Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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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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How can I see old versions of a question or answer?
My question was just edited. It seems I had used wildly differing tags. Happy that someone helped me, it also made me a little bit curious what I had done. So, how can I see the older versions of my ...
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How can I see per-badge completion-status?
Is there some way I can see what my per-badge completion status is? For example, to view the completion status for the Electorate or Copy-Editor badge I can go to the review page and take a look at ...
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What happened to flag weight
Just now I observed that my profile is no longer showing "flag weight" instead it is showing "helpful flags". Where did flag weight go? Is it being replaced with helpful flags count?
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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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downvoting random comments in answers?
I saw some answers where the user just puts in random comment. I like what I read from this link "
http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1305/flag-answers-that-should-be-comments " but is downvoting ...
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Why haven't I received my Electorate badge yet?
The Electorate badge is given when a user votes 600 times and 25% of the votes are on questions if I understand correctly.
I reached that couple of months back and while looking at my profile now, I ...
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When does askubuntu.com celebrate new years eve? [duplicate]
By my calendar, it's not January 2. 2012. When I look at the stats for this week, month, quarter and year, it seems we're still in December. When does this change? :)
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Why doesn't Ask Ubuntu's calendar match my calendar
My computer shows that it's still Monday the 19th, but Ask Ubuntu does not show me on site today, but shows me tomorrow. Is there another setting I need to set on my computer? I don't remember or ...
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Accidentally deleted my own question
I've accidentally deleted my own question, should I ask it again or can it be undeleted?
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What does the feedback link do?
I recently happened to be on the site while I wasn't logged in, and I noticed that on each post, where the comment link normally is, is a feedback link. When you run your mouse over it, it changes to ...
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Where can I find a list of rejected edit suggestions?
I was just looking at my edit suggestions. Last I checked, I had 51 edits accepted and 2 rejected. Where can I find out what those rejected edits were, so I can learn from the experience?
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How to retag a question without making it go to the top of the question list?
I want to retag posts that have to do with dv6 laptops by HP with the new dv6 tag. I can do this by searching for "dv6" and going down the list and retagging each question with the dv6 tag. The ...
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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 see from what countries Askubuntu users are
3 days ago I was in a technology event and one of the things they talked about was Ubuntu (after a whole bunch of twitter stuff) but somehow it moved in one part of the Ubuntu talk to Askubuntu and ...
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Why do we have a "help" tag? [duplicate]
help is kind of a pointless tag, no? There's 36 questions which have it, each of them is asking for support with something different. There's no real purpose for it, since this site is for support ...
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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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Is it possible to use askubuntu Question/Answer for Ubuntu lessons
I will start teaching some students about Linux using Ubuntu and I was wondering if it could be possible to use askubuntu to answer some of their questions regarding Ubuntu and any problem they have ...
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Goofy search results
why does a search for "indicators" return the #1 hit as a closed thread with one upvote that was closed because it was an exact duplicate of the thread "List of application indicators" that has been ...
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Why are most questions in unanswered answered?
I just had a look at https://askubuntu.com/unanswered and I saw that most of the questions were answered. Not recently either. Some of them were answered two months ago. Why is this?
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AutoSuspension from Chat for "Inappropriate Content"
Someone mind explaining what content was inappropriate, and why the system is automatically banning users now, and can perhaps undo the suspension?
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yes i found what content was inappropriate, ...
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Why separate "torrent" and "bittorrent" tags?
Why do we have torrent and bittorrent as separate tags on main?
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Why wasn't I reminded to consider accepting the answer to my question that I upvoted?
I upvoted Marco Ceppi's answer to this question of mine here on meta. But I am waiting on accepting the answer until it provides more of the information I had requested. I had posted a comment to this ...
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Why couldn't I edit question 79622?
I had wanted to edit this question to remove the signature in accordance with this policy (which has since been taken care of by zpletan). However, I was unable to do so. Since I only have 1,269 ...
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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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Why was I given 100 points for asking my first question on Webapps Stack Exchange?
As directed by a user in response to a comment on my question, I asked the question on Webapps also on Stack exchange (for the first time as I never knew there are other sites like this) and ...
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How do I add a photo to my Ask Ubuntu profile?
