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Bug: Moderator not getting the mod tag but being tagged as a bot in mod actions for comments
This happened on this post's deleted comment - visible to moderators and staff as it's a deleted comment:
This is a post done by a reviewer and masked by the Community bot.
Mitch is an actual diamond ...
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Why is Community Bot calling perfectly good answers unclear? [duplicate]
What triggers this message
As it’s currently written, your answer is unclear. Please edit to add additional details that will help others understand how this addresses the question asked. You can ...
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Why are other people able to determine what answered the posters question?
I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: Deja Dup not backing up entire system
I apologize if this has been asked or commented on by another thread. I do not have the time to read 25 pages of ...
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Does this edit fail to improve the post?
Yet another question about edits as I work out the borders between an appropriate and inappropriate edit.
@Dan is one of the developers of OpenConnect, making him one of the better-suited people to ...
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Change the links in Ask Ubuntu Meta contact page
I recently noticed the Ask Ubuntu Meta contact page.
The Yahoo link redirects to https://help.yahoo.com/kb/account
The Google link is HTTP and redirects to https://about.google/contact-google/.
The ...
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Advice requested for a question closed as a duplicate
Earlier today I asked a question "How to find out what version of a package is in an apt repository?" which was closed as a duplicate of "How to install Google Chrome".
I feel like ...
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Recommend Deletion option in Late Answers review queue does nothing - please flag posts that should be deleted
Just a quick PSA here - thanks to BeastOfCaerbannog I've realised that the new Recommend Deletion option in the Late Answers queue completes the review and gives you the option to leave the canned ...
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Please explain the rejected outcome for this suggested edit
I'm on a bit of an "edit rampage" on AskUbuntu.
According to https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1183929 ...
Two users rejected my edit and cited:
The edit does not improve the ...
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BUG : Unanswered questions?
Hello Today I was browsing through all the questions...
I was seeing and almost all the questions were answered. So I selected the "unanswered category" of questions.
By default, sort by ...
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Question correctly flagged as duplicate, should I delete it?
I asked a question yesterday
How to launch a long-running Python code in a Docker container running on a remote server
and then it crossed my mind that maybe the question was off-topic
Is this ...
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Is this question about long-running codes on remote servers on-topic?
I asked the following question:
How to launch a long-running Python code in a Docker container running on a remote server
but I was wondering whether it would be more in-topic on Stack Overflow or ...
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Out of context comments from the community bot
This question is quite clearly written, and has not been edited so far.
There was a comment from the Community Bot (which I flagged):
Please clarify your specific problem or provide additional ...
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What would you like to ask the Stack Exchange Community Team?
As you may or may not know, Stack Exchange moderators have access to a Private Team SE site where staff and mods can discuss stuff and help each other (similar to Meta Stack Exchange, but with ...
ZannaMod
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Is Bitcoin on-topic on Ask Ubuntu?
I stumbled across this question. Just in case something happens to that question or its comments, here is a Wayback Machine link. I wasn't quite sure about if Bitcoin was on-topic, so I didn't flag it ...
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Is This an Appropriate Edit?
This edit popped up in the review queue and I’m not quite sure if my initial thought is correct or not:
The answer was posted almost a decade ago and — as you can see — has a very respectable upvote ...
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Migrating questions that have nothing to do with Ubuntu?
Ok, so I really don't want to burst anyones bubble, but I stumbled upon this question:
How do I update the BIOS of a Dell laptop?
And I'm wondering - what does this even remotely have to do with ...
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Is Total Reputation Calculated Differently to a Time-based Reputation?
As the title suggests, I am curious to know whether the "total reputation" for an account is calculated differently from the different time-based reputations. While looking at the Year 2021 ...
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Are accepted answers pinned to the top in Ask Ubuntu Meta? [duplicate]
I was going through Ask Ubuntu Meta and found this question: Bullying as a strategy to force close a question. There are 2 answers to the question: one by Zanna and one by karel.
I used the sort ...
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What is the policy for dealing with plagiarism?
Over the last couple of weeks there has been a growing number of answers that are unabashed copy/pastes of entire posts from sources around the web. These have generally been pointed out in the ...
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Which is better: editing someone's old but outdated answer to keep it up to date or making a new answer and adding a note to the old one?
I found a similar question in search but didn't feel that it answered this question.
Came up here:
My WiFi adapter is not working at all, how to troubleshoot?. I came across that answer while I was ...
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Ask Ubuntu support rules [duplicate]
I want to ask what the rules are for asking for help here, because I have several times been turned down by senior members just because I run Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
It is my understanding from https://wiki....
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Why was my answer flagged as missing sources?
https://askubuntu.com/a/1371070/448998
The Community bot flagged this answer for missing sources:
Your answer could be improved with additional supporting information. Please edit to add further ...
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Duplicate question one with a (unaccepted) answer the other with none
I came accross to very similar questions.
The first is older, the comments on the question helped the Q find its own A. But the Answer was never marked as excepted: Cannot print from LibreOffice, but ...
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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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Canonical questions
Yes! I read this question And it was useful, But this contains some old information, And I want the updated information.
