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Can I unsubscribe from comments to my answers?
Is there a mechanism that allows me to “unsubscribe” from comment notifications on my answers? Ideally something that operates on a per-answer basis. Alternatively, can I mute certain people so their ...
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Can I tag people in the comments of an unanswered question?
I have noticed that some users have a lot of expertise in certain fields.
For example, C.S.Cameron has answered a lot of questions on interesting unconventional installation methods, N0rbert has ...
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Can a new-user comment and answer? Is a feedback to an answer allowed to be posted as an answer?
I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: How do I get the grub menu to show on a MacBook?
My post was not an answer but a comment, not sure if that's the reason because has been deleted.
I can't ...
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Link to Comments and Review Queue
How to get links to comments and to the review of a post to be added as "By Review"?
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Post Reviewing Useful Comments [duplicate]
I have seen the same set of comments being used by many reviewers. Can an experienced reviewer please provide a list of those comments? Here's one:
While this link may answer the question, it is ...
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What kind of text formatting is possible in reply of the question in Ask Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I'm a newbie on Ask Ubuntu.
I can use the text formatting in the body of question in Ask Ubuntu.
Then, what kind of text formatting is possible in reply of the question?
I did not find such ...
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When should I answer and when should I comment?
I enjoy helping out on this forum. Recently I have become more active in that.
Can someone tell me when I should comment and when I should answer? How do you know which one to use? In the answer ...
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Where can I see a summary of the comments I have made, like the question and answer summaries on my profile?
I tried searching many times in my profile, help center, here and Google, but I seem to be missing something.
Is there a way to see a Comments summary of my comments just like 'Answers' and '...
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User with 1 Reputation is able to comment
I stumbled about this question when it was eight hours old.
A new user (not the question author) commented under the question. The reputation score of the new user is "one". Looking immediately at ...
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Is it OK if I call on a high reputation user on part of my answer if it seems difficult from that point?
I have an answer on which the new user who posted the question requires further help though they have accepted the answer... But it turns out I am short of some knowledge in the case.
Can I, for ...
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There is something wrong with backslash ("\") behaviour in comments
I was writing comment to the question(about Samba, so it uses UNC with backslashes).
The source code of my comment:
On Linux you should use `//` instead of `\\`. On Windows you should use only `\\`. ...
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Is there any mechanism to block trolls from harassing you?
I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: Backup for Cloud Email
Is there any mechanism to block trolls from harassing you?
I asked my first question (linked above) and it's infested by someone ...
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How do I use the grey formatting in a comment? [duplicate]
Someone showed me (by editing my question for me) how to make some of your
text show up grey to show it is code.
Now I need to know how to do it in a comment.
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How to properly add code in comment
How can I properly add a line of code in a comment like this
test test
I like it more grey than test test if that is possible.
Or if there is another way to define code in a comment to make it ...
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In comments, how to write blocs of commands? [duplicate]
In questions, I was used to write the < pre > without spaces before a bloc and < /pre > without spaces after it. Maybe it is the old way. Now, I have tried it in a comment and it does not work. ...
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About retracted flags and the comment persisting
Case in point: How do I convert my usb installation from legacy boot to uefi?
By mistake I flagged as duplicate but later on noticed it was about Elementary OS. Retracted but the comment persists?
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Does "convert to edit" let moderators move comments?
When moderators convert an answer to and edit--which deletes the answer and places its content at the end of the question--do they have the ability to move the comments from that answer to the ...
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Change in domain name
My domain name changed from bodhizazen.net to bodhizazen.com
All the .net links now apparently point to spam.
I got a message about this in the comments from your staff here
/usr/sbin/update-info-...
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Why can't we upvote comments on this years mod elections?
I was reading a post from the 2014 elections and it has many upvoted comments.
Why can't we do it this year? it would save a lot of "me too" comments.
I wonder if this is a bug, as you can highlight ...
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Can I get links to Comments?
At present, I can get specific links to Questions and Answers by share Option. But for Comments only ^ and ⚑ are available
Sometimes comments contain Great Information and is very much help full. ...
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How many comment votes do we each get in a day?
Today I ran out of comment votes, I did not even know this could happen.
This is not attached to my Q&A votes, I still have 10 of them left.
So I can make sure I don't waste my votes, it was ...
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Confused about flagging comments and removal
I flagged two comments earlier as rude or offensive - they were, no doubt, they were insults.
The strange thing was these comments were instantly removed and my flags are listed as helpful in my ...
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Not able to comment on my own answer
I have enough reps but I am unable to comment on my answer to this question. What's the problem?
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How do I add URLs to comments and what are available aliases like [edit]?
I can't quite get how to add inline links to comments. There are some aliases like[edit] but I see that people add other useful links this way. Where can I find list of these aliases, or add inline ...
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Is it is possible to search my comment activity history?
I was messing around with the settings of the GIMP earlier, and I found a potential answer to a question I remember commenting on a while ago - I have tried searching through the search box from my ...
