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Is it a duplicate when the answer is given as background in another question?
After asking Question X (listing commands a package provides), the OP explicitly states he's not looking for ~X (the opposite of Question X), and by way of background provides what the answer for ~X ...
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Reopen 388541 that asks the why's not the how's
This question of mine was closed on the basis that I'm asking the same question... I'm not. I specifically ask the "Why apt-get install update fails" (which normally people try to update their systems)...
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What do we in cases where users answer questions that have been marked as duplicates?
I have just marked a question as a duplicate and after sometime I have found other users answering it with the same answers like in the linked duplicate question.
How can I handle such cases?
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Please avoid lengthening existing duplicate chains
A recent example:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/433029/finding-my-ip-without-using-google
is tagged as a duplicate of
Command to know my external IP address?
which is itself a duplicate of How can ...
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The current mess of the apt/dpkg tag
Apparently while I was not seeing, the apt/dpkg tag became a mess. There are a bunch of posts that are duplicated one of the other, a long list of concatenated duplicates of duplicates, duplicates ...
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Duplicates Policy Incentivizes Clutter Rather Than Canonical
Disadvantages of Current Duplicates Policy
Stated briefly, the current policy encourages proliferation over pruning.
The disadvantages of the current duplicates policy stem from the fact that it is ...
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Why is this marked a duplicate?
This question was marked a duplicate: Tried to install wireless driver and now terminal and update manager no longer work either
However, the link given, Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers contains ...
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Start closing "I can't see partitions while installing" questions
I have seen a lot (really tons of them) questions regarding "I can't see [Windows] partitions while installing Ubuntu".
A common property between all of them is that almost none of them has close ...
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Why is this question (install Sony Xperia kernel dev) marked as a duplicate?
I asked this question with a link to that answer which I used to install the Android SDK.
My question, however, asks about the kernel sources for Sony Xperia ZR, as it can be downloaded from the Sony ...
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What to do with boatload of screen-resolution related questions?
I was browsing Ask Ubuntu for a bit and I found that there are a lot of screen-resolution related questions who are badly asked/answered or not answered at all.
A lot of the questions are very ...
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Question incorrectly duped
It's my opinion that this question: How can I make apt-get wait for another instance to finish? should not have been duped to How to make a package manager wait if another instance of APT is running?. ...
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why different question marked as duplicate (on emulation and installing exe)?
I don't understand why this question How to run neogeo games is marked of duplicate of this question How can I install Windows software or games? ?
The first one ask about emulation in Ubuntu, where ...
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Lets do something with "Set up dual monitor" post!
After read this post I though "I'll find the dupe and done" but after search for a dupe about "How to set up dual monitor?" I didn't find any question with acceptable answers.
There are a lot of ...
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Merging questions about deduplication of files and folders?
Can the following questions be merged? These questions all look a lot similar and they all have valuable answers (most of which are similar, which is 'use fdupes'). Are we going to maintain a ...
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Windows 8 and Ubuntu Dual-boot: Many duplicates
It seems to me that Ask Ubuntu is flooded with questions about Windows 8 and Ubuntu dual-booting systems. Should we be concerned about SE quality and over-asked questions? Here are two examples, (...
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Duplicate questions by same user
Ashwin joined and immediately asked the same question twice within 4 hours:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/297351/ubuntu-13-04-is-not-booting
https://askubuntu.com/questions/297406/ubuntu-13-04-not-...
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Over use of "My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?"
Is anyone else seeing an over use of My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it??
Half of the close reviews I see are close, duplicate of that question. That normally ...
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I've found a duplicate user; what should I do?
I just stumbled upon this question:
I can't install Ubuntu 13.04 on a new computer
And in the sidebar for this question I found this Related question:
I can't install Ubuntu 13.04 on a new ...
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What to do with questions from here that have already been answered in another SE site?
Frequently, I see unanswered questions from this site that has been previously asked in another SE site (mostly SO) and this one has an answer that have worked for the OP.
Should I copy and paste the ...
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Should we downvote duplicate questions?
I have been around for a few months now. What I notice is that the same questions keep on being asked over and over again. For instance about what ubuntu version to use, problems to install, questions ...
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Badge cheating?
I came across a user with low rep but a gold famous question badge and was curious. It seems his question (the only one he has) was marked as a duplicate of the actual famous question.
This seems to ...
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Can I get banned for deleting my question?
I want to delete a question I asked but I don't know exact consequence. I'm going to try to delete a question I asked that was a duplicate (but it's not closed, it's just marked as duplicate). I don't ...
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Wrong duplicate chosen for closed question, okay to just edit in the correct one?
Hard to come up with a shorter or clearer title, sorry.
'Cannot Upgrade my Ubuntu' was closed as a dupe, and it is. The issue is that the wrong duplicate was chosen by mistake (with possibly none of ...
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Can we re-open this question asking how to throttle bandwidth per-user?
This question, 'Is there an easy way to limit user bandwidth usage?' was closed as a duplicate. The possible duplicate, 'How I can limit Download/Upload bandwidth?' does not answer the new question, ...
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How to handle chains of "duplicate of..."?
Sometimes one post (P1) is commented "possible duplicate of P2". P2 itself is commented "possible duplicate of P3".
Example:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/246610/how-to-increase-battery-duration-...
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Do we need a canonical partition recovery question? How shall we make it?
