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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Bad admin choices regarding a compound question
There is a compound question asked; a question that solicits a CLI method, and a GUI method.
I keep seeing places refer to the "partner" repository as a place I can get software, how can I enable ...
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Formal policy on duplicate/similar answers for similar questions on Ask Ubuntu?
I've been taking some flak recently for posting duplicate/similar answers to questions that are similar, rather than noting that a duplicate answer may exist, and vtc.
I've reviewed some of the 642 ...
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Some users downgrade votes and not give an answer
I think, if AskUbuntu born to help all users, and I agree we can vote down to an answer, but, at least, the user that downgrade the answer, have to answer the question correctly.
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Rejected all of my edits, left the question un-modified and attached a bounty?
I've been working with this question for a while. Ultimately, it's best for the community if the question is deleted. I've submitted fixes to the question, and all of the answers (including flags to ...
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Why that stupid reputation system?
Seriously. I couldn't post images because I didn't have ten "reputation" points. Come on. I posted a link and then people who are able to edit had to turn it into an inline picture. Just, why?
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Please don't close questions that are for "developers"
I see questions on Ask Ubuntu set to on-hold or being closed because they involved bugs and are meant for "developers".
Stated in the description for askubuntu.com
Ask Ubuntu is a question and ...
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Why was my post deleted?
https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18459/167850
I see no reason at all. Can anyone explain it?
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Obvious duplicate not being closed
This question:
How do I retrieve only the needed line from terminal output?
I am kind of shocked by it. Basically they are asking:
How to print Nth line?
Surely this has been asked before? But, ...
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Chewed out for saying thank you to an Ubunu answer?
In my original post, "Associate PlayOnLinux to Microsoft Office on Ubuntu 14.04," I presented an Ubuntu problem that I was having. I received a reply from Mitch which included an attempt at a solution....
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Is it me or should a new feature be implanted to counter the spambots, or a new ToS? [duplicate]
(THIS IS NOT FOR ASKUBUNTU ONLY! THIS IS FOR THE WHOLE STACKEXCHANGE SITES! DO NOT MARK THIS AS DUPE!)
Personally, I dont like spambots. And you should too.
Spambots are like your flag wasters, and ...
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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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Thank You Everyone
Judging people's questions and dismissing them as "duplicative" fails to help anyone (except the egos of those passing judgment).
If multiple people are asking the same question, how about posting ...
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A real question about USB File transfer with Linux stalling mid-way
I don't get this behavioural bit with stack exchange and askunbtu. You look for an answer to a specific problem, and there are multiple responses that say "This question has been asked before", but no ...
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Should edits get some rep for upvotes?
I was wondering, why shouldn't edits get a small bit of rep for an upvote? (Like 1 rep for upvoted question 2 for upvoted answer) Because I answered pretty badly, but someone (fabby) edited it and it ...
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#TheGreatIncredibleHashTag in the chat rooms
Why doesn't at least the chat make use of the # like the questions use tags, so that someone can say something in chat, then do a # with some text with it, and then if someone clicks on that, then it ...
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Lets get rid of keyboard and mouse tags
Really, most of this questions are about either:
xorg
xserver
mir
unity
other DM
Alone this tag doesn't tell what the question is about, and there are already tags that fit within that specific ...
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AskUbuntu logins & passwords
Does anyone know?
a) Why I can never, ever log in to AskUbuntu?
b) Why AB has the strictest password requirement of any site on the planet.
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This forum needs improvement. I don't have many questions, but they are definitely not spam
There is a lot on this forum about having enough reputation to post to old posts, use certain tags etc. Even though I don't post very often, my posts are definitely not spam. It is quite frustrating (...
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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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Hi, how can i remove this account?
This particular site of stack exchange is not amusing me, has no function and has over zealous moderators who deleted every single one of my posts, two of which because i mentioned that unity is a bug ...
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why was my question edited completely
My previous question was edited to remove 90% of the problems and errors that occurred while trying to install ubuntu, Who did it and why, if you delete the problems I type out how am I supposed to ...
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Reputation policy needs to be revised
Please read the whole body before just clicking downvote button.I am sure there are more people who would just vote down without reading whole body.
What is reputation?
According to the help page, ...
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ancient down-voting and modern Linux-society ;o)
To clarify my question - this following ( please take my opinion more with humour not with deadly seriousity ) :
Being "down-voted" is somehow ancient and leads into direction like being "pilloried".
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Why aren't most questions answered with references to documentation or mention to RTFM?
Why not point users in the right direction to learn how to solve problems by themselves in the future?
Is it because of rep system?
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Should Canonical employees have special badges?
I've been reading some questions where the answer was given by an employee of Canonical, the company sponsoring Ubuntu. I thought it would be a good idea if users who are employees of Canonical (or ...
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Why is there a badge for down voting?
I found some humor in that I can get a badge for down voting someone.
