Recent Questions - Ask Ubuntu Metamost recent 30 from meta.askubuntu.com2024-03-19T08:58:53Zhttps://meta.askubuntu.com/feedshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/rdfhttps://meta.askubuntu.com/q/204831Duplicate answersJohn Carterhttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/17496342024-03-18T17:31:59Z2024-03-19T08:06:16Z
<p>What to do when there are to <em>different</em> questions but they can be solved with the same answer (such as what is 3 + 1 and what is 2 + 2, both will equal 4)?</p>
<p>Look at this question:</p>
<p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1507882/icons-from-my-home-directory-in-23-10/1507888#1507888">Icons from my Home Directory in 23.10</a></p>
<p>Now observe this one:</p>
<p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1507849/all-folders-visible-in-desktop-linux/1507891#1507891">All folders visible in desktop linux</a></p>
<p>I have answered the first question and was about to answer the second but caught myself on the thought that I was basically saying the same thing as in the first answer.</p>
<p>What do we do in this case? The questions <em>are not</em> duplicates but can be solved in the same way. Would we <em>still</em> flag one of the posts as duplicate of the other (because the solutions are are the same)?</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/204795When is the next moderator election?John Carterhttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/17496342024-03-14T03:02:51Z2024-03-14T05:37:17Z
<p>Recently an election took place on Stack Overflow.</p>
<ol>
<li>When is the next moderator election on Ask Ubuntu scheduled?</li>
<li>What are the intervals between elections?</li>
<li>Where and when can I <em>participate</em> in the election (as a candidate)?</li>
</ol>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/204766How to bring more attention to a non-duplicateJohn Carterhttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/17496342024-03-11T18:41:37Z2024-03-15T16:11:54Z
<p>My <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1506762/error-while-installing-balena-etcher">question</a> on Ask Ubuntu was flagged as duplicate. The post that was said to be my dupe did not apply to my circumstances, so I edited my question and voted for its reopening.</p>
<ol>
<li>How many votes do I have to get so my answer would be reopened?</li>
<li>Are there any other alternative ways to reopen questions?</li>
<li>Are there any ways I can bring more attention to a question other than bounties?</li>
</ol>
<p>It is not that I am going to perish as a result of my question not being answered on AskUbuntu, but it would help a lot.</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/204754Do we support [language-support]?BeastOfCaerbannoghttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/6183532024-03-05T08:54:27Z2024-03-14T05:52:19Z
<p>We have a <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/language-support" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'language-support'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'language-support'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-language-support-tooltip-container">language-support</a> tag which has the following guidance:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Questions related to the language support provided by Ubuntu.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>We also have a <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/language" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'language'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'language'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-language-tooltip-container">language</a> tag which has the following guidance:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Questions that relate to the use of different languages in Ubuntu</p>
</blockquote>
<p>It is obvious that the tags are similar in scope, identical I might say.</p>
<p>I think that we don't need both and I suggest that we make the <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/language-support" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'language-support'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'language-support'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-language-support-tooltip-container">language-support</a> tag a synonym of <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/language" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'language'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'language'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-language-tooltip-container">language</a>.</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/204725Why can't we edit comments?John Carterhttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/17496342024-03-04T22:20:22Z2024-03-05T07:50:56Z
<p>I posted a comment, and I can't edit it anymore. Why?</p>
<p>We <em>can</em> edit questions, even after a while.</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/204712About a post in AskUbuntu that received a downvoteFreehttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/7296042024-03-04T11:54:00Z2024-03-04T13:04:05Z
<p>Yesterday I posted in Ask Ubuntu a question about <code>dnsmasq</code>, and it was a large post with all important details, what I have tried already, the error messages, and it became really long - more than I usually see in Ask Ubuntu.</p>
<p>Today, some minutes ago, I deleted the first post and did a new one, a lot more summarized, because I think it is better like that: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1506431/dnsmasq-configuration-for-tftp-proxydhcp-in-ubuntu-server-22-04-3-lts">dnsmasq configuration for TFTP + ProxyDHCP in Ubuntu Server 22.04.3 LTS</a></p>
<p>Some minutes later, I received a downvote and I don't know why.</p>
<p>Can anybody tell me what is wrong in that new post?</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/204673Is this the best place to ask complex questions?Dylanhttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/17697252024-02-25T20:33:43Z2024-02-27T05:34:35Z
<p>I've somehow fried my pc trying to install ubuntu and have a lot to write to describe symptoms, etc. Is this where people do that kind of thing or is there somewhere less official where people go for more complex questions?</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2046441Goodbye Gunnar Hjalmarsson 1958.10.06 - 2023.12.20andrew.46https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/575762024-02-23T09:31:29Z2024-03-09T05:33:00Z
<p>The Ask Ubuntu Community has lost a long time contributor from its ranks of esteemed contributors with the recent death of <a href="https://askubuntu.com/users/159370/gunnar-hjalmarsson?tab=profile">Gunnar Hjalmarsson</a>. Gunnar was a highly valued contributor to Ask Ubuntu for 10 years and 9 months.</p>
