Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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How do I log out of the Ask Ubuntu website after creating a Stack Exchange account?
I can't find a log out button after I created my Ask Ubuntu Stack Exchange account.
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How to post links that integrate with the Software Center?
There are some posts with nice Software Center icons and links to software installation via apt. How to do that?
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Is it possible to rename oneself on Ask Ubuntu?
Looking around on the site, I found a post with my name I didn't remember having posted.
Although I should have known my first name is not that unique, I never realized there could be 31 of me around ...
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How do I flag correctly?
As there are many complaints about uncertainty of which flag to use for what post and even conflicting feedbacks from different moderators or established users, I would like to see some kind of ...
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What should I do now that I can't ask more questions?
Do not repost the question you were about to ask until you have
READ EVERYTHING WE ARE ABOUT TO TELL YOU.
While trying to ask a question, one could get:
We are no longer accepting questions from ...
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How do I comment on a post?
I see a bunch of comments on someone else's answer to several questions and I'd like to add one but I don't see how. I can provide my own answer, but all I really want to do is add a little bit to ...
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How to use keyboard 'icon' in markdown?
Guys, I was looking in a question when I found a different way to markup keyboard (combination of keys) to express commands. I cant found a previously answer about Markdown (except this, but not ...
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Should questions about using end-of-life Ubuntu releases be closed? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should we allow questions that are about releases which are considered End of Life?
Should questions requesting advice using end-of-life (i.e., officially unsupported) Ubuntu ...
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I lost 3000+ rep as a reversal
It is possible that someone serially upvoted my posts. I can't see it.
But the weird thing is that some of my answers were unaccepted. That is a puzzle.
What does this mean?
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How do I flag my question for re-opening?
Sometimes questions get closed as a duplicate, when they might not be one.
A comment should be left by the close-voter for the user explaining how to get their question re-opened if the duplicate ...
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Is there a possibility to create/save a list of favorite/useful questions?
How can I create/save a list of questions/answers that are useful for me in my account, for later use?
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Formatting a comment
Is it possible to format a comment, as in, include blockqoute like properties?
I've noticed that the help mentions that 'code' can be used for code, but it doesn't seem to make a difference.
Either ...
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How do I add images to posts?
How do I add images to a question, answer or comment. When I press Images on the top panel it says something like "Images are exactly like links..." and suggests adding the link to the image. But what ...
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Reputation decreasing automatically
My reputation was 310 some days ago. I did not down-vote anyone's answers recently and I'm quite sure that no one down-voted my answers or questions as there were no records about them in my user page....
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How to request for merging my 2 askubuntu accounts?
I accidentally created a second account because I had forgotten about my first account, but now I want to merge them and keep single account.
I want this account to be merged into https://askubuntu....
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What criteria should be used when considering merge candidates?
This question was prompted by the results of a normal dupe search on this question.
I discovered 2 possible duplicates as listed below and my first thought was that they should be merged.
Duplicate ...
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How is reputation shared between Meta and Ask Ubuntu?
I have been floating around on Meta occasionally, but most of the time is spent on Ask Ubuntu. When I receive upvotes or accepts on Meta, it says that I gain reputation, but it does not seem to affect ...
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Is a user not allowed to give the bounty to himself?
I put a bounty on a question of mine and later found a solution to that problem.
I was given 0 points for the answer (obviously) but i was also not given the bounty points back when i clicked for it. ...
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How can I bump my unsolved question?
Is there a "bump" feature to move an old unsolved/unanswered question to the top of the list?
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Software centre image link is broken
The software centre image is often used when explaining how to install software, like this (I fixed this one on the original page):
In Ubuntu 11.10 it is now possible to change the edge reveal time ...
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How do I quickly find the duplicate questions I'm searching for when flagging/closing?
I don't like the search box when I'm flagging for a duplicate, because I don't know the exact names of the big questions. Even if I use very relevant keywords, the question that I want to pick is ...
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Similar background for Blockquote and Preformatted(code)
On AskUbuntu there is similar background-formatting for Blockquote text and Preformatted code text.
Example-1 (with preformatted/coded text):
sudo apt-get update
Example-2 (with block-quoted text):
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The future of the applications/software tag(s) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Applications, application and software tags must die!
To my mind applications, application and software is useless - there is no clear meaning to them. Some questions should ...
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How do I invite a low rep user into chat?
It comes up in chat sometimes, so I figured I'ld post a question and answer on the thing.
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What does "-10 User was removed" mean?
I noticed this in my "activity drop down:"
I don't particular care about losing 10 points, but it piqued my interest. What does this mean? If someone's account is deleted for some reason, their up ...
