099/netgear-wgr614l-wireless-g-router-access-configuration&quot;&gt;Exhibit A&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/169124/how-can-i-find-which-are-the-systems-connected-to-my-router&quot;&gt;Exhibit B&lt;/a&gt;, for example.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My apologies if this is a dumb question, but &quot;flag for moderator attention&quot; feels like one of those things that deserves a little bit of caution before using; after all, I don't want a hundred serial downvotes from moderators who are sick of false flaggings ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42461" LastEditorUserId="42461" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-11T07:47:00.073" LastActivityDate="2010-08-12T23:30:21.663" Title="Should users &lt;3k flag to migrate?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;moderation&gt;" AnswerCount="5" />
  <row Id="635" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="634" CreationDate="2010-08-11T12:01:55.907" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;My feeling is that the majority of &quot;low rep&quot; users, especially those below 1K, are unlikely to even be aware that the voting options exist. This feeling is based mainly on my perception that few ever read the FAQ, at least not until they have been prompted to do so a number of times. It therefore makes sense for those users to flag as they see fit. Besides, when you first start 3K seems so distant and long before then you probably want to have a more active role.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also be very surprised if any moderators did any serial downvoting, especially for such a (relatively) trivial matter. From what I've seen they are all quite disciplined and well mannered. Moderator rights aren't handed out to just anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-08-11T12:01:55.907" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="636" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="634" CreationDate="2010-08-11T14:05:57.633" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used to flag moderator attention for migrations at low rep and many people suggested it.    10k users don't see &quot;moderator attention&quot; flags, so someone with real moderator access has more weight on this subject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-08-11T14:05:57.633" />
  <row Id="637" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-11T16:20:54.970" Score="10" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;This topic has been discussed before but I do not believe it to be exhaustive.  During the first chat beta, Jeff Atwood and I were discussing potential areas where SF could be marketed to professionals and he suggested a later meta topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe word of mouth to be very important and I have been evangelizing it within my network.  However, StackExchange has a marketing budget and the key question is how to engage our market?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Jeff also detailed key areas where they are currently looking to focus:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sponsor the right kind of conferences to reach key influncers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reach the right kind of publications and bloggers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sponsor fun things attractive to our community.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Enable opportunities for community evangelists to speak in expert groups.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the time, I provided areas within the Columbus, OH metropolitan IT community that may not be obvious to an outsider.  What are your ideas?  How can we get the best of the best in IT as active participants on Server Fault?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastEditorUserId="35817" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-11T16:26:16.600" LastActivityDate="2010-08-17T03:04:28.613" Title="How to attract more professionals?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="2" />
  <row Id="638" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="634" CreationDate="2010-08-11T18:42:27.473" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would have flagged the two exhibits above (if I had seen them) as being a better fit for SU. Given the way the site works questions can quickly disappear so flagging them can only be a good thing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9517" LastActivityDate="2010-08-11T18:42:27.473" />
  <row Id="639" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="634" CreationDate="2010-08-11T20:47:13.193" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be a case for allowing 3K+ users on the other sites to vote to migrate to that site. So I would be able to vote to migrate to either SO or SU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the cost of coding that logic probably isn't worth the small benefit it would bring.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1071" LastActivityDate="2010-08-11T20:47:13.193" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="637" CreationDate="2010-08-11T22:58:46.367" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since it is the end of the summer... do what the State and County fairs do... have a virtual event dedicated to a particular vendor or tool. Say &quot;SQL Server Week&quot; or &quot;IBM Blade Server Day&quot;. Have vendors seed the system with questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, stop diluting the usefulness of the site. Its sort of absurd that there is a Stack Exchange site dedicated to Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2224" LastActivityDate="2010-08-11T22:58:46.367" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="641" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="637" CreationDate="2010-08-12T04:28:16.567" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sponsoring the right kind of conferences is a good step forward. Some allow sponsors of the right size sponsorship a few breakout-sessions on the conference board, which could be very good for simple exposure. Get one of our top users who is a deep expert in some field up there and talking about stuff in a ServerFault shirt or something and it will increase visibility. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Retail evangelism also helps with this. At whatever *-Users-Group you belong to, point out the good stuff you've gotten here. It might incent people to drop by.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-08-12T04:28:16.567" />
  <row Id="642" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="634" CreationDate="2010-08-12T23:30:21.663" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've never had the impression that &quot;flag for moderator attention&quot; is being overused or swamping the mods.  Before I got to 3000, I used it whenever I saw a misplaced or spam question, and I still use it now that I can vote to close if it seems obvious to me that the question should be moved or closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-08-12T23:30:21.663" />
  <row Id="643" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="637" CreationDate="2010-08-12T23:33:59.843" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Getting some MS MVPs on here would give a bigger pool of experts for the MS questions.  I have the impression that there aren't a lot of MVPs, but the one time I tried to find out, the question was moved to meta.stackoverflow where there was no way it would get answered.  I've told a few MVPs I know about SF, but they didn't seem very interested.  My idea with asking how many SF'ers are MVPs was to find out if there's anything about SF that makes it less interesting/relevant for them to participate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-08-12T23:33:59.843" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="644" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="637" CreationDate="2010-08-13T00:05:26.347" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When it comes to &quot;Reach(ing) the right kind of publications and bloggers,&quot; one thing that strikes me about the &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/502/what-are-the-sysadmin-related-blogs-mailing-lists-you-monitor&quot;&gt;lists of interesting IT blogs&lt;/a&gt; is that there's a &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/580/best-information-technology-blogs-closed&quot;&gt;huge variety.&lt;/a&gt;  Everyone seems to have their own unique list, with some MS blogs being the only common ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure exactly how to do it, but if the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.serverfault.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ServerFault blog&lt;/a&gt; was somehow made a must-read, it might get more people to come here.  Kyle's articles are good, maybe the content could be built up with some guest posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of presentation, I think you'd need a more conventional blog layout with titles of older posts at the side, plus some changes to the links at the top.  (e.g. &quot;What is SF? should go to an actual explanation, not just link to the site, &quot;Archive&quot; shouldn't go to blog.stackexchange and pull up all the server category posts)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastEditorUserId="2561" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-13T13:48:04.677" LastActivityDate="2010-08-13T13:48:04.677" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="637" CreationDate="2010-08-13T02:16:56.030" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seen the bent of some the answers -- what do you mean by &quot;Professional&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do this for a living, have done so for 15 years now, and have been reasonably successful.  However, I have no certs and no professional concentration (I'm a can-do-what-you-need-done type of guy).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I a &quot;Professional&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[/ha-ha-only-serious]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6767" LastActivityDate="2010-08-13T02:16:56.030" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="646" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="647" CreationDate="2010-08-13T21:06:13.130" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I hit the &quot;associate account&quot; button on SF, it immediately gave me 100 rep and said something about it being for associating with my ubuntu.stackexchange.com account.  How does this work, and why does it only seem to exist for certain pages?  It didn't happen with any of my other 4 accounts when I associated them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="51148" LastActivityDate="2010-08-13T21:12:52.340" Title="Mystery 100 rep for being on Ubuntu?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="647" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="646" CreationDate="2010-08-13T21:12:52.340" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you associated you other accounts before you had achieved 200 rep on Ubuntu?  If so you wouldn't get the association bonus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, and welcome to serverfault.  :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/5983/should-all-linked-accounts-get-the-100-bonus/5984#5984&quot;&gt;ref&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-08-13T21:12:52.340" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="648" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-14T09:38:51.703" Score="0" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that I can answer and I initiate the answer starting from clarifications immediately getting negative ratings which discourages to further participate in this thread. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the point in this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1)&#xA;Users with less that 50 cannot comment. And this is the case with me during with more than 75% of my answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am answering and always getting negative ratings (note that many of my answers showing 0 while they were really initially downvoted and then upvoted) and not because of the helpfulness but just because others become irritated by putting content in answer instead of comments (which were just not available most of time for me)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2)&#xA;Comments do not permit any formatting and simply are not readable for updating. Why cannot I centralize all my replies just in obe answer. Why does it irritate all other participants?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are you comfortable clicking buttons to open hidden comments and reading unformatted strings?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) Sometimes I answer to clarify my understanding getting negative ratings. I am answering in order to understand better. What is wrong with this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;---- Related questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/666/to-search-my-comments-in-sf&quot;&gt;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/666/to-search-my-comments-in-sf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/655/how-to-order-my-posts-by-time&quot;&gt;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/655/how-to-order-my-posts-by-time&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47886" LastEditorUserId="47886" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-15T06:06:24.337" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T06:06:24.337" Title="what's the point in unformatted comments?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;answers&gt;&lt;down-votes&gt;&lt;comments&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="649" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-14T10:32:54.990" Score="-3" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not know what are the merits of downvoting except to discourage newcomers and appaling from continuation of discussion, but, IMO, it does not have sense without filtering users feature(s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some users are continuously chasing my posts just to insert off-topic comments, mostly the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would I block some of the user's postings cluttering my view?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to see in SF the feature permitting to prohibit certain users from accessing my posts (viewing, editing, commenting, answering).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47886" LastEditorUserId="47886" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-14T11:20:09.497" LastActivityDate="2010-08-14T22:52:39.113" Title="spam and spammers filter feature request" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="650" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-14T10:54:13.603" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can ask to reopen some of my questions which were closed by unclear reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1) &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/168183/open-source-alternatives-to-ms-ad-features-but-installable-on-ms-windows-close&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/168183/open-source-alternatives-to-ms-ad-features-but-installable-on-ms-windows-close&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does it &quot;as subjective and argumentative&quot; mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is typical development problem. If I need shot-term specific feature of AD there is no point to deploy full-fledged MS AD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to reopen it having found some answers and asking for more &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/170286/non-ms-free-alternatives-to-ms-ad-features-installable-on-ms-windows-for-develop&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/170286/non-ms-free-alternatives-to-ms-ad-features-installable-on-ms-windows-for-develop&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;but it was closed as &quot;exact duplicate&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can opened vs. closed, or having only off-topic + misinformation vs. containing valid info questions be duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2)http://serverfault.com/questions/168763/windows-workgroup-localsystem-vs-domain-ad-localsystem-closed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why it is not related to &quot;relate to system administration, servers, or professional desktop IT in some way, within the scope defined in the faq&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;3) &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/169807/how-to-better-set-up-machine-for-development-both-in-workgroup-and-windows-domain&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/169807/how-to-better-set-up-machine-for-development-both-in-workgroup-and-windows-domain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is typical problem of development-environment machine setup and configuration/approach&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47886" LastActivityDate="2010-08-14T22:04:48.143" Title="request to reopen questions" Tags="&lt;support&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="651" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-14T11:14:52.117" Score="-7" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;More than half of my posts has downvoting without any comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that downvoting without explaining the reasons, as well as anonymous downvoting, should be prohibited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the sense of seeing my questions or answers anonymously or unreasonably downvoted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think enormous amount of new-coming professionals are repelled from the site by it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that moderators should monitor repelling-activists and apply publicly viewable measures against them...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;--------- &lt;strong&gt;Update1&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;@MarkM&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Perhaps you should look at the half of&#xA;  your posts that have been downvoted&#xA;  and do have comments. Chances are,&#xA;  people are sick of repeating&#xA;  themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you mean that I have not looked into what I had written? It is a waste of time to argue with you about manners or even read your posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the point in upvoting incorrect answers and downvoting, for ex., in &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/170195/how-to-back-up-a-mssql-database&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/170195/how-to-back-up-a-mssql-database&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or even deleting, for ex., like it was with with my answer in&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/170476/windows-server-2008-connecting-to-127-0-0-1/&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/170476/windows-server-2008-connecting-to-127-0-0-1/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the correct answers or useful discussions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I extend the list?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;--------- &lt;strong&gt;Update2&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;@Zoredache&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you are also in my list of spammers and abusers. The guy who closed half a dozen of my questions and deleted the only (my) answer in &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/170476/windows-server-2008-connecting-to-127-0-0-1/&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/170476/windows-server-2008-connecting-to-127-0-0-1/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which was recognized by answerer as answer...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47886" LastEditorUserId="47886" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-15T13:09:32.673" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T14:15:32.860" Title="request to prohibit anonymous and without-reason-explanation downvoting" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;&lt;reputation&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="652" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="648" CreationDate="2010-08-14T11:26:32.437" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Server Fault site is part of a project named &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt; was the first site implemented using SE.  The SO site was also the first to have a related &lt;em&gt;meta&lt;/em&gt; site for discussion &lt;em&gt;about&lt;/em&gt; SE/SO itself.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;The MSO site&lt;/a&gt; is where you will find answers to any &quot;&lt;em&gt;what, why, how&lt;/em&gt;&quot; questions regarding the behavior of SE-powered sites -- in particular, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/7931/the-official-faq-for-stack-overflow-server-fault-and-super-user&quot;&gt;&quot;Official&quot; FAQ&lt;/a&gt;.  The &quot;rules&quot; of the SE sites were not arbitrarily chosen in private.  MSO's discussion history chronicles the development of these rules as well as the Community's reaction to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reputation requirements for commenting is an implicit design choice of SE.  You can find discussion of this on MSO.  For starters, right from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/19756/how-do-comments-work-in-stackoverflow&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;. Additional searches will reveal other related discussion.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Actually, comments &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/2115/text-formatting-now-allowed-in-comments-list-of-proven-and-disproven-abilities&quot;&gt;support formatting.&lt;/a&gt; Yes, a limited sub-set of &quot;regular&quot; formatting, but formatting nevertheless. Comment formatting was &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/20584/comment-formatting&quot;&gt;discussed on MSO&lt;/a&gt;, and although not a popular question, it succinctly captures the &lt;em&gt;purpose&lt;/em&gt; of comments &lt;em&gt;vs&lt;/em&gt; support for full-formatting.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; is intended to be an &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;comments&lt;/em&gt; are intended to be &lt;em&gt;comments&lt;/em&gt;.  Discussion at MSO has repeatedly clarified this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But to address your first question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I know that I can answer and I&#xA;  initiate the answer starting from&#xA;  clarifications immediately getting&#xA;  negative ratings which discourages to&#xA;  further participate in this thread.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What's the point in this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point is that all the SE sites are &lt;em&gt;Community-driven&lt;/em&gt;.  What is considered acceptable content and behavior is decided by the same Community that uses and contributes to the site.  Insistent and intentional deviation from the Community's expectations will result in down-votes. As with any Community, some may grow tired of what they perceive as undesirable behavior.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would &lt;em&gt;highly&lt;/em&gt; recommend dedicating time to exploring the MSO site to understand not only the functionality of the SE software, but also the expectation of participants within the SE Communities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23067" LastEditorUserId="23067" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-14T11:31:54.067" LastActivityDate="2010-08-14T11:31:54.067" />
  <row Id="653" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="649" CreationDate="2010-08-14T11:33:29.057" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your best bet is to take SE feature requests to MSO.  But I don't think this one is going to work out much better than the last time &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/3353/add-the-ability-to-ignore-users&quot;&gt;it was discussed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23067" LastActivityDate="2010-08-14T11:33:29.057" />
  <row Id="654" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-14T11:40:53.000" Score="-1" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;On my first 10 posts I have got over 80% of downvoting (by the same guy!). Though I am more repelled by the anonymous downvoting. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, after over 100 posts I have downvoting over 300%. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few guys have over 60-95% rate of downvoting of all my posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SF should have a sanity check filter for downvoting newcomers. It just repels new professionals from SF  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47886" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T00:11:23.467" Title="restriction on downvoting newcomers" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="655" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-14T12:11:32.070" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I see the list of my posts ordered by time? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;---------Update1:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under posts, I did mean all posts including comments and updates (I usyally update/edit my posts multiple times). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;---- Related questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/666/to-search-my-comments-in-sf&quot;&gt;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/666/to-search-my-comments-in-sf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/648/whats-the-point-in-unformatted-comments&quot;&gt;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/648/whats-the-point-in-unformatted-comments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47886" LastEditorUserId="47886" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-15T05:47:02.213" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T08:53:15.130" Title="how to order my posts by time?" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="655" CreationDate="2010-08-14T12:22:09.273" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/47886&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/47886&lt;/a&gt; you can sort your Q &amp;amp; A by time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9503" LastActivityDate="2010-08-14T12:22:09.273" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="657" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="654" CreationDate="2010-08-14T16:29:13.000" Score="10" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is definitely not a good idea, if anything SF users are not aggressive enough in down voting poor questions and a restriction like this would only make sense if there was a real pattern of down voting simply because the question was being asked by a newcomer - that is not something I've ever noticed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What SF has is a definite pattern of down voting poorly constructed, rambling, off topic or otherwise defective questions and that is as it should be. That description covers all of the questions in the sample of the down-voted and closed questions of yours that I've just looked at. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to avoid downvotes then pay attention to the comments that folks have left on your questions - if you listened to even half of the advice that I've just read in comments to your questions then you would probably not get downvoted at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SF is a SysAdmin site for asking professional Systems Administration questions - when you add in comments like the following you are going to get a negative reaction. If your questions were clear, concise and useful you might just get away with this but when you seem to bring nothing to the table this is a bad way to encourage your readers to upvote rather than downvote your content. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;Blockquote&gt;&#xA;I respect sysadmins but they usually do not care what devs need and from this discussion and other my exps I can make even worse generalizations abnout their cognitive abilities. There is no point to waste the time for more complicate configurations and deployments if sysadmins cannot help/answer even with simplest/primitive questions&#xA;&lt;/Blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/169142/interoperating-with-windows-domain-computer-from-workrgroup-windows&quot;&gt;Original here&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a valid question in there - it can be asked in a single, short and clear paragraph. If you did it that way it would get a more positive response. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8517" LastActivityDate="2010-08-14T16:29:13.000" />
  <row Id="658" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="649" CreationDate="2010-08-14T18:19:50.457" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the FAQ:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Like Wikipedia, this site is collaboratively edited, and all edits are tracked. If you are not comfortable with the idea of your questions and answers being edited by other trusted users, &lt;strong&gt;this may not be the site for you.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't quite understand why you are making such attempts to turn this site into exactly what you desire instead of finding a site that already runs in a way that is tolerable of your behavior. The interwebz is very large. I'm sure you can find a place to call ~.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33118" LastActivityDate="2010-08-14T18:19:50.457" />
  <row Id="659" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="648" CreationDate="2010-08-14T18:35:10.583" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A follow-on to jscott, but some threads from MSO that discuss this point:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/53647/50-reputation-for-making-comments-is-too-high&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/53647/50-reputation-for-making-comments-is-too-high&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/12119/lower-the-amount-of-reputation-needed-to-comment&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/12119/lower-the-amount-of-reputation-needed-to-comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/13335/is-the-ability-of-low-rep-users-to-comment-within-their-own-questions-adequately&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/13335/is-the-ability-of-low-rep-users-to-comment-within-their-own-questions-adequately&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As your your question about comment-formatting, that isn't well documented, but you can format comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/24793/how-to-use-formatting-in-comments&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/24793/how-to-use-formatting-in-comments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/2115/text-formatting-now-allowed-in-comments-list-of-proven-and-disproven-abilities&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/2115/text-formatting-now-allowed-in-comments-list-of-proven-and-disproven-abilities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-08-14T18:35:10.583" />
  <row Id="660" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="650" CreationDate="2010-08-14T22:04:48.143" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you get 3000 rep, you can vote to reopen yourself. Also, anyone with 3k rep that hasn't already voted to close that question can vote to reopen it as well. There are over 100 users above that reputation threshold, so if it hasn't been reopened, then that means that the general consensus of the community is in line with the 5 that voted to close it in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10472" LastActivityDate="2010-08-14T22:04:48.143" />
  <row Id="661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="651" CreationDate="2010-08-14T22:30:34.427" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This ground has slready been covered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/135/encouraging-people-to-explain-down-votes&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/135/encouraging-people-to-explain-down-votes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/6521/leaving-an-anonymous-comment-when-voting&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/6521/leaving-an-anonymous-comment-when-voting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will not help.  Basically, people would just post comments that are worthless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-08-14T22:30:34.427" />
  <row Id="662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="649" CreationDate="2010-08-14T22:52:39.113" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The purpose of voting is describe in the tool tips.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Question upvote: This question is useful and clear &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Question downvote: This question is unclear or not useful&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answer upvoate: This answer is useful&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answer downvote: This answer is not useful&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you receive a downvote you should evaluate your Question or answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Downvotes on questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure it is easy to read and understandable.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure your your post has a single main question. You can add a couple extra questions that support your the primary question.  But your post should cover a single issue or topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Check that what you have posted is on-topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clearly related to system administration, networking, and support of many desktops.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure your question has not already been asked.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure your question not argumentative.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is not a place to argue Microsoft vs Linux vs Apple&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure your question is not subjective&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Avoid asking questions like &lt;code&gt;what is the best ...&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Downvotes on answers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It must be technically correct&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure it is easy to read and understandable.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure you directly address the question that was asked.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can bring up related issues, but if you do not address the main question, then what you have posted isn't really an answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do not include be rude or impolite comments in your question/answer/comments.  Even if you strongly disagree with some comment or answer. Do not respond with insults.  Do not try to treat SF like a typical forum/newsgroup.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-08-14T22:52:39.113" />
