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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Downvoting and/or closing a question about faking bittorrent
This question asks how to fake bittorrent traffic. It received some up- and downvotes, 7:7 by time of me writing this. :) Wow!
Obviously, some massive commenting had been started, and Marco Ceppi ...
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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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How to handle contect postings containing addresses?
From time to time I come across postings containing e-mail addresses. Should we remove those from the postings to help the users not getting spammed (of course also leaving a comment)?
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Does askubuntu give points by visiting the day of your birthday?
I was wondering since today is my birthday if askubuntu or the stackexchange network had some kind of additional points for visiting on the day of your birthday. It happens once a year and maybe a "...
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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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Should I flag answers with just a link to another site?
I've been going through review lately and flagging answers. I come across a lot of answers like this one that just have a link with no explanation.
Personally, I really dislike these types of answers....
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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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Why can't I suggest edits on meta?
It seems that I don't have an "edit" button for posts on meta. Looking at the meta users page, it seems that edits can be made here if you're a moderator or if you have the requisite rep to make edits....
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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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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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Is this a good place to ask questions about official derivatives of Ubuntu? [duplicate]
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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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What constitutes an "edit" for badges?
What counts as editing, specifically for badges such as Strunk & White, Copy Editor, Excavator and Archaeologist?
Does retagging count?
Editing my own posts?
Rollbacks? (I assume so.)
Flagging?
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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 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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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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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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Is the review new or the blog new?
Because I see that new icon up there but I'm not sure which item it represents. It's difficult to tell if it is supposed to go to the "review" link or the "blog" link.
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Should the "package" and "packages" tags be merged?
The package and packages tags seem to be used in an identical matter. Should we merge them?
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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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Ask Ubuntu swag for top users
As a thank you for being awesome, if you are on page 1 or page 2 of …
https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=reputation&filter=all
… we'll be sending you a little care package shortly:
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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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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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What should be done (if anything) about the "How to run [Windows Program] in Wine?" questions?
There are a lot of questions about how well specific applications run in Wine:
How well does Microsoft Office Excel work in Wine?
Does Visual Studio Express work well with Wine?
Running Shaiya in ...
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I asked a specific question - it was marked as closed due to "exact duplicate." It's NOT a duplicate?
Today I asked a question about dual-head video cards for Ubuntu 10.04 or 11.04. It was marked as a duplicate and CLOSED, though the link I was directed to provides absolutely NO information about ...
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Promotion of Ask Ubuntu at Conferences
Stack Exchange recently blogged about their resolution to support attendees and speakers at conferences in the field of each Area51 Graduate. This includes us - so I would like to see what conferences ...
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Are you going to close every Oneiric question?
I see a bunch of questions like How do I set a theme in Oneiric? that are closed as "too localized.... unlikely to every help any future visitor". Well, the answer to it would have helped me (I think)...
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Can I ask questions on Linux Mint on this forum [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Linux Mint (and other unofficial derivatives) - on topic?
Can I post questions on Linux Mint in this forum? Linux Mint is a spinoff based on Debian & Ubuntu, so is it ...
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What to do about old alpha/beta questions?
For some reason we always collect "How do I get/install foobar beta!" type questions, which are probably too localized (useful for what, a few weeks at most?).
They do seem to provide a service to ...
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Potential Features for FlackBot [closed]
If FlackBot was to become a permanent fixture in chat what are some features which should be added to provide merit for it's presence in chat?
As with most other polls please only post one suggestion ...
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What is the purpose of the FlackBot in chat? Do we want it?
This is a question talking about the Ask Ubuntu General Room chat.
It seems like every day we have an incident where somebody goes over the top with the bot that sits in the room. A moderator has to ...
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Moderating Edge-Case Questions which can belong on Multiple Sites
This question counts as an edge-case question: How to organize a block of text in 8-character lines?
Such an edge-case question can be considered extremely loosely on-topic for AskUbuntu. However, ...
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Get Ask Ubuntu Wallpaper for Your Desktop Here!
What's up?
We all love Ask Ubuntu and I began thinking that it would be a great idea if we could have some wallpapers that we can use.
So please post your Ask Ubuntu-themed wallpapers below as an ...
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Ubuntu ask script? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Ask Ubuntu Scripts?
I was wondering if the askubuntu website script is available for free, I am willing to create a website similar, but for a personal website, I'm wondering ...
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What is the purpose of two topics in one tag: windows [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the proper usage of the windows tag?
I am curious. Why does the windows tag cover both the Windows OS as well as application windows? shouldn't those be two separate ...
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Questions about Ubuntu Wiki and LoCos
I want to ask some questions about Ubuntu Wiki and LoCo pages in it, are they relevant to AU? I'm hoping they'd fall under community.
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Chat Room Policies: Ask Ubuntu General Room
Are there detailed policies outlining flag-worthy actions or kick/ban worthy offenses within the Ask Ubuntu General Room chat? If so, what are the policies, or can a link be provided to them?
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What is the best way to update a question when something changes?
Ok, maybe it's not the best title...
There is a question that was really about a bug. Some person answered with a good work-around that solved the problem, it gets up-voted to the top spot, it could ...
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How do I delete my Ask Ubuntu account?
How do I / can the appropriate person or system please delete my Ask Ubuntu account; it is not to my liking and I do not want to be associated with it. Thanks !
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Is community locked in?
This relates to the fact that Stack Exchange is hosted on a Windows platform. It is indeed worrying that a communication platform of a community focused on free software relies on proprietary software....
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What is the Ask Ubuntu Classroom and how can I participate?
What?
The Ask Ubuntu classroom is a series of free sessions where an Expert teaches attendees some of their skills in a variety of fields.
Where?
The sessions are going to be held in the Classroom ...
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What is the script that runs AskUbuntu questions, answers, rating, tagging, and search?
This is a question about this website. What is the script that runs AskUbuntu questions, answers, rating, tagging, and search? Is it custom programmed or derived from an open source? It must be on of ...
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Is there a preferred convention as to how key sequences are noted?
Is there an unwritten convention that is considered more appropriate than others in reference to key sequence notation when replying to questions? Specifically, which is considered more appropriate?
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Merging the "ati" tag into "amd-graphics"
This tag merge will affect a lot of questions, so I think we should discuss it here before doing it.
To be clear:
all ati questions will be tagged amd-graphics after the merge.
the ati tag will be a ...
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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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What can be done to increase the quality of questions?
I found this site after I spent some time on tex.stackexchange. Don't take this as me getting on my high horses but compared to the questions on tex.stackexchange the questions on this site has much ...
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Should I fix posts where imgur is being flaky?
I found this answer where some of the i.stack.imgur images were "no longer available", so I converted them to i.imgur. Discussion on imgur.com is deleting images makes it sound like this shouldn't ...
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