I try to look at the positive things in life.
It's a waste of energy looking for the negative.
I'm sure someone will down vote ...
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Should reputation be reduced over time, when a user is inactive?
I'm wondering if reputation decay when a user is inactive, maybe users contribute more? Is this a motivation or not? Will this have the positive results (more contribution) or will have the opposite?
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Overzealous moderators should be kept from placing unrelated "may already have an answer" banners
Overzealous and reputation-hungry moderators should be kept from placing unrelated "may already have an answer" banners within the first 24 hours of asking a question.
Placing such banners within ...
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Question is on hold
Gentlemen!
Those who put my question on hold. Did you try to understand what was going on there? I have been struggling with the problem for about 3 weeks. Plenty comments left. I am at the same ...
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First Amendment in Posts?
I always place the ending "Thank you and God Bless" at the end of any of my posts, questions or maybe just "God Bless" if its an answer / last comment.
One of my legitimate questions has been flagged ...
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Why is meta slow
I noticed that meta seems (in terms of the rate of questions) very slow compared to the main site. Does that mean that we can get rid of meta and use it only for high-ranking users and for people to ...
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Could we add a delay before being able to downvote a question?
Some brand new Ubuntu users are posting some questions, being not yet familiar with AskUbuntu their question is not always very clear.
I understand that to downvote such question to close them.
But ...
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Tag [fstab] and migration to Unix.SE
There are certainly valid uses of [fstab] on AU.SE. However, 95% of them are probably not valid in being Ubuntu specific. Why not migrate those questions to Unix.SE?
Here is an example of a valid ...
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What about gaining money on askubuntu
If we put ads on the askubuntu, then some helpers, users that answering the questions as a volunteer; they earn some money.
This will make askubuntu hum i think.
What do you think?
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Please keep Corona away from AskUbuntu
The new Winter Bash provides new hats, the first hat one will get are face masks.
Since Corona is a hot topic, this may create a shitstorm.
When working on Ask Ubuntu, I want to concentrate on the ...
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Using abbreviations and a `threatsome` advice from a community member [duplicate]
I believe that Ubuntu is a free software, and free here does not mean free of cost, but freedom. I have been using Ubuntu since Hardy, and have potentially refrained from using Microsoft Windows.
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Don't mix version specific tags with stuff that isn't version specific!
Version specific tags are meant to questions which are... version specific, right? Then why are we mixing with the apt tag which alone is a very broad tag, or bash, with is, again, a very broad tag? ...
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Did Stefano Palazzo♦ use the moderator vacation tool to inform regarding Stefano Palazzo's inactivity?
Did Stefano Palazzo♦ use the moderator vacation tool to inform regarding Stefano Palazzo's inactivity? According to the profile, last seen is August 29 (which is approximately a month ago).
Did any ...
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Want to ask one thing about ask ubuntu?
I have joined this community very recently, what i got here is, people are not really here for help others, few of them are here for correcting grammar :) some of them are here for degrade others, i ...
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A new appearance [duplicate]
So basically we have Reading enhancement by using lower contrast.
We could stop using light and dark coloring appearances for GUI's. I believe this is why people gets caught-up.
I repeat Reading ...
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Can we change this user's name?
https://askubuntu.com/users/593258/rabies
Can we change this users name? This looks silly
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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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A critical note (alternative title: where is my speech freedom?)
The censorship sucks on this site. It feels very NAZI / NSB / Stasi like. Is that how you welcome a new guest? I do understand some moderation, but this is over-polished. What happened to freedom of ...
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Moderators vs. users
Who decides and manages the moderators on this site? My experience is that they are rather conceited and condescending to users, preferring lengthy verbal arguments than attempting to provide a few ...
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What about simplifying the UI for AskUbuntu?
I've had an idea of simplifying the overwhelming interface of AskUbuntu by correcting any overload on the users.
If you want an example I can make some images, but first someone has to be at least ...
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Shold post in Meta be required before closing a question?
When a question is closed votes where casted before.
Sometimes the voters can learn from this closed questions. While it is possible to ask on meta I'm considering if it will be possitive to require ...
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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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askubuntu.com rule idea: Don't edit post titles unless you read the body first
We should have a rule that says, don't edit posts unless you understand what the topic is...
Someone (not sure if it was a prank) edited my post without reading it and basically made the title and ...
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I'm probably going to get skewered for this -- You can be rude and still provide a perfectly suitable answer to a question
As the thread title suggests, I think we need to stop considering people's attitude when answering questions and helping people. If the intent is good at the end of the day, it honestly does not ...
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Duplicate post or not? Why is the mod deleting questions that are clearly not duplicates?
I just self answered two questions that I see get asked a ton. They both follow the same template.
How do you remap Caps Lock to Control in Xubuntu?
How do you swap Control and CAPS Lock in Xubuntu?
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