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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Should I be able to change my vote if an answer becomes outdated? Or should I take another action?
Some time ago I found an answer which I had found useful and upvoted.
Recently I bumped into the same issue again and, trying to apply the steps from the answer, I found that the solution is now ...
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The [format] tag has a broad scope. What should we do?
The tag wiki excerpt of format states that the tag has a broad scope:
For questions regarding file formats, or formatting hard drives.
We can ask questions about file formats or formatting hard ...
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Are we gradually losing our most active members?
This is the maximum year-wise reputation obtained by a user so far.
2011: 31,002 (fossfreedom)
2012: 43,677 (ish)
2013: 27,938 (Radu Rădeanu)
2014: 37,417 (Oli)
2015: 58,133 (A.B.)
2016: 36,112 (...
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Why is downvoting a question or answer without a explanation acceptable?
My title says it all. Yes, I know this has been asked before.
Allow me to break it down to the basic Ask Ubuntu core values. According to the Tour page, one should:
Improve posts by editing or ...
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The 'Raiders of the Lost Downboat' chat room
Who created the 'Raiders of the Lost Downboat' chat room?
What is the room currently used for?
What was the room used for?
Who came up with the name 'Raiders of the Lost Downboat'?
Who were the room ...
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Can we fix this tag or should we just [uninstall]?
It's been asked about before and asked about again but it seems like the large uninstall tag is still a bit of a miscellany, with the majority of questions in it being about uninstalling software, ...
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How to get an e-mail notification when I get a new answer or comment at my question?
How can I get an e-mail if a question of mine in Ask Ubuntu gets a new answer?
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Should we put [wallpaper] to the [background] (or vice-versa)?
We have the wallpaper and background tags. The tag excerpt of the first says:
For questions regarding the image displayed on the desktop background.
The tag excerpt of the second says:
Questions ...
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Notifying users about the policy on AU concerning AI-generated content
We have an upcoming opportunity to increase awareness of the Ask Ubuntu prohibition on AI-generated content. Currently we have only 2 active notification areas:
AI-generated content is not permitted ...
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Are questions about configuring KDE On-topic on Ask Ubuntu?
Recently, I came across a post which went like:
How can I configure KDE to look like this:-
Although, the question was closed as Off-topic because the poster was on Manjaro, it strikes my mind that ...
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How to remove account from ask ubuntu?
The https://askubuntu.com/help/deleting-account shows wrong information. I am looking for a real way to remove my account from this site.
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AI-generated content is not permitted on Ask Ubuntu
As of February 2 2023, there is a ban on the use of AI-generated content on Ask Ubuntu.
This ban involves:
Deletion of all AI-generated content, whether acknowledged as such or not
Moderator warning ...
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Why are all the questions/answers on this site so old and out of date?
I have Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS and often have issues with it, but can never find a relevant answer here. 10 year old answers just don't work for newer versions of Ubuntu.
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Improvements to Ask Ubuntu or wiki, help
I am constantly frustrated by the amount of out of date information or misleading information given in a question:answer(s) format. I call this "Fubar disinformation" which can lead you ...
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Close votes etiquette
I recently earned the privilege to close and reopen votes. I am ecstatic that I earned this privilege. It is of course, my intention to do all I can to improve AU website. There are some legitimate ...
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Should we downvote questions when the OP didn't put any research effort into them?
For instance: How to install bind dns server and apache web server in ubuntu?.
There is certainly a lot of how-tos to be found for exactly this task, it looks like we are his first (and only) ...
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Ubuntu 23.10 is now on-topic!
Ubuntu 23.10 (https://releases.ubuntu.com/mantic) is now released and is on topic.
As usual, posts still must meet the normal requirements for being on-topic, though.
Additionally, please refrain from ...
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Can we remove the [ubuntu22.04] tag?
We already have a 22.04 tag. I guess someone accidentally created the ubuntu22.04 tag. Shall we delete it?
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When was the option "Needs improvement" added to the flag dialog?
It's the first time I see this option:
When was this option added? And do you have any opinion on whether we should prefer this as a "flag" rather than VTC with "Needs detail or ...
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Is the scope of [hard-drive] tag and [drive] tag similar?
While reviewing posts, I noticed these two tags: drive and hard-drive.
I feel both these tags have similar scope. So should we merge these tags?
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Let's NOT participate in the one-rep voting experiment
On September 19th, 2023, SE announced that a few Stack Exchange sites would be participating in an experiment where one-rep users (with registered accounts) could cast both upvotes and downvotes.
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Can the [charset] and [character-set] tags be made synonyms?
The charset tag and the character-set refer to the same thing. One is simply the abbreviation. I don't see any reason for them to be seperate. Can they be made synonyms, please?
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I know how everyone can be happy!
Unicorns for everybody!
.... not really.
I'm talking about our long trail of "list of X" that predate the site since immemorial times. As you can see in previous discussions people doesn't ...
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How do I earn reputation points the fastest? [duplicate]
So I've got 15-ish years of exp on everything webdev/js/ts, but no reputation. I see questions asked where I would really be able to contribute with a good answer but I can't because ... no reputation ...
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EOL Question Handling Discussion... again
So, because of Darren Cook's answer to the EOL reminder I made back in May, and how people apparently don't like the status quo, I'm dredging this whole discussion back up. Because of Darren. So ...
