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The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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McAfee Site Advisor indicates that this site is risky to visit?
Now it is ok
It seems that mcafee re checked website due to user feedbacks and now it displays no risk to visit . Thanks for pointing it out and send reviews to correct it :)
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Should I ask and answer a question that I feel would be useful on Ask Ubuntu, but that's alr...
Most of the people reach Super User and Ask Ubuntu via search engines. So an Ubuntu user has an equal probability of getting an answer from Super User as from Ask Ubuntu. So there is no need of copy-p …
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why are there misleading ads on askubuntu?
April fool day wishes :p
It is an april fool message from stack exchange, Enjoy ;)
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Beta/Alpha/Development versions are said not being covered - so Ubuntu Touch questions are n...
It is an exception
Ubuntu touch is a new project and both community and Canonical have high interest in it. We don't allow normal alpha/beta release questions because of their low quality and too loca …
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Can we ask questions about games on Ubuntu?
If the question is ubuntu related, Eg playing games in ubuntu, You can post in askubuntu, for other game related questions can be ask in arqade
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How do we deal with "urgent!" questions?
This is not a commercial support website. So in most of the cases adding the word 'urgent' will not help the question . So if it is not an urgent issue for the community( Eg: security risk) just remov …
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Do we need a new "ubuntu-for-phones" tag?
The tag mobile is too vague and not self descriptive, because we use the terms we use phone and mobile for same device, So users may tag questions like sync symbian mobile mobile with ubuntu with mobi …
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Should we allow questions that are about releases which are considered End of Life?
I think it is better to keep such questions if they meet our quality standards. But we should include a warning message
This version is no longer supported; you have to upgrade your Ubuntu to get …
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How can I request for a question to be reopened which was incorrectly closed as a duplicate?
You can flag the question with the brief description of supporting arguments. Moderator will review the question
If you have further doubts, you can ask in meta(here)
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What should we do about outdated answers?
Jorge Castro already posted an excellent answer above. Here are my suggestions:
Edit, edit and edit.
Add a new answer / update existing answer for currently supported releases.
Update screenshots.
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Why questions related to ubuntu-one client for windows and osx are ontopic here?
I think it is because FAQ says
We welcome questions about:
Using and administering Ubuntu, including official Ubuntu derivatives.
Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.
Development on Ubuntu. …
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Are questions about issues with the Ubuntu keyserver on-topic for off-topic distros?
FAQ says
We welcome questions about:
Using and administering Ubuntu, including official Ubuntu derivatives.
Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.
Development on Ubuntu.
Services provided by …
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What is the "Ubuntu" referring to in "Ask Ubuntu"?
This question is based on this answer.
I thought here we use "Ubuntu" to mean the Ubuntu operating system only, so the following quote from Jorge Castro confused me:
This site is "Ask Ubuntu", it …
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Why questions related to ubuntu-one client for windows and osx are ontopic here?
Why questions related to ubuntu-one for windows and osx are ontopic here?
Is it an exception? If no why questions related to firefox(It is also part of ubuntu) for windows are offtopic here?
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