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Can we create a "template question"
Some users (especially first time users) ask completely rubbish questions, such as https://askubuntu.com/questions/486830/wi-fi-on-ubuntu-14-04-hp-g70-laptop, they say "unfortunately wi-fi is not ...
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Why don't we improve the design of the link to the about page?
I'm a user of Ask Ubuntu for more than 11 months, and just today I noticed the about page.
To be honest, I didn't think that such great content would be in such a little link.
This page is very ...
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Would adding a beginners section to this site make it easier to use?
I have been using Ask for a while now, but have noticed a problem, there are many spam questions, if you will.
To clarify my meaning if you search the site for things like "how to burn a live CD" or "...
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Mentor program for Ask Ubuntu(Read: StackExchange)
Is there a possibility of creating a mentor program where an experienced user helps one or two specific users to get used to the site and its operations? When I had signed up, the complex reputation ...
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Push users through the Tour as part of onboarding
Recently, this post came up on Meta, and they brought up a good point (paraphrased):
I should have read the tour, but i couldn't even find it or even know that one existed. When you ask for help, ...
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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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New accounts being created for just a question.?
I have recently encountered a lot of questions by new users that create an account only for that particular question of theirs.
What is annoying is the fact that these users leave the question ...
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Why not moderate questions from new users before making them visible on site?
I had suggested before also that questions from new users should not be posted directly on the site rather they should be moderated first and they should be visible to only users with high reputation (...
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Why are new users allowed to post links?
Although you may argue that they are limited to one link per post, they are actually able to post more than one link by enclosing it with ``s (and other ways), so making it so that they are not ...
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