<p>His profile tells us that on Ask Ubuntu he reached 4.4m people, crafted 1,061 answers and asked 3 questions. It saddens me that we do not know that much more about Gunnar, although <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GunnarHj" rel="nofollow noreferrer">his Ubuntu Wiki</a> fills in a few gaps perhaps.</p>
<p>I would welcome those who perhaps know Gunnar better to post answers or comments to this post so that we can all then better appreciate the man and his work beyond the bare details given here.</p>
<p>Our thoughts and condolences to the family of Gunnar Hjalmarsson...</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/204622If I have useful information to add to an answer, why do I need reputation to post it and how do I get it?Chris Legerhttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/17685532024-02-18T23:19:48Z2024-02-19T14:45:32Z
<p>I was able to figure out some useful details to a question that was asked about the .epub format...but when I wanted to share what I found (which was not in the answers), I can't because of the reputation system.</p>
<p>I guess I'll just get on with my life instead of spending time increasing my reputation points, but is that really the best way to prevent spam on a site?</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/204542How to see the user's reputation graph?stumblebeehttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/7670562024-02-03T02:37:56Z2024-02-04T21:00:56Z
<p>My browser displays the user reputation in <a href="https://askubuntu.com/users/current">the user's <em>Activity</em> page</a> without a graph:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ey291.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ey291.png" alt="screenshot of reputation section without a graph" /></a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>How can I display the user reputation with a graph, as shown in the image below?</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/n5bRB.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/n5bRB.png" alt="screenshot of reputation section with a graph" /></a></p>
</blockquote>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/204489Do 'Read the man pages...' type comments and answers have a place on Ask Ubuntu?andrew.46https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/575762024-01-25T06:00:26Z2024-01-30T06:18:09Z
<p>In consultation with the Ask Ubuntu Community I would like to have some discussion and ideally <em>a firm policy</em> on how we should deal with Answers or Comments that invite people to find their own answers in the man pages of the relevant application.</p>
<p>An example, <a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/1498045/57576">drawn from Ask Ubuntu</a>, is this comment which gives some <em>hints</em> about a script problem and then a requirement to read a man page:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Wrap your <code>autofix</code> command in a bash script, and call that script from your <code>for</code> loop. In the scrip you can control <code>autofix</code>'s outputs, check it's exit status, trap segfaults, etc. Read man bash.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Are such hints to read even <em>sections</em> of a 5,223 page man page useful for the type of user most usually found on Ask Ubuntu? Please give your thoughts below and help us to formulate a policy for dealing effectively and kindly with this matter...</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/20444112023: a year in moderationJNathttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/3068232024-01-24T16:40:52Z2024-01-24T18:42:53Z
<p>It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have <a href="https://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=%22year+in+moderation%22+is%3Aquestion">a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year</a>.</p>
<p>As most of you here might be aware, sites on the Stack Exchange network are moderated somewhat differently to other sites on the web:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, in that we amortize the overall moderation cost of the system across thousands of teeny-tiny slices of effort contributed by regular, everyday users.<br />
-- <a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation/">A Theory of Moderation</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>That doesn't eliminate the need for having <a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/11/21/our-theory-of-moderation-re-visited/">moderators</a> altogether, but it does mean that the bulk of moderation work is carried out by regular folks — folks like you. Every bit of time and effort y'all contribute to the site gives you access to more privileges you can use to help in this effort, all of which produce a cumulative effect that makes a big difference in ensuring Stack Exchange sites remain a valuable source of high-quality content on the web.</p>
<p>So as we say goodbye to 2023 (and January 2024… ahem) and move into 2024, let us look back at what we accomplished as a community... by looking at some <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/pmN7M.gif" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>exciting</em> stats</a>. Below is a breakdown of moderation actions performed on Ask Ubuntu over the past 12 months:</p>
<div class="s-table-container">
<table class="s-table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th style="text-align: left;">Action</th>
<th style="text-align: right;">Moderators</th>
<th style="text-align: right;">Community User¹</th>
<th style="text-align: right;">Community²</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">All comments on a post moved to chat</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">32</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Answer flags handled</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">6,837</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">2,592</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Answers flagged</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">115</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">214</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">9,038</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Bounties canceled</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">4</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Comment flags handled</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1,794</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">860</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Comments