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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Account merged, now cannot login to SE chat
I am not sure if this is the right place to post this inquiry.
In AU, I have an old account with only 1 rep which I have used for about a week. I forgot the password for that account so I then created ...
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"Avconv" tag does not exist!
I just asked a question related to "avconv" and I was surprised that the tag for it did not exist. I do not have enough reputation to create a tag. I posted the question with "ffmpeg" tag instead.
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Tag synonym request: [upgrading] -> [upgrade]
I think the new tag upgrading should be made a synonym of upgrade.
I've proposed the tag synonym.
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This closed question just got 10k views, we should fix it
This looks like it's getting a bunch of views since it's probably a common problem for people with Optimus cards.
Nvidia driver cannot be installed with jockey for old hardware
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Tag synonym request: [winxp] -> [windows-xp]
winxp was created yesterday. We already have windows-xp, which is used extensively. But "winxp" is a pretty common abbreviation for "Windows XP." Therefore, I recommend making winxp a synonym of ...
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Please blacklist the 'bug' tag
In regards to this, http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3343/summer-cleanup-feedback-wanted-etc?cb=1 the jrg has eliminated questions tagged with bug.
I would like to request blacklisting of this tag,...
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Applications, application and software tags must die!
Originally discussed here:
The future of the applications/software tag(s)
Needs to be discussed again as an effort to ban the tags permanently
applications, application and software are useless - ...
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Tag synonym request: [teaching] -> [education]
We have seperate education and teaching tags.
It seems that teaching with 4 questions, and education with 6 questions are essentially the same.
Also there is the children tag that may factor into ...
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Tag synonym request: [screen-resolution] -> [resolution]
We have separate resolution and screen-resolution tags. resolution is almost always used, and screen-resolution almost never. Theoretically these are different, as resolution applies to things besides ...
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We now have control of @askubuntu on Twitter - what should do with it?
These are all related:
Help spread this site....
Improving our presence on Twitter
Should we target Social Media?
Thanks to Robert at Stack Exchange, Jorge and I now have access to @askubuntu on ...
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game tag needs to be cleaned up
game needs to be merged into games. I've taken care of merging in ubuntu-games already.
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Make [home] a synonym of [home-directory] and merge the two tags
There are
135 questions tagged home
52 questions tagged home-directory
The excerpts for both are nearly the same, implying the same use:
home:
Questions about users' home folders or the ...
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Make [download] a synonym of [downloads] and merge the two tags
There are
73 questions tagged download
69 questions tagged downloads
The two tags are redundant, please consider making download a synonym of downloads and merge the 2 tags (note:downloads has tag ...
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Make [vista] a synonnym of [windows-vista] and merge the two
There are two tags
vista with 29 questions
windows-vista with just 5
I know it is not much significant , but a cleanup is never bad.
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Are questions about design decisions considered constructive?
This question was closed as nonconstructive, which seems wrong to me. (The creator of the question also did not think it was right for it to be closed.) It's a question about a design decision (or ...
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Tag Synonym Request [sound-problem] -> [sound]
I dont really think we need both sound and sound-problem tags.
Doesn't both of them mean the same thing?
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How do I merge my 2 Ask Ubuntu Accounts?
I have just realized I have 2 AU accounts, I cant recall how this happened but I did change my e-mail address recently. How do i go about merging them, is this something you can help me with?
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Tag Synonym Request: [script] -> [scripts]?
The tag scripts is just a pluralization of the tag script.
Also, I don't know if these should be synommized with the shell-scripting tag. I suppose there are scripts that aren't shell scripts, ...
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Unable to use the askubuntu chat
Looks like this happened before Unable to log in to chat.
I use firefox 11.0. Followed the test on all looks ok, but I can't log in.
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Account Still getting merged
My account is still getting merged with my brother's account even though my suspension period is over.
This happens even if I try using a different system with different IP address.
I cleared all ...
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Tag Synonym Request: [file] -> [files]?
I don't see any difference between file and files.
Alternatively, blacklist? They don't seem particularly descriptive, and I doubt anyone considers themselves an expert on the topic of files and ...
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Plugin should be merged into plugins
plugin should be merged into plugins, there shouldn't be a need for two of them.
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indicator-sound should be a synonym of sound-menu
I did some clean up in VLC today and noticed that these should be synonymed, unfortunately no one I can find in chat has enough rep to vote on the tag:
indicator-sound <- sound-menu
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Precise needs a tag synonym
I can't synonym precise to 12.04, the popup says a moderator is needed to make the synonym.
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Kill the grub-error tag
Why do we need a grub-error tag?
It will not fit both grub and grub2 at the same time and its a useless tag to follow.
Normally if someone is good at solving grub and grub2 issues he will also know ...
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Rep change bug in new user overlay
The user overlay shows more rep points gained in the current week than in the current month:
Given that we are in the middle of a month, I'd say that's a bug.
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Is the ubuntu-desktop tag immortal ?
As of 2011-01-18, Jeff Atwood deleted the ubuntu-desktop tag.
One day later there are already new ubuntu-desktop questions.
Considering all askers are relatively new to askubuntu, I suppose they were ...
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Typo in welcome banner
The welcome banner says
Welcome to Q&A site for Ubuntu users and developers
image:
It should probably say
Welcome to the Q&A site for Ubuntu users and developers
or,
Welcome to Q&...
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Please burninate speed tag
speed has the perfect quality of a meta tag
can’t work as the only tag on a question (I see speed on network, bootup, video playback & so on)
means different things to different people (is it ...
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Retag page needs more left padding?
It looks like the content area of the question retag page needs more padding-left. I'm using Firefox 8.0 on Oneiric.
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Link to etiquette is broken
If I go to https://askubuntu.com/faq and click on this FAQ, it doesn't take me to another section of the page.
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merge tags: tab and tabs
Very recently a new tag "tabs" was created.
From the one linked question, it looks like it could have been tagged "tab".
Maybe "tabs" should be merged with "tab"?
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Is there a way to merge my previous questions on askubuntu.com with my registered account ( i use the same email address )
Is there a way to merge my previous questions on askubuntu.com with my later registered account ( i use the same email address )?
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Fix the "deivatives" tag
I noticed there is a tag called deivatives which should really be derivatives. Could a moderator please fix this?
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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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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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Tag Synonym Request: [processes] -> [process]?
The tag processes is just a pluralization of the process tag. Seems like they could be synomized.
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Tag Synonym Request: [monitor-resolution] -> [resolution]?
Seems like monitor-resolution should be synomized with resolution.
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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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Chat schedule reminder email is off by an hour
Three hours before the event starts, the system sent out emails saying:
You registered for the following chat
events happening today on
chat.stackexchange.com:
in 2 hours
...
The ...
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Ask Ubuntu Newsletter signs me up for Astronomy Newsletter?
I saw a community ad for the newsletter pop-up and subscribed
However, this is what I received in my inbox with regards to confirmation:
I do <3 Astronomy and all but I currently don't even have ...
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Emergency; inbox not loading
I was shown two notifications, but after a moment of loading image, nothing appears. Hot questions and all sites area load as expected.
Not browser-specific, same results on Opera, Firefox and ...
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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 ...