  <row Id="663" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="654" CreationDate="2010-08-14T22:56:01.547" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's unlikely that it's just one or two people doing all the downvoting.  It's obvious from the comments you've gotten that many people find your questions be rambling and hard to decipher, and they've voted accordingly.  Since you keep posting the same sort of questions and comments, it's no surprise that you continue to get downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What it comes down to is that multiple people have indicated they have problems with your posts, so if keep posting the same way, you're going to keep getting downvotes.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-08-14T22:56:01.547" />
  <row Id="664" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="654" CreationDate="2010-08-14T23:59:40.447" Score="7" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure you understand quite how much time and effort some of the SF users put into their answers.  It's significant.  When you give flippant responses to their advice, and/or don't bother to thoroughly read what they've pointed you toward - you're telling them, &quot;My time is more important than yours&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My advice is to kill with kindness.  Treat everyone who's posted an answer as if they are helping you to do your job FOR FREE.  Be sincere, appreciative, and spend a lot of time making sure you've studied what they've said/linked before responding.  Re-read what you write, to make sure it can't be interpreted as rude (this is a valuable and difficult skill).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reputation is intended to represent the community's view of the user's technical skill, true.  But let's be honest - we're human.  It also reflects that person's ability to communicate clearly and effectively.  If you are very talented technically, a low reputation score may reflect the community impression that your communication skills need some work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;How to Ask Smart Questions&lt;/a&gt; has been linked here in the past, and it's quite helpful in understanding the unique culture of forums of this kind, though some of it can be skipped, the &quot;How to Interpret Answers&quot; section is something I try to re-read from time to time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastEditorUserId="1803" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-15T00:11:23.467" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T00:11:23.467" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="665" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="651" CreationDate="2010-08-15T00:21:41.293" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Perhaps you should look at the half of your posts that have been downvoted and do have comments. Chances are, people are sick of repeating themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10472" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T00:21:41.293" />
  <row Id="666" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-15T05:26:34.070" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am searching (with google) questions with answers in SF in both of which I have commented. There are no results even though I remember some exact keywords and phrases (for example, &quot;keep going&quot;, &quot;from developer&quot;, etc.). But google gives zero results on searching SF by vgv8 + any keywords from comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/#hl=en&amp;amp;source=hp&amp;amp;q=vgv8+%22keep+going%22+site%3Aserverfault.com&amp;amp;btnG=Google+Search&amp;amp;aq=f&amp;amp;aqi=&amp;amp;aql=&amp;amp;oq=vgv8+%22keep+going%22+site%3Aserverfault.com&amp;amp;gs_rfai=&amp;amp;fp=9cebbf5a0cce78cd&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Google search results by vgv8 &quot;keep going&quot; site:serverfault.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I search through comments in SF? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can this feature be added? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another, unrelated question: how do I use the built-in search box which is in the upper right corner of SF webpages, mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;--------- &lt;strong&gt;Update1&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;@Ward,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I remeber quite well and there are dozens such my comments. Should I give a list of them here?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For ex., &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/169146/sharepoint-2010-we-did-not-find-any-results-for-keyword&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/169146/sharepoint-2010-we-did-not-find-any-results-for-keyword&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;has in my comment to answer the phrase &quot;Keep going&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your string does not give any result from comment. It is from answer or question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are abcolutely no results from comments. NADA, zero, null. They are not searchable. The comments in SF are a waste for internet community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can you give me a single result from any  comment?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47886" LastEditorUserId="47886" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-15T12:26:25.777" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T13:05:12.913" Title="How do I search my comments in SF?" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="666" CreationDate="2010-08-15T06:08:18.030" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would guess you've forgotten the exact phrase you're looking for.  googling&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;vgv8 &quot;Edit3 in original post&quot; site:serverfault.com&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;seems to work fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T06:08:18.030" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="668" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="655" CreationDate="2010-08-15T08:53:15.130" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reason you are having problem is that you are not using the system as intended.  This is not a &lt;strong&gt;forum&lt;/strong&gt;.  This system does not work well when you try to &lt;code&gt;learn through discussion&lt;/code&gt; as you put it.  This is not a discussion site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway given your mis-use of the system there is still one place you can look that may give you want you want.  See this page &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/47886?tab=activity&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/47886?tab=activity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T08:53:15.130" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="666" CreationDate="2010-08-15T13:05:12.913" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions regarding &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; Stack Exchange features work, please read MSO.  Comment searching has been asked about &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/search?q=search+comments&quot;&gt;multiple times&lt;/a&gt; over there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23067" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T13:05:12.913" />
  <row Id="670" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-15T13:44:39.150" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;What does it mean that the author Summon's glyph/ID in question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/170476/windows-server-2008-connecting-to-127-0-0-1&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/170476/windows-server-2008-connecting-to-127-0-0-1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is not clickable as of the other participants?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47886" LastEditorUserId="10472" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-16T12:47:32.513" LastActivityDate="2010-08-16T12:47:32.513" Title="&quot;participant&quot; is not clickable. Why?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="671" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="670" CreationDate="2010-08-15T13:49:18.140" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is because the question was transferred from another of the trilogy of sites, and that user either does not have an account on the site that it was transferred to or they have not associated their account. It is essentially &quot;orphaned&quot; until the accounts are associated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10472" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T13:49:18.140" />
  <row Id="672" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="670" CreationDate="2010-08-15T13:49:26.670" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This means he was not registered on Server Fault when he posted the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33884" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T13:49:26.670" />
  <row Id="673" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-15T13:56:10.927" Score="3" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are quite a few topics that have already been covered, but the new SF user will have no understanding of what the meta.SO site is, much less how to track down some of the fundamental information in questions like &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/135/encouraging-people-to-explain-down-votes&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are we better off starting these topics over again, or getting a copy function going to import some of these gems?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T13:56:10.927" Title="Copy some generic questions from meta.SO?" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="674" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-15T14:11:36.673" Score="-1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why don't I have any Email notifications from some of threads, for ex., &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/170476/windows-server-2008-connecting-to-127-0-0-1&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/170476/windows-server-2008-connecting-to-127-0-0-1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;as well as entries in revisions or responses or activities lists either for &quot;yesterday&quot;, or for &quot;today&quot;, or for &quot;this week&quot; :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/recent/47886?startdate=2010-08-08%2000:00:00z&amp;amp;enddate=2010-08-15%2023:59:59z&amp;amp;tab=responses#tab-top&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/recent/47886?startdate=2010-08-08%2000:00:00z&amp;amp;enddate=2010-08-15%2023:59:59z&amp;amp;tab=responses#tab-top&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/recent/47886?startdate=2010-08-08%2000:00:00z&amp;amp;enddate=2010-08-15%2023:59:59z&amp;amp;tab=revisions#tab-top&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/recent/47886?startdate=2010-08-08%2000:00:00z&amp;amp;enddate=2010-08-15%2023:59:59z&amp;amp;tab=revisions#tab-top&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;while there were hundreds of revisions, responses, comments during the last 36 hours?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;--------- Update1: &#xA;@Kara Marfia,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In at least one of those cases, it's&#xA;  because I edited out a lot of&#xA;  discussion/commentary text that was&#xA;  not pertinent to the technical&#xA;  question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, it was not, I had no revisions/activities viewable before your editing. All in all there  was 1 or 2 entry(ies) on comment while there were over a hundred posts, updates, revisions, comments, answers &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not my frustration. It is SF's problem based on creating catch-22:  new-comer does not have any access to any minimal functionality for participation below the score 100 thereby forcing him to trick away things (maintain posts in searchable, tractable, editable, manageable, formattable, readable answers) in a manner which has sense to him. Downvoting, closing, deleting, revising, insulting only aggravate this catch-33.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had read FAQ many times. It is senseless to send me there. It does not help to anything&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I do not have access, at least, to see revision history, there is absolutely no sense in deleting my ramblings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They irritate you? Not me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no point to tell me about my irritation if it is yours and it is not me who create,  maintain and aggravate it to the point of absurdness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;--------- &lt;strong&gt;Update2:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is completely crazy to insist to pass somebody's writings to become the property of others denying any access to it by the author (expecting that the author will delete its own discussions, history denying to them access to itself but permitting to view them to others). from any of possible angles - juridical, ethical, moral, common sense, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;--------- &lt;strong&gt;Update3:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Insisting to comment denying access to comments by downvoting, insisting to delete rabmlings denying access to my own writings but permitting the access by others. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hmmm, continue. But do not insist on calling your problems &quot;my&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;@Ben,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, revisions are not always available! In 95% of cases they were not available to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can only guess what this availability depends on&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;--------- &lt;strong&gt;Update4:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My guess is that revisions become available only upon somebody's else editing my post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47886" LastEditorUserId="47886" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-15T17:51:24.077" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T22:08:28.637" Title="no notifications, revisions, responses for some of my threads" Tags="&lt;support&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" />
  <row Id="675" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="651" CreationDate="2010-08-15T14:15:32.860" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The few posts of yours I've seen have often been poorly thought out rambling messes, especially with your habit of adding great long lists of &quot;---Update x---&quot; type edits to the answer, half of which might be responding to subsequent facts and clarifications in the question and comments, and half of which might be comments on people you think have down-voted you. Please don't tell me you think that makes your answers easy to read, understand or put to use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You often appear more interested in picking an argument over whether or not something is correct than in actually spending the time to research it and learn something one way or another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your comment about MarkM in response to his reply really sums this up quite nicely - He's got nearly 4500 reputation here, so its fair to say that quite a few people don't agree with your suggestion that it's a waste of time to read his posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You've mentioned a few times that you post answers in order to learn - well that's great but speaking for myself, I &lt;em&gt;read&lt;/em&gt; answers in order to find an answer to a problem first of all, and answers which don't even appear to try to answer the question properly are not helpful to the person who asked the question or to others trying to use the questions and answers to research a problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers that poor deserve to be down-voted (I've had a few down-votes when I've given really poor answers out and they've been deserved). If you keep answering questions in the same way and they keep getting down-voted then maybe you should consider changing your approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7783" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T14:15:32.860" />
  <row Id="676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="637" CreationDate="2010-08-15T14:24:17.280" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the only way to do this properly is to keep moving towards growing the site's pool of good questions and good answers. You can tell someone &quot;Come to Server Fault if you have an obscure network problem&quot; or &quot;Come to Stack Overflow if you have a terrible bug you need help with&quot; but that only works if the answers appear when they ask questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm probably wording that poorly - what I'm trying to say is you can't artificially grow sites like this and expect them to last... and growing them organically simply takes time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Didn't I read a blog post from someone, somewhere about amazon.com vs. ben &amp;amp; jerries? I don't think community sites can grow past a certain point using the quick push model, though it can be useful in reaching that point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7783" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T14:24:17.280" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="674" CreationDate="2010-08-15T14:37:48.220" Score="6" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In at least one of those cases, it's because I edited out a lot of discussion/commentary text that was not pertinent to the technical question.  It's an attempt to help you out.  You're getting downvoted in part because you're using the site in a manner that is contrary to the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're angry about the downvotes.  The community is irritated by the lengthy, rambling posts - and what appears to be an attempt to turn a Q&amp;amp;A site into a message board.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In anticipation of further outcry, please see the FAQ - particularly &quot;Other people can edit my stuff?!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take a deep breath.  A lot of your frustration seems to stem from a lack of understanding about the site.  My suggestion is that you read some of the existing questions.  Try to get a feel for how the site was designed and how the community currently functions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T14:37:48.220" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="678" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-15T17:33:20.173" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think &quot;Favorites&quot; should be one of the links in top user menu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Stack &lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt; v ... ... ... username &amp;amp; reputation | &lt;strong&gt;favorites&lt;/strong&gt; | log out | parent | about | faq&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If user stared question as &quot;Favorite&quot;, he did not done that beacose of other users (others to see that question in his profile). He favorited &lt;strong&gt;interesting&lt;/strong&gt; question, so maybe &quot;Favorite&quot; list should be &quot;one click closer&quot;, in top horizontal menu, for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="31191" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T19:08:07.833" Title="&quot;Favorites&quot; link in StackExchange &quot;user menu&quot;" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="679" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="678" CreationDate="2010-08-15T19:08:07.833" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think two clicks to get favourites is fine.  I'm not sure what else - if anything - I'd put on the top bar, but I'd rather keep it as uncluttered as possible for as long as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T19:08:07.833" />
  <row Id="680" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-15T20:57:16.830" Score="0" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think there should be a quota or similar system on downvoting. Numerous times my posts or questions have been downvoted, without a comment on how to make it better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My suggestion is that after X downvotes the user is required to post a comment otherwise they are not allowed to downvote after Y amount of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or another thought that came to mind is that when someone downvotes it takes one rep point away, well, what if the user got the rep back by posting a comment. And in order to encourage &quot;quality&quot; posts, if a comment gets removed (due to the lack of quality) then the user loses more than one point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not saying that downvoting should be discouraged, because sometimes I am wrong and would like to told why I am wrong and what I need to change to make it right, but encouraging downvoting without a response only spells trouble in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My two cents anyways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23932" LastEditorUserId="23067" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-15T22:01:56.760" LastActivityDate="2010-08-16T14:06:41.877" Title="Quotas on downvoting" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="681" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="680" CreationDate="2010-08-15T21:50:35.897" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;We each have 25 votes per day. I do believe that qualifies as a quota. I've just been going over some of your answers and so far haven't actually seen a problem in the voting. e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/96099/security-and-protection-for-win-server-2003/108168#108168&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; got a couple of downvotes, complete with an explanation. Although you apparently don't accept that explanation it has been posted in is perfectly valid. ANY security software that hasn't been updated in 2 years is worthless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the reasons a comment should not be required for a downvote are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It encourages retaliatory voting patterns&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It would in many cases result in a whole lot of arguing, which is not what this site is about&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why should a downvote require a comment when an upvote doesn't?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T21:50:35.897" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="682" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="674" CreationDate="2010-08-15T22:08:28.637" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You apparently want this Q@A site to function as a discussion forum, which it isn't. The FAQ, which you say you've read many times, makes that point very clear. Even the way you constantly edit your questions to add argumentative and irrelevant content makes it clear to me that you don't want to use a question and answer format.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This very &quot;question&quot; is a good example of the kind of irrelevant rambling and moaning you have become known for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think GregD's comment sums it up nicely: This is not the community you're looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T22:08:28.637" />
  <row Id="683" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-16T01:48:09.420" Score="-4" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, to @all-sending-me-to-FAQ, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where do FAQ tell that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that contributions are downvoted on the basis of their formatting merits (mostly because the author had not finalized his discussion, editing and because he is restricted from most functionalities) ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that others may insisting deny to the author his right to his own writings?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not know how others but I see that new-comers (with interesting to me contributions in interesting topics) with which I'd like to communicate just are regularly kicked off this site and the interesting to me posts (by others) are being deleted. After some &quot;friendly&quot; deleting, closing, editing, twisting of their posts, the new-comers do not return to this site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But spammers and abusers are living here here, imposing their rigid pseudo-professional mono-attitudes and views on others, without any restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site is asylum - I continuously see the same few &quot;contributors&quot; downvoting  + inserting off-topic comments + distorting my posts every day without even reading them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does participation in this site mean abduction of my writings? or to pass them to others?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does this site recognize natural or moral rights, i.e. unalienable, author rights? Or, it is communist site? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I close my account and be sure that my writings expropriation be discontinued with my leaving? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think I'd better be off observing communist experiments from outside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;---------- Update1, @MarkM,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This insisting in responding to anything, except what had been asked, hijacking and distorting, massive inserting of repeating off-topic comments and answers into the author's topic, leading to closing or deleting, is the main reason of my leaving.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you always respond, distort, delete, downvote without reading or you always have problems in understanding what is being asked (what is the topic)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you prefer inserting your off-topic phrases into comments just because they are not editable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;---------- Update2, once more, this is complete perversion of any common sense to give to other's more rights to authors's writings than to the writer himself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are thousands of users that use&#xA;  SF daily without issue&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it an argument? There are hundreds mullions of psychs that live in asylums without issue... and thousands of prisons and psychiatric clinics whose inhabitants have too much time of dwelling in internet... So, what? Give others the right to block authors to their writings&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47886" LastEditorUserId="47886" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-16T02:53:07.973" LastActivityDate="2010-08-16T02:53:07.973" ClosedDate="2010-08-16T05:25:05.077" Title="Does participation here mean expropriation of author moral, i.e. unalienable, rights?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="683" CreationDate="2010-08-16T01:55:11.877" Score="8" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the FAQ, which you seem to hate:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Like Wikipedia, this site is collaboratively edited, and all edits are tracked. If you are not comfortable with the idea of your questions and answers being edited by other trusted users, this may not be the site for you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps you should read the last few words again. &lt;strong&gt;&quot;this may not be the site for you&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are &lt;em&gt;thousands&lt;/em&gt; of users that use SF daily without issue, yet you've been so problematic that you've caught the attention of almost every single high-rep user on the site. This is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a discussion forum. This is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a place to collect all of your thoughts in a single post. This &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a collaboratively edited site where the &lt;strong&gt;only&lt;/strong&gt; focus is providing accurate and intelligible answers to our peers. Answers that are used to solve &lt;em&gt;real&lt;/em&gt; problems in &lt;em&gt;production&lt;/em&gt; environments. If you would like this site to be something different, or if you do not want to follow the rules - go start your own site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once again, from the FAQ that you continuously ignore: &lt;strong&gt;&quot;this may not be the site for you&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10472" LastActivityDate="2010-08-16T01:55:11.877" />
  <row Id="685" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-16T06:05:34.420" Score="1" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I close my account and be sure that my posts expropriation be discontinued with my leaving?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47886" LastActivityDate="2010-08-16T06:12:14.807" Title="Can I close my account with all my posts removed?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="686" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="685" CreationDate="2010-08-16T06:12:14.807" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please follow Jeff's directions here to delete your account:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/5999/can-i-delete-my-account/7979#7979&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/5999/can-i-delete-my-account/7979#7979&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, you need to edit your profile to say &quot;Please delete me&quot; and email team@serverfault.com telling them your user ID (which is 47886) and that you'd like your account to be deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as your posts are concerned, I don't believe they will be automatically deleted. The community, however, will work through them to clean them up and remove them as necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33118" LastActivityDate="2010-08-16T06:12:14.807" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="687" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="680" CreationDate="2010-08-16T12:42:49.453" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have to agree. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also I'd like to understand, the guys with high scores can downvote the same posts many times?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;---------- Update1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though take care I've got the 400% downvoting rate on my posts and suspesnion for such proposals ( + to prohibit downvoting without any comments. i.e. reasons) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47886" LastEditorUserId="47886" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-16T13:05:44.490" LastActivityDate="2010-08-16T13:05:44.490" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="688" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-16T12:53:36.233" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is the the votes queued for later application to the rate with current score equal to 1?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are the new/coming votes accumulated for future accruing to suspended user?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the score is 1, is further downvoting being accumulated to be subtracted from following upvoting or the people here are wasting their daily limit in vain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47886" LastActivityDate="2010-08-16T13:26:00.610" Title="Is the voting queued for later application to the rate currently being 1?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;moderation&gt;&lt;down-votes&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="689" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="688" CreationDate="2010-08-16T13:13:20.607" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In your case, you are suspended. When you are unsuspended your rep will be recalculated. This means that downvotes that you accumulate will be calculated against your real rep when you are unsuspended. You do not actually have zero reputation, it is just displayed that way due to your suspension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a regular new user with 1 rep, the negative rep is not &quot;queued&quot; up so to speak. A user with 1 rep can receive 100 downvotes and still be at 1 rep, then receive a single upvote and be at 11.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Contrary to your apparent opinion - this site is usually very encouraging to new users. Many of the discussions in meta are about how to attract new professionals and how to improve the new community and it all boils down to integrating new users into the existing system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10472" LastEditorUserId="10472" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-16T13:26:00.610" LastActivityDate="2010-08-16T13:26:00.610" />
  <row Id="690" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-16T13:36:58.497" Score="1" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is needed &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;votes, how many? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;by whom? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how does it depnd on scores?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;etc,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for suspending a participant in SF?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is it being done anonymously, without any notification and  reasons given?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="51111" LastActivityDate="2010-08-16T21:11:54.483" Title="What is the process of suspending SF user?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="691" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="690" CreationDate="2010-08-16T13:40:51.660" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The process is outlined &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/a-day-in-the-penalty-box/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/users/1/jeff-atwood&quot;&gt;Jeff&lt;/a&gt;. Basically if someone is constantly being flagged as offensive or spam by other users, they are sent an email by a moderator. If the behavior does not change, the user is suspended. This is only done in extremely rare cases (I've only seen it once - not that I actively look for it though)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not done anonymously, it is done by a mod and there is notification given via private email to the offending user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10472" LastEditorUserId="10472" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-16T15:11:01.157" LastActivityDate="2010-08-16T15:11:01.157" />
  <row Id="692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="690" CreationDate="2010-08-16T14:00:15.707" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When someone actually creates enough of a stir to get suspended, they're either actively spamming or have created a huge stir in the number of people they've motivated to flag their posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, one person really can't cause this to happen by holding some kind of &quot;grudge&quot;.  Like everything on the sites, it's community-driven.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-16T14:00:15.707" />
  <row Id="693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="680" CreationDate="2010-08-16T14:06:41.877" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the perspective of someone who views the rep system as maybe the 3rd-most interesting aspect of SF (to me personally) - I honestly don't WANT to have to wade through all that noise.  If I'm reading a question, I'd like to see an absolute minimum of meta-discussion.  I come to the meta site for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're downvoted, and have no idea why, post a question here with a link.  I can almost guarantee you'll get some input.  It doesn't take long to get the hang of it, really (provided you're trying to learn the system, and not change it).  ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-16T14:06:41.877" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="694" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="690" CreationDate="2010-08-16T21:11:54.483" Score="6" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A quick Google search for VGV8 finds a number of very similar incursions into other forums by a user named VGV8 - all characterised by the same question style, rapid escalation to conflict, targeted insults at administrative cabals out to &quot;get newcomers&quot; and a consistent lack of willingness to conform to the norms of whatever site he finds himself on. It's certainly possible that our VGV8 and these are not the same however the similarities are remarkable, right down to his choice of name for his sock puppet alias. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;e.g. Message #11 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rususa.com/forum/message.asp-msgid-141&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and another &lt;a href=&quot;http://74.125.95.81/support/forum/p/Web+Search/thread?tid=0792c87308ada296&amp;amp;hl=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; where a user that has an almost identical style exhibits the same patterns seen here. The latter also links to his having been banned completely on other sites. Digging further finds other aliases linked to these that exhibit similar patterns of conflict. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to stop feeding the Troll now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8517" LastActivityDate="2010-08-16T21:11:54.483" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="637" CreationDate="2010-08-16T21:45:51.697" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;What about being able to link to your SF rep and badges from other sites?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it would be cool to display that on my blog and I suspect other people would like that on their facebook page, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it directly market SF, not really.  But it would be a good way for SF to build its brand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49318" LastActivityDate="2010-08-16T21:45:51.697" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="696" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="706" CreationDate="2010-08-16T22:28:58.553" Score="0" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed a fair bit of noise from one user on the Parent and Meta site, is there anyway to filter out users &quot;contributions&quot;, similar to how we can filter tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect this one user will go away, eventually, but fear that another user will just take their place...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49318" LastActivityDate="2010-08-17T13:16:38.753" Title="Is there anyway to filter out certain users' comments, questions, answers?" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;" AnswerCount="4" />
  <row Id="697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="696" CreationDate="2010-08-16T22:49:59.020" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There isn't a way that I know of.  The noise level (like what you've seen over the past few days from one user) here isn't very consistent, so when it is, it stands out like a sore thumb and is dealt with pretty quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1210" LastActivityDate="2010-08-16T22:49:59.020" />
  <row Id="698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="696" CreationDate="2010-08-16T23:05:42.677" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know how you feel. But this has been discussed on MSO, and so far this ability hasn't been added:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/3353/add-the-ability-to-ignore-users&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/3353/add-the-ability-to-ignore-users&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a possible way to implement your own killfile mentioned in one of the answers to that question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-08-16T23:05:42.677" />
  <row Id="699" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="637" CreationDate="2010-08-17T03:04:28.613" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;People have mentioned blogs, but the sysadmin crowd seems considerably more fractured that developers or other generic tech topics.  So I don't see how you get a lot of coverage without getting write ups on a lot of blogs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for technical conferences, my guess is that a very, very small minority of admins associate with LOPSA or SAGE, and other conferences are primarily vendor focused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I really thing Server Fault needs is some ownership of the tags either by experienced individuals (like MS MVPs) or by vendors themselves.  Obviously you aren't going to get Microsoft to move the Technet forums here, but it would nice to see something like msexchange.org integrate into the &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/tags/exchange&quot;&gt;exchange&lt;/a&gt; tags here.  The same could go for other communities (open source, vendor-specific or independent/third-party) &quot;owning&quot; tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is, I don't think this fits in to the Stack Exchange model very well.  I would think the community would want some sort of branding and link-backs on their tag pages possibly with some ownership in related chat rooms (i.e. not Redgate).  Additionally, you really need someone from the SE team to reach out to these community owners and convince them that Server Fault is better than their current (forum) solution.  Then, if you get that far it probably just make sense for that community to kick off its own SE site instead of utilizing Server Fault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some examples of companies or groups that could come in and own tags and provide a built-in community are -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eset.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Eset&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=15&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=15&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iisfaq.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IISFAQ&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iisfaq.com/Default.aspx?tabid=2679&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.iisfaq.com/Default.aspx?tabid=2679&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.techgenix.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;TechGenix&lt;/a&gt; - See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msexchange.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;msexchange.org&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isaserver.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;isaserver.org&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.windowssecurity.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;windowssecurity.com&lt;/a&gt;, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.juniper.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Juniper&lt;/a&gt; J-NET - &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.juniper.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://forums.juniper.net/&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.juniperforum.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.juniperforum.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nagios.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Nagios&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://support.nagios.com/forum/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://support.nagios.com/forum/&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.meulie.net/viewforum.php?f=60&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://forums.meulie.net/viewforum.php?f=60&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cisco.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Cisco&lt;/a&gt; VOIP - &lt;a href=&quot;http://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5391" LastActivityDate="2010-08-17T03:04:28.613" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="700" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="625" CreationDate="2010-08-17T03:13:19.970" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;They should be left alone.  Often it is difficult to get a timely answer from a vendor on licensing questions, especially if you are dealing with a reseller in the middle of the whole process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What better place to go instead than a community where someone may have already dealt with the same issue?  Granted, these questions can border contract or legal questions but I think we are smart enough to understand the implicit IANAL on these types of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5391" LastActivityDate="2010-08-17T03:13:19.970" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="701" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="587" CreationDate="2010-08-17T05:07:52.643" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Adding these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/48779/robfluth&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/48779/robfluth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/49480/user49480&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/49480/user49480&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/51395/rcmz&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/51395/rcmz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/43858/user43858&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/43858/user43858&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/49483/user49483&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/49483/user49483&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/43857/user43857&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/43857/user43857&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/48676/password-recovery&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/48676/password-recovery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/52000/deminemo&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/52000/deminemo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i.imgur.com/xcQ35.png&quot; alt=&quot;NEW&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Same deal. Password reset questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33118" LastEditorUserId="33118" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-23T03:51:52.587" LastActivityDate="2010-08-23T03:51:52.587" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="702" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="707" CreationDate="2010-08-17T05:13:28.077" Score="2" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any way that we can add domains to a blacklist? I'm thinking a list of known spam related links that will require a 2000+ or 3000+ rep to link to in a post. If this already exists, there are a few password reset related domains that should be blacklisted. They're recurring problems. I'd post them here, but don't want to give them publicity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33118" LastActivityDate="2010-08-17T13:30:13.077" Title="Blacklist domains?" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;&lt;spam&gt;" AnswerCount="3" />
  <row Id="703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="702" CreationDate="2010-08-17T05:22:32.583" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would be nice, wouldn't it? Such a system would require maintenance. Keep flagging 'em! I'll make a note to keep track of the password tag m'self. I flagged many of those a week or so ago, didn't know they were back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-08-17T05:22:32.583" />
  <row Id="704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="702" CreationDate="2010-08-17T05:43:11.377" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not sure blacklisting the domains is the way to go.  Since most of them are tied to a few questions about password recovery it may be easier to flag the questions and request that our moderators set those questions to &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/06/new-protected-question-status/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;protected&lt;/a&gt;.  I suspect even the small rep requirement will prevent most of the drive-by posts about various password recovery tools that seem to be accumulating on a few questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/160475/how-to-reset-windows-xp-password-on-dell-server-with-raid&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/160475/how-to-reset-windows-xp-password-on-dell-server-with-raid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/154006/obtaining-administrator-access-to-windows-xp-lost-password&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/154006/obtaining-administrator-access-to-windows-xp-lost-password&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/115028/administrator-password-reset-in-windows-server-2008&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/115028/administrator-password-reset-in-windows-server-2008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/49179/incorrect-password-when-computer-is-locked&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/49179/incorrect-password-when-computer-is-locked&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/32193/how-do-i-keep-the-local-admin-password-consistent-across-an-ou&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/32193/how-do-i-keep-the-local-admin-password-consistent-across-an-ou&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-08-17T05:43:11.377" />
  <row Id="705" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="696" CreationDate="2010-08-17T12:24:35.190" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Treat the disease, not the symptoms, is my advice here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a user is so disruptive that you &quot;need&quot; a killfile, the problem isn't the lack of the feature.. but insufficient moderation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-08-17T12:24:35.190" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="706" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="696" CreationDate="2010-08-17T13:16:38.753" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flag, flag, flag - it's like a red-hot poker when we log in.  ;)  This most recent episode is on me, I should've given up on coaxing and suspended that user a couple of days beforehand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-17T13:16:38.753" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="707" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="702" CreationDate="2010-08-17T13:30:13.077" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, this already exists.  Domains are only added when people spam them with manual moderator action.  If you have particular recommendations, you can ask a moderator or e-Mail the team.  If they're a recurring problem, you should post them here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-08-17T13:30:13.077" />
  <row Id="708" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-17T19:22:33.613" Score="1" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;Something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-command-line-commands-on-windows&quot;&gt;Useful Command-line Commands on Windows&lt;/a&gt; or the infamous EA &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/49765/how-does-subnetting-work/49836#49836&quot;&gt;answer on subnetting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking a story or answer with enough nominations could be added to the hall-of-fame.  Perhaps the HOF questions or answers could be shown across the trilogy sites, NOT recycled to the homepage, etc...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also doesn't necessarily have to be questions or answers with the highest votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1210" LastEditorUserId="1210" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-17T21:22:20.253" LastActivityDate="2010-08-18T19:35:13.797" Title="Nominate Questions or Answers to the &quot;Hall of Fame&quot;." Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="15" />
  <row Id="709" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="708" CreationDate="2010-08-17T19:27:09.957" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I dislike the once-per-day thing. In fact, I think they should be &quot;retired&quot; when they hit the HoF. Give them a separate page where people can still vote and add on to them, but for God's sake, please stop having EA's subnet/routing primer bump up to the top. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We all know it's there and appreciate it. And I have personally pointed dozens of people to it and even asked him for his permission to use it in training sessions that I run, but HoF questions don't need more answers or views. I do like the idea of giving them some special distinction, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10472" LastActivityDate="2010-08-17T19:27:09.957" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="710" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="708" CreationDate="2010-08-17T20:51:20.890" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Oh god I hate that example question. &lt;/strike&gt; my hated question removed :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; something like that was to be implemented, I would really want one of the criteria to be the fact that the question adds value to the site's mission. For example The One True Subnetting question would be a good candidate. A discussion of server names .. uhg.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5880" LastEditorUserId="5880" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-17T21:29:27.920" LastActivityDate="2010-08-17T21:29:27.920" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="711" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="708" CreationDate="2010-08-17T21:51:39.427" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I could almost go along with this rather pointless idea but only if the question is Community Wiki. Such a listing would attract an artificially high number of visitors and would therefore attract an artificially high number of votes. This would result in a sever skewing of the rep system that in my mind would make it very near worthless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing I most definitely would NOT support is cross posting HOF stuff. e.g. An extraordinary programming question is nothing more than yet another off-topic question on the other sites, HOF or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-08-17T21:51:39.427" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="708" CreationDate="2010-08-18T00:55:09.660" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorting by votes essentially accomplishes what you describe.  People nominated them with every up vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-08-18T00:55:09.660" />
  <row Id="713" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="715" CreationDate="2010-08-18T18:25:15.310" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;It was pointed out that we have three tags for this particular product, &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/whs&quot;&gt;whs&lt;/a&gt; (26), &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/windows-home-server&quot;&gt;windows-home-server&lt;/a&gt; (8), and &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/windowshomeserver&quot;&gt;windowshomeserver&lt;/a&gt; (40). Considering how all the other Windows products are tagged, &lt;code&gt;windows-home-server&lt;/code&gt; is probably the one to keep. Unfortunately, it has the least questions of them. Do we want to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go through and do a manual mass re-tag onto one tag&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Keep &lt;code&gt;windowshomeserver&lt;/code&gt; as the tag for that and make the other two synonyms&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Something else&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastEditorUserId="1803" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-19T12:29:40.897" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T12:29:40.897" Title="Mass retag: windows home server" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="3" />
  <row Id="714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="713" CreationDate="2010-08-18T18:40:49.493" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've added the synonyms to windowshomeserver, since that was the easy one.  Get voting if you agree :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4117" LastActivityDate="2010-08-18T18:40:49.493" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="715" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="713" CreationDate="2010-08-18T18:54:07.127" Score="6" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;To keep consistent tagging I would really like to see a retag to &lt;code&gt;windows-home-server&lt;/code&gt;.  Then create the synonyms to point at &lt;code&gt;windows-home-server&lt;/code&gt;.  I am not certain, but I believe the moderators can do retag everything in a single step.  If their is enough agreement here, perhaps one with do this for us?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-08-18T18:54:07.127" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="708" CreationDate="2010-08-18T19:35:13.797" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hear you.  Sometimes I see a post and I think, &quot;AAAGH!  I want to point a big shining spotlight on this person and say:  LOOK!  Look what SF can do!!&quot;  A working solution would have to address some issues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The popularity would garner a lot of &quot;me, too!&quot; upvotes that don't accurately reflect what an upvote is intended to accomplish.  The question would likely have to be locked/retired.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maybe the asker/answerer doesn't &lt;em&gt;want&lt;/em&gt; the question to be locked, so it would only be fair to get the consent of both the lock/retire/HoF process even begins.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even with just those two points, we've got either a bunch of new coding for the site, or we're asking someone to spend a bunch of (free) time to gather this all together.  The mantra of the site(s) could be said to be: the mob will decide.  As much fun as I think a HoF might be, it's somewhat opposed to the hands-off nature of the Multi-Trilogy...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel like sorting by upvotes is close enough for horseshoes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-18T19:35:13.797" />
  <row Id="717" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="713" CreationDate="2010-08-19T11:20:26.657" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the most consistent tag (compared to all other Windows tags) is &lt;code&gt;windows-home-server&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I've chosen &lt;code&gt;windows-home-server&lt;/code&gt; as master tag and added &lt;code&gt;whs&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;windowshomeserver&lt;/code&gt; as synonyms. I also merged existing tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T11:20:26.657" />
  <row Id="718" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:24:29.563" Score="4" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;There have been a number of questions from users asking for recommendations for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cheap web hosting&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;VPS hosting&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;servers &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;more, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We know that a sister community, &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/the-stack-overflow-trilogy/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SuperUser is being developed&lt;/a&gt; to handle all those questions relating to anything non StackOverflow and ServerFault is being developed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do these types of questions belong on ServerFault or SuperUser? Should they be closed or moved to SuperUser? There is a gray area here where Small-Medium Business sysadmins need to know where to host their pop3/www services. These may well be valid sysadmin questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please vote for the option you prefer below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T12:53:41.050" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-27T09:26:43.257" Title="Questions Around Recommendations For Hosting etc" Tags="&lt;serverfault&gt;&lt;sf&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="719" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="718" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:25:49.497" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;NO&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not want to see recommendations for particular paid for services on SF&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T12:53:41.050" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-27T09:26:53.927" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="720" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="718" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:26:17.360" Score="14" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;YES&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do want to see recommendations for particular paid for services on SF&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T12:53:41.050" CommunityOwnedDate="2009-05-27T09:27:06.080" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="721" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:08:30.657" Score="5" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've found that in some fashion here the IT term is used as a synonym to technical support and sys admin:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the FAQ:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;... system administrators and IT professionals[;] people who&#xA; manage or maintain computers in a professional capacity....&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I have conceived it as a larger area, that include of course technical support, but expands also to software development, software management, hardware, methodologies etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me IT  is like the whole brach of knowledge. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance, I wouldn't use the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; &quot;Call IT&quot;..&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;because it is like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; ... call who? IT is the whole industry!!&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I see here it would be a reasonable statement. &quot;The IT guys&quot; or the &quot;IT department&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this something cultural? Did I get the IT term wrong and it is actually &quot;sys admin&quot; only related? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/8324/how-does-serverfault-work-the-community-faq&quot;&gt;Return to FAQ Index&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T12:54:31.237" Title="What is IT and what is not? " Tags="&lt;terms&gt;&lt;it&gt;&lt;sf&gt;&lt;not-it-related&gt;" AnswerCount="13" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" />
  <row Id="722" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:16:02.057" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my last job, if it had a plug, I was the first person asked to try to fix it.  Anything I couldn't fix or didn't know about was considered non-IT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1565" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T12:54:31.237" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:17:16.267" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's really more of linguistic subject. Somehow meaning of the words tends to drift. Same happened to word &quot;hacker&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's quite easy to explain why for most ppl IT means tech support. In vast majority of companies, that's the only thing IT departments do. Only small part of companies actually have their own software developers. And when they do, they don't call it &quot;IT department&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T12:54:31.237" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="724" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:24:01.853" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;IT means different things to different people, and when you join a new company you're going to have to learn a new definition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IT does encompass so much - anything that has to do with the technology of manipulating information can be considered under the auspice of IT.  Even the mail room deals with information technology, and some IT departments handle the postal meters, copiers, and other business equipment that one might not consider part of the computer infrastructure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, like every other term, when you are talking about IT to an audience, you'll have to define what you mean before you use the term, and understand what it means to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-Adam&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T12:54:31.237" />
  <row Id="725" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:25:14.703" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In common usage IT is anything that would typically be handled by the IT department in a company or other large organization like a university or government department.  Effectively, that means sysadmin and tech support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T12:54:31.237" />
  <row Id="726" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:26:05.200" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it depends on the people and culture you work with/within, and probably your locale as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Amongst my friends and coworkers, we pretty much all mean something similar to the quote you pasted from the FAQ when we refer to &quot;IT.&quot;  The sysadmins, the network admins, the helpdesk guys, things like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T12:54:31.237" />
  <row Id="727" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:11:48.990" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;IT to me is the people who use existing software tools to keep the company going. They make sure all the technology keeps working. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Developers write software to make new tools. The written software is usually the company's product and sold to pay the Developer's salary. If these tools are for in-house use by sysadmins, then we have overlap between IT and software development. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The lines are easily blurred, because someone competent in one has at least intermediate experience with the other and can switch roles if they need to. I think it's the same as the line between Computer Engineers and Computer Scientists. There are some roles that are definitely one or the other and a lot of roles that straddle the lines and require knowledge of both domains. You will frequently find that the best sysadmins are also capable developers and understand not just the tools they use but several levels of the stack below the tools themselves. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T12:54:31.237" />
