Questions tagged [feature-request]
You have an idea for a new feature, or for a change to the existing functionality.
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Some improvements to the "not about Ubuntu" close reason
I'd like to suggest some improvements to the "not about Ubuntu" close reason.
"This is not about Ubuntu"
As it currently stands:
This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux
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Should we add OSS ads (targeted at users)?
There is this question "Should we add the SE network OSS ads?" about whether to re-use the SE ads which aim at gathering new developers. One of the comments is that those ads aren't a good match for ...
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Is there a way to report users based on their user names?
I'm asking this because I came across the a user. If there is a function to report this kind of abuse, I haven't found it in the user's profile.
Please take this as an official complaint about the ...
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is there any system in place to prevent downvote trolling?
I've seen multiple of my answers get a lot of downvotes even when the asker marks them as the correct one that worked, they are completely grammatically correct, address the issue fully and are, imo, ...
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Push users through the Tour as part of onboarding
Recently, this post came up on Meta, and they brought up a good point (paraphrased):
I should have read the tour, but i couldn't even find it or even know that one existed. When you ask for help, ...
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Should there be a new tag wsl2?
As Microsoft improved windows subsystem for linux to version 2 there should be some questions related to version. the new tag kind of wsl2 could be useful.
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Why evenafter edit also question still on hold?
I asked a question which was kept on hold.But even after edit also why it is still on hold?
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Add feature request to Off-topic list
I usually close feature requests pointing to this item in the Off-topic list:
Bug reports and problems specific to development version of Ubuntu
should be reported on Launchpad so that developers ...
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Methods for combating EOL questions
I see an awful lot of questions on EOL releases, and I think that this site should have some automatic features to help combat it, as it is really quite a major thing with the quantity of them.
So I ...
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Add filter to see all duplicates
Is there a way to filter for only questions labeled as duplicate which are linked to an answer?
For example:
Duplicate sources.list entry but cannot find the duplicates?
Being linked to:
How to ...
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I was banned for 2 days from reviewing
This question is related to many questions like Why I am banned for reviewing? but not duplicate.
Usually there are testing questions in Review. The system sometimes shows message like "The system ...
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Upvote questions from the Close review queue when marking as duplicate
When using the review queue, I'd like to be able to upvote the question and/or answer that is the duplicate of the one being closed.
After reviewing the possible duplicate and finding that
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Request deletion of spam account
So this is a blatant spam account. The profile description is spam and the profile pic is that of a pretty girl, probably taken without the consent of the owner. Only post is blatant spam. The issue ...
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Addition of a new category for invalidated flags
Before explaining about the feature request, please refer this link to understand the context: The flags count isn't detailed perfectly
The aforementioned flag is not categorised in the flags.
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Provide the privilege to accept the answer [duplicate]
I have spotted many questions that have an answer that solves the problem, but the answer has not been "Accepted" by the questioner. This is either because he doesn't know that he has to do it, or ...
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Is there a way to prompt someone for an answer acceptance [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it okay to ask a user to accept an answer for his/her question?
When one answers a question which is confirmed as correct, is it solely up to the individual who asked the ...
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How to understand a downvote
Is there any way to understand who or at least why a downvote was awarded?
Because in 2 cases that I got a downvote, the answer seemed perfectly fine and also had upvotes from other users.
The only ...
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AskUbuntu Chat Starring mechanism
I have been quite startled by the people starring messages in the chat without a proper reason and they just remove it a minute later. I want to suggest a mechanism: When actually 2 or 3 (2 makes more ...
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Persistance of review number on top bar even after review is complete
Say, I've got 3 posts for review. After I've reviewed all three, the top bar still shows that 3 posts are up for review. Now, if I go and click the review button, I just get a screen saying that there ...
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Can we merge many meta Q&As about "abandoned questions"?
Can we merge these three Q&A's (they are all ~5 years old) together?
What to do with questions whose OP hasn't visited the site for a long time?
What to do when users have been inactive for ...
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Reveal user id in visible text in user profile
Currently the user id can be revealed by copying the user profile link or write it digit by digit from the link popup tooltip (in case you use GUI browser). That's quite compilated and non-transperant....
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Video tutorials on Ask Ubuntu
This is a feature request to suggest adding a Video Tutorial section on Ask Ubuntu.
Primary target would be including videos to explain most common tasks like Installation, WUBI installation, ...
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Notify visitors that the question is old
I asked this question on meta.SE, it got marked as dupe for this question, I'm posting it here because it has more value here.
This question is 4 years old, someone commented:
Looks like the old ...
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Presentation of code should include explanation in a separate comment section
This is just an idea and I would like to see what the feedback is.
The problem
Starting Linux I've found myself many times looking through example code on this site and finding out what it actually ...
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