deleted⁸</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">3,060</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1,361</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">8,630</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Comments flagged</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">10</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">2,665</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Comments undeleted</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">29</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Escalations to the Community Manager team</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">8</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Posts bumped</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">8,209</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Posts deleted⁷</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">4,565</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">14,832</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">3,498</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Posts locked</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">21</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">3,263</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Posts undeleted</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">71</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">310</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Posts unlocked</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">7</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">8</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Question flags handled⁶</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1,367</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">15,283</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">653</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Questions closed</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">858</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">2,856</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">512</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Questions flagged⁶</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">122</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">77</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">16,304</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Questions merged</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">2</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Questions migrated</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">9</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">13</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Questions protected</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">5</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">339</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">39</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Questions reopened</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">61</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">31</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">27</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Questions unprotected</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Revisions redacted</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">7</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tag highlight language set</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tag synonyms created</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">13</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tag synonyms proposed</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">12</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tags merged</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">10</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tasks reviewed⁵: "Close votes" queue</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">13</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">10,155</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tasks reviewed⁵: "First answers" queue</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">7,752</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tasks reviewed⁵: "First questions" queue</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">13,103</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tasks reviewed⁵: "Late answers" queue</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">4,396</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tasks reviewed⁵: "Low quality posts" queue</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">6</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">5,202</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tasks reviewed⁵: "Reopen votes" queue</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">554</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tasks reviewed⁵: "Suggested edits" queue</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">95</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">537</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">7,122</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tasks reviewed⁵: "Triage" queue</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">User banned from review</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">User review-bans lifted early</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">2</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">User suspensions lifted early</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">6</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Users contacted</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">104</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Users deleted</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Users destroyed⁴</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">532</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Users suspended³</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">71</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">366</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div><h3>Footnotes</h3>
<p>¹ This refers to the automated systems otherwise known as <a href="https://askubuntu.com/users/-1">user #-1</a>.</p>
<p>² This refers to <a href="https://askubuntu.com/users">the membership of Ask Ubuntu</a> <em>without</em> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators">diamonds next to their names</a>.</p>
<p>³ The system will suspend users under three circumstances: when a user is recreated after being previously suspended, when a user is recreated after being destroyed for spam or abuse, and when a network-wide suspension is in effect on an account.</p>
