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Welcome to the Power Users community on Codidact!

Power Users is a Q&A site for questions about the usage of computer software and hardware. We are still a small site and would like to grow, so please consider joining our community. We are looking forward to your questions and answers; they are the building blocks of a repository of knowledge we are building together.

Discussions and feedback about the site itself in Q&A format.

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Are non power users questions welcome in Power Users?

I have found three posts from one user having the same statement: I'm a computer illiterate One of these posts derived on-topic question in this site, which have two answers; the top answer m...

3 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by Wicket‭  ·  last activity 27d ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Tags page shows [microsoft-excel] x 7 but clicking on this tag shows no questions

Clicking on Tags, among other tags, I see [microsoft-excel] x 7, but clicking on [microsoft-excel], I don't see any questions. What does that number seven next to [microsoft-excel] mean on the Tag...

1 answer  ·  posted 9mo ago by Wicket‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Tag hierarchies

What is the tag hierarchy vision for Power User? I see nested OS versions under a main tag, but I was curious whether any of these made sense to nest as well: web-browsers firefox, microsof...

0 answers  ·  posted 5mo ago by Michael‭  ·  edited 5mo ago by samcarter‭

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Closing "unclear" questions

A frustrating situation is when a mod decides that a question is "unclear" and closes it, and yet the question is not actually unclear. Unfortunately, the close prevents anyone else from posting an...

3 answers  ·  posted 7mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 6mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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How can we grow this community?

Codidact's communities have a lot of great content that is helping people on the Internet. Our communities are small, though, and sustainable communities depend on having lots of active, engaged p...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by tartley‭

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Should posting on Meta affect reputation?

When we launched this community, we did not yet have the ability to set different reputation grants for different categories. We've had this for a while but we failed to follow up before now, sorr...

0 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Why searching two terms the results page includes posts not including one of the terms?

I searched computer illiterate because I think I have seen some posts including these words and would like to copy the link to them to ask a question. Later I will provide more details on the quest...

1 answer  ·  posted 9mo ago by Wicket‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Applications for "Edit Tags Ability"

At the moment it is not yet possible to gain the "Edits Tags Ability" naturally (making suggested edits, which is a requirement to gain this ability, has not yet been implemented, see https://meta....

1 answer  ·  posted 9mo ago by samcarter‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by Wicket‭

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Office suites category

A site for office suites was proposed here: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/277548. This proposal is still in early stages and unlikely to get enough support to emerge as a site of its own in the n...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by Wicket‭

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Tagging questions about crossplatform software

This is a follow-up to Should we use more specific version tags for software? The referred question is about tagging software, more specifically software versions and presents the case of windows-...

1 answer  ·  posted 9mo ago by Wicket‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by Wicket‭

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Add [windows-11] as a child of [windows] and add tag usage guidance

I wonder if adding [windows-11] as a child of [windows] might be possible as [windows] already has [windows-10] as a child. Also, considering that the term "windows" in the context of personal com...

1 answer  ·  posted 9mo ago by Wicket‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by samcarter‭

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Is the question "A term that describes frontend redirects" on-topic and in such case what tags should be used?

A term that describes frontend redirects has the following tags: web-browsers web-servers While both tags are related, they don't look appropriate as the question is not about a web browser ...

0 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by Wicket‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by Wicket‭

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Software Recommendations Category

On the original proposal for Power User, there was talk about allowing software recommendations on the site. Now that the site is up and running, I'd like to bring that request over to this Meta. ...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by Wicket‭

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Is the site name "Power User" or "Power Users"?

The URL of the site shows "powerusers", matching the drop down list of sites at the top right of the page, and the list of sites in the page footer, which both say "Power Users" (plural). However, ...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by Wicket‭

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What do we do about webapps?

Are questions about web application such as Google Docs on topic? What about Overleaf? GitHub? Where do we draw the line between a webapp and just a website?

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by Wicket‭

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Unable to gave an upvote to Q or A

It seems like all my attempts to get an upvote to Q or A for this post is failed Why can't I play a YouTube video embedded on a website, in YouTube itself? Initially I thought it is something on ...

3 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by FoggyFinder‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Do we want an update for our logo?

"Why an update?" you might ask. The current logo looks nice, but there are a couple of problems which could be solved with an updated logo: Is the site name "Power User" or "Power Users"? Is th...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by samcarter‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Is the mouse cursor in the Power User logo an accessibility problem?

