Referring to this question: http://askubuntu.com/questions/44418/how-to-enable-root-login There is an added remark in this question which doesn't seem to belong in the the body of a question: > Mod Warning: Running as root is a bad idea - You never need to do it > but if you do you can very easily and irreparably destroy your system > and your data. Apart from if you think this remark is needed, the placement and method are off as far as I'm concerned. It's meta-information, and should be ***at most*** a comment. It doesn't belong in the question body. Also, it was removed by the origional poster, and then rolled back: looks like the beginning of a small edit party? Overall I think that, just like "this is urgent" remarks, that remarks like "this is dangerous" do not belong edited in the question. <hr> I wasn't sure if I needed to make this a meta-thing, but my flag was declined with this note: > your flag comments are probably more appropriate on meta - suggest raise a question there with a link back to this Q. So here we are: