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Unpinning accepted answers

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Let's rename [design-choices]

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Was my comment on my answer on this post removed, and why?

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Is the RC2014 on topic or not?

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Should questions about connecting older hardware to modern networks be in scope?

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What's the difference between [cassette-tape] and [magnetic-tape]?

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What's up with the emulation questions lately?

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Changing the close reason of a question

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Is XP considered retrocomputing yet?

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What is the time period of "retrocomputing"

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Congratulations Retrocomputing!

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Why not have a dark-background with a light text on Retrocomputing, as either an option, or default?

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Review indicator lits up, but no reviews are available

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Should I write a canonical question about disposing of historical material?

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How to deal with spam

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‌[old-hardware-adaptation] versus [new-hardware-adaptation]

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What should our definition of “duplicate question” be?

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Does this site get featured in Hot Network Questions disproportionately often? Why?

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Typing ALGOL code correctly – how to?

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2021: a year in moderation

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Transfer of Questions to Other Sites

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Limited migration choices for moving off-topic questions?

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Do we get a banner/theming? If so: when, and what's needed?

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What is the extent to which it is appropriate to edit a post?

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We're graduating!

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What was unclear about this question?

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How should questions about the Game Boy CPU be tagged?

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Is debugging, programming, etc. [assembly]?

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Would it be OK to crosspost an identification question from the SF&F SE that has not received any answers for years?

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Should we have a [controller] tag?

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Question mischaracterized as off-topic

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What's with repeating the question in the title at the end of the post?

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Why restrict history questions? (Or: Can we not restrict history questions?)

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Should [m68k] and [motorola-680x0] tags be merged?

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CRT repair and restoration safety resources

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Why is the question about running Windows 95 in DOSBox supposedly off-topic?

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DIY retrocomputing

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Is emulation on topic?

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Do we really need both [game] and [gaming] tags?

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Why do my Not An Answer flags keep getting declined or disputed?

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