  <row Id="728" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:46:17.287" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/podcast-49&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/podcast-49&lt;/a&gt; Alex Papadimoulis and Joel Spolsky had &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.fogbugz.com/default.asp?pg=pgWiki&amp;amp;command=view&amp;amp;ixWikiPage=29041&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this exchange&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;S: We are talking today to Alex&#xA;  Papadimoulis, who is the blogger at&#xA;  the Daily WTF, which is a blog, if you&#xA;  haven't seen it, about all kinds of&#xA;  things going wrong in software&#xA;  development. Right? It's mostly&#xA;  software development, although I see&#xA;  wine bottles here on the front page...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;P: Information technology. But, yeah,&#xA;  generally software development.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;S: Is there a difference between&#xA;  information technology and software&#xA;  development? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;P: I like to think IT kind of&#xA;  encompasses maybe the network. IT is a&#xA;  broader domain. Software is just&#xA;  internal applications, external&#xA;  applications, whereas the IT&#xA;  organization handles all the servers,&#xA;  the desktops, phone systems, they seem&#xA;  to get it all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1156" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T12:54:31.237" />
  <row Id="729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:35:10.523" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The easy distinction in a corporate environment between IT and Engineering (or Development) is that IT deals with the technology used to support the Employees of the company. Engineering usually deals with the Product and therefor the Customers of the company. This means that if the company is large enough then IT will have some programmers who support internal applications and Engineering may have some sysadmins that deal with production servers. This is also usually the difference between a CIO (Chief Information Officer) and a CTO (Chief Technology Officer). The CIO is responsible for infrastructure technology and the CTO is responsible for Product or Customer facing technology.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T12:54:31.237" />
  <row Id="730" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:43:03.843" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In practice, I've observed that &quot;I.T.&quot; is usually the break/fix and sysadmins (who are typically hourly).  Developers/programmers/analysts are normally salary and get called &quot;I.S.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1403" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T12:54:31.237" />
  <row Id="731" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:48:14.377" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;To the general public IT is a catch all term for anything remotely technical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For people in the technology industry IT is usually reserved for technical support and system administrators. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T12:54:31.237" />
  <row Id="732" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:59:37.800" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions of word choice aside, I think everybody can agree, there's got to be a line drawn somewhere.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anyone who uses a computer as part of their job could consider themselves &quot;people who manage or maintain computers in a professional capacity&quot; (particularly if they feel their company doesn't give them adequate PC support, or work out of a home office), parsing out all possible interpretations isn't going to work&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &quot;spirit&quot; of the FAQ is to keep the questions away from support of individual PCs - away from turning SF into a home-pc-support site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;SF will not be a &quot;one stop shop&quot; for sysadmins, most PC support questions will simply need to go elsewhere&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have this feeling there's a reason this isn't called computerfault.com - but just as this site was born out of a need for SO's unwanted sysadmin questions, who knows what site will come next?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems like some clarification in the FAQ is in popular demand, though?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T12:54:31.237" />
  <row Id="733" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:45:37.003" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The helpdesk and similar functions are the public face of the &quot;IT Department&quot;. Just like the site manager/facilities manager or whatever its called is the public face of the people who keep your office building running when in reality they might have a large organisation of specialists in air conditioning, power, heating, furniture procurement etc. behind them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7783" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T12:54:31.237" />
  <row Id="734" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="721" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:08:06.083" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not necessarily an answer, but a point of view that has become an issue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My company seems to think its ok to call on the IT Dept for everything from DVD player malfunctions to security cameras to creditcard machines to anything that plugs into the wall...the copier, the fax, phones, you name it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have found that its sometimes difficult to set boundaries without coming off as being rude, but if I dont set boundaries then I end up neglecting my real work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4733" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T12:54:31.237" />
  <row Id="735" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-20T10:08:48.850" Score="0" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;if I'm interested to send a private message to a certain user from serverfault, how can I do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25745" LastActivityDate="2010-08-25T04:58:36.013" Title="serverfault doesn't has a PM?" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;&lt;serverfault&gt;" AnswerCount="3" />
  <row Id="736" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="735" CreationDate="2010-08-20T11:18:35.567" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been discussed ad-nauseum on Meta Stack Overflow (where Stack Exchange itself is discussed) and has been declined (several times, if I recall correctly).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/431/any-way-to-send-a-personal-message-to-another-user&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; on MSO for excruciating detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33884" LastActivityDate="2010-08-20T11:18:35.567" />
  <row Id="737" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="735" CreationDate="2010-08-20T12:43:25.813" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Server Fault does currently however have a chat room going on &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.meta.stackoverflow.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://chat.meta.stackoverflow.com&lt;/a&gt; .  If a person wants this sort of thing that is probably the place to go hang out (Closest you are going to get).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastActivityDate="2010-08-20T12:43:25.813" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="739" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-23T17:05:21.380" Score="-5" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;What were the reasons of my ban from SU, MSU (for a period of 1 &lt;strong&gt;month&lt;/strong&gt;)? and extension of ban in SO from 7 days &lt;strong&gt;to a month&lt;/strong&gt; without any warning and notification?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/a-day-in-the-penalty-box&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;A Day in Penalty Box&quot;&lt;/a&gt; tells: &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If a moderator has warned you via&#xA;  email about behavior, and that&#xA;  behavior continues, for a period of 2&#xA;  to 7 days, your account will be in&#xA;  timed suspension&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had never been warned through Email.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I also did not continue (what had I continued and where)?     &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a matter of fact, I even do not know what had I infringed this time&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47886" LastEditorUserId="1054" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-25T01:01:42.970" LastActivityDate="2010-08-25T01:01:42.970" ClosedDate="2010-08-25T10:14:25.577" Title="Moderators abusing rules" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;moderation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="740" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="739" CreationDate="2010-08-23T17:21:43.720" Score="8" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not only did you receive the email notifying you that/why you were being suspended, you responded to it.  Perhaps you've forgotten and misplaced this email, it was dated:  Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 6:20 PM&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was all very straightforward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You seem to forget all warnings, instructions, and assistance communicated to you.  I am deeply sympathetic if this is the result of difficulties with English - but if you continue to create disruptive meta-discussion on ServerFault itself, we'll have no choice but to ban you for the sake of the community at large.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best thing you can do at this point is forget trying to fight the suspension, move on, and try very hard to avoid posting things that will cause the community to flag them for moderator action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastEditorUserId="1803" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-23T17:38:26.983" LastActivityDate="2010-08-23T17:38:26.983" CommentCount="7" />
  <row Id="742" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-24T03:11:54.500" Score="-4" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;Coming from question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/173395/how-do-i-get-windows-xp-professional-upgrade-to-boot-directly-without-having-to-c?noredirect=1&quot;&gt;How do I get Windows XP Professional upgrade to boot directly without having to choose it at startup?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why doesn't this question belong to SF?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to fall into 2 categories of SF:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Developers who need support getting their development environment up&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Beginner System Administrators and Students&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/465/perception-of-purpose&quot;&gt;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/465/perception-of-purpose&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47886" LastActivityDate="2010-08-24T03:39:38.257" Title="why was the question on dev server setup moved to SU?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" />
  <row Id="743" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="742" CreationDate="2010-08-24T03:39:38.257" Score="6" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Developers who need support getting their development environment up&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Beginner System Administrators and Students&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Neither&lt;/strong&gt; of these are correct Server Fault categories. &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;From the FAQ&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Server Fault is for system&#xA;  administrators and IT professionals,&#xA;  people who manage or maintain&#xA;  computers in a professional capacity&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, anything that falls into those two categories does not belong on Server Fault. Sometimes we let it slide if the problem is a complex problem that just happens to be happening to a beginner/developer, but 99% of the time questions are shifted to their more appropriate site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastActivityDate="2010-08-24T03:39:38.257" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="744" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-24T14:00:28.423" Score="2" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;Will anyone be attending &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ohiolinux.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ohio LinuxFest&lt;/a&gt; this year?  I plan to attend and am trying to promote SF there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like it's &lt;a href=&quot;http://ohiolinux.org/sponsorship.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;too late&lt;/a&gt; to run a booth, but if there's enough interest this year I'd be willing to organize running a booth next year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is one of the largest Linux conferences in North America.  From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ohiolinux.org/about.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;about page&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Ohio LinuxFest welcomes people from all 50 states and international participants. We've had participants from Canada, England, Argentina, Brazil, and Australia in years past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastEditorUserId="35817" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-25T13:18:27.897" LastActivityDate="2010-08-25T17:57:04.313" Title="Ohio LinuxFest 2010" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="745" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-24T14:01:31.713" Score="4" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the top three IT conferences that are relevant to infrastructure operations?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is likely to be debate here but we should be able to filter out several useful conferences where SF could be promoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One conference per answer is probably appropriate to enable voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: This question is specifically in response to Robert's recent blog posting &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/a-recipe-to-promote-your-site/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;A Recipe to Promote your Site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastEditorUserId="35817" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-24T21:03:17.943" LastActivityDate="2010-08-24T21:03:17.943" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-24T14:03:05.877" Title="What are the top three conferences relevant to SF?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="8" />
  <row Id="746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="745" CreationDate="2010-08-24T14:02:57.263" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;USENIX's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa10/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Large Installation System Administration&lt;/a&gt; conference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-08-24T14:02:57.263" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-24T14:03:18.433" />
  <row Id="747" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="745" CreationDate="2010-08-24T14:04:06.467" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.oreilly.com/velocity2010&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Velocity Web Performance and Operations&lt;/a&gt; conference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-08-24T14:04:06.467" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-24T14:04:06.467" />
  <row Id="748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="745" CreationDate="2010-08-24T14:05:04.903" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ohiolinux.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ohio LinuxFest&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-08-24T14:05:04.903" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-24T14:05:04.903" />
  <row Id="749" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-25T04:21:02.773" Score="4" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;Who are industry experts that we want to recruit for Server Fault?  These are people who may simply be capable, knowledgeable, and a general benefit to our profession.  They do not necessarily have to be industry celebrities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Key candidates would be those who are already active in Internet communities, as involving themselves with SF would be a natural progression.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm willing to coordinate contacting individuals with the idea of recruiting their participation on the site.  I want to help take Server Fault to the next level.  The question is who will these people be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, this topic is prompted from &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/a-recipe-to-promote-your-site/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;A Recipe to Promote your Site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastEditorUserId="3038" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-25T05:52:57.470" LastActivityDate="2010-08-25T16:58:39.543" Title="Who do we want to recruit for Server Fault?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="4" />
  <row Id="750" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="749" CreationDate="2010-08-25T04:52:22.510" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Who will these people be? I don't know but what I do know is that if they do not already know about SF they may not be worth contacting. By now I would expect any active professional in our field to have come across the site at least several times while researching various matters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If and when they decide to join us they will. If they don't care to participate why do you feel the need to chase them down? Leave them be. What you are proposing is as offensive to me as being called up in the evening by some call center trying to sell me something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-08-25T04:52:22.510" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="735" CreationDate="2010-08-25T04:58:36.013" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;My take on this is that anyone who cares to be contacted has numerous ways to provide contact information for others to find. e.g. Email address or other details on their linked web site. Anyone not making themselves fairly easily found probably doesn't want to be contacted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-08-25T04:58:36.013" />
  <row Id="752" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="749" CreationDate="2010-08-25T05:56:31.177" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know where the &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.opensuse.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SUSE experts&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.novell.com/novell-product-support-forums/suse-linux-enterprise-server-sles/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;lurk&lt;/a&gt;,  but convincing them to also come here will be tricky. The one thing that might do it is having a spot to talk Sysadminly things with not as much end-usery things, on a site with better traffic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-08-25T05:56:31.177" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="749" CreationDate="2010-08-25T07:47:39.050" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have to agree with John Gardeniers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think there's been a similar question before where I talked about how I think things should grow 'naturally'. I can only repeat that - you can't force a site like this to grow in a sustainable manner imho. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I wasn't already here I would object strongly to being 'bugged' on other forums to join up... it's the best way to make me determined never to join a site, in fact. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7783" LastActivityDate="2010-08-25T07:47:39.050" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="754" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="749" CreationDate="2010-08-25T16:58:39.543" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The biggest amount of professionals in the field i am aware of use freenode.net and they probably have heard of SF atleast most of the them i am sure ... but yet i am sure more than half of them dont plan to move here and would still prefer to stay hidden in the irc channels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry that this is unrelated to the question, but i belive the freenode irc network would be a nice place to gather some good professionals...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45278" LastActivityDate="2010-08-25T16:58:39.543" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="744" CreationDate="2010-08-25T17:57:04.313" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll be there on Saturday for sure, and possibly Friday. I'd be into helping out w/ a booth for next year's show, as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7200" LastActivityDate="2010-08-25T17:57:04.313" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="756" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="758" CreationDate="2010-08-26T05:21:20.603" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would it be possible to have a closed question really closed rather than sort of, kinda, nearly, half closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/174196/workgroup-windows-users-or-groups-can-use-domain-accounts-but-not-vice-versa&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; is currently listed as having been closed 10 hours ago, yet was edited only 3 hours ago. Am I a fool for thinking that when a question is closed it should no longer be possible to post answers or comments and most importantly, not be editable? What have I missed, or does &quot;closed&quot; mean something different in other places?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastEditorUserId="9278" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-26T10:28:48.343" LastActivityDate="2010-08-26T10:28:48.343" Title="Why is a closed question not closed?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="757" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="756" CreationDate="2010-08-26T05:51:49.980" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I guess closed just means closed to new answers. Nice to see that our favourite user STILL doesn't understand how the site works after a week-long ban and plenty of discussions on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastActivityDate="2010-08-26T05:51:49.980" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="758" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="756" CreationDate="2010-08-26T06:13:50.127" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ignore vgv8 who is a bit of an unusual user of the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets imagine some typical user asks a question and it is vague or poorly worded and gets closed.  The system allows them to re-edit the question.  Then people can vote to re-open.  For a typical user fixing an existing question is generally better then reposting a new re-worded question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately vgv8 adds comments and edits questions far more then is typical or reasonable.  If it gets really annoying we can flag any questions to be locked or deleted I guess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-08-26T06:13:50.127" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="759" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-27T03:41:55.877" Score="-6" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;My posts are frequently hijacked by comments:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Stop typing and start reading&quot;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;don't make so many revisions&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally understanding these cyclic worries,  I should explain that I cannpt do any of this,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;because I do not see rendering pane of my typing  after first dozen lines due to:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Related Question&quot; above editor textbox occupies all screen &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the editing textbox is not adjustable in sizeand is too short in height&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and rendering pane disappear from view after a dozen lines...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;And this all having multimonitor with 3 monitors of 17&quot;, 22&quot; (the height is the same as 17&quot;) and 15&quot;!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possible solutions are easy, one would suffice:   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to make the editing and rendering panes, &quot;Related Questions&quot;  adjustable in size and movable&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As an urgent measure&lt;/strong&gt;,  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;just to place rendering pane to the right of editing textbox (but not beneath), side by side and make them higher and narrower, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to move &quot;Related question&quot; beneath  &quot;How to format&quot; (appearing during typing) or above&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;provide &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Preview&quot; button&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope these hindrances  were not made on purpose to provide &quot;happy downvoting&quot; feature&lt;br&gt;&#xA; (I have over 500% in average with a few hundred of posts)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it is impossible to properly visualize what is typed,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I propose to consider advices of type &quot;stop typing and start reading&quot; to be an insult with ban  to those who insert them in my technical posts &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Screenshot of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pizdets&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097 &#xA;4944592307816406286208998628034825342117067zdets&lt;/a&gt; on 22&quot; monitor:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i.imgur.com/YGYDc.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;3.14159zdets&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47886" LastEditorUserId="1054" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-08-27T16:58:00.127" LastActivityDate="2010-08-27T16:58:00.127" Title="I cannot read when typing (reading and editing only upon successive submissions)" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;feature-request&gt;&lt;usability&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="760" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="759" CreationDate="2010-08-27T14:21:22.303" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure what your issue is. Below the text input field, there is a preview field. I can see the bottom of it in your screen shot. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to type an extremely long question and don't feel like scrolling up and down, why not type the content into word/notepad/whatever and paste it in and then just add the formatting?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10472" LastActivityDate="2010-08-27T14:21:22.303" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="765" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-29T07:26:45.233" Score="13" ViewCount="412" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's been clear for a while that he/she is posting solely for the purpose of trolling, so instead of just a suspension, why not delete the account altogether?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-09-02T17:46:58.430" Title="Can we just get rid of vgv8?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;troll&gt;" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="25" />
  <row Id="766" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="768" CreationDate="2010-08-29T19:08:00.730" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi, I've seen people writing keys and key sequences for things like &lt;code&gt;Ctrl + C&lt;/code&gt;, where the text looks like a key on a keyboard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="51301" LastActivityDate="2010-08-29T19:28:57.307" Title="How to write keys and key sequences?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;site-usage&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="768" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="766" CreationDate="2010-08-29T19:28:57.307" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think he's asking about how to do keyboard formatting on SF, which can be done with the kbd tag.  For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;Ctrl&amp;lt;/kbd&amp;gt;+&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;E&amp;lt;/kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should render as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;E&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, I see it doesn't work here on meta.SF, which might be a glitch.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/26207/how-can-i-format-as-keyboard-keys&quot;&gt;This question on meta.SO&lt;/a&gt; refers to the kbd tag being disabled on meta (I think people were drawing pictures of castles with it), so maybe it's disabled on all the meta sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-08-29T19:28:57.307" />
  <row Id="769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="765" CreationDate="2010-08-29T21:27:59.207" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;vgv8 is a conundrum to me. I'm honestly not convinced that they're a troll - primarily because I've seen them make valid contributions in the past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, they don't understand how the system works and they get a bit emotional about it but that's &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; a reason for a life-long ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, vgv8 does come to Meta, so I suggest that you be prepared to have this dicussion with them face-to-face (as it were).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They're a bit like Evan Carrol from m/so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastActivityDate="2010-08-29T21:27:59.207" CommentCount="11" />
  <row Id="770" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="765" CreationDate="2010-08-30T00:59:12.207" Score="6" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm with Farseeker, while also respectful of Ward and Warren's statements.  One thing I like a lot about the network is that everyone gets multiple chances to prove that they're beneficial to the community before even getting binned.  (Yes, others would argue this, especially on MSO).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also don't necessarily agree that vgv8 is trolling but it was apparent to me that as much as he thought he was trying to help the level of aptitude just wasn't there.  That coupled with a certain level of arrogance when being corrected became degrading to the quality of the site.  Answers were just plain wrong and conversations with OP's were completely misleading.  It's easy for new people to spot trolls who are intentionally degrading the quality of the site.  I think incompetence is much more detrimental, especially to someone who's new to the site or new to the topic they are posting about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He's been binned here, on SO, on MSO (at one point I believe) and now on SF.  I don't agree that this needs to be a permanent thing, though.  I'm an advocate for second (and third) chances.  That said, however, I don't mind the binning durations getting exponentially greater as Jeff has already stated in other venues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1054" LastActivityDate="2010-08-30T00:59:12.207" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="765" CreationDate="2010-08-30T16:09:17.680" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm convinced that vgv8 is not a troll; in the traditional sense (though the question does not accuse him of this; other answers have specifically addressed it as though the question did). He is however &lt;strong&gt;very&lt;/strong&gt; misinformed, unprofessional, verbally abusive, and deconstructive of social norms (see most of his posts for examples).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not in favor of a lifetime ban; people do change over time and nothing he has done yet specifically warrants such extreme measures.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am in favor of continuing to ban him any/every time he gets out of line (and possibly for longer durations each time). This puts additional responsibilities on moderators to inform him why he's been banned (again); but that is the penalty we pay for being publicly accessible (and I very much prefer that we do stay open to the public).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33417" LastActivityDate="2010-08-30T16:09:17.680" />
