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Are there any plans for localized Ask Ubuntu instances?
The results of the UDS session will help answer your question. (Short story: yes, the SO team is aware of our needs for multi-language support)
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What should we do about outdated answers?
I am finding that for more popular questions (the ones bringing in new users with Me toos! and the popular question badges) the bump mentally reminds me that people are reading those often so I tend t …
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Why don't I get my reputation back if nobody answers my bounty question?
(The other 2 answers have talked about the system, I'm just going to give some tips on how I would have done this since it took me a bit to figure it out)
I assume you're talking about this question, …
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Should we have a banner for potential 11.04 question askers?
I've been pointing people here:
There's an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?
http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/871/when-are-questions-about-ubuntu1-appropriate
I thin …
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Why are the logos from some ubuntu related sites and askubuntu so similar?
The little bubble is part of the design guidelines, check it out here:
http://design.canonical.com/the-toolkit/brand-communication-guide/ (archive link for the PDF on Wayback Machine)
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What do we do about mirror sites?
If you open your browser in privacy mode that site will start to open tabs and do all sorts of ads.
For Ubuntu you can report things like that here:
http://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/int …
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Why is this site better than the Ubuntu Forums?
On top of that it's tough to find JUST the answer you need without filtering through the tons of discussion in a thread. … I think using SE for the questions is better, however instead of "the sticky thread on how to compile your own kernel" on the forum containing the information that can be kept on an SE answer and the discussion …
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Encouraging existing Ubuntu teams to use SE
This isn't really a question but I guess I should bring it up now rather than later. In an effort to help spread the word I have asked some existing Ubuntu teams to start participating.
I started wit …
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Ideas for creative-commons dumps of this site.
There are plenty of places left in the world that don't have good connectivity. It's not uncommon for someone to burn CDs in a location and then take that to people who don't have the means to acquire …
6
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Where should I post complicated questions that are about Ubuntu?
Go for it. Just put in your question that you want a detailed, in depth answer and tag it with the ubuntu-server tag.
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Ideas for creative-commons dumps of this site.
I'd love to see e-reader versions of the data, so I could load up askubuntu.com on my kindle for example.
23
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Isn't Ask Ubuntu targeted towards end-users (GUI) rather than "advanced" command-line users?
When I write answers I do one click things and then add the geek stuff at the bottom of the answers in a sort of "and for those of you who like to copy and paste have this part too."
I would say an …
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How do I "accept" an answer?
See also:
How to improve my accept rate?
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Request for Community Promotion Ads artwork.
There are some events in the Ubuntu Community that I'd love to run as Community Promotion Ads, but unfortunately I don't have the skill to make nice looking ads, so this is a place where people can re …
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Request for Community Promotion Ads artwork.
I would appreciate if someone who is GIMP-enabled would help us out by helping us promote these community events.
An ad for the Google+ page, similar to the twitter ad.