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27 questions linked to/from When are questions about "ubuntu+1" appropriate?
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Are bugs necessarily off-topic?
Jorge Castro recently commented on one of my questions that it should be filed as a bug instead. And I've seen here that the general view is that questions about bugs should be considered off-topic ...
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Often used off-topic close reasons, more default reasons for off-topic?
Now that we have new close reasons I noticed that sites have custom off-topic reasons.
The site allready has reasons for bugs and "not Ubuntu".
But, the major one I see missing is End of Life ...
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"Bug reports and problems with the development version of Ubuntu should be reported on Launchpad"
Bug reports and problems with the development version of Ubuntu should
be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and fix
these issues.
My first reading of this text is that it ...
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Please stop voting to close 13.04 questions for no reason
There were a bunch of great questions this morning in the close queue because they were about 13.04. It doesn't make sense to close them just because 13.04 is a few days away. We're supposed to be ...
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Please Remove "Bug Report" Close
According to Ability to close a question as a bug report, its speculated that closing as a bug better serves the community's users.
I'm finding the exact opposite in practice. That is, the bug ...
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Beta/Alpha/Development versions are said not being covered - so Ubuntu Touch questions are not welcome?
I just read the comment "Ubuntu Phones is in development, so it is off-topic here at Ask Ubuntu. We do not support Beta/Alpha/Development versions."
Are questions welcome regarding Ubuntu Touch only ...
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Regarding the influx of 16.04 questions
First off, I know that having a rush of questions for a late-development release is nothing new. It's just that I'm somewhat new and only just noticing this.
Recently, I've seen a lot of 16.04 ...
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Are you going to close every Oneiric question?
I see a bunch of questions like How do I set a theme in Oneiric? that are closed as "too localized.... unlikely to every help any future visitor". Well, the answer to it would have helped me (I think)...
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Closed questions which may be considered for reopening after the release of Artful
I was keeping a list of questions which got closed as off-topic as they were about 17.10 for past few weeks. Now as 17.10 is released, I think at least some of the questions have the potential to be ...
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Should our FAQs be updated to better define 'Ubuntu +1' topicality?
Our FAQs clearly define questions about upcoming releases as off-topic:
This is not the right place for:
Issues with the next version of Ubuntu (Ubuntu+1) (More information about Alpha ...
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Questions about Amazon search results in the Dash in 12.10 are off topic, are we making an exception here?
Questions about Amazon search results appearing in the Dash in 12.10 are appearing here on the site. Example 1, Example 2.
Reading our FAQ:
This is not the right place for...Issues with the next ...
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Questions about the future is off-topic?
As Ubuntu gets more attention in the general media (which is a very good thing), people get more questions they'd like to get answers to. For instance, HUD is going to attract a lot of curiosity.
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