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Is the 'edit' link prominent enough?

I keep seeing questioners answering their own questions with an update instead of editing the question. Is this maybe a problem of a not prominent enough edit link? Since this site heavily depends on ...
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Ask Ubuntu Sessions at the Ubuntu Developer Summit

Here are the sessions for this UDS that are AU related, they are all in the Community track: http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-p/track/community More specifically: Integrating with Ask Ubuntu, Tuesday, ...
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Community can translate questions?

I was looking at the editing history for this question which used to not be in English. I noticed that Community translated the question into English. I thought this was pretty cool, since, as far as ...
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Under what specific conditions should a question be flagged as "very low quality"? [duplicate]

I was going along doing some editing and whatnot on the main site when I hit a question that just looked so ugly quality-wise that I could not think of how one might be able to edit it back into ...
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If it's worth answering, it's worth upvoting

Yes or no? I would argue that most of the time, one should vote up the question if you're answering it. I'd like to see more people taking the half-a-second to upvote a question, after they've ...
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How to get same OpenID URL at Launchpad and StackExchange?

My usual nicks of don-quixote, quixote and donquixote were already in use at Launchpad when I registered there, so I registered as mdcrawford, my real name. At all the StackExchange sites - which ...
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Answer aglomerate, group of possible solutions for a frequent question

Is there a better way to answer the "upgraded and my 'random graphics maker string here' driver stopped working" (or any other derivatives of hardware category as long as its frequent)? I have seen ...
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What is the Difference Ask Ubuntu and A.U. Meta?

What is the difference between this site, Ask Ubuntu, and Ask Ubuntu Meta?
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Found a bug /exploit in the data from askubuntu.com? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is Jorge Castro a Robot? The user page reports strange values that cannot be true for a normal human, I suspect a hacker or a bot. Beware :)!
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Why is it askubuntu.com instead of ask.ubuntu.com?

Out of curiosity, when it was decided to change the domain from ubuntu.stackexchange.com why was askubuntu.com instead of ask.ubuntu.com chosen? Since SE is an official support channel, wouldn't it be ...
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How do I add a comment to a wrongly closed question, or get it reopened?

(Yes, I know this is a meta question, but as a new user of askubuntu, I don't have the reputation to ask on meta (or, it appears, do anything but ask a new question here).) I came here looking for ...
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Bounty for self answered question

I have this question from a user that I was trying to help. It was taking a bit of time to troubleshot everything so I offered a bounty for it. After that I could pin point the problem and answer it,...
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Ubuntu Developer Summit Sponsorship Proposal

UDS-P will be held in Orlando, FL from October 31st – November 4th. While there is a Summit every six months I feel UDS-P is a vital event for Ask Ubuntu to have representation in since it will be for ...
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Change the software icon

I've been working to resolve this software icon issue, this will likely require a large find/replace on the site. In 11.10 the software icon was revised, going forward should we use that icon for the ...
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Troublesome tags that need cleaning up

We've got a ton of incoming questions and I've realized some tags really do need some love, so I'm going to make a list of the worst ones:
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How do you challenge a ruling?

I recently had a question closed as an exact duplicate. It was not an exact duplicate. My question: How can I edit GTK+3 themes (preferably with a GUI)? The other question: How do I change to a ...
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Question edited and then closed because of duplicate. Why?

I ask a question. Is it possible to create nested Quicklists? I asked "Is it possible to create nested quicklists in 11.10? Or will it be possible in 12.10?" because I want to know the current ...
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Should questions asking for files via download or email be flagged?

A couple times recently I've been seeing questions asking for specific files to be shared via download links posted in the answers or via email. The latest example of this I've seen is this question ...
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Questions Closed

I notice that some moderators close questions without an adequate explanation of how to get to previous answers - this question has already been asked! - It might be easier for a newbie to research ...
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What to do when the correct answer to my question is a comment to a wrong answer?

I made a question. I received an answer. This answer does not resolve my problem. Another user commented this "wrong" answer, with the solution to my problem, i.e., providing the correct answer. I ...
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Happy First Anniversary Ask Ubuntu!!!

For those of you who have been around this site for one year or more (in other words, you have the yearling badge), you will most definitely remember what transpired exactly one year ago (10/10/10): ...
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AskUbuntu and Meta AskUbuntu in other languages? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Are there any plans for localized Ask Ubuntu instances? If not question, or proposed assertion. But what we do know is that I have very hard every time you ask a question, ...
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Software tag too meta, delete? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: The future of the applications tag(s) I ran into software today and it's pretty meta/worthless. I've gone through and retagged the ones that should be software recommendations ...
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Make bugs a synonym of bug?

What about making bugs a synonym of bug since the former is just the plural of the latter?
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When can we link to pictures direct, ie. posting [img]http://ubuntuone.com/mypic7YREE555.jpg[/img]?