<p>⁴ A "destroyed" user is deleted along with all that they had posted: questions, answers, comments. <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/88994/what-is-the-difference-between-a-deleted-user-and-a-destroyed-user">Generally used as an expedient way of getting rid of spam.</a></p>
<p>⁵ This counts every review that was submitted (not skipped) - so the 2 suggested edits reviews needed to approve an edit would count as 2, the goal being to indicate the frequency of moderation actions. This also applies to flags, etc.</p>
<p>⁶ Includes close flags (but <em>not</em> close or reopen votes). The community² can handle these flags by at least one person voting to close a question that has a close flag.</p>
<p>⁷ This ignores numerous deletions that happen automatically in response to some other action.</p>
<p>⁸ This includes comments deleted by their own authors (which also account for some number of handled comment flags).</p>
<h3>Further reading:</h3>
<ul>
<li><p>Wanna see how these numbers have changed over time? We posted a similar report here last year: <a href="https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/20250/2022-a-year-in-moderation">2022: a year in moderation</a></p>
</li>
<li><p>You can also check out <a href="https://stackexchange.com/search?q=title%3A%222023%3A+a+year+in+moderation%22">this report on other sites</a></p>
</li>
<li><p>Or peruse <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/396299/208518">detailed information on the number of questions closed and reopened across all sites</a></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Wishing everyone a happy 2024! ^_^</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/204420Add option to close vote because it is an XY problem?Archisman Panigrahihttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/1244662024-01-24T10:41:41Z2024-02-03T12:34:05Z
<p>I recently saw a <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1501143/samsung-magician-software">question</a> where the user asked where to buy "Samsung Magician software" for GNU/Linux. A quick google search shows that it is a software for health checkup and performance optimization of Samsung SSDs.</p>
<p>Clearly this is not directly fall into "not an official Ubuntu flavor" (because this is actually about drive optimazation in Ubuntu) or "bug reports about Ubuntu" or something like that.</p>
<p>However, it seems that the user wants to fix a problem (drive optimization == X) using Ubuntu, but they want to use a non-existing solution (samsung magician software == Y), and asked a question about Y. This is another example of the <a href="https://xyproblem.info/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">XY Problem</a>.</p>
<p>We regularly get many similar questions, which don't directly fall into existing categories for closure.</p>
<p>Shall we create a separate closure category for XY problems?</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/204404Has policy on downvotes changed?zwetshttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/1344792024-01-21T20:20:44Z2024-01-21T20:23:57Z
<p>I have been an on-and-off user of AskUbuntu for 10 years. Coming back this year I notice that the majority of questions on the front page have a -1, often already within the hour after they are asked.</p>
<p>In my recollection this wasn't the case before. Downvoting wasn't something to do lightly, and when you did there would occasionaly be a (moderator) comment <em>"if you downvote, please explain why you did so"</em>.</p>
<p>This seems to be different now. I just counted, and of the top 20 questions 4 have a 0 score. 16 have -1 or less.</p>
<p>I can't disagree with the -1s. Questions <em>are</em> worse than they were 10 years ago, when measured against AU policy and the "how to ask a good question" guidelines. Many are little more than <em>"X doesn't work, please help"</em> and deserve a downvote.</p>
<p>I suppose this is the "eternal September" of Ubuntu (yes, I'm old enough to have lived through Usenet's eternal September) and I can only be happy for the many people discovering it. But it's been a bit of a bummer for AU.</p>
<p>Anyway, my question is: has policy on downvoting changed and/or is it OK to downvote a bad question without leaving a comment?</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/204387Why does the site attack people seeking help?Liberatedhttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/8325702024-01-11T15:36:31Z2024-02-27T18:09:37Z
<p>I have technical problems i can't solve, and instead of providing help, I've been attacked. People complain that they don't like my questions, they troll all my content to down vote it, and now I've been told i can't ask anymore questions, due to people not liking me. Is this site here to help people with ubuntu issues, or is it just here for people to stroke their own egos, by pushing around people without as good of computer skills as them? I assume I'll be banned just for asking this, based on previous community interactions.</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/204351Why can't I login into Ask Ubuntu with launchpad anymore?Hadmut Danischhttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/17586262024-01-07T20:12:47Z2024-01-07T23:40:33Z
<p>I do have an Ubuntu Launchpad account (still works, e.g. for reporting bugs, etc.) and I used to use it to login into Ask Ubuntu as well.</p>
<p>For some months now, I can't login into Ask Ubuntu anymore. After authorizing to launchpad, which still works, password OK, and choosing the access level, I do get an error message from Ask Ubuntu that login failed.</p>
<p>The Ubuntu customer service could not help, they don't even understand the problem.</p>
<p>I'm logged in here with my Google Account instead of Launchpad right now, but the question remains: Is there anyone in charge and able to fix this?</p>
<p><strong>Compliciation:</strong> I do know that this question belongs to meta.askubuntu.com, but this site requires me to have 5 or more reputation points, which I do not have with this workaround google account. So one is never able to ask on meta.askubuntu.com, why authentication on askubuntu.com wouldn't work, since this requirement breaks itself by design.</p>
<p>regards
Hadmut</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/204332Possible undelete of answer?Terrancehttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/2311422024-01-06T03:22:58Z2024-01-07T11:31:14Z
<p>I was browsing around since I just added TPM to my older motherboard and I wanted to check the full version. While browsing I stumbled across <a href="https://askubuntu.com/a/1415651/231142">https://askubuntu.com/a/1415651/231142</a> where it is deleted. While they marked it as from SuSE Linux, the answer is exactly the same for Ubuntu.</p>