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Should this tag be transformed in a [flicker] of light?
We have the flicker tag. Its usage guidance says:
When something flickers it flashes repeatedly. Flickering in the Ask Ubuntu forums is generally referring to screen issues, or to describe an LED, ...
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Do we have a canonical question about custom resolutions with Wayland?
I just saw yet another question about why xrandr isn't working to add a custom resolution after updating the OS, and I think we should have a canonical question about this.
Do we have a comprehensive ...
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Show ranking for year
I think my point ranking was #1 in Ask Ubuntu for 2018 but I can't seem to find this. I've started a job search and think this might be helpful. Is there a way to see the point rankings by year?
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Reminder: Don't close old questions as EOL if the release was supported when the question was posted
TL;DR: Don't cast EOL close votes on old questions if the release in question was supported at the time of posting.
Yes, this is a blatant dupe. Actually, it's also a dupe of this.
But... it seems a ...
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Let's burninate [mint]
If Linux Mint is off topic, why the heck do we have the tag mint?
How does it help to tag Ubuntu questions with it?
This user wrongly assumed Mint was on topic due to the existence of said tag: https:/...
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Can we [safely] remove this tag?
We have a safely tag. I don't really like it and think we should burninate it.
Burnination criteria:
Does it describe the contents of the questions to which it is applied? and is it unambiguous?
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Should the [purchase] tag be burninated?
Does it describe the contents of the questions to which it is applied? and is it unambiguous?
No, this tag can refer to users attempting to (a) purchase Ubuntu itself (c) buy software on Ubuntu (c) ...
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Could you recommend a website for uploading files for others to download?
I have a 500 MB epub file and would like to include it in a post asking about some problem of processing it. I can't use Google Drive, Microsoft One Drive, Dropbox, Archive.org, and more, so I would ...
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Dialling down the boilerplate
This has been bothering me for a while now, and I'm interested in hearing other people's points of view.
Problem
Contributors are very quick to comment with correctional boilerplate messages where a ...
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Decline in AU quality
I am a regular AU user for five years. I have observed that the quality of questions and answers (and comments) has dropped dramatically recently (let's say during the last two months) in AU. Is this ...
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Are we there yet? 8 weeks on strike
As of today (Wednesday August 2nd 2023) many of the Moderators and curators of Ask Ubuntu have been taking part in the SE wide strike for just over 8 weeks. Many regulars on AU are feeling a little ...
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PSA: Stack Exchange Inc. has announced a network-wide policy for AI content
A couple of days ago, Stack Exchange Inc., the company running these sites, announced a new policy for handling AI content.
This policy goes against our own, local policy on how to deal with AI ...
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We may need to migrate away from the StackExchange platform. If you know how, please start studying the challenge
I caught wind of a new insight (credit: @leanne), that enables some foreshight into aspects of the possible future.
The following quote is to be found as the update section at the bottom of this post:
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can we do anything about the front page being literally filled with spam
It's been like this every day for a long time now
Of course I flag it. It's a firehose though..
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Stack Exchange general moderation strike: the effects on Ask Ubuntu
As of June 5th 2023 a general moderation strike is in place across the entire Stack Exchange Network. There are two key documents that should be read to understand the background and reasoning for ...
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Can we undo the libvirt -> virtualization tag synonym?
Currently, libvirt is a synonym of virtualization, and is mentioned in some ~800 questions (plus its client tool virsh is mentioned in some ~200 questions that don't mention libvirt). The synonym has ...
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We need to ensure that Ask Ubuntu's archive remains publically available
I was disappointed to find out that this is a problem:
June 2023 Data Dump is missing
We need to make sure we preserve our community contributions for the next generation, does anyone have the ...
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Homepage spammed
I'm getting sick of writing these posts. But, yep our homepage was spammed by a bunch of spammers. As usual my question is this:
How can we prevent this?
Note that these things have been happening ...
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I'm going on a general moderation strike due to the new AI-content policy forced upon us by SE
Note: This post is not on behalf of the moderators of Ask Ubuntu, although they are welcome to strike as well. I'm also not a diamond moderator.
Tl;dr I'm going on strike. Read the letter and ...
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Question about asking general questions
I have recently posted a question on ask ubuntu. However, that question was not about a problem that I am currently facing but about something I have faced before and that could happen again. This ...
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how come answers and questions are banned without feedback
how come answers and questions are banned without feedback and essential system issues cannot be resolved and re propose again and again (?) Is this question unproperly phrased (?)
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Should this tag be put into [storage]? Or not?
This is a discussion, it is NOT an invitation to start burninating this tag. We must follow the documented procedure here.
We have a tag, storage. I don't think it is a good tag, though. At the same ...
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Can we reopen this question about how to install Ubuntu on a 32 bit mac with 64 bit processor?
I found this question about installing Ubuntu on a 32-bit Mac.
It seems that this Mac has a 64 bit processor, and Ubuntu should support it.
Since this question broadly falls in the range of "How ...
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How should we handle the Imgur TOS change?
Per this page on the Imgur website (under "What are we doing?")
Our new Terms of Service will go into effect on May 15, 2023. We will be focused on removing old, unused, and inactive ...
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