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How can I get "Hot Question" widget of askubuntu ?
We don't provide this widget, the guys at OMG! Ubuntu! made it themselves (as far as I can tell anyway).
Take a look at our API help, especially the questions?sort=Hot method. It should get you start …
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What is the point of the daily limit?
The Daily Reputation Limit is primarily designed for one purpose:
to make you take a break
The last thing this community wants is burnt out users. In addition, it also prevents a handful of users' …
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Why most metas aren't colorful to the public, but every meta is colorful for mods?
I'm pretty sure the meta sites look the same for moderators and non-moderators.
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How to contact a moderator?
We usually hang out in the chat, you can contact us there. If something is wrong with a particular question, answer, or comment, you can flag it for moderator attention.
Changing every occurrence of …
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Dividing a question along with bounties
Unfortunately, that isn't possible.
If a bounty has been issued, it will be either awarded or lost. It can't be cancelled.
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Bounty on another question
A question must be older than 2 days before you can add a bounty.
For completeness' sake, you also can't add a bounty to a question that has an accepted answer.
See also: http://meta.stackoverflow.c …
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Merge my accounts
Done and done :)
You can log in to your account with both open-ids now. If you want to change this, see your profile settings (the "alt openid" section).
And just comment on this answer if you need …
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Are questions like 'Where should I report this bug' allowed?
Generally yes, but it would be better to as a canonical question such as "How to find out what package to report a bug against". There is a chance your question will be closed as too localised if it's …
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My answer was deleted, why?
Answer contains nothing but a URL
If your answer just contains a link, it might be deleted. We prefer you answer the question rather than defering it to someone else, somewhere else:
An analogy w …
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My answer was deleted, why?
The answer should have been a comment
We require that users gain 50 reputation points before they're able to post a comment. If, in the meanwhile, you post a comment as an answer, we will delete it.
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Is it possible to use askubuntu Question/Answer for Ubuntu lessons
Absolutely, that sounds great.
If you give them a quick run down of the FAQ, I don't foresee any problems.
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Accidentally deleted my own question
I've just undeleted it for you. :)
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User potentionaly selling their profile page as an advert?
I'm sure this isn't serious. :)
The content policy mentions affiliate marketing:
Spam. Users that do not publish meaningful content, use deceptive means to generate revenue or traffic, or whose p …
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Ask Ubuntu and file attachments
Absolutely,
If you have a long log-file, use something like the Ubuntu Pastebin and link it up in your question.
This makes the question far easier to read, and neat and tidy questions always have …
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why captchas + login?
So, first of all: There's no need to create an account. The system, and the users, are perfectly happy with you just posting 'anonymously'.
Do you get Spam from people, who do a regular login?
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