Questions tagged [asking-questions]
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Should we close questions that aren't well asked, even if it's obvious what the OP wants?
This is an example.
My first reaction was to vote for closure as Not a real question, yet the title says what's wrong, and the OP gave his error message.
Therefore, it doesn't really fall in the ...
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For how much time i will be prevented form asking questions [duplicate]
Recently I was blocked out form questioning on askubuntu because of too much downvoted questions, now the question is I have made enough rep progress after that how much time I have to wait to ask ...
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Can we get a better quality question for grub-rescue-error-unknown-filesystem
In doing some reviews, I came across a user who had this error issue, and was asking about a grub-rescue-error-unknown-filesystem issue.
I figured I would mark it as a duplicate, being a common issue, ...
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Could we add on the 'about' page that questions should be edited to provide more information?
On both the about page it is explained how the site works. To my eyes, this should include that a user asking question should edit his post to improve it if some other users are asking clarification ...
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several different problems in one question
Some questions like (How can I see/stop current running crontab tasks?) have several problems in them.
I think it is better to ask them step by step. but I do not know it is legal to ask such ...
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Are questions about legislation welcome to AU?
The question Is it legal to install msttcorefonts package? Is Wine legal? has just caught my attention. I'm tempted to vote it as "Off-topic - too localized", but also see that the question may be ...
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How do I find out if I have an answer to a question I post?
How do I find out if I have an answer to a question I post?
I have posted 2 questions. One was tagged as too vague, the other seems to have disappeared.
I am trying to get some traction on Ubuntu, ...
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have a question already asked but witout reply
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I have a question that has already been asked 4 moths ago. The author was asked to explain more his problem, but he didn't, so the topic was abbadoned.
I have the same problem and I can try to ...
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What are the quality standards for posting questions here? [duplicate]
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How do I interpret this “Your question does not meet our quality standards” error?
I keep trying to post a question and it won't let me because
It does not ...
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Why I am asked if I am a human being each time to be told that it has not been 20 minutes yet?
Sometime, I would like to create questions for a few issues. Since I don't have enough reputation, when I submit the second question, I am told to wait 20 minutes. The page does not tell up when ...
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AskUbuntu and Meta AskUbuntu in other languages? [duplicate]
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Are there any plans for localized Ask Ubuntu instances?
If not question, or proposed assertion. But what we do know is that I have very hard every time you ask a question, ...
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Can the barriers to posting be shown before the human verification?
It's quite frustrating to prove I'm a human right before being told that I'm not allowed to post for x and y reasons.. why not wait to check that I'm a human until after verifying it's ok to post?