Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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Rejecting edits because they "Failed to correct critical issues with the post"
So I just made it past 2k rep, and I've been reviewing some edits.
Once, one of my suggested edits was rejected because it apparently
Failed to correct critical issues with the post
I found a ...
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Transfer control over open bounty to other user (or moderator) because I can't award it
I have two open bounties (question 1 and question 2) of 50 points for each, which both end in 3 days.
However, I can't come online within the next week and none of them has an acceptable answer yet. ...
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Broken Encryption on StackExchange?
I've been getting intermittent "Broken Encryption" messages on AskUbuntu's website. So far, I've only seen this on www.askubuntu.com and www.blender.stackexchange.com, and it's not always there.
Is ...
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How to see all deleted questions of a particular user?
I've just run across 2 deleted questions from this user in the last 10 minutes. (Example here and here for 10K+ rep users )
It seems he/she/it's gaming the system and deleting his/her/its questions ...
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Who are the AU chat room owners?
I was just wondering (as I have not seen any body with a name like this in the AU chat room) who the room owners in the main Ubuntu chat room were, so I thought I would ask a question about it here as ...
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How shall we report bugs in the new design?
Are the "answers" to Minor site design updates still monitored or should we post standard bug reports (aka "questions")?
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How many 'offensive' flags are needed to delete a post?
I just stumbled on a clearly offensive post and flagged is as such. Now it seems that every 'offensive' flag creates one downvote, so I guess it has 4 flags already but is still visible.
Hence my ...
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What does the number next to the review button signify?
My question really says it all, there is an orange number next to the review button - what does it signify - it isn't the number of posts needing reviewing is it - that seems to be different?
Just ...
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How to delete my favorites?
I specify lots of question as my favorites without attention. Now my favorites become useless and unmanageable. I wish to find any way to delete them all and start to make as favorites with more ...
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How to find duplicates of my own or arbitrary question
How to know which questions are duplicate of my question. Is there any way to find which questions are marked as a duplicate of mine?
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Is there a way to contact mods privately?
The question says it all. Is it possible to contact the mods privately (thus not in public chat nor in meta)?
Are self-made chatrooms private? Is there a general email like [email protected]?
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If 2 questions are same, then which one should be merged?
If there are two exact questions, then which should be merged with which one ??
in my personal belief; shouldn't be that the question with less up-votes be merged with the one having more up-votes, ...
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Why is ubuntu-touch tag still in "my tags"?
Once upon a time, I was following ubuntu-touch for some reasons, later on I decided not to follow it. Great, I stopped following it and now questions tagged ubuntu-touch are not highlighted. Good. But ...
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How do I merge two accounts? [duplicate]
I logged in today with my Launch Pad ID thinking it was the correct Open ID account. Lo and behold, I created a new user by mistake. Is there any way I can merge the two?
https://askubuntu.com/users/...
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Is there a way to sort the Questions oldest first?
Is there a way to sort the Questions oldest first, then the newest at the front?
How?
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How can I revive the pro-forma script after a failed loading of "remote"?
Following the question about pro-forma comments I installed them and then tried to enable the remote source, which seemingly failed (at least it took a very long time ™ without any noticeable network ...
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How to ask a following question?
I've found a question corresponding to mine (What is the purpose of favoriting questions?), but need some precisions (Do favoriting questions help to get an answer?).
If I had enough reputation : by ...
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No items for you to review
I was just reviewing the posts and after a few questions, I got the message "There are no items for you to review".
I logged in again after a day and found the same message. Why is it so?
Is it ...
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How to search FAQ?
So many of my questions are answered by going through the FAQs under Questions (not the FAQ you should read when you first start using AskUbuntu). There is a lot there.
How do I search that FAQ? I ...
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Could you please add two synonyms to the 'quality' tag?
Please, make the quality-assurance and qa tags synonyms of the quality tag, as I do not have enough reputation to do that.
quality should be the "master" tag because it is the one that was initially ...
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Re-opening a misunderstood question
When I asked question 231990, I referred to my 10.04 installation as a "custom distro", when I really meant that it had a custom connection setup for wired ethernet (using cntlm to connect to a proxy)....
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How can I get the correct resolution for "Ask ubuntu" back on my Android device
On my android smart phone, I was able to access "Ask ubuntu" with my browser with a resolution specifically designed for the phone (it was perfect). Then, I accidentally hit a small link labelled "...
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Should really good/detailed "me too" answers have their content merged into the question?
Usually "me too" answers don't contribute much to working on the problem, but sometimes they do, as when they present details that are subtly different than (or more detailed than) what is provided by ...