  <row Id="772" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="765" CreationDate="2010-08-30T17:11:55.637" Score="19" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Too long for comment...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;vgv8 has all the hallmarks of someone completely self-taught, and proud of it. Unfortunately for him, his knowledge is full of holes and misunderstandings and he doesn't have the personality to weather the process of having those hammered out of him without some indignation on his part. Okay, a lot of indignation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In another life I have had to deal with people going through the unlearn/relearn process. It is hard, and when people who have ego invested in the fact that they know their stuff get told that they don't know jack they get defensive. When told they don't know jack in a way they perceive as demeaning, they get very defensive; very defensive people either clam up until they stop getting yelled at or return fire. Vgv8 chose to return fire rather than clam up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've dealt with that kind of person before, just not in a technical learning context. What I've found to work best is to take them aside and have a long talk. If you seem like you're actually coming to hear their side rather than the Official Voice Of Orthodoxy to Smite The Unbeliever, they'll vent like a volcano about the injustice they've experienced. This is likely to include unkind language. Once you've gotten through that process and they've calmed down a bit, you can start working on the core of the problem: they don't know that they don't know jack. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Start with a single concept and dig into it. Find out how they think it works and how they came to that conclusion. Then explain how it really works, and why that's the case. There may be defensiveness. You may have to gently invalidate their sources, or explain how their deductive methodology was fundamentally flawed. Repeat for a few more concepts and you stand a good chance of convincing them that they really don't know jack, and that sticking around is actually a good idea if they want to change that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is an intensive one on one process that involves a &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; deep understanding of the topic at hand on the part of the person doing the taking-aside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The entire StackExchange framework is designed around breaking the very process that can reform users like vgv8. Intensive one-on-one interactivity is exactly the kind of thing that StackExchange is NOT. It is Q/AAAA, not Q/AAA/Q/AA/Q/A/Q/AA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The taking-aside process is something that can only be done by full up Moderators, and &lt;em&gt;vgv8 is already convinced that the mods are biased against him&lt;/em&gt;. The one thing I know of that can cause true behavioral change can not be done because of how the site works. All we are left with is to ban him into the corner until he learns that shutting up in the face of injustice is wiser than railing against it. This is, shall we say, very unlikely with his kind of personality and we're much more likely to get one of two outcomes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;He will go away, never to trouble us again.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;He will stick around, just to annoy the snot out everyone as vengeance, complete with sock-puppets to get around bans.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The environment where I faced this kind of thing before did not employ community-sourcing for its administration, which actually made it easier to handle. Here any 3K user can vote to close, and practically everyone can downvote or flag-for-attention, which means that if 'the mods' decide to attempt to reintegrate him into the community the community can vote to have none of it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which they seem to have done. When October 13th rolls around some of the userbase heat may have waned, but it will take &lt;em&gt;very little effort&lt;/em&gt; on his part to rekindle anti-vgv8 sentiment and he'll get banned again.  &lt;strike&gt;Considering what I've seen of this user, it may be kinder to put him out of our mutual misery and perma-ban him&lt;/strike&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Time has passed, a ban has been experienced, and now there is evidence that he has fallen into the second response possibility I lined out above. Once the sock-puppets start arriving, it's time to ban his IP if possible. Good riddance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastEditorUserId="3038" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-09-02T17:46:58.430" LastActivityDate="2010-09-02T17:46:58.430" />
  <row Id="773" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="625" CreationDate="2010-08-30T17:43:17.900" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think they should be allowed. Asking if Windows Server 2008 R2 requires a new license to be purchased if you already own Windows Server 2008 is completely valid. People who have had to research software licensing in their job will be able to help others with these types of questions. They'll also know at which point to say &quot;Talk to your vendor&quot; and answer as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More importantly, as a server administrator, knowing the licensing rules may be a large part of your job. That alone qualifies it to be on SF imo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5257" LastActivityDate="2010-08-30T17:43:17.900" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="774" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="765" CreationDate="2010-08-31T01:04:42.347" Score="8" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't believe vgv8 is a troll, merely an uneducated person playing in a field he/she is unfamiliar with, to say nothing about unqualified. Elsewhere vgv8 claims to have 25 years of IT experience, yet every utterance contradicts that claim. This person may possibly be a developer at some level but is certainly not a sysadmin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that this one individual has created such an outcry and is the only one I've seen suggested for complete removal must be a bit of a clue. While I have little doubt that vgv8 will return under some new name I still feel that in this instance the damage being done is sufficient to warrant a ban, together with a deletion of all his/her posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-08-31T01:04:42.347" CommentCount="0" />
  <row Id="775" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="777" CreationDate="2010-08-31T13:45:00.603" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had edited in a couple of these before &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/63/retag-request-sql-server-tags-on-sf&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; was migrated from Meta SO to Meta SF, but now there's an additional tag representing the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the tags involved:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[sqlprofiler]&lt;/code&gt; (2)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[sql-profiler]&lt;/code&gt; (5) (yes, all of these are for SQL Server)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[sqlserverprofiler]&lt;/code&gt; (4)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend retagging all of them to use &lt;code&gt;[sql-server-profiler]&lt;/code&gt; (which I just created because I had to ask a question), and adding tag synonyms for the tags listed above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd do these myself, but I don't have enough rep here yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24743" LastActivityDate="2010-08-31T16:49:32.830" Title="Please merge SQL Server Profiler related tags and add synonyms for them" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="776" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-31T16:47:39.220" Score="5" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;code&gt;mysqld&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;mysqladministrator&lt;/code&gt; tags are entirely superfluous.  Unfortunately, there's 14 and 25 tags respectively.  I would like to request that they be merged with the &lt;code&gt;mysql&lt;/code&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-08-31T21:35:36.310" Title="Tag merge request for mysql" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="777" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="775" CreationDate="2010-08-31T16:49:32.830" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I couldn't create the [sqlprofiler] synonym I had retagged all the question to the new tag, but forgotten I had to leave one to create the synonym.  Everything is retagged though now and the other synonyms are created.  So aside from that one thing this is status-complete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/tags/sql-server-profiler/synonyms&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/tags/sql-server-profiler/synonyms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-08-31T16:49:32.830" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="776" CreationDate="2010-08-31T18:05:36.777" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I concur. The extra tags add nothing except confusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33118" LastActivityDate="2010-08-31T18:05:36.777" />
  <row Id="779" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="776" CreationDate="2010-08-31T21:35:36.310" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;mysqld&lt;/code&gt; is the MySQL daemon, whereas &lt;code&gt;mysqladministrator&lt;/code&gt; is a management interface. Two completely different things and completely distinct from the generic &lt;code&gt;mysql&lt;/code&gt;. What's next, merging all Windows server tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-08-31T21:35:36.310" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="780" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="765" CreationDate="2010-09-01T05:46:13.967" Score="-4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am answering here because I do not have reputation to comment in MSF.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answer to Kara Marfia's comment:      &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;@Kara, have you been offended that I answered correctly the question to which you answered incorrectly   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/174359/iis7-allow-users-to-identify-themselves-with-either-windows-authentication-or/174886#174886&quot;&gt;IIS7: Allow users to identify themselves with either “Windows Authentication” or “Basic Authentication” on the same file&lt;/a&gt; ?   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am sorry, I am. I shall avoid posts with your answers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why are not others driven away for incorrect info &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/175777/sql-server-2008-r2-express-accepts-only-local-connections-closed&quot;&gt;SQL Server 2008 R2 Express accepts only local connections?&lt;/a&gt;  ?  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you give examples of my driving multiple ppl away with my &quot;incorrect information&quot; and &quot;unexplainable rage&quot; during the last days before the last suspension except by banning me in the middle of answering?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had NO &quot;unexplained rage&quot; - I opened in MSF the topics of hijacking comments in my SF posts by others in order to divert spammers from former to latter&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answer to @sysadmin1138 comment in the same post: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I was not banned due to that post, it was due to deleted in MSO my last post (thу one you cites is one is penultimate one) telling that I followed all instructions and FAQs and I opened the posts in MSF which were not my topics but topics of spammers in my technical posts which I re-opened in MSF in order to give room and divert/free them from my technical posts in SF&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/761/is-it-site-for-professionals-or-against-closed&quot;&gt;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/761/is-it-site-for-professionals-or-against-closed&lt;/a&gt; :  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Plz note that it is not vgv8's topic, he just opened it in order to divert the same topic hijacking comments (for ex., in &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/174196/workgroup-windows-users-or-groups-can-use-domain-accounts-but-not-vice-versa&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/174196/workgroup-windows-users-or-groups-can-use-domain-accounts-but-not-vice-versa&lt;/a&gt; &quot;&lt;strong&gt;@vgv8 - This place is not a university&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;  and many others from his technical posts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53028" LastActivityDate="2010-09-01T05:46:13.967" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="781" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="765" CreationDate="2010-09-01T05:57:29.577" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I thought I would add my own answer, partially to collect my thoughts from various comments, and partly to summarize what's been said.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having re-read some of the previous posts and the recent posts and comments (vgv8 is currently posting  as &lt;strong&gt;pizdets&lt;/strong&gt;), I still think they are mostly trolling: I think the intent is mostly to get a reaction, not to have a discussion and gain an understanding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand and appreciate the &quot;no, don't ban permanently&quot; answers, and since vgv8's recent posts as pizdets are mostly reasonable, perhaps the people with more faith that this is mostly a misunderstanding will turn out to be right.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OTOH, the lucidity of some of the pizdet posts makes me think that unfamiliarity with the english language was &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; an issue in some of the complaints (as has been supposed).  Another thing that occurs to me is that someone who loudly proclaims &quot;this place sucks, you guys all suck, I'm leaving!&quot; and then keeps coming back isn't being consistent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-09-01T05:57:29.577" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="782" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-01T14:12:13.710" Score="-4" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;The star icon to the left of the question is too vague to know what it means.  I would like some sort of visual cue (other than hovering over it) as to what this actually does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46738" LastActivityDate="2010-09-01T16:24:37.643" Title="Is adding a Favorite unclear?" Tags="&lt;feature-request&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="783" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="782" CreationDate="2010-09-01T16:19:26.953" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I personally think the hover is sufficient.  Tooltips are common practice and if a visual description for everything that is explained by a tooltip were added then the UI would quickly become overly cluttered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would advocate verbiage in the FAQ, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1054" LastActivityDate="2010-09-01T16:19:26.953" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="784" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="782" CreationDate="2010-09-01T16:24:37.643" Score="6" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Star is a commonly used visual element in a number of other places (twitter and gmail come to mind) to indicate that the question is special. It hasn't been around as long as certain other visual elements and hasn't had a chance to embed in the cultural consensus around UI elements. Even so, the phrase &quot;my starred mails/tweets/questions&quot; is already in use. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Twitter handles this by not showing it at all unless you're already hovering over the tweet, and then popping a tooltip immediately as you hover over it that says &quot;favorite this tweet,&quot; and there is a 'favorites' link in the link list on the side. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Gmail doesn't bother with 'favorite' verbage, it doesn't document the starring and you access such mails from the &quot;Starred [$StarImage]&quot; link. More direct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;StackExchange is following the Twitter model. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As with squillman, I would adjust the text in the tooltip. Something like, &quot;Favorite this question,&quot; to make it more clear. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-09-01T16:24:37.643" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="785" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-01T19:57:38.180" Score="0" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please merge tags &quot;bigip&quot; and &quot;f5-big-ip&quot;. I can't imagine a situation where they would refer to disparate topics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24960" LastActivityDate="2010-09-01T20:03:10.243" Title="Tag merge request for bigip" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="786" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="785" CreationDate="2010-09-01T20:03:10.243" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Only 3 bigip tags, manually changed to f5-big-ip and suggested tag synonym.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5880" LastActivityDate="2010-09-01T20:03:10.243" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="787" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-01T20:50:14.233" Score="7" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that the &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; tag shouldn't have been set to a synonym of &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; but it should have been the other way around. &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; is the technology, &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; is one of many ways to use apt. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably we should have had something like &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;apt-cache&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;aptitude&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;synaptic&lt;/code&gt; aliased to &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; or no synonym at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5880" LastEditorUserId="1803" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-09-03T21:51:02.090" LastActivityDate="2010-11-02T22:44:50.657" Title="Bad Synonym for APT" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;tag-synonyms&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="788" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="789" CreationDate="2010-09-02T01:52:54.213" Score="7" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;macosxserver -&gt; mac-osx-server&lt;br&gt;&#xA;osx-server -&gt; mac-osx-server&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;osx -&gt; mac-osx&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33417" LastActivityDate="2010-09-02T02:37:20.310" Title="Tag Merge Request - Mac related tags" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" />
  <row Id="789" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="788" CreationDate="2010-09-02T02:37:20.310" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Also consider addressing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;leopardserver -&gt; leopard-server&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;osx-10.6 -&gt; snow-leopard&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;osx -&gt; mac-osx&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;macosx  -&gt; mac-osx&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most difficult to clean up will be &lt;strong&gt;mac&lt;/strong&gt;.  Work should be done to separate the use of &lt;strong&gt;mac&lt;/strong&gt; as a description of the physical address from its usage to identify Apple computers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;leopard - 39&#xA;leopardserver - 2&#xA;snow-leopard - 81&#xA;snow-leopard-server - 40&#xA;tiger&#xA;osx - 248&#xA;macosx - 635&#xA;macosxserver - 158&#xA;mac-osx-server - 9&#xA;osx-10.6 - 10&#xA;osx - 248&#xA;macosx - 635&#xA;mac - 265&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-09-02T02:37:20.310" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="790" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="791" CreationDate="2010-09-03T04:13:32.403" Score="0" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just noticed an &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/53954/centos-vs-ubuntu&quot;&gt;old post&lt;/a&gt; to which I added the .&lt;code&gt;subjective&lt;/code&gt; tag. That tag is no longer there and the edit history shows no changes made since, so whatever happened to the tag? Might this be a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastEditorUserId="1" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-09-05T22:02:16.677" LastActivityDate="2010-09-05T22:02:16.677" Title="The case of the vanishing tag" Tags="&lt;bug&gt;&lt;status-bydesign&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="791" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="790" CreationDate="2010-09-03T05:02:05.490" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastActivityDate="2010-09-03T05:02:05.490" />
  <row Id="792" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="790" CreationDate="2010-09-03T05:02:20.483" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;From this point on, meta-tagging is&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;explicitly discouraged&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I’m pleased to announce that, as of&#xA;  tonight, we have stormed the castle&#xA;  gates and systematically eradicated&#xA;  the most common meta-tags —&#xA;  [beginner], [subjective], and&#xA;  [best-practices] — from Stack&#xA;  Overflow, Server Fault, and Super&#xA;  User.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-09-03T05:02:20.483" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="787" CreationDate="2010-09-03T15:07:11.040" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;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 &quot;recommended&quot;/&quot;approved&quot; tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this instance, any tag entry of any or all of:&#xA;apt&#xA;apt-get&#xA;apt-cache&#xA;etc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;would be replaced with a tag of &quot;synaptic&quot; or &quot;aptitude&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I'm not clear, or this is how the synonyms already work, please let me know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50875" LastActivityDate="2010-09-03T15:07:11.040" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="794" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-04T20:47:01.203" Score="0" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;Pardon me if this isn't proper etiquette, but I'm not sure where to politic for votes, so when in doubt, meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/177500/what-creative-sysadmin-resumes-have-you-seen-made-closed&quot;&gt;This question of mine&lt;/a&gt; was closed as off topic. Perhaps I could have framed it better for more useful responses, but its a bit annoying to see it closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why you should vote to reopen:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;its relevant to the career of system administration&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it's got plenty of upvotes and only one downvote&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;subjective questions are part of a healthy community&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;awesome anecdotes are interesting&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;five people favorited the question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts? Votes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="919" LastEditorUserId="919" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-09-04T21:05:06.803" LastActivityDate="2010-09-05T04:52:10.663" Title="A plea to reopen" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;close-reasons&gt;&lt;reopen&gt;" AnswerCount="3" />
  <row Id="795" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="794" CreationDate="2010-09-04T23:34:11.053" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that topics of relevance to the professional are not well received here.  If they are well formed and useful, I think they belong.  In fact, I wish there were more along the lines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Topics that I find of value:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Managing a professional IT career&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Managing an IT department&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Workflow for proper operation of an IT department&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Best practices from an administrative perspective that are not necessarily technical.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These topics are of unusual value to someone as identified within the scope of the FAQ:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;system administrators and IT&#xA;  professionals, people who manage or&#xA;  maintain computers in a professional&#xA;  capacity&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's plenty of information about the proper formatting of fstab, such as the manpage.  Whereas resources specifically relating professional IT are more limited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, I agree.  While your question is pushing a &quot;list question,&quot; I think there is some value there.  You have my vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-09-04T23:34:11.053" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="796" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="794" CreationDate="2010-09-05T02:20:20.727" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think there's a HUGE market for a career/resume stackexchange site.  Honestly, if I weren't so tied up with projects, I'd probably look into getting it started.  That being said, the question (sadly enough, because I have a mountain of commentary on the topic!) is not in any way unique to SF, and doesn't really fit as a sysadmin question with a specific answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-09-05T02:20:20.727" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="797" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="794" CreationDate="2010-09-05T04:52:10.663" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The fact that you want help writing a resume to get a job as a sysadmin does not make it a suitable subject for Server Fault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A resume is as much related to system administration as the method we use to travel to and from work. Should we then also allow discussing about various makes and models of cars, buses, trains, bicycles, etc.? How about some in depth analysis of what I might have for lunch tomorrow? After all, that is very much part of my day as a professional system administrator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-09-05T04:52:10.663" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="798" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-05T12:26:08.957" Score="2" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/79485/windows-2008-winsxs-directory-growing-uncontrollably-blocking-server&quot;&gt;this SF question&lt;/a&gt;, Chrome warns me of malware because of several (perfectly innocent) images from &lt;code&gt;imgurl.Filetac.com&lt;/code&gt; a user embedded in it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i.imgur.com/Xly9L.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume this is sorted now that it's no longer possible to hotlink external images in SF questions, but to let you know in case this is somehow relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24210" LastActivityDate="2010-09-14T07:09:08.353" Title="Chrome issuing malware warning when visiting SF question" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;specific-question&gt;&lt;images&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="800" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-06T09:56:27.003" Score="0" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is what I just got as an error page on SF:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i.imgur.com/abfEj.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of a serverfault URL displaying an error which is branded with stackoverflow logo, etc.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the plus side, I've been on SF for more than a year and I'm almost sure that I've seen an error outside of scheduled maintenance. Nice! :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4487" LastActivityDate="2010-09-06T09:56:27.003" Title="ServerFault's error page has StackOverflow branding" Tags="&lt;bug&gt;&lt;error-page&gt;" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="801" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-09T02:28:31.897" Score="2" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;When submitting a search query that returns no results, the site suggests searching with fewer words, and presents a list of links with various words red and struck out — or it's supposed to, anyway. On Safari 5.0.1 Mac, only the first suggestion has anything struck out; the others don't, although the links are correct. On Camino 2.0.4 when logged out, none of the words are struck out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, the red colouring is applied with a font tag. Tsk, tsk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i.imgur.com/X7S7F.png&quot; alt=&quot;use fewer words bug&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20080" LastActivityDate="2010-09-09T02:28:31.897" Title="Search suggestions don't display properly" Tags="&lt;bug&gt;&lt;search&gt;" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="803" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="798" CreationDate="2010-09-10T05:26:26.437" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm note sure about answers, but profiles allow adding external images on all stack-exchange sites.. oh &amp;amp; here too ==&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4401ryJ0di8/Sn21HNAkq7I/AAAAAAAAAVs/PrPWeRys-Gk/Google-Calendar-32.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53791" LastActivityDate="2010-09-10T05:26:26.437" />
  <row Id="804" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="805" CreationDate="2010-09-13T03:06:13.500" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;There was a question and answer from someone who actually worked on the SQL development team where they gave a long list of reasons why not to truncate an MSSQL Log file (it had something to do with index fragmentation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know what this question was? I've been searching for ages and I can't find it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastActivityDate="2010-09-13T04:19:44.160" Title="My google-fu is failing me, does anyone have a link to the following question" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="805" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="804" CreationDate="2010-09-13T04:19:44.160" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any of these what you're looking for?  They're Paul Randal's posts that include 'truncate'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/search?q=truncate+user:1992&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/search?q=truncate+user:1992&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1054" LastActivityDate="2010-09-13T04:19:44.160" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="798" CreationDate="2010-09-14T07:09:08.353" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just for the record: I've replaced the images on &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/79485/windows-2008-winsxs-directory-growing-uncontrollably-blocking-server/84461#84461&quot;&gt;Joseph Kern's answer&lt;/a&gt; with imgur.com URLs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think - even if it's not justified - no SF page should ever trigger a browser's malware warning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2010-09-14T07:09:08.353" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="807" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-16T02:10:30.010" Score="23" ViewCount="181" Body="&lt;p&gt;Or is it just me?...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's really just me I'll suck it up and quit my yapping.  I &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/64118/please-add-the-ability-to-close-the-announcement-bar&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;submitted a feature request&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on MSO a few days ago to be able to close it but not much was discussed about it and it hasn't gotten any further attention.  Just wondered what the sentiments here on SF are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1054" LastActivityDate="2010-09-21T12:09:03.270" Title="Is the dark blue system notification bar annoying?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;system-message&gt;" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="6" />
