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Is it possible for a deleted answer to be converted to a question?
This question was prompted in part by the content of this one which got me to wondering if the system allows this type of reassessment, either manually or automatically. And if so, what level of ...
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Mystery missing 10 reputation [duplicate]
As you can all see in the screen shot below I apparently had 400 rep
However when I went to the reputation tab on my profile page it says i have 390 rep nor is there any entry to show the reputatuon ...
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What counts as a "controversial" edit?
In the Suggested Edits stats there is a "controversial" edits section. But after looking at these edits I'm not so sure what is so "controversial" about them and why the system identifies them as such....
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What does it mean when a post is bumped to homepage by the Community?
Today I noticed this on a post:
What exactly does this mean and what triggered it?
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I can see this deleted question even though I don't have 10k? [duplicate]
Title pretty much sums it up. I am somehow able to view this question even though I don't have 10k reputation.
Is this a bug?
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duplicate flag - is it possible to update linked duplicate question?
I had the following case:
I reviewed a question, and decided that it is a duplicate of another question.
I flagged it as a duplication of that question
The question was edited and a comment was ...
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Isn't a comment in reply to a deleted comment obsolete by default?
I was reviewing some of my answers yesterday in an effort to earn the Sportsmanship badge, cleaning up some of my obsolete comments along the way on the main site and flagged a couple comments for ...
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Why do some questions appear with a red background?
As I was looking through some of the unanswered questions I noticed that some were appearing with a red background like the one in the photo below. Does anyone know what it means?
Thanks!
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Where to direct Windows 10 users
A lot of people dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows, and many have problems that have more to do with Windows than Ubuntu. Is there an AskWindows site or something similar to that where I can direct such ...
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About how best to question an edit
Some time ago, I asked a question... no answers were forthcoming... I continued to research. After a while, I found the exact solution to the question I had asked. I edited the question and provided ...
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What criteria should be used when considering merge candidates?
This question was prompted by the results of a normal dupe search on this question.
I discovered 2 possible duplicates as listed below and my first thought was that they should be merged.
Duplicate ...
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A canonical question for installing Nvidia GPU drivers?
Do we have a canonical question for this right now?
Since nvidia-common became nvidia-xxx I am having a hard time finding a good Q&A for it.
I saw this question; it is basically "How do I ...
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I really need help with my question, how do I get help?
I am a new user with only one question, but I really need help with it. I am new to Linux and therefor have no ability to answer or edit questions, and without a rep of 20 I am not able to chat with ...
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Made an edit to a question but didn't get credit for it. Instead, OP did
I just edited this question: Incorrect resolution and no wifi and no usb after update, but didn't get credit for it. Instead, the credit seems to have gone to OP. What happened there? Did OP copy-...
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I have reason to believe that a user has created 2 accounts what should be done in this case? [duplicate]
I worked on both of these questions:
Unable to connect to the internet via ethernet (using a pppoe) , though it works via wi-fi
Connecting cable/fibre internet using PPPoE in Ubuntu
It's become ...
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Question is a duplicate of a question on another Stack Exchange website
If a question is a duplicate of another on a different Stack Exchange website such as Super User, then would I link it in the comments or paste the solution as an answer so it can be stored on AU for ...
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Is there any .gifv or .gif support to be embedded in answers/questions? [duplicate]
I was wondering if there was any support for adding .gifv or .gif files/links in the same format as a regular image would be embedded as so:
I think that this could be useful for adding little short ...
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Why is the review time "come back" period variable?
After reviewing 20 close vote duplicates I got the "Thank you, come back in X hours" message. I'm curious as to why the number of hours varies. Yesterday I got one that said 6 hours and today it says ...
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Why are unanswered questions always getting upvotes but no answers?
My question has only upvotes but no answers, yet no comments. It's just a distant dessert I guess.
Why is it so inactive?
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What should I (or we) do about answers that obviously miss the point of the question entirely?
I came across this answer to “Adobe PDF for Ubuntu 64 bit 15.10” recently. The question is about installing Adobe Reader on recent Ubuntu releases. The answer explains the whole story with the ...
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Is it possible to respond to the author of a deleted question?
I awoke this morning to find this in my inbox. At some point between the author leaving the comment and my receiving it the original question was deleted by the author. I'm wondering if there is a way ...
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Again three VLQ flags have been declined. Can anyone explain?
I flagged three answers:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/805304/what-driver-should-i-use-for-best-performance-amd/805388#805388 for being VLQ. It has been converted to a comment, but my flags has ...
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My Answer got downvoted and I updated it. Will downvotes go away?
I answered What is the difference between hosts and hosts.deny? with a one-line answer (first line of my answer, basically RTFM).
I got downvoted to -2 for my answer.
I Edited and improved my ...
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Should a question be reopened if another close reason now suits it better?
I just came across this question in the reopen view queue and I'm not sure what to do. The new edit means that the current close reason doesn't really completely suit it any more, a better one would ...
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Why does my name not appear while flagging posts?
This is a question, not a growl.
So I flagged a question one day and I was happy for flagging that post and moved on. But when I came back, it did have the [closed] symbol, but it did not make my ...