<p>Running that answer for my Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, I get this output.</p>
<pre><code>$ cat /sys/class/tpm/tpm0/device/firmware_node/description
TPM 1.2 Device
</code></pre>
<p>Which seems very valid to me.</p>
<p>My question then would be do we leave this answer deleted even though it is a valid answer but mentions SuSE Linux?</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/20428-1Is it againt the rulesGlenMhttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/14555332024-01-02T12:11:34Z2024-01-02T14:06:15Z
<p>Is it against the rules to post answers that solve problems without using the command line?</p>
<p>I posted an answer <a href="https://askubuntu.com/a/1498706/1066942">here</a>, but apparently solving a problem using Synaptic Package Manager is unacceptable.</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/204265Can we limit searches by date?Amandahttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/130492023-12-20T18:51:25Z2023-12-20T22:45:17Z
<p>I'm trying to figure out what my weather and world clock options are on my new laptop. Most of the posts I am surfacing about weather indicators are about <code>weather-indicator</code> which hasn't been updated since 2011 and the posts are typically at least 10 years old.</p>
<p>Is there a way to search for posts that are < 5 years old?</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/204240Getting asked for two-step verification code, but I'm not getting notification on my phone or emailJorge LeRoyhttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/17521352023-12-12T14:37:21Z2024-01-11T20:08:26Z
<p>I have an account, however, when I go to login, it asks for the two-step verification code and I don't think I ever set that up. If I did, I'm not getting it on my phone or on my email account.</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/204227Should I be able to change my vote if an answer becomes outdated? Or should I take another action?FriendFXhttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/1814422023-11-29T23:32:49Z2023-11-30T00:28:27Z
<p>Some time ago I found <a href="https://askubuntu.com/a/15272/181442">an answer</a> which I had found useful and upvoted.</p>
<p>Recently I bumped into the same issue again and, trying to apply the steps from the answer, I found that the solution is now deprecated, <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/13065/how-do-i-fix-the-gpg-error-no-pubkey#comment2483338_15272">as pointed out in a comment</a> (which I upvoted).</p>
<p>After some searching I found an <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/71384057/897968">answer on StackOverflow</a> that is up-to date and working for me, so I upvoted that as well.</p>
<p>Now what to do about the original <a href="https://askubuntu.com/a/15272/181442">answer</a>?</p>
<ul>
<li>I tried removing my upvote, but it says it's locked (<a href="https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/9070/your-vote-is-locked-in-unless-answer-is-edited">see here for an explanation</a>).</li>
<li>The <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/13065/how-do-i-fix-the-gpg-error-no-pubkey#comment2483338_15272">comment</a> is over a year old, so I'm assuming the original author didn't know what to do about it or doesn't care to update the answer.</li>
<li>I could add another comment, pointing to the newer answer I found.</li>
<li>I could edit the answer but that <a href="https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18443/181442">doesn't feel right since it's not mine</a>. Options are
<ul>
<li>adding an obvious warning at the top, potentially including a link to the new answer,</li>
<li>updating it to show the new solution or</li>
<li>both.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>I could flag the answer, but that doesn't seem right to me either.</li>
</ul>
<p>What is one supposed to do in such a case?</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2040325Notifying users about the policy on AU concerning AI-generated contentandrew.46https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/575762023-11-08T02:46:25Z2024-02-23T09:39:05Z
<p>We have <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/395881/662263">an opportunity to increase awareness of the Ask Ubuntu prohibition on AI-generated content</a>. Currently we have <em>only two</em> active notification areas:</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/20209/57576">AI-generated content is not permitted on Ask Ubuntu</a>: This is the policy itself which sits in Meta and will usually have a 'featured' tag affixed to bring a link to the main AU page.</li>
<li><a href="https://askubuntu.com/tour">Welcome to Ask Ubuntu</a>: The 'Tour' page contains a link to the AI policy; in theory <em>all</em> users take the Tour but experience suggests that most do not.</li>
</ol>
<p>It is a little scanty and there have been some users claiming ignorance of our AI prohibition when approached by Moderators about such content in their answers.</p>
<p>As a result of the <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/391847/moderation-strike-results-of-negotiations">consensus reached in the recent Moderation Strike</a> there is <em>another</em> option that we can now bring in to play. This will entail a warning that will show to users pasting in content to the Answer box, notifying the user about the prohibition on AI-generated content. <em>This could not be missed or overlooked.</em></p>
<p>On Stack Overflow this will look something like the following 'first concept' image:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/xMakJ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/xMakJ.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>My proposal is that we opt in and <em>take this option</em> with the obvious change of 'Stack Overflow' to 'Ask Ubuntu' and a link to our own policy, or to a new 'Help' page in the 'Learn More' link. But the beginning of this process, as with most larger changes, is consultation with the community, and here we are...</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2038710Can we fix this tag or should we just [uninstall]?Zannahttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/5277642023-10-14T16:17:25Z2024-03-13T09:23:15Z