  <row Id="808" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="807" CreationDate="2010-09-16T06:11:36.657" Score="14" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Zoredache's comment on chat with 18 stars speaks your case:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I really wish I could dismiss the&#xA;  'serverfault has a 3rd place' banner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I totally agree.  It's intrusive due to the way it renders, which interrupts the flow when reading.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-09-16T06:11:36.657" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="809" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="807" CreationDate="2010-09-16T08:28:51.603" Score="8" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No squillman, it's not just you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find it so annoying that it's causing me to spend less time on the site than normal. Something that irritating, if it's deemed necessary at all, should be way down the bottom, not up top where it creates an eyesore and interferes with the normal use of the site. I've lost count of the number of times I've gone to click on a question, only to have it suddenly drop down as that blue bar pops up. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps this kind of information belongs on the right hand side, along with all the other crap I completely ignore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-09-16T08:28:51.603" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="810" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="807" CreationDate="2010-09-16T17:13:33.063" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2108/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stylish&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is your friend if using Firefox.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);&#xA;&#xA;@-moz-document domain(&quot;serverfault.com&quot;) {&#xA;#system-message { display : none ;}&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/pabfempgigicdjjlccdgnbmeggkbjdhd&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stylist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is your friend if using Chrome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Prefix &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;rule &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;#system-message {display : none ;}&lt;/code&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I check every day or so to see if it's still there. When it goes I'll turn the style off. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9517" LastEditorUserId="9517" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-09-16T18:07:14.440" LastActivityDate="2010-09-16T18:07:14.440" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="811" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="807" CreationDate="2010-09-17T12:19:50.063" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I said in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/64118/please-add-the-ability-to-close-the-announcement-bar/64736#64736&quot;&gt;response to the feature request&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In support of being able to dismiss notifications, and in response to Diago's comment above, :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;Are you ready to handle all the questions on Meta once they dismissed it? Wait there was this banner on the site I dismissed about x, how can I read it again*/*I never saw that, what is this new feature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A &quot;Notifications&quot; page where these announcements permanently reside would nicely tie this up. I think that it would fit in well near the &quot;about&quot; or &quot;faq&quot; links. This way the notifications could be dismissed, but could be referenced by anyone who would care to look them back up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50875" LastEditorUserId="50875" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-09-21T12:09:03.270" LastActivityDate="2010-09-21T12:09:03.270" CommentCount="6" />
  <row Id="812" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-19T18:45:22.543" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/53600/user53600&quot;&gt;This user&lt;/a&gt; seems to do nothing but post links to recoverytoolbox.com. They have made several identical posts pointing to the same software, depending on the question they're answering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not massive amounts of spam, but the broken English spammy links are getting somewhat irritating now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33884" LastActivityDate="2010-09-20T00:45:00.153" Title="User posting spammy links" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;spam&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="813" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="631" CreationDate="2010-09-19T20:22:52.800" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why merge?  tags are for searching so clearly there are some folks that say 64 bit and some that say x64.  If anything I'd say ensure that all are crosstagged with both.  However for tags like windows-7-64 vs windows-7-x64 I'd certainly say pick one and merge them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3528" LastActivityDate="2010-09-19T20:22:52.800" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="814" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="812" CreationDate="2010-09-20T00:45:00.153" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go through his answers and flag them as spam (up to the daily flagging limit. of course). If his answers are always deleted, perhaps he'll realize he's wasting his time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41939" LastActivityDate="2010-09-20T00:45:00.153" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="815" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="816" CreationDate="2010-09-20T02:09:49.583" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Attempting to use the hyperlink button does not work in certain circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;THIS IS MY HYPERLINK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above text is actually a hyperlink, but does not appear as a hyperlink. It points to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cdhtalkstech.com/2008/11/03/memory-sharing-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cdhtalkstech.com/2008/11/03/memory-sharing-&lt;/a&gt;–-vmware-has-it-and-the-others-don’t-part-1/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; THIS IS ALSO A HYPERLINK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above is an attempt to use basic HTML to display the link: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cdhtalkstech.com/2008/11/03/memory-sharing-–-vmware-has-it-and-the-others-don’t-part-1/&quot;&amp;gt;THIS IS ALSO A HYPERLINK&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8576" LastEditorUserId="1" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-09-24T22:12:28.913" LastActivityDate="2010-09-24T22:12:28.913" Title="http link not working correctly" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;markdown&gt;&lt;hyperlinks&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="816" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="815" CreationDate="2010-09-20T08:21:37.330" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like the URL parser here does not like the Unicode characters in the URL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Percent encode the UTF-8 encoding of the fancy characters (U+2013 EN DASH and U+2019 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://www.cdhtalkstech.com/2008/11/03/memory-sharing-%e2%80%93-vmware-has-it-and-the-others-don%e2%80%99t-part-1/&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cdhtalkstech.com/2008/11/03/memory-sharing-%e2%80%93-vmware-has-it-and-the-others-don%e2%80%99t-part-1/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, or&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cdhtalkstech.com/2008/11/03/memory-sharing-%e2%80%93-vmware-has-it-and-the-others-don%e2%80%99t-part-1/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, or even&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cdhtalkstech.com/2008/11/03/memory-sharing-%e2%80%93-vmware-has-it-and-the-others-don%e2%80%99t-part-1/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Like&#xA;[this][1], or&#xA;[this](http://www.cdhtalkstech.com/2008/11/03/memory-sharing-%e2%80%93-vmware-has-it-and-the-others-don%e2%80%99t-part-1/), or even&#xA;&amp;lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cdhtalkstech.com/2008/11/03/memory-sharing-%e2%80%93-vmware-has-it-and-the-others-don%e2%80%99t-part-1/&quot;&amp;gt;this&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&#xA;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cdhtalkstech.com/2008/11/03/memory-sharing-%e2%80%93-vmware-has-it-and-the-others-don%e2%80%99t-part-1/&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While playing with the URL I also found that you can just trim off a bit of the end and it will redirect to the full version:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://www.cdhtalkstech.com/2008/11/03/memory&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23562" LastActivityDate="2010-09-20T08:21:37.330" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="817" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-20T16:23:07.650" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;Meta Server Fault never went through a painful creation process. Like Athena, it just popped into the world fully formed and ready for business. (Yes, Jeff Atwood is basically Zeus in this analogy. No, we're not going to pursue that thought.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;MSF still has a &quot;Beta&quot; badge listed on its badge page, but nobody has ever earned such a badge, and nobody ever will. I request that it be stricken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have submitted a similar request for Super User &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.superuser.com/questions/1472/remove-msu-beta-badge&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It seems that &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/10931/wrong-text-for-beta-badge-on-meta/11027#11027&quot;&gt;a similar request&lt;/a&gt; for Meta Stack Overflow was granted last year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10907" LastActivityDate="2010-09-20T16:23:07.650" Title="Remove MSF Beta badge" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;badges&gt;" />
  <row Id="818" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-20T23:45:45.840" Score="4" ViewCount="225" Body="&lt;p&gt;On chat.meta.stackoverflow, there's a little easter egg where text entered as&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[status-blah]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;will be rendered as a moderator only tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We'd like to do something similar, but specific to serverfault -- namely, &lt;strong&gt;when you type a magic string, something amusing and in-joke-y for &lt;em&gt;serverfault.com&lt;/em&gt; happens&lt;/strong&gt;, and it's visible to the entire chat room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you have any ideas for anything server-fault-y we can do as an easter egg in chat.serverfault.com ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answer here, or in the dedicated chat room for this topic at &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.serverfault.com/rooms/31/pick-a-meme&quot;&gt;http://chat.serverfault.com/rooms/31/pick-a-meme&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-09-25T23:59:43.590" Title="Pick an easter egg for chat.serverfault!" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;chat&gt;" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="6" />
  <row Id="819" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="818" CreationDate="2010-09-21T02:24:20.750" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was thinking something with blinkenlights..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkenlights&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkenlights&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like some kind of light (image) with an optional text such as &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;blinkenlights server overloaded&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;would produce something like..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i.imgur.com/SxH0X.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;.. (but more small single line icon-y) with the text &quot;server overload&quot; next to it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blinkenlights.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.blinkenlights.nl/&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-09-21T02:24:20.750" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="820" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="822" CreationDate="2010-09-21T02:46:53.353" Score="1" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/31965/rob-van-dam&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/users/31965/rob-van-dam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;100 consective day visits, &gt; 400 votes, 0 questions, 0 answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Smells either like a sockpuppet, or a consciencous observer. No offense if it's the latter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastActivityDate="2010-09-23T12:36:33.543" Title="Possible sockpuppet account?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;sock-puppet&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="821" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="818" CreationDate="2010-09-21T03:23:09.780" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just reading through the chat transcript for the room, and I quite like the idea of&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;rm -rf /&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;doing something that appears to do something nasty, but perhaps to the end-user's session only? Perhaps pretend to purge the chat history and then crash Server Fault (perhaps bring up a BSOD (or a panic/halt if you don't want to mix operating system faults)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastActivityDate="2010-09-21T03:23:09.780" CommentCount="7" />
  <row Id="822" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="820" CreationDate="2010-09-21T11:09:08.847" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looks clean to my statistics; no anomalies. Just a user who likes to vote...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-09-21T11:09:08.847" />
  <row Id="823" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="818" CreationDate="2010-09-21T21:36:41.957" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;How about a favico-style icon in front of certain links? Say, Windows icon for Microsoft links, that kind of thing. Kind of like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://sysadmin1138.net/images/mickysoft.png&quot; alt=&quot;Thingy&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oo! I know! Some kind of animated lightbulb whenever anyone has &quot;any [thoughts|ideas]?&quot; in a message. We get that a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastEditorUserId="3038" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-09-24T22:37:20.013" LastActivityDate="2010-09-24T22:37:20.013" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="824" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="820" CreationDate="2010-09-22T02:12:19.183" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;He's young. He's a programmer. Probably just all excited about the wealth of knowledge to be found on SF. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing that bothers my about this kind of behaviour is whether or not he can fairly judge a good or bad question or answer, considering it's not his field, and might be voting inappropriately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-09-22T02:12:19.183" />
  <row Id="825" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="820" CreationDate="2010-09-22T12:32:25.153" Score="6" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I greatly prefer this than the multitude of easily-googleable questions that I see on SF, especially by those with very low reps.  (It's like trolling without the bad behavior!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Caveat: Even the easily-googleable question scenario isn't that much of a problem...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50875" LastEditorUserId="50875" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-09-23T12:36:33.543" LastActivityDate="2010-09-23T12:36:33.543" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="826" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-23T07:58:46.927" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some days ago I posted &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/183514/how-can-i-prevent-maximized-windows-from-overlapping-conky-window&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. Now I would like it to be closed since I understand it doesn't belong here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have posted it in SU which I think is the right place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone help me in closing it as off-topic ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the trouble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54949" LastActivityDate="2010-09-27T14:53:09.347" Title="How do I close an off-topic question I posted earlier ?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;questions&gt;&lt;close&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="827" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="818" CreationDate="2010-09-24T03:39:46.023" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;How about supporting changing the way usernames/gravatars/rep etc are displayed by typing something like &lt;code&gt;PS1=&amp;lt;something&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;. also when you do this regular users have a '$' appended to their user name, and mods have '#' appended. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5880" LastActivityDate="2010-09-24T03:39:46.023" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="828" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="818" CreationDate="2010-09-24T12:50:42.920" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;MMMMMMMMMMMOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMOMMMMMMMMM&#xA;MMMMMMMMMOZMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMOMMMMMMM&#xA;MMMMMMMM8OMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMOOMMMMMM&#xA;MMMMMMMMOOOMMMMMMMNNDDDNMMMMMMMMOOMMMMMM&#xA;MMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM&#xA;MMMMM8OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM&#xA;MMMM8OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZMM&#xA;MMMMOOOOOOOOOOMMOMMMMMMMMO8MNOOOOOOOOOMM&#xA;MMMMOOOOOOO8MMMMOOOOOOOOOOOMMMN8OOOOOOOM&#xA;MMMMOOOOOOOOMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMOOOOOOOONM&#xA;MMMMMMMMMMMMMOOOOMMMMMMMMOOOODMMMMMMMMMM&#xA;MMMMMM.    .OOO......MM.....O+..MM..MMMM&#xA;MMMMMM..8M..?O...MM .?M  =NOO+..MM  MMMM&#xA;MMMOOO.....:OO. MMM ..M  ...O+... ..MMMM&#xA;MMOZMM  8M  .O. MMM.  M  =8OO+..MM  MMMM&#xA;MO8MMM  ~,   O.  M: .MM  =OOO+..8M .MMMM&#xA;MOMMMM ....7OOOO...,MMM..~OOO+..OM. MMMM&#xA;MOMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM&#xA;MOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM&#xA;MOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM&#xA;MMOZMMMMMMMMMMMMMMDNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM&#xA;MMM8OODMMDOOOOOOO8ND8OOONMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM&#xA;MMMMMMN88NMMMMMMMMMMMMMMOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM&#xA;MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM&#xA;MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM&#xA;MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM&#xA;MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM&#xA;MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMZOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM&#xA;MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMOOOOONMMMMMMMMMMMM&#xA;MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM&#xA;MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM&#xA;MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM&#xA;MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50875" LastActivityDate="2010-09-24T12:50:42.920" />
  <row Id="829" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="830" CreationDate="2010-09-24T20:01:24.927" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you check out &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/2008&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/2008&lt;/a&gt; there are about 10 or so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There were more, but I retagged the obvious ones (the ones tagged &lt;code&gt;[windows]&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;[server]&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;[2008]&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also 16 tagged with &lt;code&gt;[2003]&lt;/code&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/2003&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/2003&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be worth someone with a bit more knowledge than me checking the rest to remove these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1071" LastActivityDate="2010-09-24T22:01:32.927" Title="I've just noticed a bunch of questions tagged with [2008]" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="830" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="829" CreationDate="2010-09-24T21:55:05.167" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Consider [2008] eradicated&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got rid of all the [2003]'s except for one that was migrated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have also flooded almost the entire front page with the bumped questions. Sorry about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7709" LastEditorUserId="7709" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-09-24T22:01:32.927" LastActivityDate="2010-09-24T22:01:32.927" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="831" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="834" CreationDate="2010-09-25T13:46:06.833" Score="0" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just tried to answer &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/184615/is-there-any-command-line-tool-to-help-with-usual-tasks-that-is-cross-platform&quot;&gt;this ServerFault question&lt;/a&gt; and wanted to paste a quote from the homepage of Webmin, the software I was recommending. The exact text I wanted to quote was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Webmin removes the need to manually edit Unix configuration files like /etc/passwd, and lets you manage a system from the console or remotely. See the standard modules page for a list of all the functions built into Webmin, or check out the screenshots.&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when I pasted it in, selected it, and clicked the &quot;Blockquote&quot; button, I got:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;out the screenshots.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;out the screenshots.&gt; Webmin is a web-based interface for&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;system administration for Unix. Using&#xA;  any modern web browser, you can setup&#xA;  user accounts, Apache, DNS, file&#xA;  sharing and much more. Webmin removes&#xA;  the need to manually edit Unix&#xA;  configuration files like /etc/passwd,&#xA;  and lets you manage a system from the&#xA;  console or remotely. See the standard&#xA;  modules page for a list of all the&#xA;  functions built into Webmin, or check&#xA;  out the screenshots.out the screenshots.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;out the screenshots.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wow, that was even weirder here in meta, where I was trying to place that between two existing HRs. I think I'll just use the HTML for blockquote for now, but why did the blockquote button do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;: I'm on Chrome 6.0.472.63 on Mac OS X 10.5.8&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11086" LastActivityDate="2010-09-25T17:25:24.580" Title="Why isn't the quote button working correctly here?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;markdown&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="832" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="831" CreationDate="2010-09-25T13:46:49.283" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This &lt;strike&gt;is&lt;/strike&gt; was just a test answer for me to play with this issue a bit. I can easily reproduce this issue with any text. Feel free to use this CW answer as a sandbox to test the issue yourself&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;out the screenshots.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;out the screenshots.&gt; Webmin is a web-based interface for&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;system administration for Unix. Using&#xA;  any modern web browser, you can setup&#xA;  user accounts, Apache, DNS, file&#xA;  sharing and much more. Webmin removes&#xA;  the need to manually edit Unix&#xA;  configuration files like /etc/passwd,&#xA;  and lets you manage a system from the&#xA;  console or remotely. See the standard&#xA;  modules page for a list of all the&#xA;  functions built into Webmin, or check&#xA;  out the screenshots.out the screenshots.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;out the screenshots.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it in the form of a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it in the form of a question.&gt; Please look around to see if your&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;question has already been asked (and&#xA;  maybe even answered!) before you ask.&#xA;  It's also perfectly fine to ask and&#xA;  answer your own question, as long as&#xA;  you pretend you're on Jeopardy: phrase&#xA;  it in the form of a question.it in the form of a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it in the form of a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;do that?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;do that?  &gt; Wow, that was even weirder here in&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;meta, where I was trying to place that&#xA;  between two existing HRs. I think I'll&#xA;  just use the HTML for blockquote for&#xA;  now, but why did the blockquote button&#xA;  do that?do that?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;do that?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11086" LastActivityDate="2010-09-25T13:46:49.283" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-25T13:46:49.283" />
  <row Id="833" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="818" CreationDate="2010-09-25T14:01:09.760" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;@gWaldo's answer made me think... I like the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/818/pick-an-easter-egg-for-chat-serverfault#819&quot;&gt;blinkenlights&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/818/pick-an-easter-egg-for-chat-serverfault#821&quot;&gt;rm -rf /&lt;/a&gt;, but, those are just two specific examples. As a frequent user of &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.meta.stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;chat.meta.stackoverflow.com&lt;/a&gt; what I like best about the &lt;code&gt;[status-*]&lt;/code&gt; easter egg is that you can use it for &lt;em&gt;anything&lt;/em&gt;. Leading to very funny back-and-forths. blinkenlights would probably be just a single image, or maybe a small handful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the spirit of the easter egg taking arbitrary user input and doing something to it, how about using either &lt;code&gt;figlet&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;cowsay&lt;/code&gt; or something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;serverfault-answer:Reboot Your Server!&lt;/code&gt; produces:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  ____      _                 _    __   __               &#xA; |  _ \ ___| |__   ___   ___ | |_  \ \ / /__  _   _ _ __ &#xA; | |_) / _ \ '_ \ / _ \ / _ \| __|  \ V / _ \| | | | '__|&#xA; |  _ &amp;lt;  __/ |_) | (_) | (_) | |_    | | (_) | |_| | |   &#xA; |_| \_\___|_.__/ \___/ \___/ \__|   |_|\___/ \__,_|_|   &#xA;&#xA;  ____                           _ &#xA; / ___|  ___ _ ____   _____ _ __| |&#xA; \___ \ / _ \ '__\ \ / / _ \ '__| |&#xA;  ___) |  __/ |   \ V /  __/ |  |_|&#xA; |____/ \___|_|    \_/ \___|_|  (_)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; _____________________&#xA;&amp;lt; Reboot Your Server! &amp;gt;&#xA; ---------------------&#xA;        \   ^__^&#xA;         \  (oo)\_______&#xA;            (__)\       )\/\&#xA;                ||----w |&#xA;                ||     ||&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11086" LastActivityDate="2010-09-25T14:01:09.760" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="834" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="831" CreationDate="2010-09-25T17:25:24.580" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/56610/bug-using-quote-button-in-google-chrome-on-windows&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/56610/bug-using-quote-button-in-google-chrome-on-windows&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bug in chrome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-09-25T17:25:24.580" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="818" CreationDate="2010-09-25T23:59:43.590" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;How about involving the term&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Have you tried turning it off and on again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;.. for random questions? Not sure how it would work, but that quote solves about 90% of the questions right? :-) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35330" LastActivityDate="2010-09-25T23:59:43.590" />
  <row Id="836" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="826" CreationDate="2010-09-26T21:24:22.207" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just so you know you need to have a bit more reputation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;250&lt;/strong&gt; Vote to close, reopen, or migrate your questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1071" LastActivityDate="2010-09-26T21:24:22.207" />
  <row Id="837" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="826" CreationDate="2010-09-27T14:53:09.347" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The next time you could just flag it with &quot;Requires Moderator attention&quot; and a short message. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2010-09-27T14:53:09.347" />
  <row Id="838" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="839" CreationDate="2010-09-27T16:57:10.113" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I have a question that is Unix sysadmin related. It's not clear to me whether it should go to serverfault or unix.stackexchange.com. Is cross-posting acceptable? The specific question I have in mind is &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/183337/connect-to-kvm-instance-using-virsh-when-image-launched-through-eucalyptus&quot;&gt;183337&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="847" LastEditorUserId="50875" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-09-28T12:23:20.353" LastActivityDate="2010-09-28T12:25:03.470" Title="Cross-posting to unix.stackexchange.com?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;stackexchange&gt;&lt;communities&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="839" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="838" CreationDate="2010-09-27T16:59:00.907" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since unix is beta at the moment, and we can't move questions there until it isn't, I believe cross-posting is permitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-09-27T16:59:00.907" />
  <row Id="840" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-28T12:24:11.540" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the recent addition of new communities for Unix and Ubuntu within the StackExchange (particularly ServerFault), I propose that tags posted to SF with relevant tags (&quot;Ubuntu&quot;, &quot;Solaris&quot;, &quot;Unix&quot;, etc.) be automatically cross-posted (or linked) to those communities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that this would allow those who wish to focus on their chosen area of interest to only look in those communities , but maximize coverage for Question Askers (&quot;Questioners&quot;?   &quot;Queryphiles&quot;?  &quot;Inquisitors&quot;?), such that they would only need to post to SF, but those relevant tagged questions would filter down to the sub-communities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(And answer q&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/838/cross-posting-to-unix-stackexchange-com&quot;&gt;uestions such as this&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50875" LastEditorUserId="50875" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-17T01:19:50.187" LastActivityDate="2010-10-17T01:19:50.187" Title="Could Appropriate Tags Cross-Post to Relevant SE Communities?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;feature-request&gt;&lt;stackexchange&gt;&lt;communities&gt;&lt;cross-posting&gt;" AnswerCount="2" FavoriteCount="1" />
  <row Id="841" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="838" CreationDate="2010-09-28T12:25:03.470" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question prompted me to ask this:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/840/could-appropriate-tags-cross-post-to-relevant-se-communities&quot;&gt;Could Appropriate Tags Cross-Post to Relevant SE Communities?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50875" LastActivityDate="2010-09-28T12:25:03.470" />
