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Is it appropriate to ask not to downvote?
Ideally a question will contain as little as possible yet as much as necessary to answer it. Request from the question author about how they’d like their question to be viewed don't belong in the latt …
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How do I deal with the plurality of "reinstall OS" answers?
1 How to deal with this kind of answer
I usually see “reinstall and forget about it” in two types of situation:
From inexperienced users.
Like you said they're rarely helpful. Of course anyone can …
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Are questions about EFI boot menu configuration on topic?
TL;DR – skip to the emphasised parts.
I came across this question asking for instruction and explanation on
how to configure the EFI BIOS boot menu to contain an entry for each operating system on …
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Why do people post screenshots of their terminals?
I agree with Oli, that this behaviour isn't policy nor should it be. In fact it should be discouraged for the very reasons you list.
When I come across dialogue text or terminal or file listings post …
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Should I accept my own answer even if it's inspired by another much detailed answer?
The help page What should I do when someone answers my question? provides a single guideline for the selection of the accepted answer (emphasis by me):
Choose one answer that you believe is the be …
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Should questions be closed as duplicates based on warnings when the actual issue and error m...
In the past days and much more frequently than before I came across questions in the close queue that were in review to be closed as a duplicate of How can I fix apt error “W: Target Packages … is con …
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What should I (or we) do about answers that obviously miss the point of the question entirely?
I came across this answer to “Adobe PDF for Ubuntu 64 bit 15.10” recently. The question is about installing Adobe Reader on recent Ubuntu releases. The answer explains the whole story with the differe …
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