Could someone please help me with the steps to adding a personal picture to my Ask Ubuntu profile?
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How to add my askubuntu points widgets to blogger?
I read somewhere (please don't ask me where as I have forgotten) that I could add my profile points to blogger so as to show that you are indeed a member of the community (ask Ubuntu ). Can someone ...
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How to force new users to a FAQ that includes how to make a question, comment and answer
There is an increased in the amount of new users that confuse askubuntu.com to a forum, engaging even the answers as thought to be similar to the way we use a forum. For example, making comments, ...
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Delete my Ask Ubuntu and Ask Ubuntu Meta account
I want to delete my Ask Ubuntu and Ask Ubuntu meta account, but there is a problem, in the section "Contact us", the following e-mail adress "team%[email protected]" and "team%...
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What does the "First rollback" description mean for the badge Cleanup
I do not understand what the description "First Rollback" means for the badge Cleanup. What is a rollback? Can someone please explain to me what this is?
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How to ask a question with a template already created for answers?
This question has a template already created for answering it. That is, instead of the answer textbox starting out empty, it starts out with this text in it:
[![Tagline to show on mouseover][1]][2]
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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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Ask Ubuntu does not display well on Microsoft Zune HD
I am the proud owner of an internet-enabled Microsoft Zune HD. However, I am frustrated by the limitations that occur when viewing the Ask Ubuntu site on my Zune HD. To start, the regular Ask Ubuntu ...
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A new user is missing their edit, comment, etc. links on their question
I encountered yet another question where the poster had submitted their response to my comment as an answer. As usual, I directed them to add the answer as a comment on their question instead. However,...
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Can I associate my AskUbuntu account with my other Stack Exchange accounts, for migrated questions?
I answered a question on Server Fault, which was then migrated to AskUbuntu. Then, in agreement with a suggestion for improvement by another user posted in a comment, I decided to edit my post. I don'...
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Should I not flag questions that are duplicates?
I recently flagged this question as an exact duplicate of this one.
A little later, in my flagging summary I got the message
declined - flags should only be used to make moderators aware of ...
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Are answers to a question marked as duplicate merged?
In this question :
What to use to connect to nomachine's server?
In the comments, someone said that the merge would be good. So, what exactly is the question merge?
What happens to the ...
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How to handle answer and bounty for initially incomplete question?
Can someone tell me what's the best way to handle the answer to this question considering that it wasn't accurate when I asked it?
Should I post my own answer and accept it? Should I award the ...
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How do you challenge a ruling?
I recently had a question closed as an exact duplicate. It was not an exact duplicate.
My question: How can I edit GTK+3 themes (preferably with a GUI)?
The other question: How do I change to a ...
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Answer aglomerate, group of possible solutions for a frequent question
Is there a better way to answer the "upgraded and my 'random graphics maker string here' driver stopped working" (or any other derivatives of hardware category as long as its frequent)?
I have seen ...
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Are the ads still being shown?
I don't see any more ads on the site. I'm not sure if it is something to do with Firefox 10.
Does anyone else have this problem?
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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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Search for strings broken
Searching for strings is broken. A string like "me too" returns posts that contain "me", "too", and "me too".
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Notify a commentator of new information on the original question
How can I notify a user that placed a comment on my original question asking for extra information?
This is because I once gave the extra information as a comment but it was placed on the original ...
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Links without http don't get linked
Just came across this, don't know if its a feature or a bug. Basically if you don't type out http on a link in the markdown, it does not get converted to the link.
[Link](google.com) => Link
does ...
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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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My answer was deleted, why?
I posted an answer to a question and it's been deleted. Why!?
As we head in to Ubuntu 11.10 release I'd like to make sure when we are going through the site and marking items for removal in this (and ...
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What is the point of the daily limit?
I got 199 reputation points today, and it seemed a little strange, because it just stopped at 199. I read up, and I discovered that there is a limit at 200 points per day. Why?
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Mobile web version the site now doesn't allow me to up vote, down vote, accept answer
I'm using opera mini 4.3 on a Nokia 5000d. I just realised today that i can't perform the functions listed above. I could do all those things previously using the same device and browser. Is it a bug ...
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