  <row Id="842" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-28T15:20:14.757" Score="0" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;FAQ says &quot;To gain reputation, post good questions and useful answers.&quot;  Is it valid to downvote an answer because it isn't useful (e.g. doesn't give enough information to help?) Or downvote a question because it is missing information.  Or is downvoting primarily for disagreeing with an answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the purpose of downvoting questions or answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="31143" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T19:10:27.167" Title="Why downvote a question or answer on server fault?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="843" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="842" CreationDate="2010-09-28T15:29:40.223" Score="7" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I downvote for actually wrong information, which is the clearest case for down-voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've also been known to do it for answers that lack a certain professional tone or are actively mocking the asker for asking what they did. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't downvote for missing information, that just means I can either answer that question with the missing information and probably gain more upvotes, or leave a comment with the additional information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-09-28T15:29:40.223" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="844" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="842" CreationDate="2010-09-28T15:30:45.097" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You want good answers to &quot;rise&quot; to the top. Answers that are off topic, wrong, possibly destructive, misleading, etc. should be downvoted to bury it, or at least alert the questioner that there's a problem with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions usually get downvoted because they're inappropriate, vague, horribly worded, etc. and usually end up getting closed or migrated if they're off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system is supposed to help encourage the community standard for asking and answering questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13647" LastActivityDate="2010-09-28T15:30:45.097" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="845" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="842" CreationDate="2010-09-28T23:06:01.600" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I downvote questions that are poorly written, while making allowances for the fact that English may not be the poster's primary language (which is usually pretty obvious). Some question can most generously be classed as idiotic, while others simply aren't a real question or are written in gibberish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rather than downvote questions that don't belong on the site, I prefer to vote to either close or move the question to a more appropriate site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I normally downvote answers that I know to be technically incorrect, invalid or simply don't address the question that was asked. Less often I will downvote answers that are poorly worded or written in a style that is inappropriate for this site, such as those which are intended to insult or inflame, although the latter are generally flagged for moderator attention instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason for downvoting is to try and discourage poor questions and answers, just as upvoting is intended to improve the standard and reward those who do so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-09-28T23:06:01.600" />
  <row Id="846" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="840" CreationDate="2010-09-29T04:13:17.123" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really like that idea. Don't know how much coding it would take but it would certainly be a great enhancement to the overall site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm primarily a Windows admin, so tend to focus mostly on Windows questions. I also have a few Linux machines for special jobs (firewall, spam filter, etc.), so still have some interest in that area. As I am unlikely to ever be a regular on a dedicated *nix site having suitably tagged questions also appear on SF would be great for someone like myself, who would otherwise miss out on quite a lot of what is currently posted on SF but is likely in future to be only posted on the more specialised site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-09-29T04:13:17.123" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="847" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-30T11:25:37.227" Score="0" ViewCount="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just tried asking a question (well, I've just tried asking it again, as the first attempt didn't seem to &quot;take&quot;, I probably pressed the [Post Your Question] button and closed the tab) and it seems as if clicking on the [Post Your Question] tab doesn't work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I seem to be able to post this question on meta.serverfault. I have successfully posted a question on StackOverflow, using this browser, back in February.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;main&quot; symptom is that the button appears slightly grayed out and clicking on it does nothing. Is is just a question of asking a &quot;longer&quot; question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Edit&lt;/em&gt;: I have now tried posting from Iceape and taht seemed to work fine, so the immediate worry is over. However, I suspect it would be good to know if this is a problem on the Opera side or if it's site-dependent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5038" LastEditorUserId="5038" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-09-30T13:15:15.400" LastActivityDate="2010-09-30T13:15:15.400" Title="Posting questions on ServerFault seems not to work in Opera" Tags="&lt;bug&gt;" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="848" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="472" CreationDate="2010-10-02T11:49:12.003" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reposted &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/66370/se-2-0-meta-doesnt-award-rep-but-it-refers-to-rep&quot;&gt;here on meta.stackoverflow.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12496" LastActivityDate="2010-10-02T11:49:12.003" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-02T11:49:12.003" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="850" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-04T10:59:22.893" Score="0" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just spotted that questionhub.com are scraping SF questions and answers, not from the torrented roll-ups but live from the site. Is this a good thing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1435" LastActivityDate="2010-10-06T05:53:52.317" Title="Are we aware that questionhub.com are 'live-scraping' SF's content?" Tags="&lt;question-scraping&gt;" AnswerCount="3" />
  <row Id="851" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="850" CreationDate="2010-10-04T14:32:14.880" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This kind of thing has been going on for a while:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/60957/copyright-and-questionhub-harvesting-questions-from-so&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/60957/copyright-and-questionhub-harvesting-questions-from-so&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/24611/is-it-legal-to-copy-stack-overflow-questions-and-answers/48962#48962&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/24611/is-it-legal-to-copy-stack-overflow-questions-and-answers/48962#48962&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; question-hub is doing it right, but check for attribution to be certain. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-10-04T14:32:14.880" />
  <row Id="852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="850" CreationDate="2010-10-04T16:45:19.083" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Doesn't look like they are following &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/attribution-required/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;rule #3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strike&gt; Asked Jeff, he sid the link was the most important part.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Show the author names for every question and answer &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are only showing the gravitars&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5880" LastEditorUserId="5880" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-05T10:13:46.100" LastActivityDate="2010-10-05T10:13:46.100" />
  <row Id="854" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="855" CreationDate="2010-10-06T02:07:26.513" Score="0" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think I go annoyed of how often do Stackexchange sites like Serverfault.com and StackOverflow.com want to verify I'm not a robot. I'm already coming close to doubt myself - maybe I am?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, sometimes when I write a to long question or misspell a tag, I get asked if I'm not a robot first, then I get my error, correct it and press to submit, and ... am asked for captcha again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What the reasons could be? Maybe I am using a suspicious IP address or something alike? Or maybe there's a way I can make the server less suspective by setting up something in my profile?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use prepaid O2 Telefónica 3G in Prague, CZ. I run Ubuntu 10.10 and use its standard Firefox 3.6.10 with some extensions like NoScript, BetterPrivacy, etc (but no TOR, proxies or alike).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42777" LastEditorUserId="42777" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-06T02:12:37.140" LastActivityDate="2010-10-06T04:12:55.130" Title="Why does Serverfault (as well as StackOverflow etc.) asks for captcha so often?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;captcha&gt;" AnswerCount="2" />
  <row Id="855" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="854" CreationDate="2010-10-06T02:34:17.127" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You most commonly will get the Robot page when you edit a question or comment more than once within a short time frame (I don't remember the exact time frame, but it's something reasonable like 20 seconds).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your getting the Robot page without doing quick back to back edits, it's possible your Internet connection is doubling packets and causing the server to think you're making double edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33417" LastActivityDate="2010-10-06T02:34:17.127" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="856" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="854" CreationDate="2010-10-06T04:12:55.130" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The robot check hits even high-rep users. If I'm going through and retagging a bunch of things I'll get the captcha on every 5th edit or so. That said, it seems something has gone grink and people are getting that page more often.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/66574/frequent-human-verification&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/66574/frequent-human-verification&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-10-06T04:12:55.130" />
  <row Id="857" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-06T05:48:58.463" Score="0" ViewCount="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a question seems interesting to me, or potentially practical, I vote it up and may star it. If it does not (by being outside of my field of interest/competention) I just go my way ignoring it. If a question seems inappropriate/offensive I flag it. If a question seems to be duplicate or better corresponding to another Stackexchange site - I vote to close/move it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what's the case when I am logically meant to downvote?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42777" LastActivityDate="2010-10-06T05:48:58.463" Title="In what cases am I meant to downvote a question?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;down-votes&gt;" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="858" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="850" CreationDate="2010-10-06T05:53:52.317" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As for me, I think it's good, as it is good when a valuable information is spread and easy to find by a stranger.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering a moral aspect, I think they should link to the origin. I don't know whether they do - I haven't ever been to that site. If yes - this is probably beneficial for StackExchange community as more people come to know about StackExchange and come here sooner oy later. If they even link to authors' profiles - this can be probably even excellent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42777" LastActivityDate="2010-10-06T05:53:52.317" />
  <row Id="860" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="842" CreationDate="2010-10-06T13:53:12.843" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When it comes to questions, I downvote ones that the asker doesn't have appear to have put a lot of thought in to asking them or into working things out for themselves. Also where it's like pulling teeth to get the asker to contribute towards finding their solution... oh yes and I tend to dislike &quot;Do my homework for me&quot; questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;in my mind:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;X doesn't work. What do I do?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is a bad question worthy of a downvote, and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;X doesn't work on mac osx server 10.5.8 with all current patches applied. I installed it without any errors, but now it won't start correctly. I get the following error in the logs... etc&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is a good question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7783" LastActivityDate="2010-10-06T13:53:12.843" />
  <row Id="861" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="842" CreationDate="2010-10-10T19:10:27.167" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;After letting my brain mull this over for a bit, I think I've only downvoted a question when the person responds rudely to comments &amp;amp; suggestions intended to help them improve their question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T19:10:27.167" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="862" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-12T11:27:16.790" Score="0" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/190039/i-need-a-good-shared-server-closed&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; could it be added to the FAQ about writing in coherant english? I'm not trying to be a grammer/spelling nazi, and I realise that it does depend on location (i.e. colour/color) and english literacy levels but still...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41103" LastEditorUserId="41103" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-14T07:50:29.880" LastActivityDate="2010-10-18T03:10:43.197" Title="Add writing in coherant english to FAQ" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="863" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="864" CreationDate="2010-10-12T13:13:21.233" Score="2" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a group opinion (or should there be one) about this situation? I've noticed a user who has a history of editing other people's questions, some of them months old, to replace &quot;javascript&quot; with &quot;JavaScript&quot;, or &quot;sysadmin&quot; with &quot;systems administrators.&quot; This user also fixes a lot of spelling errors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The prime issue for me is that it brings old questions, some of them already answered, back to the front page. But now I also see why my girlfriend hates it when I correct her grammar - it is a bit annoying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I just being nitpicky and pedantic in response, or is this a behavior that should be discouraged? I'm not trying to snipe at this particular user, but if it furthers the discussion I can provide examples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29373" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T23:23:03.563" Title="Overly-pedantic edits for spelling, usage, and grammar?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="864" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="863" CreationDate="2010-10-12T13:17:15.093" Score="8" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The changing of javascript/sysadmin on front page questions fine ... otherwise I would say just leave it be they are acceptable phasings/spellings IMHO. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Grammar/spelling errors i have no problem with them being fixed at any point. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5880" LastEditorUserId="5880" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-12T13:53:49.373" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T13:53:49.373" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="863" CreationDate="2010-10-12T17:05:35.687" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just because it's an old question, it doesn't mean the person actively went looking for it to change it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Community user bumps questions periodically and I know I will often retag them when they appear, and if I had the rep I would probably correct spelling too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Problem is when this action is performed, it &lt;em&gt;looks like&lt;/em&gt; I edited an old question, but truth is that it was already bought to the front page because Community bumped it. A couple more hours on the front page won't hurt IMHO. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33884" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T17:05:35.687" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="866" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="868" CreationDate="2010-10-12T17:17:13.707" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to find out whether my reply got downvoted by the same person who upvoted it. As I'm relatively new to ServerFault I'd like to ask the voter to clarify what it is they think I should or should not be doing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Background: I answered a question at &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/189720/stun-server-for-windows/190115&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/189720/stun-server-for-windows/190115&lt;/a&gt; The answer I provided had already been mentioned in a comment. My answer credited the person who made that comment. I provided an answer (as an answer, not a comment) so that the question could eventually disappear from the list of outstanding questions - thus making it easier to browse unanswered questions. Should I just have contacted the commenter to suggest they themselves re-enter their comment as an answer? Is there a mechanism for this? Whats's the local etiquette for this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55524" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T20:58:25.490" Title="Is it possible to see who upvoted or downvoted a reply?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="3" />
  <row Id="867" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="866" CreationDate="2010-10-12T17:26:56.213" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No you can't see who voted for your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each person can only vote for either up or down (or no vote at all), not both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know why you got downvoted, perhaps because the answer was presented by someone else. But you gave them credit and they didn't answer, so I see no reason for the downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33417" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T17:26:56.213" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="866" CreationDate="2010-10-12T17:28:56.040" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't find out who upvoted or downvoted your questions/answers - it's just how the system works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will note that you can't upvote &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; downvote - it's one or the other (they can be cancelled though for a short period however).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer you refer to has 1 upvote and 1 downvote, making it 0. At 1000 rep, you can see the ratio of up/down votes on a post, but never who voted which way. Downvotes are just a hazard of answering questions - I just accept it and move on. No real harm to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, I wouldn't say you were wrong to do what you did - you did credit the author of the comment, and got a question of the &quot;unanswered&quot; list like you said. It was a dumb question anyway - the first Google result for &lt;code&gt;STUN server for Windows&lt;/code&gt; brings back the link which was posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33884" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T17:28:56.040" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="869" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="863" CreationDate="2010-10-12T23:23:03.563" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it's ok to edit a question to make it a better question (regardless of whether it is editing spelling that's too bad to be readable or editing content for clarity). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pedantically editing an otherwise perfectly phrased question to change 'javascript' to JavaScript is another matter; It isn't like this is improving either the question or how well the question will show on googbing searches. Of course that arguably makes changing &quot;sysadmins&quot; to &quot;system administrators&quot; a grey area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7783" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T23:23:03.563" />
  <row Id="870" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="871" CreationDate="2010-10-13T00:29:35.557" Score="0" ViewCount="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can the following tags be merged please:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/rsyslogd&quot;&gt;rsyslogd&lt;/a&gt;: 6 questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/rsyslog&quot;&gt;rsyslog&lt;/a&gt;: 5 questions tagged&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will this make rsyslogd and rsyslog synonyms?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(My first request. Let me know if I'm not doing this right.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36178" LastEditorUserId="45" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-13T09:34:26.540" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T09:34:26.540" Title="Merge tags rsyslogd and rsyslog" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="871" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="870" CreationDate="2010-10-13T09:33:59.427" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thank you! I've merged the to tags, keeping [rsyslog]. I also created a synonym so that [rsyslogd] will be converted to [rsyslog].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T09:33:59.427" />
  <row Id="872" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="874" CreationDate="2010-10-13T15:19:02.243" Score="3" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is using the term &quot;RTFM&quot; followed up by links to specific parts of the manual, and a discussion of the content innapropriate?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should you get a downvote simply by having RTFM in an answer/comment/question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/190494/using-apache-rewrite-modules-without-htaccess-file/190498#190498&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/190494/using-apache-rewrite-modules-without-htaccess-file/190498#190498&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feels a bit harsh to lose points when being helpful...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="31143" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T20:43:25.873" Title="RTFM inappropriate?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="873" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="872" CreationDate="2010-10-13T15:22:21.523" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think your answer was acceptable. I disagree with Prix's comment. &quot;RTFM&quot; can stand for &quot;Read The &lt;em&gt;Fine&lt;/em&gt; Manual&quot;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11086" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T15:22:21.523" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="874" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="872" CreationDate="2010-10-13T15:54:35.297" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can get a down vote from anyone for any reason whatsoever, as long as they have met the 125 reputation requirement.  Such is the nature of community moderation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have found that even vaguely snarky answers can often result in less positive success across the community.  Simply put, consider whether one person in a very large audience of people would potentially find your answer less than ideal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T15:54:35.297" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="875" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="872" CreationDate="2010-10-13T17:10:29.783" Score="7" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it is a little odd in this case that it does come with some helpful information, but in general I feel that sort of thing is the start of the decline of System administration communities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that so much that I just wrote a whole Server Fault blog post on it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.serverfault.com/post/1306724710/rtfm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.serverfault.com/post/1306724710/rtfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T17:10:29.783" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="876" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-13T17:35:27.433" Score="6" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;The format of StackExchange sites in general discourages the sort of letter-format questions common elsewhere. You know what I'm talking about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hi, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have ${problem}. It has ${details}. Any thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance, ${username}&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it OK to use our awesome edit-powers to remove these greetings/signoffs? I say it is OK, as it doesn't affect the meaning of the question, and slots right in next to fixing formatting flubs or interesting spelling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T22:08:41.290" Title="Edit powers activate! Removing Hi/Thanks" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;questions&gt;&lt;editing&gt;" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="876" CreationDate="2010-10-13T17:42:50.437" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it OK to use our awesome edit-powers to remove these greetings/signoffs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, please do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T17:42:50.437" />
  <row Id="878" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="876" CreationDate="2010-10-13T17:45:03.613" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has already been addressed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/5029/are-taglines-signatures-disallowed&quot;&gt;Are taglines &amp;amp; signatures disallowed?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I support Kyle's idea of a campaign to discourage the behavior via moderation.  I typically only remove them if I'm already editing for something else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35817" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T17:45:03.613" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="872" CreationDate="2010-10-13T18:18:18.613" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/23628/how-to-deal-with-rtfm-comments&quot;&gt;RTFFAQ!&lt;/a&gt; (How does that sound to you?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, there are plenty of forums where people can go and receive a snarky &quot;RTFM&quot;. Those sites aren't helpful. The SE community exists because we believe it's possible to answer questions in an informative and friendly way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your answer would have been received better if you said &quot;Read the manual&quot;, or &quot;It's in the manual&quot; instead of &quot;RTFM!&quot;. Do you use the phrase &quot;f*cking manual&quot; in real life? Probably not, because people would be offended. It's not that much different here. In fact, your comments are more likely to be misinterpreted because it's hard to communicate emotion using written text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The comment &quot;RTFM&quot; would be perceived as snarky by most people, and the explanation point adds to the snarkyness factor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, when I read your comment in context, it doesn't really seem all that snarky to me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36178" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T18:18:18.613" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="872" CreationDate="2010-10-13T20:43:25.873" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I personally believe that in many cases RTFM is all the OP deserves, because the question clearly indicates they have not done so. However, such a response is frowned upon on this site, as many (most?) others believe that we should take the time and trouble to read the manuals on behalf of those too lazy to do so for themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the nature of this site is essentially one of majority rules that is how it is and there's no point in us going against the grain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T20:43:25.873" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="881" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="876" CreationDate="2010-10-13T20:49:55.453" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've made a number of such edits and will not apologise to anyone for having done so. I also like to point people to the FAQ when it's obvious they haven't bothered to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastEditorUserId="9278" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-13T22:08:41.290" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T22:08:41.290" />
  <row Id="882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="866" CreationDate="2010-10-13T20:58:25.490" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will find that at times you may be downvoted for no apparent reason. That happens and is just part of the deal. Unwarranted upvotes happen as well but I doubt any of us would recognise those when they are applied to our own questions or answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One reason I can see for making voting anonymous is that it help to cut down on revenge voting. Otherwise, if someone offends you with a downvote that you believe is unwarranted (happens to us all) it would be only too easy to fire off a volley of downvotes against their posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T20:58:25.490" />
  <row Id="883" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-13T23:32:42.390" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know the syntax highlighting for code blocks is disabled on superuser.  Do we want it disabled here as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that the large majority of the time a code block is used is for log fragments or configuration fragments.  Most of the time it seems like the syntax highlighter doesn't seem to handle these blocks of text and just makes things look ugly with all the various colours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-10-18T00:06:17.127" Title="Is the syntax highlighting for Code blocks useful on SF?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;markdown&gt;&lt;code-block&gt;&lt;syntax-highlighting&gt;" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="884" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="883" CreationDate="2010-10-14T03:45:36.523" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Shell scripting plays a big part in Unix system administration, and it would be nice if syntax highlighting was enabled for this sort of code block.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An personally, I like the idea of syntax highlighting for log fragments, or Apache Configuration fragments, etc, as long as the highlighting works correctly. Although the syntax highlighter doesn't always work correctly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be nice if we could provide hints to the syntax highlighter, as proposed at &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/981/syntax-highlighting-language-hints&quot;&gt;syntax-highlighting-language-hints&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36178" LastActivityDate="2010-10-14T03:45:36.523" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="885" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="883" CreationDate="2010-10-14T09:22:39.207" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It might be useful to some people, but only if the highlighting follows some standard - is there one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For those it would not be useful for, would there be a problem?  Is there an increased performance hit compared to the existing parsing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="31143" LastActivityDate="2010-10-14T09:22:39.207" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="886" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="840" CreationDate="2010-10-14T09:28:05.873" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Cross posting maybe problematic, but it might be nice if clicking on a tag brought up all the questions with the same tag across all the Stack Exchange sites.  Would that be possible using some of the same code used for the StackExchange menu at the top?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having some kind of indicator of which tags were in use in multiple locations might also be handy.  Although it would be very bad to lose the ability to keep info on different sites separate - if questions on email on superuser.com bled onto serverfault.com that would be a bad thing...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="31143" LastActivityDate="2010-10-14T09:28:05.873" />
