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{Bug Report} Launchpad SSO no longer functions with Ask ubuntu
For some time now, there's been known issues with Launchpad logins and them simply 'failing' with unknown error messages.
Originally this was with registrations, and users received an error message ...
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Why does the tag `20.10` Even exist If it is off topic?
Why does the tags of the releases who have met there end life even exists for eg -
20.10
19.04
16.04
What are the point of still using these tags ? When all the questions about them are off topic , I ...
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I asked a question but now I can not find it
I asked a question:
Create Bash Alias That Accepts Commands
but now I can not find it.
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Please, I want to take back my "upvote" from a comment
So I read a comment, it seemed good, so I "upvoted" it (with the teeny-weeny little triangle).
Then in like 15 seconds I spotted that somehow I skipped over an important detail that actually ...
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Box disappears when mouse hovers over it
When I hover the mouse over "post your question", that box disappears.
I am using Seamonkey 2.53.6 with Ubuntu Mate 18.04.
It does not occur when using newest Firefox.
Is that normal ...
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Whats the idea behind that "new" review UI?
I just got a big surprise :-((
This looks like someone is trying very hard to drive reviewers away
difficult to identify the post in question (is it the Q or the A?)
"link" to see post in ...
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What has happened with the "Steward" badge?
I got all of them a second time a couple of minutes ago.
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Image uploader provides wrong image
I am trying to add a screenshot to a question of mine.
After I select the picture with the "browse" link, the small preview shows the correct image.
But when I click the "Add picture&...
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Flagged a question before I saw it in First Posts review queue. I cannot click "I'm Done"
The question which I'm referring to in the title is this: Error : If you do not go back to the partitioning menu and correct these errors, the partition will be used as is
I flagged this question 2 ...
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Short answer is automatically converted to a comment
When I was entering an answer, to my own question, it put my answer as a comment instead. I tried it again, and the same thing happened again. I kept the two attempted answers -- that got strangely ...
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Month and Quarter reputation tab borked?
When I went to look at the Quarter reputation tab I noticed I'm number 1 in the stats and the same goes for the month but
as I know I'm vastly inferior to Rinzwind 0:-) I'm suspecting something is ...
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Since a few days, no rep changes occur "in green", not getting pinged
Feels like a silly question, but someone please shine a brilliant light on this: Since a few days, none of the rep changes occurred "in green" on any of my devices, (so not) like this:
just ...
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There is something wrong with backslash ("\") behaviour in comments
I was writing comment to the question(about Samba, so it uses UNC with backslashes).
The source code of my comment:
On Linux you should use `//` instead of `\\`. On Windows you should use only `\\`. ...
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Not getting some of the comment and badge notifications
Comments Notifications: I recently commented on this post. Earlier whenever I used to comment on a post and get a reply from OP just after my comment even without mentioning my name, I used to get ...
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How to search AU for a string containing “$”?
Today I tried to search for this answer, but the only thing I could remember from it was $_, so I tried to search for this term:
https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%24_
To my surprise the result page ...
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How do tag subscriptions work?
I know I can hover over a tag and click on subscribe. It then says I get an email. In the email it says I should confirm. When I click the link (https://stackexchange.com/filters/email-confirm/<...
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I made an edit but didn't realise I was not logged in
I made an edit to a post but didn't realise I was not logged in until after I submitted the change. Is there any way to assign it to me?
This happened only a few moments ago, the edit number is ...
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Video tutorials timing out
Just wanted to let you know that the video tutorials are timing out.
https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic.
Video Tutorials for using the site
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Why didn't 6 reviewers' recommendations delete this answer?
This answer was flagged as low quality and reviewed by 7 users. All but one reviewer Recommended Deletion, and the review now claims to be completed, both on the review page and on the timeline, but ...
ZannaMod
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Where do I submit a change proposal for a close vote comment?
case:
The text for NoRepro
This describes a problem that can't be reproduced that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's ...
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Achievements rep indicator glitching
The rep indicator lit up saying I gained 141 points, but I only gained 4. This has happened twice in the past 10 minutes.
See the below screenshot...
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I can see this deleted question even though I don't have 10k? [duplicate]
Title pretty much sums it up. I am somehow able to view this question even though I don't have 10k reputation.
Is this a bug?
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Where to report problems with Ask Ubuntu RSS feeds?
Ask Ubuntu's "recent questions" RSS at https://askubuntu.com/feeds has been hard down since April 3 21:26. The feed is visible using Firefox, but not when using an RSS app Liferea, or by using the RSS ...
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I can't embed images anymore?
Suddenly, when I try to embed an image, it only puts the link in. (Just like if you have less than 10 rep)
I'm curious if any other users are experiencing this... ?
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Vote limit on comments? [duplicate]
I was reviewing this question in the Close votes queue and upvoted the comment that mentioned the correct duplicate. I received a message regarding hitting the vote limit. I proceeded to VTC the as ...
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Mobile site UI buggy
Basically the text of top menu and tags is outside its supposed placement.
Browser: Chrome
Device: OnePlus Two
Issue seems specific to Chrome, as Firefox displays the site normally.
