Questions tagged [tags]
about tags and tagging
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How can I disable the grey highlightening on askubuntu?
I don't like the grey highlightening on askubuntu, it highlights every two questions, and is just very annoying.
How can I disable it?
since I don't really know why it's being highlighted, makes it ...
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Are computer brand tags necessary?
Within the past few hours (of writing) have had two tag synonym requests to clean up branding tags and to unify them under some centralized tags.
However, this brings up the following question:
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Can we get a tag for the 'at' command for Ubuntu?
There doesn't seem to be one and I use both cron (which has a tag) and 'at' at different times. I'm not able to add a tag at this time.
Tags just for more common commands would be very helpful. I ...
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Tiny tweak to the [livedvd] tag
This isn't even worth bringing up in Meta, but if I don't point it out it's going to nag at me in the back of my mind.
Observe the following set of tags:
live-usb
live-cd
livedvd
If some helpful ...
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Do we need "put your internet services here" tags?
This pop-up in the chat when I was asked why I was removing the last.fm. Remember that Last.FM is a Web Service. Ubuntu has a client but up until now nobody has asked a question before about this, but ...
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game tag needs to be cleaned up
game needs to be merged into games. I've taken care of merging in ubuntu-games already.
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what the difference between system-tray and panel?
the tag system-tray refers to the upper panel, and the panel refers to the upper panel.
So why do they both exist?
like this question: it has system-tray listed and not upper panel?!
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Tag pages not rendering properly
The tag pages are not rendering the list of questions when using Firefox 4.0b8pre or Opera 11.00 alpha build 1029. It does render properly with Google Chrome 8.0.552.5 dev.
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Should this tag be transformed in a [flicker] of light?
We have the flicker tag. Its usage guidance says:
When something flickers it flashes repeatedly. Flickering in the Ask Ubuntu forums is generally referring to screen issues, or to describe an LED, ...
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Someone is editing my question's tags and I disagree with their edit
As is suggested by Eliah Kagan;
In general, if you believe your question is de-tagged wrongly, here are some options at your disposal:
Read the tag's tag wiki and see what other questions ...
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Tag synonym request: [window-placement] -> [window-managment]
The two tags window-placement and window-management are essentially synonyms. Since it has only been used 7 times, window-placement should probably be deleted, especially since the description for ...
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Rename unity [component] tags to [unity-component] to prevent confusion with gnome components
Well, now GNOME and Unity has some shared names with certain parts of the UI, namely the "launcher" and the "dash". There is already a tag for the unity dash and the unity launcher that are being ...
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Anyone finds [clock] useful?
First of all, the clock tag has 0 followers so I'm sure nobody will miss it. Now, the usage of the tag is totally alien to me, it seems to be used for anything related to any kind of clock or time: ...
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Should the wiki of the EOL tag be edited to notify users that their questions will be closed?
Should we add a notice to the tags wiki of those who have reached eol in bold, saying that if you're asking about this distro your question is likely to be closed because we don't answer such ...
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Tag merge request: accounts and users
We have two tags:
users - For questions related to users, user accounts, user permissions or guest accounts.
accounts - Questions that relate to an area (or home directory), in which a user can store ...
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Tag merge request: log and logging
The following tags need merging together:
log
logging
These tags are both being used for questions about logging.
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How to tag questions asking for drivers?
History.
As part of making the tags useful and somewhat rational, I've found myself in a problem with the questions that asks how to install certain drivers. The problem is that they have tried ...
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Are language specific tags needed? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Tags related to languages
It has came to my notice that there are some language / country specific tags floating around (actually, there are a lot of posts using them).
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Tag Synonym Request: [scanning] -> [scanner]
Since,
I would argue that these tags have no difference in meaning (this thread has a +9/-1 score),
scanning has no wiki, while scanner does,
the tag synonym suggestion mechanism is fundamentally ...
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Let's burninate [mint]
If Linux Mint is off topic, why the heck do we have the tag mint?
How does it help to tag Ubuntu questions with it?
This user wrongly assumed Mint was on topic due to the existence of said tag: https:/...
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Use of the macbook-air tag and the macbook-pro tag instead of the macbook tag
I think that we should use the macbook-air tag and the macbook-pro tag instead of the macbook tag if the question is Macbook-Air or Macbook-pro specific, since Macbooks are discontinued.
I spent some ...
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Should the [software-recommendation] tag be deprecated?
Related: How to run the Software Recommendation tag?
Given the existence of Software Recommendations Stack Exchange, is there any need/justification for the software-recommendation tag here any more?
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How do I find a question on this site that I may have already asked?
How do I find a question on this site that I may have already asked?
A secondary question arises due to my failure to post this simple question. What tag should I use to allow the original question to ...
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How can I see my rejected tags?
Very simple. I added a description to several tags on askubuntu, and now when I try to edit more, it says:
Too many of your edits were rejected, try again in 7 days.
It shows the accepted tags on my ...