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How to find comments
On main profile there answers and questions . How to find our comments? Is there any way find out which question we commented on them?
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How to insert hyperlinks in comments?
Maybe I'm just making some silly mistake, but how do you create a hyperlink within a comment?
I have tried the regular html syntax, but that doesn't seem to work in comments, but it does work in ...
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Can I Know User Is Logged in or Not?
I want to know if a user is online at a given time or not. So that commenting on a question or answer would be effective.
Because the user profile only shows that the user was last seen : (Ex:30 ...
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Why the limits on the number of users that can be notified in one comment?
Sometimes, it becomes necessary to notify more than one user (using the @) in the same comment. However, the current system allows notifying only one user in the same comment.
Why this limit?
Can we ...
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@ replies do not auto-complete (or even show up) on comments
I cannot seem to get the "auto-complete" pop-up to appear. If I manually write out the entire name when replying, the @Pedro bit simply disappears once the comment is posted.
Tested on several ...
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Refer to a comment
I need to refer to a previous comment in a question/answer/comment. How can I link to this comment?
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What should be done to useful posts posted by new users as answer but should be comments?
I am refering to this post, which was posted as an answer, but should have been a comment to the accepted answer. The user did not have enough rep(50) to post a comment, so he posted it as comment, ...
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Could comments be allowed from 20+ [duplicate]
My opinion is that comment privileges are allowed until 50 reputation for what purpose" The Askubuntu Help Page says:
Privileges control what you can do on Ask Ubuntu. Gain more privileges
by ...
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How can I add an image to the comment section?
Yesterday, I asked this question on AskUbuntu.
Couple of people replied to me. But with the last answer, I need to post an image of terminal screenshot in add comment section to get more information. ...
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Formatting a comment
Is it possible to format a comment, as in, include blockqoute like properties?
I've noticed that the help mentions that 'code' can be used for code, but it doesn't seem to make a difference.
Either ...
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Why can't I add a comment to others' questions? [duplicate]
Why can't I add comments to others' questions? I can only answer questions but I need to clarify some more specifically. I see instructions that I should avoid thanking, clarifying and other things in ...
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How can I revive the pro-forma script after a failed loading of "remote"?
Following the question about pro-forma comments I installed them and then tried to enable the remote source, which seemingly failed (at least it took a very long time ™ without any noticeable network ...
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Can I give a bounty to a commenter?
I asked this question a few days ago. I got a couple of answers but nothing that worked so I added a bounty to try and get some more attention.
After placing the bounty, a user commented on one of ...
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How do you leave a comment on a question? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why are you only allowed to comment with 50 rep?
I only see a box for leaving an answer, but I can't seem to figure out how to leave a comment to a question.
I must be blind, ...
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Cannot add @name at the beginning of a comment in an answer
I want to comment an answer asking for more help, but cannot add the @name-of-user - the user that my comment is addressed to. Why is that?
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How do I add comments on answers? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
how do I leave a comment to an answer on the Ask Ubuntu site?
This may be a stupid question, but I don't get it. I see that all kinds of people leave comments on specific ...
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How do I edit my original question without rolling back?
I asked a question and subsequently a user (and then another one) edited my question. Their edits were tags (thank you) and formatting, both of which I really liked, but I have noticed a grammatical ...
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Comment with one rep without participation in post
Is there any explanation for why the first comment on this post has been made by a user with 1 rep and no participation on that thread? Is it a bug?
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How to back up and restore customized pro-forma userscript comments?
I have extensively customized my pro-forma userscript comments (with new comments and new wordings/linkifications for default ones). I use Chromium as my browser most of the time, and Firefox ...
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What happens to my comment if the parent question/answer is deleted?
Let's say that I leave a comment on a question, responding to an answer that was left.
Can the person who left the answer delete his answer and my comment? I didn't think that it was possible, is ...
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How to continue discussions important to a meta question?
Are long comment threads on meta questions discussing issues directly pertinent to the question considered bad, even if they do not become repetitive? I know this is considered bad on main...but meta ...
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Commenting questions [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why are you only allowed to comment with 50 rep?
When I am in 'AskUbuntu' look an Ask I can answer but I can't comment. And I can see other people that can comment it.
I have ...
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Should otherwise obsolete comments sometimes be retained for the community opinion their upvotes express?
Sometimes a comment with lots of upvotes is still obsolete and should be removed. This is usually the case, for example, when it requests information that the OP then provides (and provides in such a ...
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Can comments not part of a discussion still be flagged as "too chatty"?
Is it sometimes appropriate to flag comments as "too chatty" even if they are not actually part of discussion taking place in comments?
Here are some made up examples where I would be tempted to flag ...
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Code tag/code highlight problem in sub-comment on askUbuntu mainpage
I am wondering, why code tag and bold text option which both work perfectly fine in full comments doesn't work in sub-comments, like shown in the screenshot below, using the same syntax?!
Sometimes, ...
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