Questions tagged [policy]
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Is it acceptable to answer my own question using information from an LLM?
The AI/LLM policy states,
[these] tools may not be used to generate content for Super User. The content you provide must either be your own original work, or your summary of the properly referenced ...
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Can transparency improve how we handle suspensions?
Imagine if every suspension—or even its reversal—was an opportunity to learn, not just for the user involved, but for the whole community. Yet, most of the time, these reversals are quietly hidden. ...
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Should a question about a bug in software be answered or closed when the bug is fixed?
To give you a specific example, I have asked this question, but then realized it must be a bug in the software and created this bug report. The bug was quickly fixed, but the question itself remains ...
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Is the subject of software licensing now off-subject?
My question is about the closing of the post
Should the code of my app that include libraries under LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c have to be public?
I have encountered and answered on this site ...
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Removing clutter in unclear questions with many clarifying comments
Consider this question where there now exist 6 user edits and 11 comments before the requirements were clear. Is there a process for rewriting the entire question and removing the comments used to ...
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Are screenshots preferred over links?
I got an answer with a screen shot out of the documentation for the program I was asking about. In the comment thread below, the person who posted the screen shot seems to be alleging that screen ...
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Official policy for editing code in answers?
In another Meta discussion about suggested edits, Mokubai♦ posted the following:
With code related edits if I do not know what the edit is doing or if
it changes the output of the code in question,...
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Questions about bypassing or circumventing network security
I have seen a number of questions on how to bypass network security. I was wondering if superuser (or stackexchange) had a policy or stock answer about this?
As a regular kind of user, I can ...
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Procurement vs hardware compatibility
There is a problem specific to Canada that needs some consideration on SU.
Until relatively recently (2003), all Prime Ministers ("Presidents") had come from Quebec -- for 43 out of 50 years. As a ...
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What is the policy on duplicate answers?
In the question
how do I echo $something >> file.txt without carriage return?
which was asked and answered about a month ago, a new answer has been submitted which is essentially a duplicate (...
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Do questions on software's "terms of use" belong on SU?
Do questions on software's "terms of use" (what you need to click agree and accept... to install software), belong on SU?
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SuperUser TOS and site content for informative talks
The Terms of Service has two clauses about site content. The first expressly prohibits any and all use of site content. And, the second states portions of site content are made available as archives ...
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How should we treat questions involving mobile computers like barcode scanners that use Windows Mobile?
UPDATE - I found this proposal over on area51.
It suggests a StackExchange site for Windows Mobile. Go follow it if you want to see this!
I've been using a computer like this at work for the last few ...
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Legal basis for restriction of discussions?
A recent discussion of policy here left me wondering about the legal reasoning behind it.
On any computer-related forum, there will sometimes be questions related to usage that may violate the EULA. ...
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Is discussion of techniques for removing DRM permitted?
I just asked a question about how to remove DRM from Kindle books that I had purchased and it was promptly closed by the moderator studiohack with the following comment:
We don't encourage this kind ...