<p>It's <a href="https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8313/synonym-request-software-uninstall-to-uninstall">been asked about before</a> and <a href="https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19968/maybe-change-the-tag-description-for-uninstall">asked about again</a> but it seems like the large <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'uninstall'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'uninstall'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-uninstall-tooltip-container">uninstall</a> tag is still a bit of a miscellany, with the majority of questions in it being about uninstalling software, while we have another <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-uninstall" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'software-uninstall'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'software-uninstall'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-software-uninstall-tooltip-container">software-uninstall</a> tag.</p>
<p>What should we do with these tags?</p>
<p>Should we merge <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-uninstall" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'software-uninstall'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'software-uninstall'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-software-uninstall-tooltip-container">software-uninstall</a> into <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'uninstall'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'uninstall'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-uninstall-tooltip-container">uninstall</a> and clean it up?</p>
<p>Or should we merge <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'uninstall'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'uninstall'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-uninstall-tooltip-container">uninstall</a> into <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-uninstall" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'software-uninstall'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'software-uninstall'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-software-uninstall-tooltip-container">software-uninstall</a>, creating other tags such as <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-uninstall" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'system-uninstall'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'system-uninstall'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-system-uninstall-tooltip-container">system-uninstall</a> as/if needed?</p>
<p>Or should we get rid of both of them? Are there any experts on <em>uninstalling</em> stuff? Anyone interested in following these tags? Could the tasks of uninstalling currently gathered loosely in <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'uninstall'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'uninstall'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-uninstall-tooltip-container">uninstall</a> be considered to be better covered by other tags such as <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package-management" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'package-management'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'package-management'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-package-management-tooltip-container">package-management</a>, <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'software-installation'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'software-installation'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-software-installation-tooltip-container">software-installation</a>, <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'apt'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'apt'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-apt-tooltip-container">apt</a>, <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'system-installation'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'system-installation'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-system-installation-tooltip-container">system-installation</a>, <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dual-boot" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'dual-boot'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'dual-boot'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-dual-boot-tooltip-container">dual-boot</a>, etc?</p>
<p>Or should we do something else entirely? :)</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/203655Can't connect to askubuntu with Ubuntu SSOcm-thttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/17263442023-08-26T13:33:00Z2024-03-09T22:08:31Z
<p>I could not log on my <a href="https://askubuntu.com/users/85273/cm-t">original account</a> throught SSO on askubuntu.</p>
<p>I've tryed on Firefox, Chromium (fresh install with the purpose of this test, no extension).</p>
<p>How to reproduce:</p>
<ol>
<li>New private window: askubuntu.com</li>
<li>Click on Log in</li>
<li>Choose <code>Log in with Launchpad</code></li>
<li>You are redirected to Ubuntu SSO log in form</li>
<li>Log in, it ask you if you are OK to log on launchpad</li>
<li>Click Yes, you are redirected to launchpad, with many question about how you want to give access to your lp account</li>
<li>Select an option <em>(no access, Read Non-Private data, Change Non-Private data, Read Anything, Change Anything)</em></li>
<li>You are redirected on askubuntu with an error message:</li>
<li><code>Launchpad Login Failed. Please try logging in again.</code></li>
<li>you can try again with any other options at step 7. <em>(I've tryed them all, all failed)</em></li>
</ol>
<p>Looks like an oidc error, or a config somewhere between askubuntu/ubuntuSSO/launchpad.</p>
<p>"Is it just me" ? :)</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2020976AI-generated content is not permitted on Ask Ubuntuandrew.46https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/575762023-01-05T06:44:59Z2024-02-19T00:12:43Z
<p>As of February 2 2023, there is a ban on the use of AI-generated content on Ask Ubuntu.</p>
<p>This ban involves:</p>
<ol>
<li>Deletion of <em>all</em> AI-generated content, whether acknowledged as such or not</li>
<li>Moderator warning email for initial occurrence</li>
<li>The usual escalation of penalties for further infractions</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Grammar and Spell Checking Tools</strong>: Note that it is the moderator team's opinion that the use of Grammarly and spell checking tools to correct grammar errors and spelling errors is not <em>AI-generated content</em>. Using those tools to improve your own written posts' grammar or to correct spelling errors is not forbidden; however, we are specifically barring the use of ChatGPT and other AIs as the sole source of generating answer content.</p>
<p><strong>Timeline:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Community Consultation</strong>: On December 19th 2022, Community discussion commenced <a href="https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/20185/57576">on AU Meta</a> concerning our position on AI-generated content. This discussion attracted considerable Community interest and involvement.</li>