I noticed when arriving on the Power User site that my mouse cursor looks very similar in size, shape, and colour to the one in the logo: This doesn't present a problem for me personally (apart ...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by samcarter‭

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Why did samcarter delete my post, simply because later other websites cross posted it?

I have rewritten this post in response to samcarter's answer. I posted, and wrote myself, https://powerusers.codidact.com/posts/287106. At the time of posting, I was unaware of any cross post. sa...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by samcarter‭

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How would you feel about a merger with Linux Systems?

On main meta, someone suggested to look into the possibility to merge our Power Users community with the community for Linux Systems to increase activity. (see https://meta.codidact.com/posts/28512...

3 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by samcarter‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by ArrayBolt3‭

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{"status":"failed","message":"New users can only comment on their own posts and on answers to them."}

When I tried to comment on this answer, this message popped up. {"status":"failed","message":"New users can only comment on their own posts and on answers to them."} Am I still new? My comment wa...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by TextKit‭

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Please don't presume cross posting from me.

I just want to respond to comments like this. That cross posting wasn't mine. I had never heard of solveforum.com before! Reply to samcarter I agree completely with your paras. 3 and 4. Henceforw...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by samcarter‭

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How can I heighten the Security window?

Dr. Olin Lathrop alleged Both the pictures in your question are links into Microsoft's domain, and are therefore used here without attribution. This post needs to be deleted due to gross intelle...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Quasímodo‭

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Wasn't this deleted question salvageable?

A moderator unilaterally deleted https://powerusers.codidact.com/posts/285718, but isn't deletion overkill? Can't it be saved? A moderator can simply add the necessary citations. I don't think "a...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Canina‭

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Can I post this question — now REwritten and citing Super User — similar to one deleted by moderator?

Just checking before posting the following. Thanks. Title Can I await Mozilla or Firefox to unearth the awry Add On(s)awry, before attempting myself? How long needs Firefox? Body Does Firef...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Mithical‭

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How to handle crossposts

How do we want to handle cross-posts, e.g. posts which are completely copied verbatim from other sites? A couple of approaches I could think of: IF they fulfil the original site's license re...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by samcarter‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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What should our take be on software recommendation questions?

Questions that specifically seek software recommendations (as opposed to asking how to accomplish a specified task) come with their own challenges that are to some extent different from those of ot...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Canina‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Quasímodo‭

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"No associated Stack Exchange site from which to transfer your content?"

At the bottom of my profile page, there's a section labeled "Link with Stack Exchange," but it says You can't link a Stack Exchange account to your account on this site because there is no assoc...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Chris Henry‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Who should the temporary moderators be?

As we have set up communities here on the Codidact network we've been appointing temporary moderators. Ultimately, of course, we want each community to choose its own moderators; we've been doing ...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Is web service problem related question on-topic?

I was visiting some sites recently but, that site is looking inactive but, I can't be sure cause, earlier lots of people were withdrawing lots of money from that site. I had mailed at support. But,...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Anonymous‭

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Code of Conduct link in the tour is broken

Hi Power Users! The "Code of Conduct" link in the tour leads to this URL, which produces a 500 error for me. The issue is 100% repeatable. I'm currently using Firefox 88 if that helps.

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by gronostaj‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Should we use more specific version tags for software?

Some questions, like my own In Windows 10 21H1, how do I remove the weather report in the task bar?, are specific to a given version of a product. Other questions are more generic, or apply to prod...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Canina‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Moshi‭

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on-topic question in this site

Recently, most of questions got lot of downvotes(Even, this didn't happen to any other Codidact sub-site). In Q&A site's questions have 12 upvotes and 17 downvotes. I think most of people con...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Can we ask hacking related question?

Hacking tools are execute from terminal. While Powerusers is for OS's Q&A. Some sample of Linux system's question is included below : How to turn on night light in terminal? How to create u...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Would questions about software systems design limitations be on-topic here?

A user suggested that Why most hosting providers support ticket systems allow text only (no formatting)? might be on-topic here. It is quite clear that it is offtopic on Software Development. It i...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Welcome to Power Users!

Welcome to the Power Users community on Codidact, where computer enthusiasts (power users) ask and answer questions about software and hardware usage! We're glad you're here and we're excited to s...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Meet the Codidact Team!

As we start on building a new community here together, we're bound to find some sticking points. Those might be bugs, new features you need, things you need support with... whatever they are, the C...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by luap42‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Sigma‭