We have many questions about how to recover a whole partition. Typically it's an NTFS partition, destroyed by telling Ubiquity to install Ubuntu using the entire disk instead of alongside other ...
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Should a question ever be considered for migration in anticipation of closure and merging?
When a question is cross-posted here and another Stack Exchange site, and it gets good, valuable answers on both sites, is it appropriate to flag one of them for migration so it can then be duped and ...
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In an answer, should I link to the same question found on Unix&Linux Stackexchange?
Take this question: What are some typical uses of hard links?
I found the exact same question in the Unix&Linux Stack Exchange site: Why do hard links exists?
Should I post an answer with a link ...
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What to do with widespread questions about issues updating?
At the time of updating the system, sometimes appears package errors. e.g.:
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with something /var/lib/apt/lists/*
E: The package lists or ...
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What is the rationale for marking these questions as duplicates?
I came across What are the differences between different releases of Ubuntu? earlier today, and noticed that for some reason it ended up being closed as a duplicate of What is the difference between ...
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Should we have a blanket question for "Is this hardware compatible with Ubuntu?"
I know shopping recommendations are off-topic, but I think "Is this hardware compat" or "What hardware is compat" could have a useful answer that links to the Canonical certified hardware page.
A ...
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Should there be a canonical "How/where do I get package X edge PPA" question?
Should there be a canonical "How/where do I get package X edge PPA" question?
Alternately, should it be rolled in to the "What are PPAs and how do I use them" question?
I've seen at least three ...
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How do we find high traffic duplicates?
I noticed that this question just got 10,000 views:
How to install java and enable java plug in for firefox in Ubuntu 12.04LTS?
I've flagged it to either be merged or have the answer removed so that ...
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Should a question be flagged as duplicate even if the question (older) pointed to as the duplicate has no answers?
I have encountered this predicament when reviewing posted questions and answers on AU.
Should I flag a question as a duplicate even if the older question pointed to as the duplicate has no answers ...
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This question mistakenly flagged as a duplicate, correct?
This question from an experienced AU member was closed yesterday. I think it was a mistake to close it. The question is clear and the linked duplicate does not fully answer the original.
Direct ...
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Create sub sections/categories to accommodate specialities?
So perhaps Ask Ubuntu has enough weight to initiate subsections in the site. I was looking through the questions and felt quite intimidated because I didn't know any of the answers.
Perhaps ...
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Let's consolidate "black screen on boot" questions
We have 858 questions about this, it's probably time to consolidate this into one good CW and start duping things instead of having it all over the site, so we made this:
My computer boots to a ...
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When is ok to repost a question on linux.SE?
Ok, so I have been going back and forth on questions between askubuntu.SE and linux.SE. I don't mean to compare, but experience is telling me that I tend to get a better response rate on linux.SE. A ...
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Answering Duplicate questions
I have noticed that some users are answering questions that are exact duplicate, specially the ones that have a comment pointing to the duplicate.
Is there a way to stop this? I mean the system ...
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How to handle duplicate answers that add nothing?
I'm not talking about exact copying, failure to give credit, or one person passing off another person's answer as their own.
Rather, I'd like to know what the best practice is when one user answers a ...
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What is the canonical Ruby on Rails question?
Writing these down before we forget. We have a bunch:
Best way to Install Ruby 1.9, Rails 3, Postgres, Heroku, GitHub, Using RVM?
How do I set up Ruby on Rails?
Step by step guide to install Ruby on ...
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Finding questions that other questions have been closed as a dupe of
Is there a way to find questions with a high closed as dupe points here count?
If there were, I think it would be a great way to get a list of questions for people with close-votes without as much ...
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Why do we close duplicate questions?
I know that on AskUbuntu, we close duplicate questions. What is the reason that we do that? Is it to narrow the amount of questions that exist on the site that way users don't need to sift through 20 ...
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Can older questions be closed as duplicates of newer questions in special circumstances on meta?
Here on meta, sometimes issues arise, and then arise again later as circumstances change. Is it appropriate, in such a situation, to close older questions about a topic as duplicates of a newer ...
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What are common canonical questions for our site?
So according to the Gospel of Spolsky 13:4, a core mission of Stack Exchange communities is to stop re-answering the same questions, and instead build a library of canonical answers. When general ...
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Why post a comment about a duplicate question?
Aren't we suppose to flag duplicate questions instead of posting comments about possible duplicates. Or it is the best practice to post a comment in addition to flagging a question as duplicate?
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Closed as exact duplicate -> where is the solution?
Mu question Can I do an install onto a 4GB usb stick which is smaller than the recommended installation size? was closed as exact duplicate with a url to possible duplicate answer.
Currently I have ...
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What should we point duplicates of "how to upgrade while skipping in-between releases" to?
I've noticed that there seem to be a lot of questions which basically ask, "how can I upgrade my Ubuntu installation directly from version x to version z, skipping version(s) y in between?"
There ...
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Conflicting information on how to treat duplicate questions
When I found a duplicate question recently, I noticed some conflicting information on how new users like myself should handle such.
On Privileges - Cast Close and Reopen Votes it says that:
If ...
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What's the canonical "how do I downgrade?" question?
Today we got this one:
How to downgrade Ubuntu?
Which I knew was a dupe, but we have a bunch of these:
downgrading ubuntu from 11.10 to 10.04
Downgrade Ubuntu 11.10 to older release (8.10)
This ...
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