<li><strong>Temporary Ban</strong>: On January 5th 2023, while Community discussion was taking place, there was a considerable upsurge in the number of of AI-generated answers and spam messages posted on Ask Ubuntu. To get control of this upsurge of incorrect, nonworking, and unvetted content in answers, a temporary ban on AI-generated answers was instituted. This ban continued until February 2, 2023, when a permanent ban was instituted.</li>
<li><strong>SE Enforcement Guidelines</strong>: On May 29 2023 SE issued a set of <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/391626/662263">enforcement guidelines</a> which prohibited most of the Ask Ubuntu interventions related to AI-generated content. This action, along with several other factors, lead to the general strike by Moderators and curators of SE.</li>
<li><strong>Strike Resolution and new Policy</strong>: On August 6th 2023, with the strike resolved, <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/391990/662263">a new AI Policy</a> was jointly created by SE staff and Moderators.</li>
</ul>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/1983818Improving question closed banners for most users - short wording needed for site specific reasonsZannahttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/5277642021-12-02T09:13:15Z2024-01-31T16:57:07Z
<p>So, not very long ago a change was made to the format of the banner that appears at the top of closed questions. It no longer shows who closed the post (I disapprove of this change, but this post here is not about that) and it no longer shows a detailed description of the reason for closure, except to the OP and to users with the close vote privilege, which is a small minority of all visitors to the site.</p>
<p>Here are some examples:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>This is what a question closed as <strong>"no-repro"</strong> looks like to the author of the question:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/0w8s0.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/0w8s0.png" alt="private feedback for you" /></a></p>
</blockquote>
</li>
<li><p>Here's what a question closed as <strong>"not about Ubuntu"</strong> looks like to high rep users:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/JbPNW.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/JbPNW.png" alt="viewable by the post author and users with the close /reopen votes privilege" /></a></p>
</blockquote>
</li>
<li><p>And here's what that question looks like in an <strong>incognito/private browsing session</strong> (i.e. to the vast majority of users):</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/FwsJz.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/FwsJz.png" alt="detailed feedback missing" /></a></p>
</blockquote>
</li>
</ul>
<p>The text explaining the reason for the closure is missing. There's currently no way for this text to be displayed to everyone.</p>
<p>Personally, I think this is bad, because people who don't have the close voting privilege should still be able to understand why questions are being closed. This will be particularly helpful to keen new users who want to learn how to do moderation tasks, and to visitors thinking of posting questions.</p>
<p>In the future, this might change, but for now, we can make at least a small improvement. You'll notice that there is a part of the close notice that is shown to everyone:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/bxdhR.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/bxdhR.jpg" alt="freehand red circle" /></a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>At the moment, this is the same for all of our site-specific close reasons. It just says the question is off topic.</p>
<hr />
<p>The point of this post (if you're still reading, thanks :) ) is to propose short versions of each of the reasons to be used instead of that generic text, so that everyone can at least get some idea of why the question was closed.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>I propose that the short version of <strong>close reason #1</strong>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>This is not about an <strong><a href="https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic">official Ubuntu flavor</a></strong>. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix & Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>be this:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>This question is <a href="https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic">off topic</a>; it's not about an official Ubuntu flavor.</p>
</blockquote>
</li>
<li><p>I propose that the short version for <strong>close reason #2</strong>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Bug reports</strong> and <strong>problems specific to development version of Ubuntu</strong> should be <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug">reported on Launchpad</a> so that developers can see, track and fix these issues.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>be this:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>This question is <a href="https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic">off topic</a>; the issue should be reported as a bug.</p>
</blockquote>
</li>
<li><p>I propose that the short version for <strong>close reason #3</strong>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>End of Standard Support or End of Life Release</strong><br />
This question is specific to a release of Ubuntu which has reached its <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases" rel="nofollow noreferrer">end of standard support or end of life</a> date, and is not related to asking for help to upgrade to a supported release. Such questions are considered unsupported and off-topic on Ask Ubuntu.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>be this:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>This question is <a href="https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic">off topic</a>; it's specific to an <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases" rel="nofollow noreferrer">old unsupported release</a>.</p>
</blockquote>
</li>
<li><p>I propose that the short version for <strong>close reason #4</strong>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>This describes a problem that can't be reproduced, that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>be this:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>This question is <a href="https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic">off topic</a>; it's about a problem that can't be reproduced.</p>
