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Who owns Ask Ubuntu?
Just out of curiosity, who owns Ask Ubuntu? Canonical or Stack Exchange ?
Previously it was said that Canonical helped to make this site and also assisted in designs but there were no Ubuntu links at ...
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What do you do about unexplained downvotes?
Too often do I see a question that is downvoted, without any explanation for why it was downvoted, and I cannot find anything downvote-worthy about the question.
Often times I consider (and sometimes ...
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Do custom kernels constitute off-topicness?
Originally, this question was closed due to a mis-wording, and is now in the process of being reopened. Another user pointed out to me that they believe that a custom kernel makes a post off-topic (...
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Is Ask Ubuntu the place for tutorials?
Let's say I managed to realize something interesting, tricky and not foundable with a simple web search.
Should I post it on Ask Ubuntu, with me asking a question and answering it myself right after?
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How do Mint users end up here?
It's clear to see how Ubuntu users arrive at the site. It's hard to Google for specific problem with "Ubuntu" in the query and not end up here. We're part of the documentation and we're featured (Ask!)...
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Should questions seeking workarounds for bugs be allowed?
I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 and had my alt + tab break. Fortunately, I found a question on Ask Ubuntu that had the solution. However, since this question was closed, the solution was posted ...
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Why am I threatened with being blocked?
I have withdrawn my present question in the face of the flag that has appeared at the top of my screen which warns me that my previous questions "have not been well received." That has hurt me beyond ...
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Don't edit spam answers, just flag them
We've been hit by way more spam than normal, just thought I'd point out these discussions on meta that might be useful to folks:
What can we do about the increasing amount of spam on Ask Ubuntu?
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Is there an official point of view towards leading people away from the site into "private" spaces?
I really, really (really) don't want to be personal, be sure this question is in general.
About the question
Occasionally, you run into answers where the poster suggests to discuss further via email, ...
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Cross-Posting questions that are on-topic on multiple Stack Exchange sites
If I have a question that is on-topic on, say, both Linux & Unix and Ask Ubuntu, may I post it on both sites? And if so, do I need to do anything special?
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Please only advise if you actually have something to say on the subject
Every now and then we run into either comments or answers like below:
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"Just installed Ubuntu 16.10, and now I am in the login loop. I can use ctrl alt f3 to open the console, but dunno ...
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Why Does Askubuntu Have It's Own Domain Name?
Why do some stackexchange sites such as Askubuntu have their own domain when the rest are subdomains of stackexchange.com? Why isn't it ubuntu.stackexchange.com, which currently acts as a redirect?
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Ask Ubuntu vs AskUbuntu
What's the name of our site?
AskUbuntu seems to be more popular currently, but that could just be that it gained some initial momentum somewhere. Our FAQ, however, says:
AskUbuntu is a Q&A ...
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How should we handle new and future questions about Ubuntu Touch?
Recently I've been wondering whether we need to change our practice in view of the fact that Canonical is no longer developing Ubuntu Touch. As far as I know Ubuntu Touch is still out there running on ...
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Please fix spam detection
Today , I was editing a question and apparently there were some new changes in place for spam detection. Definitely good news . . . except that spam detection is broken:
Out of all the words that ...
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Thoughts on a history-of-ubuntu tag?
Other sites I frequent have a tag related to history (not your command history):
Unix & Linux: history
Vi and Vim: history-of
Science Fiction and Fantasy: history-of
And others:
English ...
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Is the importance of voting understated on Ask Ubuntu?
Well, see title.
It seems that upvotes are really few and far in between on Ask Ubuntu. I see some really amazingly good answers that have been there for hours and sometimes have zero or one upvotes. ...
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What should we do to celebrate 100k questions?
The day is coming close! ~16 days from now at our current rate.
http://stackexchange.com/sites#questions
Please post ideas on how we should party.
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"Can I run Ubuntu on my hardware?" questions: a discussion
Ask Ubuntu receives large numbers of questions like this example posted today asking "I have this [specific device], can I install Ubuntu on it?"
These questions tend to attract low quality answers (...
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Design Ideas for the final site
Hi everyone,
At the beginning of the beta I linked up Mat Tomaszewski from the Canonical Design Team to work with Jin Yang from SO on the design for the final site. I am posting the design here on ...
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Should 'he' to 'they' edits be accepted?
First off, I am not interested in having an argument about the CoC changes regarding pronouns. Nor am I interested in debating mod resignations as a result of that. Those discussions should go ...
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Why was my suggested edit rejected?
For some reason, the questioner elected to take screenshots of the terminal, instead of copying and pasting. This means that (a) the question is slower to load, (b) the question is inaccessible to ...
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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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Can we get more close votes?
Currently we only get 24 close votes a day. I find this much too limiting, I can use all 24 of those votes really quick and still find a use for 24 more votes. Is there any way we could get a couple ...
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Please don't approve edit-suggestions where code-format is used for emphasis
Today I saw a new user suggesting edits where he mainly used code for emphasis
e.g.
pcname + mac filtered WIFI - not able to connect
I edited one suggestion and rejected another but then saw that he ...