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The "login or register" link is invisible in Internet Explorer
The "Please login or register to vote for this post" text doesn't display correctly when viewed in Internet Explorer 9 on Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit:
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Can't login to AskUbuntu, account shows as unregistered
When logged in, my profile shows "Unregistered". I can't vote or anything, I get the "Please login or register to vote for this post." message. When I log in (through Stack Exchange or google) ...
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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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How often is the information in the "Users" list updated?
How often is the information at https://askubuntu.com/users updated? Is this something that happens instantaneously, or hourly like the main reputation synching with the meta, or something entirely ...
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How can I get "Hot Question" widget of askubuntu ?
Hii There ..
when i visit omgubuntu.co.uk and i find a hot question widget in the rightside of that website, how can i get the script or anything else, so i can add the widget in our web ?
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How can I link to a specific revision?
Sometimes I want to refer readers to a specific revision of a question. Can I accomplish this with a single link?
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Are the questions with the mark (closed) erased?
I've seen many questions with the mark [closed] in the title.
Does it mean that they will be erased later? Or just remains as closed?
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Why did the askubuntu team remove this?
I was just seeing the snapshots of the old askubuntu site from Wayback machine, and when I clicked the "Ask Question" button, I saw this:
Why did they remove this? I'm just curious. it ...
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The need to provide a link to your LaunchPad account for the elections
In order to nominate one self for the community moderator elections one must provide a link to one's LaunchPad account in order to verify that one has signed the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. However some ...
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What happen to tag votes when you reach the dailly rep cap?
I was wondering if tag votes were also blocked when you are above the daily rep cap.
If users continue to vote for your questions/answers, does the system continue to increment the votes you're ...
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Starting bounty on others question
I am facing some problem with my Ubuntu and solving those problem is very much important for me. After searching on Ask Ubuntu, I found some similar questions here and here with little response.
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How to update my site profile?
I know this isn't a Ubuntu technical question, though I did register my username through google. Now that I go to update my profile and save it says the email address is already registered. Is there a ...
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Should'nt there be a feature in AU that would allow a user to get notified about changes in questions or answers he/she upvoted or downvoted?
Lets say I up vote a question since I felt that I had faced a issue earlier similar to that which was mentioned in the question. Now, when someone comments in it or answers the question I may also ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 install problems - where/how to ask a question
I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.
I have installed it on two machines, and had to give up on third.
(I was able to simply install 11.10 on the third)
I need to get some help, and I want to give ...
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question about "download[ing] packages for offline installation" incorrectly closed as duplicate
This question has been closed as a duplicate of this question. But I do not believe they are really asking the same thing. I think that the recent question is asked in a way that is unfortunately not ...
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No option found to start a bounty [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why I can't initiate a bounty
I have started a question which is quite old now and i din get any clear solution to that question still. So i thought to start a bounty for ...
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What am i supposed to do with a question of mine if it's no longer valid?
I asked this question some time ago . After today's reinstallation of ubuntu I no longer face this problem. What am i supposed to do with the question now?
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Is is possible to cancel a bounty?
Is it possible to cancel a bounty if I found the answer to my question?
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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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Can I unsubscribe from comments to my answers?
Is there a mechanism that allows me to “unsubscribe” from comment notifications on my answers? Ideally something that operates on a per-answer basis. Alternatively, can I mute certain people so their ...
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I'm apparently in danger of being blocked... with the most votes being cast on a recent question +1
The only other question on this topic I could find had 0 answers and was asked 4 years ago so I'm going to go ahead and ask it again
When I go to post a question, I get a warning stating some of my ...
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When reviewing answers, how can I view other answers for the post?
I was clearing the late posts, and there was an answer that was a correct answer to the question, so I hit "no action needed".
Turns out it was one of the "test" reviews. This question was already ...
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Do we need the Private Beta help?
Right now, there's an interesting page on the Help Center: How to Ask Questions in Private Beta.
As Ask Ubuntu is not really in private beta anymore, is this page really necessary? Or, more ...
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How to sort/find tags based on used & votes?
I want to sort/list tags on Ask Ubuntu based on use. For example:
used this week (no. of questions tagged this week)
used this month/year (no. of questions tagged this month/year)
Another example ...
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Could I invite 1 rep users to chat rooms? [duplicate]
I know that users need at least 20 rep to talk in chat. But could I invite them to talk? could I give them a link?
I want to send this user to chat, I vote him up to give him some rep, but still ...
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Is it okay to suggest that my own question be closed since it's related to a confirmed bug?
The question is this one and the bug seems to be here. None of the "close" options seem appropriate. Perhaps, exact duplicate could be extended to exact duplicate or existing bug?
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Boolean searching with tags and answered status?
Is there a way to do a boolean search with tags and answered or unanswered status? For example, I found myself wanting to search for something like this: ([networking] and not [wireless])and(...
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