Questions tagged [status-completed]
Indicates that the report has been resolved through the implementation of a feature or the fixing of a bug.
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Please can we destroy the subjective tag?
The subjective tag has 12 questions. Please can it be blacklisted per The Death of Meta Tags?
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Unable to login using launchpad openID, text input box fails to appear.
Should be in META, but I can't post there without logging in:I am unable to login using the Launchpad OpenID. When I click the launchpad button the page stays the same. (It has links to recover my ...
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imgur.com is deleting images
I've seen a few questions and answers with images like:
The image you are requesting does not exist or is no longer available.
Obviously, that's not good for the use of this website.
What's wrong ...
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Login in option for launchpad no longer autoexpands, confusing
I don't remember when this changed but before when you clicked "log in with launchpad" the little options thing would autoexpand and let you put your username in a field so that you can use it to log ...
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Please merge the accounts greg-grossmeier and user11778
Both are associated with OpenIDs I own, one from creativecommons.net (greg-grossmeier) and one from launchpad.net (user11778).
Please merge them into the greg-grossmeier account (this one).
Thanks!
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Please merge my accounts fossfreedom and user16600
I've seemed to have created two accounts - I dont use https://askubuntu.com/users/16600/user16600 but I do use my openID account launchpad.net/~fossfreedom
Please can these be merged - or just delete ...
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Please merge my two accounts
It seems I have two accounts. Request, please merge my accounts.
I would prefer my OpenID account credentials to login. So kindly allow me to keep the latest one.
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Is it okay to set these out on our table at LinuxFest Northwest?
I'll be helping out at the Ubuntu Washington LoCo Team table at LinuxFest Northwest this weekend, and I thought it might be a good opportunity to spread the word about Ask Ubuntu. Is it okay to get ...
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Accidentally created 2 accounts, can they be merged?
Is it possible to get the following 2 accounts merged:
https://askubuntu.com/users/11668/chong
https://askubuntu.com/users/4844/tim
Thanks!
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Unnecessary CSS property causing all manner of problems for UserScripts
The CSS for both Ask Ubuntu and Ask Ubuntu Meta contains a useless CSS value. (When I say useless, I mean that it doesn't affect the page at all if removed.)
As you can see, the .container for the ...
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Chat: Issue in Communicating On Chat
In the chat system i was able to talk. However, due to some strange issue in the system, the box in which I can type a message into disappeared, and I cannot get it back. Applies to any system I log ...
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user dropdown privilege link goes to non-existent page.
In the new username drop-down, if I click on the 'privileges' link here on meta.askubuntu, it directs me to a nonexistent webpage: http://meta.askubuntu.com/privileges .
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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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The "emphasis" symbol in the editor design issue.
As you can see in the screenshot above, there is a small, light grey line to the right of the "Emphasis" icon in the editor. That shouldn't be there, right?
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I'm getting the suggested edits notification even though I'm a <10k rep user
Every now an then, the suggested edits notification pops up, but I'm not allowed to visit https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits (getting the Page not found page), so I guess it's a mod tool for ...
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Design bug in Editing Review, Notifications don't disappear
Unfortunately, I've foolishly closed the tab before I thought to take a screen shot.
I saw a link beneath a question, edit (1), and clicked on it. A notification popped up saying something like that ...
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Comment "edited" icon is too big...
As you can see the circle outline is bigger than the space alloted for it, which causes it be "cut off".
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Voting on questions, answers and comments does not work [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Sidebar is all messed up.
Voting on askubuntu.com is completely broken. Each time I try to press the vote buttons on questions, answers and comments, I get an error:
An ...
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Sidebar is all messed up.
Either something isn't being escaped properly or there's been some new HTML that bodges the site. I'm seeing this behaviour on both the main site and meta.
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Please change the "hyperlink" symbol in the editor
My goodness, for those of us who are not hip, please put text under the infinity symbol that apparently means 'link'. Not intuitive at all. Tooltips are nice, but text is nicer.
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Refers simply to "Ubuntu" on the welcome bar
Clearly this should say "Welcome to Ask Ubuntu!" - it's the little things that matter...
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Tone down the grey for formatting code/commands?
This answer is really brutal on the eyes however I think it's key to have filenames and commands with that kind of formatting.