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Getting "An error occurred submitting the edit" on only one answer
I have recently tried making an edit to my answer on this post, but, to my surprise, I get a message stating that "An error occurred submitting the edit."
I suspected that it might be a temporary ...
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Why am I unable to retract this flag?
Today, I have flagged a question as being off-topic here (as the question seemed to be more about Windows than about Ubuntu), then, I had a second thought (the OP was a beginner in Ubuntu and closing ...
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Why have two of my questions and their answers had a series of unupvotes? [duplicate]
Yesterday all my answers to two questions I posted had many votes "unupvoted", including one question.
My reputation history and the two questions:
ASCII screensaver for the command-line or a TUI?
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Cannot change email in Profile
I'm getting this error when I try to change my email. The email I'm trying to change to has previously been registered to SE, but I removed that login recently. That email is no longer (or shouldn't ...
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Main site's sidebar and Meta site's sidebar don't match anymore
I've been noticing this for a few days, the Main site's sidebar and the Meta site's sidebar don't match anymore:
In particular I've been noticing the difference between the "Hot Meta Posts" ...
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"You have made too many incorrect reviews" What?
I have been banned from reviewing for having too many incorrect reviews. What? Most of my "attention" reviews I passed, and I was about to edit an answer. It said the question didn't exist? I just go ...
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who is http://viyals.com/, and why did I get routed through them to askubuntu.com?
I searched for a ubuntu question, and came to what appeared to be askubuntu.com. I was going to comment and tried to log in. It never worked. I looked at the url and it was viyals.com.
They are ...
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Meaning of orange number left to the "review" button for 10k+ users [duplicate]
We all know that the orange bubble with the white number (here: 330) represents the number of Suggested edits for users with 3k+ reputation.
But I have recently (today) reached 10k reputation and now ...
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Question time period limit
I sometimes have more than 6 problems in a 24-hour period, or more than 50 in a 30-day period, so I think that it would be really good if the limit could be raised, or if you could add to your limit ...
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Unable to upload gif image in question
I have recently found that I get this error when attempting to upload a gif image to a question (well, I actually didn't upload, but instead provided a link to a gif image which has worked with the ...
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AskUbuntu can only log in via GMAIL LINK, but not by typing in email-pwd combo
So I am trying to log into AskUbuntu with my email/pwd combo, and if I click GMAIL and then click on my email it logs me in, but if I type the same email, it says there is no account associated with ...
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Why didn't my reputation increase when my question was upvoted on meta? [duplicate]
I just posted a question on meta (here) and it was upvoted thrice till now, still there is no change in my reputation.It didn't increase by 15.Why?
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Unable to upvote or comment on answer
I was able to accept this answer, but I am unable to up vote or comment on it. When I click the Add comment button I get the following message:
User does not have permission to comment on this post
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Changing reputation; somtimes it goes up, then down again
Maybe related to the recent bug, mentioned here, but I noticed my reputation sometimes unexpectedly increases (you never know what you did :), but then goes back to what you actually should have at ...
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Recent Achievement Indicator [duplicate]
The Recent Achievement Indicator on both the main site and the meta site, aren't showing up to the minute info. For example in my case, I got 2 upvotes yesterday, and 1 about 3 hours ago, and all ...
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Potential bug in rep change badge? [duplicate]
Okay, so this may just be a bug or some issue with my cache, but I noticed some errant behavior of the rep change indicator in the top bar. And it happens both here in meta and on Ask Ubuntu.
This ...
Thomas WardMod
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Ask Ubuntu ads appear only as "Stack Android App" ads, not showing community ads
It seems that in the change to display the ads for the android app, I am now only seeing ads for the android app on Ask Ubuntu.
This has the unfortunate side effect that none of the community ads are ...
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Very low quality flag on a closed question, can't do anything but invalidate the flag?
I got two VLQ flags in my queue... actually the question is impossible to understand by normal humans, but I can't handle the flag if I don't either, invalidate (which I will not), or add a spam/...
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Some problems with pro-forma comments
I installed Pro-forma comments yesterday and it worked fine, I really like it. But today something is wrong. I can not see auto link near help. Also, when I flag question as duplicate, there does not ...
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Posting An Answer
I been trying to answer this question discrete GPU not working after update, But when i press Post your Answer, Its posting as an comment, I have tried several times but still the same
Please have ...
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Deletion request: Question 287309
I figured out the problem with my question, and it was something really obvious - not important enough to keep the question around for.
Unfortunately, the JavaScript that lets me delete a question is ...
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Should gaining 200+ reputation, on one site (askubuntu) give me +100 associated site reputation bonus, on the same site. [duplicate]
Today I passed 200 reputation on this site, only to then in quick succession, without doing anything, pass 300. I looked at my reputation log and it looks like I gained 100 for "passing 200 on an ...
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Some data lost after Stack Exchange server migration Feb. 9
As some of you have noticed, the SE admins were migrating the services to the NY data centre again yesterday.
Unfortunately, some data seems to have been lost in the minutes before the site became ...
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why this Questions is showed in two way when you are reviewing?
when you click on review tools you can see this answer :
and when you are reviewing low quality post you can see the same answer :
I think this is a double effort and should be eliminated.
but in ...
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