Would be nice to be able to post images directly rather than a coded web page. i.e. so we can use pictures in forums, emails, http image etc. Any idea if this will be implemented?
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Which posts need screenshots?

Which posts on AskUbuntu need a screenshot? We can make a list here (and remove a post when screenshot is added) so it is easier to search for posts that need screenshots and add them.
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Make locales a synonym of locale?

What about making locales a synonym of locale?
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2 tags meaning the same (Badge and Badges

There are 2 tags with the same purpose: Badge and Badges. I think badges should be used instead of badge since it includes one or many badges.
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Why are there so many new users with 101 reputation?

Nearly half of the 35 newest users in Ubuntu StackExchange have exactly 101 reputation and no history of participation on the site. What's the explanation?
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What do we do about topics spanning multiple versions of Ubuntu?

For instance, What are PPAs and how do I use them PPA? this has multiple correct answers depending on what version of Ubuntu you are using. Should we continue this method or look to create separate ...
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Are Launchpad questions on-topic?

Since Launchpad is an integral part of Ubuntu, would questions relating to the use of Launchpad be on-topic? Obviously questions about a specific project on Launchpad would be off-topic. (Unless ...
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Ask Ubuntu Moderator Cards

We recently printed some business cards for our Stack Exchange employees and they turned out great. It got us thinking: our sites' moderators have been working hard to keep our sites high quality for ...
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Should the comments on the community ads be cleaned up?

Some of those comments are obsolete and noisy, so they should be removed imho.
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Do we want to have a "How do I switch from one desktop environment to another?" question?

Through my sojourns through the Ask Ubuntu world, I've seen this question several times: "How do I switch to ?" How do I switch to the Classic GNOME Desktop? Switching between Kubuntu and Ubuntu ...
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What is considered a spammable offense on AskUbuntu?

I am new to this Ubuntu forum but not to using Ubuntu as much. I recently made a first post asking a question on Ubuntu security and that was all. I was given an email that I was suspended (15 pts) ...
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What is the policy on flag review?

If not deemed helpful flags can be declined or disputed. What flags should be declined and what flags should be disputed?
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Are there any way to get started with StackOverFlow APIs

Are there any way to get started with StackOverFlow APIs. I wanted to build a small application tool for ubuntu which will post and retrieve feeds from StackExchange Network. Any place to get started!...
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Badges descriptions should be rewritten

Taking this as base: Better Understanding Badges many badges descriptions should be rewritten for the user to understand them better. There are a lot that can be understood in several ways and if ...
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Tag Synonym Request: [monitor-resolution] -> [resolution]?

Seems like monitor-resolution should be synomized with resolution.
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SOAHC, edit popular questions with (maybe) low quality

Recently some of the Area51 sites have gotten CHAOS. ...they will spend a couple of days sweeping up a little bit just to get the place in order. This is the world's most superficial cleanup: they'...
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Is this a good place to ask questions about official derivatives of Ubuntu? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What ubuntu versions are covered? Such as Kubuntu? or the other official derivatives. Is there any rules on this or opinions? As a former Ubuntu user, and a Kubuntu user I ...
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Tag Synonym Request: [lense] -> [lenses]?

I think this tag was just created by Pablo maybe as a mistake for the lenses tag. So I'm not sure if it should just be deleted, or synomized with lenses (Wikipedia says "lense" is an appropriate but ...
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Tag Synonym request: [keybindings] -> [key-bindings]?

I haven't earned sufficient privileges here to make a proposal -- would it be reasonable for keybindings to be a synonym of key-bindings?
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How should I decide which duplicate to close?

Should I vote to close strictly the newest one, or the one that has the most constructive content? What if both have constructive content, as is the case with these two questions? bind software to ...
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How can I have a LoCo team help Ask Ubuntu?

So, we've got the Global Jam coming up, and Ask Ubuntu has around 3,600 unanswered questions. So, I'd like to have my LoCo team help Ask Ubuntu for the jam - any particular tips/tricks that people ...
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We have a launchpad team?

I was looking through the google tubes and found this - it appears that there is a AskUbuntu launchpad.net team. I just wanted to bring this up - is there anything we want to do with this? Note that ...
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Use of download links in answers

Hi this may be a question that has been asked before but after a bit of searching I could not find anything this specific so I have taken the liberty to ask just in case. I have just answered a ...
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where can I ask in other languages?

where can I ask my question using other languages? I'm not good with english and would like to ask in portuguese or italian.
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moving question-related discussions from comments to chat seems pointless, destroys clarifying information

After a bit of fact finding back and forth in the comments about a fix-it question, the site will now display something like: Please avoid extended discussions in comments. Would you like to ...
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Are questions related to ubuntu as it relates to development on topic?

I'm working on writing a C-daemon for Ubuntu and I wish to make it configurable but I'm new to linux\ubuntu and I don't know the standard way daemon configuration is preformed. Is AskUbuntu an ...

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