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Playing the devil's advocate here. I might not necessarily subscribe to what I just said here. Ubuntu GNOME remix should be considered on-topic. They are no more off-topic than Cinnamon desktop enviro …

I get your point that bug questions should be closed with the relevant bug report links. But, that would only work if it is a known bug. What if we are handling something that is a relatively new bug …

I think, unless the questioner explicitly wants to know how to do any task in GNOME 2, we can safely assume that he is only interested in doing the particular task in Unity. In simple words, if the …

If a question has a bounty on it, it can't be closed as a duplicate. Closing the question with a bounty is only possible if the moderator reimburses the bounty rep and then close the question.

I was reading the Stack Overflow blog earlier today regarding the greatest hits of the Stack Exchange sites. I realize that these posts are what make our site popular across the Internetz and hence, …

The spam user has since been deleted. I suppose it isn't worth our time to go through the user suspension process for an obvious spammer.

I think the rule of thumb for flagging would be whether or not it answers the given question. So, even if the new users are trying to help, they are really doing it the wrong way -- perhaps not intent …

I agree with you that Ubuntu One is long discontinued and there is no way we can provide answers to the questions that remain unanswered. Closing the questions is not going to hurt anyone I suppose. …

Generally, we close those questions as "Too localized" as they are not particularly helpful to the larger audience. Too localized This question is unlikely to help any future visitors; it is only rel …

It's simple, really. Check if the closed question should really remain closed right now. The purpose for the Reopen Queue is to give a chance to the questions that probably don't deserve to be closed. …

As one of the five people who voted on the question in discussion to be closed, I think it is only appropriate that you hear from one of us. …

I promised to update the Wikipedia page in my nomination post. Even though I didn't get elected, I think it is only fair to keep the Wikipedia page updated. Hence, I have decided to maintain the page …

Eeek! I pretty much forgot about this question until now. Anyway, let me get to answering this. I have set myself the release date of 11.10 as a cut-off mark for deciding the abandoned questions. Thi …

While I feel that moderator should use their privileges as sparingly as possible, I don't feel comfortable with the way things are currently heading to. Instead of completely stepping back from abando …

The entire idea of holding a beginners event for Ask Ubuntu is excellent and should be encouraged. And, I have a couple of points to make regarding that. Perhaps, we should define the audience for ou …