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What's your Ubuntu question? Be specific
I don't exactly know why this is the case anyway, but I have quite often seen new questions with the above title ('What's your Ubuntu question? Be specific') as the person asking the question cannot ...
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Don't start to vote for closing as duplicate for questions whose answers can't be merged
I've seen this more than once. A question with a very weird dependency issue, got an answer to it's specific problem, and later on (sometimes months), someone votes to close it against the super ...
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StackExchange Data Dump Viewer - A Desktop Tool for Viewing the StackExchange Data Dumps
About:
StackExchange Data Dump Viewer is a small Qt-based application that allows you to view the contents of the data dumps. This includes the Ask Ubuntu data dump.
Code:
The application is ...
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Ubuntu Developer Summit Sponsorship Proposal
UDS-P will be held in Orlando, FL from October 31st – November 4th. While there is a Summit every six months I feel UDS-P is a vital event for Ask Ubuntu to have representation in since it will be for ...
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Do we need "support"?
As of now support has 137 questions tagged. There is no proper information about its usage on the site. The existing information looks vague. So, should we re-tag all questions and remove support from ...
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Changes to how we close abandoned questions
This is a heads up for people who regularly flag things as abandoned:
The mods are stepping back
We're not actually going anywhere and we'll still be dealing with most of the flags that come in but we ...
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Review audits heads up: upvote doesn't count for real
I just got a good question in a review audit, upvoted it, got congratulated - all well so far.
But my upvote didn't count - so I had to perform that extra step and upvote the question for real.
This ...
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Happy Oli♦ Day 2016! [duplicate]
In case you are wondering what this is all about, I'll direct you to this related question: A happy Oli♦ day!
Basically, we are celebrating our beloved moderator Oli. It's not his birthday, as since ...
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Mod Meeting 2014-01-04: "On Meetings"
In the past few minutes we finished our first ever official moderator meeting. At the end of last year we decided to start holding meetings to discuss site business. Some topics have been getting away ...
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Automatically displaying images on package links
The current package image system on links is very manual. Too manual. You have to remember or look up a URL, insert an image, blah blah blah. Not to forget we're currently having to go through a messy ...
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How do I quickly gain reputation?
What is the simplest way to up your reputation points so that one can use all features offered by this site?
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How do we deal with "urgent!" questions?
I've come across some plain "please help me"-issues posted by users including the comment they need urgent help. Clearly, they're not looking on the right site or should ask this on chat instead, but ...
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What to do with <!-- language: bash --> edits?
Recently in the edit queue, there have been edits that only add <!-- language: bash --> to the post. These edits are made by the same user. And often 5-10 at a time.
Is the color highlighting of ...
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Do we still really need to ask people to accept answers?
Every once in a while, I stumble upon posts where comments ask users to accept an answer. In my opinion, it generates a lot of noise for something that is no longer needed.
An example of such noise: ...
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When do comments become answers?
I find myself solving someone's problem step by step through the comments. When I finally find the solution, should I move the final solution to an answer and delete the comment or leave the comment ...
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Is it acceptable to threaten users with downvotes?
See this question: https://askubuntu.com/questions/163613/offline-installation/: top answer, third comment. I told the commenter that it's better to correct the answer himself than to threaten others ...
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Should people with more than 2000 rep write an edit summary?
I recently reached the 2000 rep milestone (yay!), and started using my powers for good (e.g. on the installation tag).
However, I noticed that it doesn't make me put in an edit summary - why is this? ...
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Should I consider the timeline while accepting an answer?
Assume that, I get an answer to my question that is OK, and i accept it. After a while I get another answer that is seemed to be more OK.
Now what should I do? Should I accept the new answer? If I ...
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Why are questions about (specifically) Ubuntu based distros off-limits?
I can understand (in general) questions about non-Ubuntu distros being off-limits. But is there a reason that questions about distros like Linux Mint which derive directly from Ubuntu are also off-...
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What to do with answer that should be comment from user with 1 rep [duplicate]
A user with 1 rep posts an answer that should actually be just a comment. It might be a useful comment, but it is clearly not an answer. The user cannot post this as a comment, because he doesn't have ...
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Should comments be flagged for "light" rudeness?
I will give the example of this answer.
It was a bad answer, not much information in it, not really a good work around. A bad answer is a bad answer, we all understand that.
Now, I look at the user ...
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Why do some questions appear with a red background?
As I was looking through some of the unanswered questions I noticed that some were appearing with a red background like the one in the photo below. Does anyone know what it means?
Thanks!
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Activate migration paths to Unix and Linux, should we?
First of all, lets remember the golden rule of the migrations:
DO NOT MIGRATE CRAP
That said, why don't we open the migration paths from AU and UL? There has been 10 migrations to UL in the last ...
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Be Nice - Our experience?
I like The NEW new "Be Nice" Policy ("Code of Conduct") — Updated with your feedback.
This new policy might be a good time to reflect on how we are doing with regards this policy ...
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How to deal with an answer I can't verify anymore?
I've asked a xfce specific question - months ago. Today I got an answer.
But I don't use xfce anymore.
What should I do now?
Well are there any information I should add to this question?
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