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A bit confused about the responses to answers to this question
I can add that there is a rule at Charcoal
Disclosed affiliation
It’s fine to promote your own product or service on Stack Exchange, as
long as:
you’re not doing it excessively
you disclose your affi …
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A user doesn't ask or answer, but only adds tags
I have noticed one particular user's activity is only adding tags to questions, nothing else. I see them almost daily in review queue.
The user adds mostly irrelevant tags. I reject the edits. Others …
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I've been banned from reviewing for some strange reason
I reviewed "First Answers" and selected "Looks OK" for two answers that look really OK to me.
https://askubuntu.com/review/first-answers/1272716
https://askubuntu.com/review/first-answers/1272761
I no …
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How can I award a bounty when there is not answer?
You can't award a bounty in this case.
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2
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Some new weird review ban
A few minutes ago I was reviewing low quality posts.
A question appeared containing some link looking like a spam. I hovered over the link, but it didn't show the URL.
I pressed "Edit" to see the li …
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2
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Should we make upgrade questions off-topic before an upgrade path is opened?
New releases, especially LTS ones, generate lots of questions regarding the upgrade process.
Upgrade path doesn't open immediately after a release. For non-LTS releases, it's opened in a few days. Fo …
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3
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What is the proper moment to stop closing Ubuntu+1 questions?
See comments here How to replace OS X with Ubuntu 20.04 on MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
The 20.04 has been released and the final iso uploaded to ubuntu.com.
Am I missing something? Wha …
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2
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Why was my post deleted?
https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18459/167850
I see no reason at all. Can anyone explain it?
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At what point do releases become supported on AskUbuntu?
The answer is simple. A release gets on-topic as soon it is released ;-)
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How do we deal with links to piracy, porn and other potentially malicious sites?
I saw this question (10k+ reputation necessary to see it).
It contains a link to a piracy streaming site full of ads, pop-ups, etc.
What is SE policy for keeping this type of links here? Do we reall …
1
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How should questions involving pre-release or test kernel versions be regarded?
A question about "how to install" a custom kernel is on topic. But the question regarding issues with these unsupported kernels are off-topic.
Some programs or drivers may be incompatible with brand …
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Formal policy on duplicate/similar answers for similar questions on Ask Ubuntu?
There are probably hundreds of questions regarding installation of the Broadcom drivers for BCM43212 worded one way or another.
Instead of posting hundreds of identical answers it is better to post o …
3
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Contributing as a new member in this mature StackExchange site
Posting comments here and there does not add anything helpful to the site.
The less comments are posted the better.
If you have no questions and have no answers, just do not post.
You can be helpfu …
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Should we or should we not support questions on Unity 8?
Unity 8 is in development. So it is off-topic.
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Answering Duplicate questions
I don't see a problem here. There are some cases when I sometimes answer questions and at the same time VTC as a duplicate.
A question can be answered shortly, but the duplicate question has a good bu …