Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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How to find out my own user id for usage on data.stackexchange.com? [duplicate]
In order to run queries on data.stackexchange.com one often needs to enter a user id (e.g. http://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/785/how-many-upvotes-do-i-have-for-each-tag). I'm having ...
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Why is my badge count different in different places?
Let me show you two screen shots:-
(From the top bar that also has the icons - 'Recent inbox messages' and 'Recent achievements')
(From the badges section of mu AU profile)
Clearly the badge count ...
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I didn't receive an email telling me that my bounty is about to expire
This question, I did not receive an email telling that my bounty is about to expire in 24h, I use gmail, nothing in spam.
I have CS finals at university so I don't have time to keep checking this ...
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Deleted comment left a notification
I was reviewing some questions from new users, and my inbox button blinked. I clicked on it, to see this :
Leading here.
The problem, is that this comment doesn't exist, I apparently did not ...
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Add alternative email address for recovery option
I am running my account with stack-exchange login. For recovery and security account has one email id by using which I logged in.
Now, can I register second email id to same account as a secondary ...
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What happened to "Flags" moderation tool?
There used to be a FLAGS tab in https://askubuntu.com/tools. What happened?
The same in meta:
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Are Ubuntu TV questions off-topic?
The tile says it all. The questions which belong to Ubuntu TV should they be considered as off-topic?
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How to return immediately to the list of questions after committing an edit/suggest?
After committing the suggest I would like to be able to go "back" to the list of questions immediately - but every "back" action of my browser takes me first back to the edit window, then to the ...
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In answers attributed to "community wiki", what does the percentage value denote?
See this answer for example:
community wiki
28 revs, 9 users 37%
Jorge Castro
What does 37% denote?
I looked at What are “Community Wiki” posts? but didn't see an explanation.
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How to comment out edits in Ask Ubuntu?
But I have this post that I would like to upkeep Now that I built Unity How do I Install it?
Now every time that I edit it (for the future or in the future) I would Like to put some commented code in ...
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Shouldn't I be able to offer a bounty of 100 on this question?
I have this one issue which has been driving me crazy for ages. However, with help from Ask Ubuntu, I feel it's closing in on a solution. I've discovered a workaround, and maybe that can be exploited ...
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What is the best way to ask for level of support for a new laptop model?
I am in the market for a new laptop and I would like to ask for the level of support for Ubuntu on recently released laptop models. I would like to be able to ask the askubuntu community if a given ...
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Askubuntu app for unity
Is there an app/software available which would integrate askubuntu.com into my unity desktop something like GMail notifier.
This would help me to see what all question are posted on the site without ...
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Is there a way for StackExchange to accept Launchpad IDs to login systemwide?
In the original, pre-shortened form of the question I was complaining that I can't login some other StackExchange site with my Launchpad ID, providing the screenshot:
Rest was almost like this:
I ...
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how to get a copy of a deleted answer
Apparently an answer I wrote was deleted (by others).
Is there a way to retrieve a deleted answer? (I would like to
keep a copy of it)
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How can one determine who has the highest score for a specific tag?
This question was prompted by this one and I was wondering who if anyone has the required score in the tag to request the synonym. I checked the tags of some likely suspects but came up empty. I'm ...
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If I offer a bounty on someone else's question, can I still choose who gets the bounty?
I want to offer a bounty on a question by someone else, I would really like the issue fixed too and don't want to open a duplicate question.
If I offer the bounty, do I get to choose the recipient of ...
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How is the "best Q & A" of AU is decided in the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter?
Vanity is the background of this question, but here we go...
To prevent misunderstandings: this is not about the ask ubuntu newsletter, but the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter (sent by Elizabeth K. Joseph).
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Do posts deleted/locked by community appear in the user's "deleted posts" list?
One of my post was deleted by community.
Here is my post: https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14524/leaving-a-comment-or-upvoting-existing-one-after-downvoting-a-post-except-spa
Does it appear in ...
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What is the difference between Ask ubuntu button vs. Questions button?
When Clicking on ask Ubuntu I get a different view than when I click on Questions, some questions doesn't appear under Questions!
What is the difference between these 2 views?
Pressing Ask ubuntu:
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How is the reputation score one can see in chat calculated?
My question is simple: You all know that in chat, one can see a reputation score of users below their icon and username (if they posted enough so that there is enough space) or by clicking on the icon ...
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How do I edit questions which don't have to be corrected at atleast 6 places?
I had suggested edits to many questions and answers and my edits were genuine: those posts had formatting or grammar mistakes but many of my suggested edits got rejected.
Since many posts had only ...
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Is this a bug in the rep notfication or rep history system?
This morning my rep was 315. I downvoted an answer (and left a comment explaining why I thought it was a bad answer) which took me to 314.
When I next visited the site, I got a green +1 icon telling ...
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Recover a removed page in order to investigate a bug report?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1100806 links to https://askubuntu.com/questions/244043/bash-and-getcwd-fails-in-a-nest-directory-with-a-dash-in-the-command-line#...
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How do I represent a * when asking a question?
