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What should I (or we) do about answers that obviously miss the point of the question entirely?

My basic action: downvote + comment. Downvote signifies answer is not useful, and answer that misses point of the question entirely or to some extend is not useful to that specific question. If answe …
Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy's user avatar
4 votes
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Found askubuntu copycat site, where do i report? [duplicate]

Here's the link: http://askubuntu.com.80bola.com/questions/121373/etc-lightdm-unity-greeter-conf-file-missing Been googling around for lightdm background image solutions, and found this. On google …
Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy's user avatar
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Asking for tutorial

Tutorials are essentially a "How to do X " type of question. These are acceptable, as long as they stay within the scope of the site ( about Ubuntu or its derivatives ) and not too broad. You did not …
Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy's user avatar
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My Answer got downvoted and I updated it. Will downvotes go away?

Answer is No and No. Downvotes are given by users and only users can remove those. Alternative is to delete the answer. You can also ask moderator or higher-rep user for review.
Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy's user avatar
4 votes
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-1 from my points after downvoting another person's answer

Good day , community ! First of, I love askubuntu and the community here seems to be so much more friendlier than on other sites ! good job, admins ! As for meta , it's my first time asking a questio …
Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy's user avatar
3 votes
2 answers
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Syntax highlighting in <pre> block?

So I've discovered that I can make code blocks with <pre> tag. Great ! Now I can write markup in vim and copy the resulting text into answer text box (instead of pasting answer and script separately,a …
Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy's user avatar
3 votes
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Mobile site UI buggy

Basically the text of top menu and tags is outside its supposed placement. Browser: Chrome Device: OnePlus Two Issue seems specific to Chrome, as Firefox displays the site normally.
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