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Can chat get a redesign? Please?
I considered posting this on Meta SE instead of Ask Ubuntu Meta, but because several of these are Ask Ubuntu specific, I went with here. That said, I think the rest of SE chat should get an update, ...
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Questions regarding official chat rooms' ownership
According to my opinion, there are 3 main/official chat rooms in our site:
Ask Ubuntu General Room
Raiders of the Lost Downboat
Island of castaway thoughts
What is the official policy regarding ...
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The 'Raiders of the Lost Downboat' chat room
Who created the 'Raiders of the Lost Downboat' chat room?
What is the room currently used for?
What was the room used for?
Who came up with the name 'Raiders of the Lost Downboat'?
Who were the room ...
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I would like to ask what the pros and cons are for Unity 8 vs GNOME 3
Would it be appropriate to ask this on the main site or should I start a chat room? If I start a chat room, how would people know that it's there?
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Ask Ubuntu Chat Twitter Bot
For those of you who don't already know, we have a realtime chat room over at http://chat.askubuntu.com — lots of us (including a couple of moderators) hang out there. We help new users with ...
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What should WolfBot do for us?
Right now, I'm busy making a chatbot for AskUbuntu known as WolfBot (you can play with it over in the testing room). You may remember the bot from such hits as Where should WolfBot live?, and everyone'...
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Where should WolfBot live?
Recently, I began pursuing a goal of making a chatbot for our AskUbuntu General Room. One of the features I added to the bot was a filter that would run every minute, attempting to find any ...
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More interesting name for our main chat room?
Most sites use interesting and humorous chat room names related to their site topic, like
/dev/chat (Unix &Linux)
The DMZ (Security)
Root Access (Super User)
The 2nd Monitor (Code Review)
The ...
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How do you set up a chat room without being told to do so?
On occasion I have been at fault for getting into discussions with members when asking a question. The trouble is I don't know how to set up a chat room without seeing the link that is visible after ...
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Why can you only upload images in chat?
Currently you are unable to upload anything but images in chat, why is this so? Is this because of security or some other reason such as space?
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#TheGreatIncredibleHashTag in the chat rooms
Why doesn't at least the chat make use of the # like the questions use tags, so that someone can say something in chat, then do a # with some text with it, and then if someone clicks on that, then it ...
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Why do chat posts appear twice at times?
Sometimes when I type in chat and post, it appears twice! Why does this happen? (Another user told me it is due to my slow internet connection. But can somebody elaborate and confirm it?) Also if the ...
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A question about the chatting system
Few days ago I was helping a user solve his problem, the discussion became long in the comment section. I wanted to move it to chat, but I've never ever used chat on SE before and he's from a ...
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Chat rooms in non-English languages
Someone created a Brazilian chat room in Ask Ubuntu. When questioned about the language, the room owner advised me to use pt-br for in-room conversations.
Is it OK to create a chat room for users of ...
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Is it ok to post someone's question in general chat?
I stumbled accross a question which I thought was very well written and didn't get as much attention as it deserved, and/or the answers aren't complete enough, other than putting a bounty on it there ...
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I saw something in chat I don't understand
What are some of the common chat items?
I want to understand what people who are more familiar with other chat clients are trying to say to me.
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Why is the upload button in chat missing?
I cannot see an upload button in chat.
Why is this? Maybe you require a certain amount of reputation to get this feature. How much do you need?
The fixed font button is missing, too.
Perhaps it ...
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Requesting chat rights for other users [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I invite a low rep user into chat?
Time to time, I get a new user that is committed to their problem, and I would like to help, but the comment lists are getting very ...
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When I post links to my questions in chat, am I doing it wrong?
From this question I got the strong impression that publicizing questions I've posted, by posting links to them in main chat--provided that it is done in moderation and not, for example, over and over ...
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Is it OK to post a link to my question in the general chat room, to publicize it?
If I ask a question and want to draw attention to it, is it OK to post links to it in the general chat room? Or is this considered bad, since there is already a questions feed and if lots of people ...
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How should we handle support requests in the Ask Ubuntu General Room?
In the past few weeks, I've noticed some newish users coming to the general room looking for IRC-style technical support or (perhaps more objectionably) using it as advertising space for their ...
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moving question-related discussions from comments to chat seems pointless, destroys clarifying information
After a bit of fact finding back and forth in the comments about a fix-it question, the site will now display something like:
Please avoid extended discussions in comments. Would you like to
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Potential Features for FlackBot [closed]
If FlackBot was to become a permanent fixture in chat what are some features which should be added to provide merit for it's presence in chat?
As with most other polls please only post one suggestion ...
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What is the purpose of the FlackBot in chat? Do we want it?
This is a question talking about the Ask Ubuntu General Room chat.
It seems like every day we have an incident where somebody goes over the top with the bot that sits in the room. A moderator has to ...
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Chat Room Policies: Ask Ubuntu General Room
Are there detailed policies outlining flag-worthy actions or kick/ban worthy offenses within the Ask Ubuntu General Room chat? If so, what are the policies, or can a link be provided to them?
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What is the Ask Ubuntu Classroom and how can I participate?
What?
The Ask Ubuntu classroom is a series of free sessions where an Expert teaches attendees some of their skills in a variety of fields.
Where?
The sessions are going to be held in the Classroom ...
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2011 Moderator Election - Town Hall Chat Digest
The following is a "digest" version of the 2011 Moderator Election Town Hall Chat . The format, as described on Meta Stack Overflow, is one answer to this question for every question asked in the Town ...
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Stack Exchange chat via Pidgin, Empathy, etc?
Is there any way to connect to Stack Exchange chat rooms in Pidgin or Empathy or a different chat program?
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Why do I need 20 reputation to chat even in the feedback channel?
I'm not sure how to answer to a previous answer so I joined the chat and I couldn't ask anyone as I'm lacking repuatation.
Come on guys, this side is supposed to be "easy" and enable an instant ...
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