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I was just seeing the snapshots of the old askubuntu site from Wayback machine, and when I clicked the "Ask Question" button, I saw this:

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Why did they remove this? I'm just curious. it could help new users if added back.(I wish I had this feature when joining this site)

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    StackExchange did this, not the AU team. The entire structure and format of the site has changed since that original snapshot you've seen. Hint though: new users still didn't read this when posting leading to closing of things, etc. so it never really had any major impact on things, probably why SE removed it.
    – Thomas Ward Mod
    Commented Dec 14, 2022 at 15:14
  • Thank you......
    – Rishon_JR
    Commented Dec 15, 2022 at 11:48

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Source: @ Thomas Ward and @V2Blast

StackExchange did this, not the AU team. The entire structure and format of the site has changed since that original snapshot you've seen. A hint though: new users still didn't read this when posting leading to the closing of things, etc. so it never really had any major impact on things, probably why SE removed it.

As a note, at least parts of this guidance are still shown in certain parts of the UI. For instance, when suggesting an edit (when you don't have the privilege to edit posts directly), or if you open the "Edit" link in a new tab/window, the "How to Edit" guidance is shown on the right side of the page when the cursor is in the title area, "How to Format" is shown when the cursor is in the body text area, and "How to Tag" is shown when the cursor is in the tag area

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    As a note, at least parts of this guidance are still shown in certain parts of the UI. For instance, when suggesting an edit (when you don't have the privilege to edit posts directly), or if you open the "Edit" link in a new tab/window, the "How to Edit" guidance is shown on the right side of the page when the cursor is in the title area, "How to Format" is shown when the cursor is in the body text area, and "How to Tag" is shown when the cursor is in the tag area.
    – V2Blast Staff
    Commented Dec 22, 2022 at 8:54

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