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What is StackExchange? Is Ask Ubuntu officially related to Ubuntu or Canonical? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is Ask Ubuntu “official” Ubuntu?
What is stackexchange? is Ask Ubuntu officially related to Ubuntu/canonical?
How do i subscribe for a question that I have not asked?
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Review Audits - room for improvement
First impressions from the review audit system: I am slightly amused but more annoyed.
The first two audits I got were ones that I had voted to close myself - so it was a mild form of deja vu
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When does the community user start bumping old questions?
According to this the community user bumps old unanswered questions so that they get another shot at getting answered.
I've seen it do it a couple times in the past but it doesn't seem like it's a ...
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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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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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Is it allowed to have multiple AU accounts, intentionally, without having them merged?
Some users might want to have multiple AskUbuntu accounts. There are a number of legitimate reasons for wanting this. I won't try to list them all but here are a few:
Separate accounts for work-...
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What does it mean when a post is bumped to homepage by the Community?
Today I noticed this on a post:
What exactly does this mean and what triggered it?
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Duplicate or other options?
Scenario:
We have an old question that is answered but is now outside our rules (eg off-topic)
Somebody posts a new question which is a duplicate of the older question.
What we do now ? We need to ...
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Someone deleted my answer in a duplicate post, why?
I just found out that one of my answers has been deleted. I can't find a reason for that, there are no negative comments and my solution is (almost) identical to the one proposed in the duplicate ...
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Get rid of Windows answers?
Isn't it time to get rid of this answer and enforce the policy of closing Windows questions, here, here, ... as off-topic?
I'd rather leave a comment "We're sorry, but this site is all about Ubuntu ...
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How to handle duplicate answers that add nothing?
I'm not talking about exact copying, failure to give credit, or one person passing off another person's answer as their own.
Rather, I'd like to know what the best practice is when one user answers a ...
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What is the purpose of bookmarking questions?
It shows no increase in the reputation points of the asker, then what is the purpose of being able to bookmark questions by clicking on bookmark icon with a star?
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How do I bookmark a Question/Answer?
I've found a question I'm interested in - how can I receive updates of when it gets answers or updates?
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How do I migrate from Google login to Launchpad login?
I have tried logging in with my Launchpad ID. But it shows me as a totally new user, with rep of 0.
I don't want to lose the rep I have here.
Thank you.
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Who downvoted my question/answer on Ask Ubuntu?
Can I know who down voted my question/answer on Ask Ubuntu so that I can ask him the reason for it?
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Please blacklist the help tag
Please blacklist the tag help, its a useless meta tag that can contain literally any question. It should be purged with fire.
Related: http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2179/why-do-we-have-a-help-...
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Request: Burnination and Blacklisting of [error] tag
One of the most overly used tags in the site is error. In almost every case, there are many other tags which are far more descriptive.
All 303 questions using that tag aside, I believe the tag ...
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What is a disputed flag?
Marco Ceppi just told me that moderators can't dispute flags, and I would like to know who can and what is it for?
If moderators can't use it who can?
for an example I have 8 disputed flags.
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How to watch for hidden gems?
In late answers review I found a helping notice as:
This is a new user's answer to an old question. Watch for hidden gems, non-answers, and spam
I understand what non-answers and spam refers to, ...
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How do I interpret this "Your question does not meet our quality standards" error?
Oops! Your question couldn't be submitted because:
It does not meet our quality standards.
Thats the message I'm getting while trying to post a question. I've seen it a couple times before, usually ...
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Does it make sense to flag non-English questions?
I think that the scope of a flag is to make moderators aware of content that request their intervention. And also I think that this site really only support English. Now, some of moderators can find ...
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Why did the "community" user reject my edits?
I was reviewing my suggested edits, and saw that the "community" user rejected three of my edits because they "conflicted with a subsequent edit."
What's that supposed to mean? I've had very few ...
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Blacklist the linux tag?
I don't see any use for the linux tag.
It would seem to me that the only valid uses are when it is used instead of the kernel tag.
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AskUbuntu pages are returning an error when connected to Opera's built in VPN
The issue is simple.
When I navigate to: Why do pages not load in any browser after updating Ubuntu 12.04?
I can load it as expected.
When I toggle on Opera's built in VPN I get:
Page Not Found
We'...
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Attention: some of your recent flags have been declined - please review them before flagging this post!
I get the "Attention: some of your recent flags have been declined - please review them before flagging this post!" And I did review and yes, some of my SPAM flags were declined after which I flagged ...
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