  <row Id="888" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="862" CreationDate="2010-10-14T12:35:04.120" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Taking a stab at it...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;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 that, many of the people who do, in fact, claim English as their primary (or only) language do so badly.  And even the best among us make mistakes occasionally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could be mentioned in the FAQ that &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;if somebody asks for clarification, it's because your post is unclear, so don't get offended.  This is the community trying to help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Help us to help you.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50875" LastActivityDate="2010-10-14T12:35:04.120" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="883" CreationDate="2010-10-14T13:38:44.273" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can always use &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags to get the code style without the actual syntax highlighting if you want. Although perhaps that should be the default for SF.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;There should be &#xA;no syntax highlighting here&#xA;even of things like printf(&quot;%i\n&quot;)&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2561" LastActivityDate="2010-10-14T13:38:44.273" />
  <row Id="890" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-14T20:33:57.640" Score="4" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;Subject says it all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25640" LastEditorUserId="5880" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-15T01:19:47.510" LastActivityDate="2010-10-15T01:19:47.510" Title="Is it possible to merge the book and books tags?" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;&lt;book&gt;&lt;books&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="890" CreationDate="2010-10-14T21:48:30.627" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;+1, Sounds logical to me. I can't really defend the need both singular &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; plural in this instance.  May be worth submitting a &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/tags/synonyms&quot;&gt;Tag Synonym&lt;/a&gt; based on the MSF feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23067" LastActivityDate="2010-10-14T21:48:30.627" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="883" CreationDate="2010-10-15T12:43:57.217" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;My vote is to keep it simple by keeping Syntax Highlighting off.  If you want it, you can always copy/paste into your text editor of choice, using your preferred color scheme.  (Everybody else's colors are stupid... To everybody else)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50875" LastActivityDate="2010-10-15T12:43:57.217" />
  <row Id="893" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="862" CreationDate="2010-10-16T02:16:17.853" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally I think that writing to the best of your ability is very obvious and adding notices all over the place really won't help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if someone doesn't know how to write well, how will telling them to write well help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the page to &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;ask a question&lt;/a&gt;.  The How to Ask already tells people to &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Write clearly and simply.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A person needing to write a question that communicates what they want to the best of their ability seems too obvious to be added to the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;how to ask page&lt;/a&gt; has links to several good articles that all try to make this point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://msmvps.com/blogs/jon_skeet/archive/2010/08/29/writing-the-perfect-question.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://msmvps.com/blogs/jon_skeet/archive/2010/08/29/writing-the-perfect-question.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;English not being the posters first language, should we really tolerate the level of illiteracy, sometimes deliberate, shown in some posts? I would assume a certain level of literacy would be require for any technical job. – John Gardeniers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you don't wish to tolerate it, you can choose to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ignore it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;add a comment asking the poster to fix their question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;down-vote it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;vote to close as &lt;strong&gt;not a real question&lt;/strong&gt;. (It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;edit it and fix it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are those options not enough for you, or did you think there was something else that needs to be part of the system to help weed out the bad questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastEditorUserId="984" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-18T03:10:43.197" LastActivityDate="2010-10-18T03:10:43.197" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="894" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="895" CreationDate="2010-10-17T01:19:04.650" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;In going for the all-important &quot;Enthusiast&quot; and &quot;Fanatic&quot; badges on SF, I've been pretty (er, um) enthusiastic about checking in daily.  Tonight I checked my SF account to see that I'm back to only one day of consecutive visits.  Tonight is Saturday, and I noticed this at 9pm Eastern Time.  Yesterday was Friday, and I know that I used SF while I was at work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where is this 'loss' coming from?  Are you using GMT to calculate the days?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50875" LastActivityDate="2010-10-17T10:56:46.160" Title="Losing &quot;consecutive days&quot; Credit on SF" Tags="&lt;bug&gt;&lt;questions&gt;&lt;login&gt;&lt;account&gt;&lt;enthusiast&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="895" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="894" CreationDate="2010-10-17T10:56:46.160" Score="3" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;An SE &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/27199/when-does-a-day-start&quot;&gt;day starts at 00:00 UTC&lt;/a&gt;.  I am not sure if you, or anyone except diamonds or moderators, can check a user's visitation activity log.  This issue has caused some confusion for &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/24884/what-are-the-exact-requirements-for-the-woot-enthusiast-badge/24888&quot;&gt;other users as well&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23067" LastActivityDate="2010-10-17T10:56:46.160" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="896" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="897" CreationDate="2010-10-17T13:46:36.100" Score="0" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was trying to close &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/191817/non-system-disk-or-disk-error&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; as belonging on superuser.com, but I don't see anymore the &quot;belongs on...&quot; options when clicking the &quot;close&quot; button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happened to them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6352" LastEditorUserId="1" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-28T06:15:00.087" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T06:15:00.087" Title="Where are the &quot;belongs on...&quot; closing options?!?" Tags="&lt;bug&gt;&lt;status-bydesign&gt;&lt;close-reasons&gt;&lt;close&gt;&lt;belongs-on&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="897" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="896" CreationDate="2010-10-17T13:54:16.920" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/new-question-migration-paths&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/new-question-migration-paths&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I can work out (since I don't see these options) you need to click &lt;strong&gt;Off Topic&lt;/strong&gt; and the migrate options will be presented.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33884" LastActivityDate="2010-10-17T13:54:16.920" />
  <row Id="898" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="883" CreationDate="2010-10-18T00:06:17.127" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;After seeing some examples I'd like to syntax highlighting turned off by default and if a poster wants it on they should be asked to specify what language the code block is on. Although highlighting might work well on SO, from what I can see the language detection is a long way from perfect for the stuff being posted on SF.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-10-18T00:06:17.127" />
  <row Id="899" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="901" CreationDate="2010-10-18T13:21:30.257" Score="1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/community-wiki&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/community-wiki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given the recent change to abolish CW questions, what do we do with these?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Remove the tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get a diamond mod to convert the question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Close the question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I'd prefer 1, which is the policy on Stack Overflow - &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/32947/remove-the-community-wiki-tag&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/32947/remove-the-community-wiki-tag&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1071" LastActivityDate="2010-10-20T03:13:02.573" Title="What to do with questions tagged &quot;community-wiki&quot;?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;community-wiki&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="900" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="903" CreationDate="2010-10-18T13:25:24.913" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not a big deal, it just displays wrong from time to time as seen in the picture:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i.imgur.com/CBxAs.png&quot; alt=&quot;58 should be 59&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be 59, but shows 58.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Perhaps this is my mistake, looking back now I see there was another downvote between the WOL and PHP questions (two downvotes in a row). I assumed that these 5 were the most recent 5, but apparently that may not be the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33417" LastEditorUserId="1" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-11-04T08:07:30.120" LastActivityDate="2010-11-04T08:07:30.120" Title="Recent reputation calculation bug" Tags="&lt;bug&gt;&lt;status-bydesign&gt;&lt;users&gt;&lt;reputation&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="901" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="899" CreationDate="2010-10-18T13:59:46.527" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There were only three, and now there's none.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33417" LastActivityDate="2010-10-18T13:59:46.527" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="902" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="904" CreationDate="2010-10-20T00:05:12.220" Score="2" ViewCount="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the following tags should be merged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/logs&quot;&gt;logs&lt;/a&gt;: 88 questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/log&quot;&gt;log&lt;/a&gt;: 54 questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/logging&quot;&gt;logging&lt;/a&gt;: 258 questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These seem synonymous to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36178" LastEditorUserId="5880" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-20T03:11:04.793" LastActivityDate="2010-10-20T03:11:04.793" Title="Merge tags 'logging' and 'logs'" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;status-completed&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" AnswerCount="1" />
  <row Id="903" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="900" CreationDate="2010-10-20T00:16:19.623" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you actually click on the reputation tab dou see something different?  Did you perhaps downvote another question that isn't listed because it is not the 'Top 5' view you are currently looking at?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-10-20T00:16:19.623" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="904" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="902" CreationDate="2010-10-20T01:57:59.410" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not a bad idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/tags/logging/synonyms&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/tags/logging/synonyms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-10-20T01:57:59.410" />
  <row Id="906" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-21T04:55:15.260" Score="2" ViewCount="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a minor thing, but I'm wondering if there's any way to see what previous names a person has used.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/9140/pauska&quot;&gt;this guy&lt;/a&gt; previously used what I assume is &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/9140/erik-p-skaalerud&quot;&gt;his real name&lt;/a&gt;, and I think that before &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; he used the short name.  I notice and tend to check questions and answers of people near me in reputation, but I get confused when they change their account name.  So I was wondering if there's any way to see what other names a person has used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-10-21T05:27:49.433" Title="User name history" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;users&gt;&lt;account&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="907" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="906" CreationDate="2010-10-21T05:27:49.433" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Over on MSO this has been discussed, but nothing has been done. Perhaps it's time to resurrect the thread.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/28924/keep-short-history-of-user-display-names&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/28924/keep-short-history-of-user-display-names&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastActivityDate="2010-10-21T05:27:49.433" />
  <row Id="908" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-22T17:26:08.180" Score="3" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think the 'server' tag serves any purpose at all on a site that's all about servers.  Might as well have a 'Programming' tag on StackOverflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps it would be better to have tags linux-server, windows-server, linux-client, windows-client and so on.  A question about problems with windows clients connecting to a linux samba server could then be given the appropriate tags, and the part with -server would actually be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54163" LastEditorUserId="54163" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-24T21:30:52.133" LastActivityDate="2010-10-24T21:30:52.133" Title="Delete 'server' tag" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;tags&gt;&lt;server&gt;" CommentCount="5" />
  <row Id="909" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="910" CreationDate="2010-10-22T21:14:46.720" Score="-1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've looked at the tags, but it's still hard to tell what questions will get the most value.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="56661" LastEditorUserId="33417" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-25T15:10:33.600" LastActivityDate="2010-10-25T15:10:33.600" Title="What's the best way to understand the knowledge that exists in the ServerFault-SE community?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;communities&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" />
  <row Id="910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="909" CreationDate="2010-10-22T21:21:03.207" Score="4" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;First: don't delete questions that are posted in the wrong place. If the community deems them significantly enough off-topic, they'll be voted as such and automatically moved to the appropriate place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, for your answer. The best thing you can do is to read, understand, and adhere to the recommendations on the SE &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;how to ask&lt;/a&gt; page. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; page also has a lot of good information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I go to answer a question, I look for two things when determining how much effort to dedicate: first, did this person do their homework. What evidence did they give to support the fact that they're just not looking to be spoon-fed. Second, do they have an open mind. In many cases, answers given aren't exactly what the OP is hoping for. Will this person be accepting of an answer like this? If the answer to either of these is &quot;no&quot;, then my chances of putting more then a minute or two into an answer is pretty slim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I've looked at the tags, but it's&#xA;  still hard to tell what questions will&#xA;  get the most value.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags have very little to do with whether or not questions will get a good answer. Sure, they're nice for organizational purposes, but the question's content and the thought that went into it are the main things that will play into the answers' quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20815" LastEditorUserId="20815" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-22T21:31:47.687" LastActivityDate="2010-10-22T21:31:47.687" CommentCount="6" />
  <row Id="911" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-24T01:59:13.923" Score="0" ViewCount="14" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You've earned the &quot;Student&quot; badge for &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/194154/what-message-cat-frighten-system-administrator-the-most&quot;&gt;What message can frighten system administrator the most? [closed]&lt;/a&gt;. See your profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And there are no upvotes or accepted answers. Weird.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33896" LastEditorUserId="23067" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-24T10:36:34.590" LastActivityDate="2010-10-24T10:36:34.590" Title="Earning &quot;Student&quot; badge for a closed question" Tags="&lt;bug&gt;&lt;badges&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="911" CreationDate="2010-10-24T02:19:17.443" Score="2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;That question has 1 upvote and 1 downvote, so the badge was awarded correctly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33884" LastActivityDate="2010-10-24T02:19:17.443" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="913" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-24T21:08:25.957" Score="3" ViewCount="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per the title. There doesn't seem to me to be enough difference in meaning to have both tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastActivityDate="2010-10-24T21:08:25.957" Title="Merge tags tunnel and tunneling" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;retag-request&gt;" />
  <row Id="914" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-25T01:11:21.297" Score="0" ViewCount="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just noticed this on a question. Did a quick search and couldn't see anyone else talking about it, and I can't see any real reason why it would be wider, Bens link is long but not long enough to push the others off. This is in Chrome on Windows 7. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i.imgur.com/g65fQ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43315" LastEditorUserId="1" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-26T05:28:12.160" LastActivityDate="2010-10-26T05:29:22.597" Title="Comment text overflowing into related questions links" Tags="&lt;bug&gt;&lt;status-norepro&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="915" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="918" CreationDate="2010-10-26T04:58:44.470" Score="4" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I realise this was somewhat covered previously in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/192/ethical-questions-about-hackers-cheaters-and-lusers&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; but &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/194718/reset-domain-user-password-remotely&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, which is merely another in a long line of similar ones, prompted me to think that perhaps such questions should be actively discouraged by closing them as off topic. I simply don't believe we should be answering questions that require hacking or other questionable means to solve. If it's a genuine need any half decent admin should be capable of finding a solution on less reputable sites. Opinions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At least some think I'm aiming for security through obscurity, which is not what I've said or even hinted at, so I'll try and phrase this a little differently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's my opinion that we should not be encouraging the use of tools or methods which we would object to someone using on our own networks/systems.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While password recovery tools are the topic in this case they are only one example, although by far the most commonly requested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9278" LastEditorUserId="9278" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-28T21:33:43.207" LastActivityDate="2010-11-02T06:49:13.860" Title="Should we try to eliminate password reset questions?" Tags="&lt;discussion&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;passwords&gt;" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="1" />
  <row Id="916" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="914" CreationDate="2010-10-26T05:29:22.597" Score="1" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Weird -- I can't reproduce that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/194338&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/194338&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Chrome 7.0, I see no problem with the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(this can happen with long, unbroken strings in comments because the comment area is variable width)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1" LastActivityDate="2010-10-26T05:29:22.597" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="917" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="915" CreationDate="2010-10-26T20:02:24.017" Score="-2" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree. Any admin that had been at the game for a while, knows about the change-nt-password utility for local account, and questions re: domain password cracking, need to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9007" LastActivityDate="2010-10-26T20:02:24.017" />
  <row Id="918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="915" CreationDate="2010-10-26T20:06:59.243" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I started to say, &quot;I think that recent question you quoted is a legitimate one,&quot; but then I re-read it and now I'm not sure.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the one hand, the reference to going outside the domain sounds legit, but if changing a local password would do what's needed, I'd expect a sysadmin to know how to google &quot;change forgotten windows password&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd agree with the idea of closing questions where it sounds like someone looking for help cracking a system, but leaving them open if they sound legitimate.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...And erring on the side of closing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6177" LastActivityDate="2010-10-26T20:06:59.243" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="919" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="915" CreationDate="2010-10-27T03:56:28.717" Score="7" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Those questions tend to attract a certain type of spammer as well. This may be an area where we unofficially declare a certain question as the One True Windows Password Reset Question, protect it, and close the rest as duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;update: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This particular question appears to be a good candidate for what I'm talking about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/154006/obtaining-administrator-access-to-windows-xp-lost-password&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/154006/obtaining-administrator-access-to-windows-xp-lost-password&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3038" LastEditorUserId="3038" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-27T18:10:06.643" LastActivityDate="2010-10-27T18:10:06.643" CommentCount="2" />
  <row Id="920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="915" CreationDate="2010-10-27T14:04:11.797" Score="6" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just wanted to address the idea of whether or not SF &quot;should or should not&quot; cover password resetting topics.  Absolutely yes.  It's important, and it's high-value content for that situation where an admin (newbie or grizzled veteran) needs that information.  Their Google searches SHOULD bring them to SF for that answer.  They can trust the content here - it'll keep them off some trojan-ridden hack site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last thing I want, as an admin, is to be blindsided by some user or manager who knows about one of these hacks before &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; do.  Not talking about it doesn't make it less of a danger.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Security through obscurity isn't something that I think we should be adopting as a policy, &lt;em&gt;particularly&lt;/em&gt; not on SF.  How hypocritical. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, I think sysadmin1138 is 100% right with the One True Password Question response (possibly linked in the wiki for some password recovery/reset tags?) - not to obscure the information, but to keep script-kiddie requests from cluttering the site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should probably be a comment, and not an answer.  But it's Meta.  :P&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1803" LastActivityDate="2010-10-27T14:04:11.797" CommentCount="6" />
  <row Id="921" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="915" CreationDate="2010-10-28T12:58:13.853" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm torn on this one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Admins should know better than to lock themselves out. They have a responsibility to ensure proper security practices, and that should never lead to a &quot;oops, I locked myself out&quot; situation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'd guesstimate 90%+ of people using password reset utilities are hacking into somewhere they shouldn't be.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pros:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I've had a few users over my career lock themselves out of their home computer and ended up helping them through the process. It wasn't a part of my job; but part of professional courtesy. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Neutral:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Having SF come up on Google when people are looking for such utilities would be good advertising for the site. However, see above point about who uses these utilities, and thus the type of people you're attracting.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33417" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T12:58:13.853" />
  <row Id="922" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="915" CreationDate="2010-10-28T17:41:28.803" Score="5" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I might have a problem with someone asking about a previously unknown remotely exploitable vulnerability in really common product like Windows, Linux or something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see any value in trying to hide information that is extremely easy to be found and is common knowlege to almost every sysadmin.  Telling someone that they can use a tool to change the password to a machine if they have physical access really doesn't come close to being something that should or can be suppressed for security reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a site for sysadmins, I think we should share any and all information here that a sysadmin may commonly experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having an account locked out is pretty common.  Someone at work just managed to need to use this yesterday, when a computer account was deleted when it shouldn't have been, the local admin password was not the standard, and cached credentials where disabled.  It is not like a remote exploit, you require physical access to use these tools.  Trying to pretend that a user which has physical access to a machine doesn't have the ability to do whatever they are capable of doing to the box is kinda silly in my mind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a related point, I am also not that worried about firewall/filter bypass questions which are also somewhat common.  Any firewall setup where security matters also will include a good deal of logging of traffic that what was permitted.  If someone does get out when they shouldn't their activity should be in a log that is reviewed by the firewall admin anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's my opinion that we should not be&#xA;  encouraging the use of tools or&#xA;  methods which we would object to&#xA;  someone using on our own&#xA;  networks/systems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a site for system administrators to answer questions for system administrators.  Given no evidence to the contrary &lt;strong&gt;my default assumption when answering a question is that I am talking to a system administrator&lt;/strong&gt; who is asking a question about administering a system they are responsible for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I usually don't want my users to be running nmap, but I am not talking one of my users when I am answering a question here  I am talking to a system administrator perfoming their duty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Following a strict version of your statement I think would mean that we shouldn't discuss anything having to do with any sysinternals tool, regedit, scripting, command prompt, nmap, tcpdump, debugging, running hexedit, etc.  If you where to build an exhastive list of all the things we couldn't discuss because it could be abused I think you would find that there would be a lot less on-topic questions left.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;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 ans answers for everything sysadmin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want system administrators to be properly informed about how to use tools with a potential for destruction.  I don't want ignorant sysadmins mis-using a tool and trashing their own network because they don't have a place to discuss th proper usage of the tools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answering a question about a sysadmin tool is not mean to encourage abuse.  If the question is clearly intend to be about abusing a network instead something may ask then vote to close it as off-topic, downvote it, and/or add a comment to the question informing the asker that you don't think their question is related to system administration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a superuser can abuse my network because of something they read here, so what?  They could have read about the tool somewhere else and learned the same thing.  I don't care about the non-sysadmin user that may read this site.  I am here to talk to people interested in system administration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastEditorUserId="984" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-28T22:47:43.673" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T22:47:43.673" CommentCount="1" />
  <row Id="923" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-29T17:03:22.110" Score="0" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;I remember getting the 100 rep for associating my account in serverfault to other stackexchange sites (stackoverflow was my first account)... then some-how I've lost them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That only happened in serverfault, I have accounts in other stackexchange sites but I still have those 100 rep points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or maybe, I never got the bonus. Anyway ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I reclaim those 100 reputation points now?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7917" LastEditorUserId="7917" LastEditorDisplayName="" LastEditDate="2010-10-29T17:37:26.307" LastActivityDate="2010-10-29T23:39:40.500" Title="Reclaim 100 reputation for associating accounts" Tags="&lt;support&gt;&lt;reputation&gt;&lt;linked-accounts&gt;" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" />
  <row Id="924" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="923" CreationDate="2010-10-29T23:39:40.500" Score="0" ViewCount="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/reputation&quot;&gt;serverfault.com/reputation&lt;/a&gt; perhaps, do you see the -- bonuses (100) listed?  If it is not listed then try clearing your associations on your SF account then re-associating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="984" LastActivityDate="2010-10-29T23:39:40.500" CommentCount="1" />
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