I was trying to post something here that had two (nonconsecutive) asterisks in the text. They ended up being replaced by spaces. How can I represent those asterisks?
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Clicked wrong entry during question review
I intended to flag the answer as 'not an answer', but clicked on "no action needed". Is there a way to go back and correct my review?
https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/311708
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Found An Orphaned Synonym Tag
Tag ubuntu is a synonym of tag ubuntu-desktop which I think has been deleted???
My understanding is that since it's a synonym tag the system won't automatically remove it
like it does with normal ...
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Reputation for editing
According to this, you get +2 for an accepted edit "up to 1000 total per user." Does that mean after 500 edits, you don't get +2 for editing, or after you have 1000 reputation from anything you don't ...
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Bounty and Reputations Relationship
I know that bounty can be started up by offering Reputation.
How much reputation changes to whom bounty awarded?
Is reputation transfers by bounty from who start bounty and to whom bounty awarded?
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What is the use of having badges?
In AU apart from reputation there is something called 'Badges'. But I see that no privilege requires a badge nor is it used for placing a bounty or anything else. So why do I need badges for? Is it ...
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How much traffic comes to us from non-search engines sources?
Kinda in the same line of this question, exactly how much traffic comes to us from other sources? This will give us a very specific view of how can we improve our stop-gap before users ask questions ...
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How many reputation do I need to upload a screenshot?
Like the question says, I am asking how many reputation I need to include a screenshot in my questions or answers. I am currently resorting to external hosting of my images.
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How can I ask for a question to be moved to Unix/Linux?
A while back I asked Why doesn't tty7 show a prompt with no display manager?. It didn't really get answered, which is OK, because it's just theoretical and not very pressing.
That said, having ...
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I've found a duplicate user; what should I do?
I just stumbled upon this question:
I can't install Ubuntu 13.04 on a new computer
And in the sidebar for this question I found this Related question:
I can't install Ubuntu 13.04 on a new ...
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Why do you need 15 reputation to upvote?
I'm still a newbie on the askubuntu site, and what I experienced is that you need a reputation of 15 to upvote. I don't understand this.
Say you see a question that you would like to see answered or ...
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Wrong flag on question
This question has been flagged as "too localized"
Unity does not run .xsession/.Xsession/.xsessionrc/.xinitrc on login
this is clearly wrong, just look at all the other questions talking about ...
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Losing privilege with points lost in setting bounties
Is it appropriate for users to lose privileges with handing out bounties? I've recently posted a bounty worth 400 points and consequently lost even the simple privilege of commenting everywhere. I ...
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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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Possible undelete of answer?
I was browsing around since I just added TPM to my older motherboard and I wanted to check the full version. While browsing I stumbled across https://askubuntu.com/a/1415651/231142 where it is ...
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Log out of the site [duplicate]
How do I log out of this site? The answer I found says I should click on the Stack Exchange logo on the upper left to logout, but there's no such option.
Also, what is with "This question body does ...
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Is it possible to respond to the author of a deleted question?
I awoke this morning to find this in my inbox. At some point between the author leaving the comment and my receiving it the original question was deleted by the author. I'm wondering if there is a way ...
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I have found a bug when I click on the StackExchange menu and other buttons [closed]
I just found this bug when I clicked on the StackExchange button and other buttons. Some orange-dotted lines appear around the button when I click on it.
Here are some screenshots:
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Two "spam" flags are "disputed", but the posts have vanished, what happened?
Yesterday I flagged two "answers" as spam. On reviewing my flags I saw both were disputed, so I wanted to look at them again to reevaluate - but both are gone. What happened?
How do I move (copy) my ...
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How to attach bootchart.SVG file?
I have posted a question on Slow Boot which requires bootchart.svg file to be attached for better understanding of the problem.
When I try to attach it, I get this:
Currently I have uploaded it to my ...
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How long can an account be inactive for?
By inactive I mean not logged-in by the User.
I am asking this question because, I answered one or two OLD questions (3yrs old) hoping that he/she will try my solution and reply if not accepting. ...
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Should one make a question on-topic by editing it and generalizing it?
I recently came across this question in the Reopen votes review queue, and it was edited and generalized by another user:
But as ElementaryOS is not Ubuntu should this really be reopened now that it ...
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Why do certain tags also go in tab title?
I am asking a question extending from this one: http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6224/how-are-tags-ordered-and-why-only-the-first-one-is-included-in-the-question-titl:
Why for instance in this ...
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How come my flags don't add up?
Looking at my flagging history on my profile on the main Ask Ubuntu site, it shows that I've raised 170 moderator attention flags.
It further says that 165 were deemed helpful and 2 were declined.
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It's been more than 2 months and I am still blocked from being able to ask Questions
Okey , I accept there may have been questions which were down voted but I have been trying my level best to re-gain the reputations Infact I have 120 reputations now. I really miss askubuntu.
Here is ...
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How do I migrate my question? [duplicate]
For this question:
JDBC Connection Pool details on Glassfish,
can I just copy/past elsewhere, or should I flag and ask for it to be migrated?
What's the procedure?
To get a little bit meta about ...
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