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It seems that recently on AskUbuntu, questions have been slipping through the Close-Wall (The wall that keeps a question from being seen by more than a few people). Until now this wall had redirected most questions to another site such as Super User,, but now it seems that instead, people are starting to answer these questions. Now yes, it is good that people are having their questions answered, but not like this. As more and more of these questions are asked, it SEEMS that they are on topic, therefore "inviting" other users to ask these questions as well. One example of this is Questions of Python. Yes, Python is an Ubuntu compatible program, but asking a question about python most times has nothing to do with Ubuntu or issues with it. So many people have asked these kinds of questions that they start to not at all be flagged as off topic. A similar question was asked herehere, but this relates more to just asking you all to if you see these questions about programming that may not be Ubuntu related, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, Close it, or if it is sort of related, try to redirect the user so they can recieve more support.

It seems that recently on AskUbuntu, questions have been slipping through the Close-Wall (The wall that keeps a question from being seen by more than a few people). Until now this wall had redirected most questions to another site such as Super User,, but now it seems that instead, people are starting to answer these questions. Now yes, it is good that people are having their questions answered, but not like this. As more and more of these questions are asked, it SEEMS that they are on topic, therefore "inviting" other users to ask these questions as well. One example of this is Questions of Python. Yes, Python is an Ubuntu compatible program, but asking a question about python most times has nothing to do with Ubuntu or issues with it. So many people have asked these kinds of questions that they start to not at all be flagged as off topic. A similar question was asked here, but this relates more to just asking you all to if you see these questions about programming that may not be Ubuntu related, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, Close it, or if it is sort of related, try to redirect the user so they can recieve more support.

It seems that recently on AskUbuntu, questions have been slipping through the Close-Wall (The wall that keeps a question from being seen by more than a few people). Until now this wall had redirected most questions to another site such as Super User,, but now it seems that instead, people are starting to answer these questions. Now yes, it is good that people are having their questions answered, but not like this. As more and more of these questions are asked, it SEEMS that they are on topic, therefore "inviting" other users to ask these questions as well. One example of this is Questions of Python. Yes, Python is an Ubuntu compatible program, but asking a question about python most times has nothing to do with Ubuntu or issues with it. So many people have asked these kinds of questions that they start to not at all be flagged as off topic. A similar question was asked here, but this relates more to just asking you all to if you see these questions about programming that may not be Ubuntu related, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, Close it, or if it is sort of related, try to redirect the user so they can recieve more support.

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It seems that recently on AskUbuntu, questions have been slipping through the Close-Wall (The wall that keeps a question from being seen by more than a few people). Until now this wall had redirected most questions to another site such as Super User,, but now it seems that instead, people are starting to answer these questions. Now yes, it is good that people are having their questions answered, but not like this. As more and more of these questions are asked, it SEEMS that they are on topic, therefore "inviting" other users to ask these questions as well. One example of this is Questions of Python. Yes, Python is an Ubuntu compatible program, but asking a question about python most times has nothing to do with Ubuntu or issues with it. So many people have asked these kinds of questions that they start to not at all be flagged as off topic. A similar question was asked here, but this relates more to just asking you all to if you see these questions about programming that may not be Ubuntu related, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, CLOSE ITClose it, or if it is sort of related, try to redirect the user so they can recieve more support.

It seems that recently on AskUbuntu, questions have been slipping through the Close-Wall (The wall that keeps a question from being seen by more than a few people). Until now this wall had redirected most questions to another site such as Super User,, but now it seems that instead, people are starting to answer these questions. Now yes, it is good that people are having their questions answered, but not like this. As more and more of these questions are asked, it SEEMS that they are on topic, therefore "inviting" other users to ask these questions as well. One example of this is Questions of Python. Yes, Python is an Ubuntu compatible program, but asking a question about python most times has nothing to do with Ubuntu or issues with it. So many people have asked these kinds of questions that they start to not at all be flagged as off topic. A similar question was asked here, but this relates more to just asking you all to if you see these questions about programming that may not be Ubuntu related, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, CLOSE IT.

It seems that recently on AskUbuntu, questions have been slipping through the Close-Wall (The wall that keeps a question from being seen by more than a few people). Until now this wall had redirected most questions to another site such as Super User,, but now it seems that instead, people are starting to answer these questions. Now yes, it is good that people are having their questions answered, but not like this. As more and more of these questions are asked, it SEEMS that they are on topic, therefore "inviting" other users to ask these questions as well. One example of this is Questions of Python. Yes, Python is an Ubuntu compatible program, but asking a question about python most times has nothing to do with Ubuntu or issues with it. So many people have asked these kinds of questions that they start to not at all be flagged as off topic. A similar question was asked here, but this relates more to just asking you all to if you see these questions about programming that may not be Ubuntu related, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, Close it, or if it is sort of related, try to redirect the user so they can recieve more support.

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