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Rejecting edits because they "Failed to correct critical issues with the post"
So I just made it past 2k rep, and I've been reviewing some edits.
Once, one of my suggested edits was rejected because it apparently
Failed to correct critical issues with the post
I found a ...
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Why does the chat has to be so aggressive at banning you?
(Seth and the mods already know about this, moderators do not post)
So today I was talking blah blah blah where the point that I was suspended for 60 mins for NO REASON. then I wasted 60 min. of my ...
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Offering a human translation for cryptic google-translated questions
If there is a question where the text was clearly google translated with a cryptic result, is it OK to ask the author to provide the text in the original language so that I can edit his/her question ...
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You could be antagonizing newcomers [closed]
I've seen answers antagonizing newcomers and people that got out of the mainstream questions that could potentially yield significant learning/lessons.
What's the point of using a FOSS system if you'...
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How to handle bad title of original question?
I wanted to install Netbeans 8.1 and I searched the internet and everybody was talking about 8.0. So I though to ask: How to install netbeans v8.1 in Ubuntu 14.04?
I was lucky and the user who had ...
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Links in reviews, good or bad?
First of all, Its is a good feature : fake posts to check whether the reviewer is paying attention or not.
But It seems to have a little problem. One could easily find out that its a test like : ( ...
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How does a newbie reply to their own post?
Long story short, I've submitted a few questions lately that have gone unanswered before disappearing off the front page into the void.
I understand that reputation is required before I can reply to ...
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Dealing with a user who just won't follow the rules
I would like to open by stating this user is not abusive or rude and I am not looking to get him banned or anything like that, I write this because he could be a good contributor.
The user has ...
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How is the "best Q & A" of AU is decided in the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter?
Vanity is the background of this question, but here we go...
To prevent misunderstandings: this is not about the ask ubuntu newsletter, but the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter (sent by Elizabeth K. Joseph).
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Why are there a limited amount of close votes for high rep users?
I am a reasonable high rep user and have been around for some time now, and even though both of those are the case I still have a limited amount of close votes I can cast (40), why is this? Surely the ...
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When are questions about in-development releases on-topic? [duplicate]
I remember speaking to a moderator in chat once where they told me that a question about a future release which is currently in-development is actually on-topic here as long as what is posted is not a ...
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Should a question be closed as duplicate of another when it is asking for the same goal but via a different route?
I recently closed a question as a duplicate of another, however I am starting to think that I may have made a mistake here along with the other close voters...
So just to make it easier, let's refer ...
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Someone is editing my question's tags and I disagree with their edit
As is suggested by Eliah Kagan;
In general, if you believe your question is de-tagged wrongly, here are some options at your disposal:
Read the tag's tag wiki and see what other questions ...
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Do we, or do we not support wubi.exe?
I have been wondering this for a while and would like to get a definitive answer.
We still get questions on wubi on the site, however, it is no longer developed and won't work on a modern Windows OS (...
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Is it OK to send a message to a spammer to not advertise?
I recently saw a spam question, which i then flagged as spam and posted this an answer (and deleted it very quickly after, but you could still see the post):
ADVERTISING IS NOT ALLOWED HERE, GET OUT
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Why was this flag disputed?
I flagged this answer as not an answer, due to it just suggesting a bug report but the flag was disputed.
I understand what a disputed flag is. I am more interested in if I am wrong to flag these ...
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Is there a license on all the code put on SE?
By putting code on SE (by posting it in a question or answer or another form of publicly posting it on the site) is the code given some sort of license automatically if one is not declared by the ...
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Is it discouraged to serially edit many of your own posts?
What I ran into
Strolling through the keys in dconf-editor, looking for something else, I ran into the screen's information in
/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/core/outputs
which showed the values:
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How can I get two different questions merged?
There are two questions. Both have the same final problem. How to get them merged?
Also both the questions have a lot of too localized information that will need to be removed after the merge. What ...
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Are software comparisons allowed and if so how broad are you allowed to be?
Are software comparisons considered on-topic here? I mean Ubuntu software of course, and probably software which is specific to it or at least Linux but runs on Ubuntu. And how broad is considered '...
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Can you just point someone in the right direction and how vague are you allowed to be with this?
I recently asked this question, and this was one of the answers I got:
I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.03, so YMMV. Investigate some of these
packages:
$ apt-cache search ssh | grep multiple
byobu - ...
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Editing existing answers by adding additional information
I'm pretty new to AskUbuntu's review section. IMHO, I review by doing some search before taking any decisions. But, hey! that is me.
My question is, do we allow editing averagely voted answers with ...
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Should one close questions as duplicates of closed questions?
I have seen many questions in the past which are off-topic, and the community recognizes them as such, and it closes them as duplicates of the question when it was first asked and closed as off-topic. ...
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How is it decided which close reason is to be given?
I have recently been VTCing questions and noticing that even though I may VTC a question as off-topic, because there are a larger amount of people VTCing it for another reason, the other reason is ...
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Can I post a duplicate answer on a duplicate question ....with a bounty?
I've had this situation once before, you find a question with a bounty, and immediately you remember you've answered a similar question.
You cannot vote to close, since the question is "bountied", ...
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