Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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What is wrong with this question? And why is it closed by mods? Why answers don't make sense?
https://askubuntu.com/questions/291221/error-with-tar-commad-cannot-open-no-such-file-or-directory
Can Someone explain what is wrong with this question, and why any discussion is shut like that by ...
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Re-working another user's answer?
Suppose I found an answer from a few years ago, a Python script or shell script, maybe C code. It works and answers the question, but it's buggy, the approach used isn't optimal, or messes up user ...
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Do we have an answer for “Is there a problem with the Ubuntu repositories”
Over the past two days, I've noted that https://packages.ubuntu.com/ has been having a couple of issues. Currently this question is looking for a package which should exists in xenial (libasm-java) ...
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Reopen a question closed as a duplicate of 3 different ones?
So this question has been closed as a duplicate of 3 different questions and their answers, but IMHO none of them really answer the original question: they're just related...
Is it appropriate to ...
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What should we do with answers only saying what not to do and advising readers to follow another answer instead
In this answer the user is sharing his experience of what not to do and says to follow the existing accepted answer.
IMHO this is a partial answer at best and not an answer at worst, but the OP has a ...
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What is considered a community consensus on Meta?
The info of the discussion tag here on Meta reads:
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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How to get reputation points so I can comment, vote, answer? [duplicate]
So I love this site. Usually I find an answer right away. But sometimes I do find another solution or simply want to comment on instructions and what I had to do perhaps differently because of my ...
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PROPOSAL: Checklist for addressing questions mentioning non-Ubuntu distributions
For those not aware of the context: One side of the community is pro editing out mentions of other OS where question asks about non-specific to OS things, such as scripting; another side, is pro-...
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Do we -always- close posts if they are not exclusively about Ubuntu?
I know this is a sensitive subject, and people seem to have a quite absolute opinion about it: posts not strictly and exclusively about Ubuntu.
Would I encourage people using other distros to post ...
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Why was muru's account suspended?
muru is one of the best users here, like Braiam and many other good folks. Out of curiosity, may I know why his account is suspended? He is a good guy. I just found out about his suspension by seeing ...
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Should questions be marked as duplicates when versions have changed drastically over many years?
Sometimes when answering or reviewing questions on Ask Ubuntu I can find a duplicate question to some degree, but the proposed duplicate question is very old and its main accepted answer is for a ...
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Community Promotion Ads — 2019
2019 is here! And with the new year, as usual, comes a new iteration of Community Promotion Ads! Let’s refresh these for the coming year :)
What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion Ads ...
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Why are there so many helpful people?
Sounds odd, I know. I think information should be free, but I am also wondering about the self-sustainability of those who offer up their time for free, for SE sites and open source developing. Is the ...
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Can I reuse my own answers outside of Ask Ubuntu?
Suppose one day I woke up and decided "I'm gonna start a blog about Ubuntu" or "I'm gonna write a book about Ubuntu". Over time I've accumulated large amounts of answers, some of which could be ...
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Should questions closed here and then posted in another SE site be flagged for deletion?
For example, Errors where encountered while processing and mint is weird - Linux mint [on hold] has been put on hold as off-topic. The poster then posted here.
Should such questions be flagged for ...
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Is reverse voting or merging a solution in this case?
I just read a question, Is there a command to factory reset Ubuntu? (asked in Dec '16) which was closed as a duplicate of Resetting Ubuntu to factory settings (asked in Feb '15) back in Aug '18. But ...
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Why is this not a good question?
I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: I don't know how I ended up here but what is ubuntu?
Why is this not a good question?
Update: here is the deleted post for those who can't see it:
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Is there a policy regarding usernames with only non-English alphabets?
After reading Is there a policy on the use of emojis or emoticons? Here comes another question.
Sometimes I face users who don't have even a single character of English in their usernames.
For ...
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Question about finding an application for a task on topic? [duplicate]
I'm starting to learn radio -- from the days of "Radio Rangers" and crystal sets, and vacuum tubes (valves, if you're British) -- and I'm looking for software to draw circuit diagrams. I specifically ...
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2018: a year in moderation
It's New Year's Day in Stack Exchange land...
A distinguishing characteristic of these sites is how they are moderated:
We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, ...
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Is there a policy on the use of emojis or emoticons?
Is there any policy on the use of emojis or emoticons?
Examples:
Can't login with my PIN password in Ubuntu 18.10
In https://askubuntu.com/posts/1105109/revisions it was part of the code until ...
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Can software recommendation still be used?
I need a free vpn that works on Ubuntu 16.04 and connects to UK. The old questions about that subject are obsolete.
I'd like to ask the question on this site, since it has a big community, definitely ...
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Is logging in via ssh without a password really the same as running a script as root?
During the course of review I noticed How can I avoid having to enter a password for an scp command by hard-coding the password into my script? sudodus asked some good questions in the comments and ...
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How do I edit my post instead of adding comment
I have posted a question, having acted on a suggestion, how do I edit my post instead of adding comment? I have a terminal feed-out to post.
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How can I be a voter
How can I be a voter. I want to thank the persons who helped me, but I don't how? If you would have already read my message you surely would know!
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Why is Ask Ubuntu set up to discourage users from participating?
For a while now I have noticed Ask Ubuntu has a system of PFO in place. The system I have experienced does not allow me to post or answer questions unless I have 50 reputation points. The system ...
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How is it that an OP with a rep of 1 can edit and add text to my answer
I posted at somewhat lengthy answer to an OP's original question, and later found out that the OP had edited my answer and added a whole bunch of unnecessary text.
I rejected the edit.
How can the ...
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What is better: Answering questions from OPs edit by a contributor or motivating OP to write his own answer?
Just a moment ago I came across this question Ubuntu 18.04, complex network configuration with Netplan. OP solved his problem on his own and added that in the question body. However, Thomas Ward added ...
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Why am I able to flag my own questions?
I just noticed that I (as everyone else) can flag my own questions.
There are fewer options (no "spam" nor "rude or abusive") to choose, but it's still possible to flag your own question as "should be ...
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What's my question doing in QueryXchanger? [duplicate]
About a month ago, I made this post.
However, I found out just now that my post is showing up verbatim in other sites.
https://mail.queryxchange.com/q/3_1085977/no-gui-after-kubuntu-18-10-upgrade-...
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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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Are hardware support questions on topic?
Can I ask about Ubuntu native (just plug it in) hardware support here?
I didn't see the word "hardware" on the tour. If this isn't the correct place, where should I ask?
If it IS on topic, can that ...
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Delete your own question
I recently posted a question on Askubuntu, I realized later that its answer is obvious and only needs to read the man page of a command.
Now I am not sure whether to delete it or let it or just close ...
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Should abbreviations and acronyms be discouraged?
Sometimes, a question is not clear simply because it contains an abbreviation or acronym that a reader doesn't understand. I wonder if the instructions should encourage the definition of these things ...
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What is required to become a moderator?
I can see some moderators editing posts here...
These moderators have little reputation points such as 100 approx. and few silver and bronze badges.
I wish to know what it takes to be a moderator on ...
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Make it possible to retract flags on comments
I have noticed that if I mistakenly flag a comment, I am not able to retract the flag afterwards. I think it would be a good feature to add the possibility to retract flags on comments.
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Is “any tool that runs on Ubuntu” on topic here? [duplicate]
That's the response I got to a flag I raised about a git question which had already been answered on StackOverflow a few years earlier.
Git runs on Ubuntu as well as on Windows or Mac, so it could be ...
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Do we care about new duplicate (or wrong) answers to old questions?
I'm noticing that I'm getting a lot of new answers to very old questions. An example from today: Way back in 2013 I was troubleshooting what turned out to be a dodgy cable that was preventing my phone ...
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Should the copy.com tag be removed?
It currently has no watchers. At this time, there are 13 questions tagged with copy.com.
copy.com has been discontinued.
I saw it in this recent question: compare and move a file from one directory ...
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Useless tag of the day: local
The local tag has no usage guidance and it has been applied to questions without any consistent sense (from package management to networking, wherever people think some meaning of the word "local" can ...
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Are any of these tags [remote]ly useful?
A few days ago I asked this question, and this answer by Kaz Wolfe pointed out that remote-login is only one of several tags about remote stuff.
remote-desktop, 761 questions
Questions that refer ...
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Ubuntu Cosmic Cuttlefish 18.10 is now released, and posts about it are (generally) No Longer Offtopic
As of about 17:47 UTC on October 18, 2018, Ubuntu Cosmic Cuttlefish 18.10 has been officially released. The corresponding release announcement email that went out to the ubuntu-announce mailing list ...
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Did my answer get down-voted for being too flashy?
I just posted an answer which got down-voted and I'm wondering if the graphics upset the down-voter who as usual didn't leave a comment as to reason: Set CPU governor to performance in 18.04
Not ...
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Does the [remote-login] wiki need an update?
I just reviewed this helpful edit suggestion and realised that Ubuntu 14.04 is the only currently supported Ubuntu the advice in the wiki is relevant to. What happened to remote-login-service, I ...
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Can we reopen the question about changing ownership of the /usr/bin, /usr/lib, and /usr/share directories?
The question I set /usr/bin, /usr/lib, and /usr/share to be owned by my regular user and now I am getting interesting errors is current closed as a duplicate of What if I accidentally run command “...
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Question and Answer Plus Rant in question box. Best Practices?
During review I was presented with How to connect to Bigcommerce webdav via 18.04<-- solution At first glance this appears to be just a Question and answer combined and in fact @triplee caught that ...
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Should we have a “Culture Tour”?
The Welcome Tour takes new users through the mechanics of the SE sites.
Should we have an additional tour that explains key behaviours that are expected of the AskUbuntu community?
Things like:
(...
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Was this improvement necessary or required?
I came across this edit by abu_bua. I just want to know what is the use of this edit or was it even needed or is it just for increasing the numbers?
PS: No personal differences with abu_bua. Just ...
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Which flag should be raised for answers about Kali Linux?
I came across this answer for this question.
We tried Kali Linux on Crouton with Enlightment desktop, and got the same error. It turns out they changed dbus to use different options syntax, or ...
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Posting answers on different ubuntu versions [duplicate]
Assume there was some problem for an older version of Ubuntu and some one have asked about that.Then I got the same or very similar problem on a newer Ubuntu version and I cold solve it by different ...