What I want
I want to know existing canonical questions on our website.
I ...
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Down votes without comments [duplicate]
I’m not personally a great fan of the concept of down-votes, but I know people want to express a view and I understand they play a useful role. For me, the upvotes say enough and dreadful posts can be ...
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This [amazon] should die with honor!
Yes, I found this question. But I think it is worth revisiting. Turns out I wasn't supposed to ask multiple questions in one. Oops. This post is about the amazon tag, and ones for the microsoft tag ...
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Community Ads not being displayed
According to this statement:
September update: Community Ads are now live network-wide. All ads with a score of 6 or higher, or with a score of 4 or higher and no downvotes will be displayed (except ...
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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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I think [trackpad] and [touchpad] should be tag synonyms
The description for trackpad is:
an input device commonly found on laptops, used in place of a mouse. Also called a touchpad.
And the description for touchpad is:
Questions related to the ...
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I am not able to ask questions on Ask Ubuntu
I am a new ask ubuntu user and recently I just asked only 1 question on it about my computer being stuck. I was flagged for duplicate / off-topic questions. My question was deleted.
It was actually on ...
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Why does the tag `kali-linux-tools` even exist? It would help if it were removed
In my 1½ year here, I don't think I've ever seen the tag kali-linux-tools used correctly. People usually use this tag when asking about Kali Linux, which will then be closed. And there already is a ...
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Should we add ephemeral security alerts on high priority vulnerabilities?
I came across an answer which suggest installing x tool which have a recently found a high priority security risk, so I edit it to add:
Update x ASAP: CVE-2021-nnnnn: High priority security ...
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I think we should block the [freeze] tag
Yes, I have found this question. But, it was last discussed over five years ago, and there are still new questions getting posted about it, so I think it is worth revisiting. Also, the linked question ...
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How to paste an image in the clipboard to SE sites with Ubuntu?
I have one problem in pasting photo in stack exchange SE site IDE, and that is:
Stack exchange writing IDE don't let paste the photo by Ctrl+v, and I
must save the photo in my Ubuntu then upload it, ...
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Title of page does not reflect suggested edits
The title of the page (the text on the tab) should reflect the post with the proposed edits, not the original version. E.g., this question should display Snap store isn't installing as the title of ...
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How much can an answer be modified before it should be its own entity?
An edit was in the review queue for this answer and it’s clear that the author of the edit is doing everyone a favour with the additional details being added:
Given how drastic the “hijack” of the ...
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This is my impression of askubuntu
My last Q was about odd behaviour during intramfs.
The Q is GRUB starts but init cant read any media
I find the comments asking for clarification unreasonable.
initramfs doesn't change between 20.04.x ...
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Inconsistent date in close description
I am talking about this question: Software Updater is saying "You stopped the check for updates". What should I do?
The question was asked 11 months ago and the question was closed 12 ...
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Want to improve this question? Update the question so it focuses on one problem only by editing this post
Responding to that invitation, I revised this question:
Hi I'm new to ubuntu world. I have few questions about the software
installation in ubuntu:
What's the difference between installing a ...
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Should we unpin the accepted answer from the top of the list on meta?
This is the partner to my other question, concerning specifically Meta Ask Ubuntu. Because accepts may have a somewhat different meaning or purpose on meta I am posting this question to gather ...
ZannaMod
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Should we unpin the accepted answer from the top of the list?
Community manager Nicholas Chabanovsky has posted this on Meta Stack Exchange:
Unpinning the accepted answer from the top of the list of answers.
On Stack Overflow, apparently, answers are now by ...
ZannaMod
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How do I make sure my stupid edit never sees the light of day?
I was an idiot and edited an answer rather than my question - how do I make sure my stupid edit never sees the light of day?
Question where I screwed up
Answer I accidentally vandalised
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Can we turn this question into a more generic one?
Can we turn this question ("How do I upgrade Ubuntu 18.04 to 21.04 on i386 architecture?") into something like "I have a 32 bit computer running Ubuntu 18.04, and want to use an ...
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Should unclear questions with accepted (or plausible) answers be marked for closing?
When a question is unclear or missing key elements that might lead to an answer — such as versions, logs, and whatnot — it should be flagged for closure. To the best of my knowledge this is for two ...
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Suggested improvements to "Markdown help" and formatting help
On Ask Ubuntu we have a lot of questions and answers that include multiple lines of terminal output which is best handled by using code fences. Without formatting, this information is difficult to ...
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Suggestion to change description of "End of Support" / "End of Life" in Help Center
I would suggest the following change to the Help Center page on "What topics to ask", under the last bullet in "Questions you should avoid":
Support for Ubuntu releases past their ...
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What is a good way to encourage askers to accept an answer?
Every so often I stumble upon an excellent answer to a problem only to find that, while it may have a high score, the answer has yet to be accepted. Case in point:
This happens with many "drive-...
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ask ubuntu home page last seen gone with new ui
I was previously able to see the last seen of any user.
Recently with the new look of AskUbuntu page, I could not find this option.
Is it removed or is there any different approach to the "last ...
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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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