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I can't find a tag called windows-8. Would such a tag be useful?
There is the uefi tag but I feel a windows-8 tag would be more "friendly". In any case, there are tags for Win 7 and XP.
I feel it could be useful for questions possibly arising from difficulties ...
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There is no Shell Tag?
There does not appear to be a "shell" tag! I realize that AskUbuntu is fairly GUI and newbie oriented but having no tag for one of the landmarks of Unix and Linux systems is frankly ridiculous.
I am ...
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Inconsistency of Tag definitions across the various Stack Exchange sites
Has anyone noticed that there is a distinct lack of consistency in the definitions of the same Tag, across the various sites under the Stack Exchange umbrella?
Cases in point:
The definition of ...
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What could be the reason to sack the "filesystem-hierarchy" tag in the main site?
Why filesystem-hierarchy is forbidden as a tag? Why can't the tag exist alongside filesystem? Is the former too minor a tag to have a separate identity (even in Linux!)?
Do we want our tags to be ...
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Is the abcde tag helpful to spammers?
See this (possibly now deleted) question:
Inpage Installation
The user just threw abcde in the tags list, and thus saved themselves from entering a tag.
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is it OK to just change a tag on a question?
There's one user that removes installation and replaces it with system-installation or software-installation.
Most of the questions are good questions with plus 15 votes. Should these edits be ...
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Criteria for considering new tags
Where can I find information about what would make a beneficial tag on Ask Ubuntu or any other Stack Exchange site? What conditions must be satisfied before a new tag should be proposed/made? For ...
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Tag for Macbook Pros with retina displays?
What is the tag for Macbook Pros with retina displays?
In this case, I created retina-display. Any better ideas?
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Software recommendation tags
I'm surprised no one brought this up before, but there are both software-recommendation and software-recommendations tags around representing the same thing.
Fix?
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Okay, found out too late that ...
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Mint "tag warning" proposal
I propose that we create a "tag warning" for mint, because it seems like we are getting a lot of OT questions about Mint.
Now you say, this is a dupe!
Well yes, sorta, but nothing came out of it. ...
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Kill `parallel-port` tag with fire
The title is pretty descriptive: can we kill the parallel-port tag with fire?
Only 2 questions are affected by this tag, and LTP is a dead technology, pretty much it can be absorbed by the hardware ...
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Can a 'Recommended' Filter be added to the search criteria of Tags
At present users are able to filter their Tag searches by Info, Newest, FAQ, Votes, Active and Unanswered
Would it be possible to add a Recommended filter also.
For instance if My computer boots to ...
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Could somebody please create the [router] tag?
I just submitted a question with regards to networking. A router is involved. Unfortunately, there is no router tag, only a route tag.
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Why was this tag deleted and added in the same revision?
After editing a question's tags, its revisions page indicates that the r tag was both removed and added by me. Why wasn't it just left untouched?
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Is there a way to hide something from "My Tags"?
There's some stuff in "My Tags" that I can't answer, and is therefore in the way of stuff I can answer. Is there a way to hide questions that I can't answer?
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Tag synonym request [fc] -> [history]
Consider the description for history:
The history command can be used to retrieve commands you have previously typed in a shell.
However, fc and related variables FCEDIT and HISTSIZE exist in bash....
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Proposal For A New Tag & Synonym Tags To Help Prevent Misuse Of The Bootloader Tag?
I'd like to start by saying that I'm not anywhere near being an expert on this topic, but I get the basic idea. Before addressing the potential problem lets start with some background information. The ...
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Do we need a Dansguardian tag?
I was killing off the filter tag. And found this question but don't know what tag should I use. I found 44 something posts with Dansguardian keyword. So, we have people capable of answering ...
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More odd tags... continues
certification - this had some value some time ago... What is the current state of the Ubuntu Professional certification? and now people uses it instead of certificates
tutorial - in my eyes they seems ...
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Tags: is *gnome correct when referring to "the gnome 3 shell"?
A user stated "I use Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and the gnome 3 shell ", what would be the correct tag to use? As I read it *gnome refers to the Standard Ubuntu
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How to display keys and tags? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to use keyboard 'icon' in markdown?
How do you display buttons on keyboard eg: Control, Alt etc. in your discussion? I have seen many people even displaying tags. ...
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Tag synonym request: [gnome3] -> [gnome3.4]
Is there a real changes gnome3 and gnome3.4 for to be tag synonyms?
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Add tag synonyms for [tag:community]
There are a bunch of ways to say the concept behind community. I was tagging a question and typed what I thought were plausible ways to express it (project, management, ubuntu-project, governance, ...
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Why ask-ubuntu can seem frustrating to the average user
So, I've been using Ask Ubuntu for a while now, but the whole thing is rigged against the average user. So the same thing happens every time I have a problem on my computer and I go here for an answer....
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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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Should we create a wish-list tag?
I know that its not the scope of this forum, but I see some answers being provided by developers of the said applications, and it would be a good place for the average user to post them, and another ...
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