Maybe perhaps toning it down a bit? Similar in shade to the blockquote ...
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Links in <code> spans are indistinguishable from normal <code> spans
Here's the real life example that triggered this:
Make sure you check for duplicates before adding new entries. For example, search pitivi inquestion:this before adding PiTiVi. :)
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Make links visible on escaped text
There is no visible difference between AskUbuntu and AskUbuntu, even though the first occurence points to a link and the second doesn't.
It could be argued that it is not necessary, but stackoverflow....
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'games' or 'gaming' tag?
Is there any reason to have both gaming and games tags?
IMO the games tag should be used instead of gaming. Should we replace all gaming tags with games or vice versa, or use tag synonyms instead?
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Merge two User Accounts
I have accidently created two user accounts but logging in with two different OpenID's, I foogot I already had an account. Is there a way to merge the two accounts into one as I have questions on one ...
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Tone down "edited comment" icon
Compared to other SE sites I've participated in, especially SO, the icon for "this comment was edited" sticks out like a sore thumb on Ask Ubuntu.
Could it be toned down?
Here's my crude attempt, ...
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Page not foundin on meta , when i click in click on my reputation score
click on your reputation score, view reputation privileges
i obtain this page
page not found : https://meta.askubuntu.com/privileges
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Site <title> name
All the sites pages have Ubuntu - Stack Exchange in their title.
I believe this should be changed to Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange (or even simply Ask Ubuntu).
This will help with branding our site ...
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Add a space to "Google description"
If I Google "Ask Ubuntu" the sites description says:
AskUbuntu is a collaboratively edited
question and answer site for people
who love Ubuntu. It's 100% free, no
registration required.
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(New) DNS Issues
The following two addresses are not currently resolving to the expected webpages:
http://www.askubuntu.com (see downforeveryoneorjustme.com)
http://chat.ubuntu.stackexchange.com (see ...
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Line height bug in h1 tags
I've seen the bug on Line spacing cosmetics but it doesn't seem to address the bug I'm seeing.
If you take a look at this bug, on my screen at least (Ubuntu 10.04 Firefox 3.6.10 1280x800), the h1 ...
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Logo Squashed in Chat
When I signed into chat today, the logo at the bottom-right looks like this.
Marco Ceppi commented on it:
I know they did some changes to chat yesterday to fix the API - there may have also been a ...
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Incorrect new user text box
Q: What is Ubuntu?
A: Apparently, Ubuntu is a collaboratively edited question and answer site for people who love Ubuntu.
I think Canonical may not approve of that assessment ;). Don't know if this ...
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In-house chat Ad broken?
I've noticed for the past few days that the Visit House advertisement on the right doesn't properly show the most active rooms. Is this just me or is there a problem in showing the correct rooms?
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How do I get the ownership of a unregistered account/question in askubuntu?
I asked a question in here some hours ago. Unfortunately I did not register on my first visit. Now - as registered user (I created a new account on another computer) I'd like to comment on the ...
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Line spacing cosmetics
Awesome work on the new site design!
I'd like to note a couple CSS issues related to line spacing, in this answer as an expample:
The scroll bars in the code block probably shouldn't be there. They ...
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Preformatted text is insufficiently distinct?
The background used for answers on askubuntu.com is slightly grey; this makes preformatted text such as this stand out significantly less than on, say stackoverflow.com.
I think this requires a ...
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According to Area51, askubuntu.com is in public beta/private beta
The proposal page shows Ubuntu in a mix of states ("Public beta"/"Public beta begins soon!").
The site, however, has fully launched, becoming the first Area51 site with its own real domain. ...
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Mentioning of the CoC in the final FAQ
Please add to the FAQ a link to our Code of Conduct and the Leadership Code of conduct:
Under the title "Be nice" it can be added:
Please follow the Ubuntu Code of Conduct and Ubuntu Leadership Code ...
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Retag request: 10.4 instead of 10.04
Would someone please retag this question with 10.04 instead of 10.4.
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Merging codenames with versions
Should we merge all codename tags with the version tags? Already there are tags like lucid and 10.04 which are identical.
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Finding community wikis
Why isn't there a listing of community wikis?
It seems to me that being able to easily find community wikis would be a great resource based on the description of community wikis.
I would assume ...
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