</blockquote>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Please post any thoughts on this issue and/or feedback or suggestions to improve the proposed wording in answers or comments.</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/1582631Is the Ask Ubuntu community generally more friendly than Stack Overflow - If so, why?user3728501https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/1219692016-07-31T01:26:55Z2024-02-25T21:39:43Z
<p>This is not a rant! These are my initial thoughts in a discussion which I'm hoping other people will want to engage with. I want to hear your opinions on the following questions which I put to you.</p>
<p>I have been using Stack Overflow and Ask Ubuntu on and off for a few years now. I used to use Stack Overflow much more regularly, but then I experienced a phase of unpleasant exchanges and decided I would try and avoid the site in future if possible.</p>
<p>This hasn't worked out all that well for me, as now when I use it I tend to ask more awkward questions because I can't find the solution myself - this tends to lead to arguments or confrontation regardless of how one phrases a question because the so community seems to have a high percentage of users who react badly to awkward questions. (Keep in mind this is just my personal experience over a few years. You might think differently and not agree.)</p>
<p>Perhaps this is a controversial statement? Call it trolling or just offhand or perhaps confusing and unconstructive comments if you will, but my personal feelings are that I will be treated much more politely on ask Ubuntu than stack overflow.</p>
<p>Why do I compare these two sites? Mainly because I haven't used the others that much. I feel as if I have enough experience of both to make the comparison.</p>
<p>What is the cause of this? Are Ubuntu users more harmonious as their operating system of choice is less likely to cause outbursts of rage than other operating systems? Is it that ask Ubuntu is just geared towards being noob friendly and so we are more patient here? Or is something else going on?</p>
<p>I want to know about other peoples experiences of other Stack Exchange sites. Is this pattern repeated elsewhere? Do you agree with my feeling that stack overflow can be hostile at times or have you never experienced this yourself? I guess its possible that it's just me, or my interpretation of the users there, or that I've just been unlucky, but I dont think this is the case.</p>
<p>Finally, is there anything that can be done? Should we even try to do something? Perhaps it would be better to do nothing because there isn't enough of a problem here to worry about or because it isn't morally right to try and influence other users behavior? What do you think about these points? When moving a discussion to chat, a pop-up appears reminding users to be polite - so there is already a system in place, perhaps due to past problems.</p>
<p>Perhaps sometimes cultural differences come into play also. It would seem difficult or impossible to homogenize the cultural expectations of a global user community.</p>
<p>Why do I ask on Meta here and not Stack Overflow? The reason is simply that I think here this question will produce less negativity than on Meta Stack Overflow. I suspect putting it here, although obtaining less responses, is less likely to descend into chaos. (But let's see what happens, I could be wrong on this too.)</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/139237Underline on new reputation graph looks weirdShadow Wizard Love Zeldahttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/1464412015-04-29T12:23:08Z2024-02-04T06:07:43Z
<p>This is what I see when hovering my reputation graph in the new profile page:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/RyLKs.png" alt=""></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Can the underline please be removed?</p>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/1391820What's your Ubuntu question? Be specificWilfhttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/1785962015-04-26T23:56:34Z2023-12-20T22:46:53Z
<p>I don't exactly know why this is the case anyway, but I have quite often seen new questions with the above title ('What's your Ubuntu question? Be specific') as the person asking the question cannot be bothered to add one (or didn't notice). This very annoying as it makes it more difficult for other people to find it if they need it. The recent example that sparked this is <a href="https://askubuntu.com/revisions/614520/1">here</a>. There is another <a href="https://askubuntu.com/revisions/618147/1">here</a> - I can't find other examples, presumably as the community here is wary enough to spot em and edit it in for the OP.</p>
<p>Could a thing be added that if the title is still empty, or contains <code>What's your Ubuntu question? Be specific</code>, it then flags it up the OP (a similar method to <a href="http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11508/would-a-off-topic-tag-warning-be-a-good-idea">this:</a>) <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HMZta.png" alt=""></p>
<p>with a message vaguely like:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>You have not included a title. Please include a specific title so it makes it easier for users of this site to find it, including some that could actually answer it.</p>
</blockquote>
https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/86847Am I penalized for trying to "improve" a test edit?Amandahttps://meta.askubuntu.com/users/130492014-03-08T21:56:27Z2023-12-20T18:51:59Z
<p>I got a suggested edit that seemed really weird:</p>
<p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/232686">https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/232686</a></p>
<p>I couldn't quite figure out what the edit was trying to achieve, and toggling between "markdown" and "rendered output" didn't make it more clear so I looked at the <a href="https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/232686">original question</a> which was kind of thin but actually had a good answer, and wanted to see the suggested edit in place. I hit "improve" -- I already suspected I was going to cancel the improvement and reject the edit, but I wanted to at least see if looking at the whole thing made any sense of what the edit was trying to achieve.</p>
<p>Instead, I got a message asserting that I'd failed a test. Now the edit is marked <code>Review audit failed 6 mins ago: </code></p>
<p>I'm frustrated because I feel like I have this "fail" stamp now and I actually just wanted to see the edit in the context of the full post.</p>
<p>Am I penalized for this in some way? It seems unfair, since I didn't accept the edit.</p>