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Isn't Ask Ubuntu targeted towards end-users (GUI) rather than "advanced" command-line users?
Some tasks could easily be done in a terminal whereas GUI solutions don't work. In this cases GUI-only users or beginners may be led to unneccesarily complicated procedures. This question is a good ex …
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How to handle duplicate Answers
Are the questions dupes then?
If the same answer holds true for more than one questions it is likely that both questions may be dupes too.
Need they be edited to hold true for both instances?
It may t …
7
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As a new user, what can I do if I find potentially harmful procedures in an answer?
As a new user there are restrictions for downvoting and commenting for resons already discussed extensively.
Nevertheless whenever we find code or procedures in an answer that may potentially harm or …
6
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How to know who voted you?
No there is no way to know. Not even moderators have access to that information.
See: Is there a way to see who voted on your posts?
18
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Old question with old answer. How can I request an update on the topic?
What some people do is they just leave a comment on an apparently good answer
Is your answer stll valid in 14.04?
Whenever I get such a message I will re-evaluate my answer to see if there was s …
25
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How to deal with very very old answers?
Knowing that I also have quite a bunch of very old answers that dwell somewhere on this site let me suggest one thing we should always do in such a case:
Comment on the answer and tell us what was …
6
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Accepted
Embedded Video(& Youtube) on AskUbuntu Questions & Answers?
If an animated sequence was needed to show a procedure that answers the question we can convert any video to an animated GIF sequence. This can then be embedded in a question or an answer.
See How to …
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2
answers
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When is a bug a bug?
Inspired by this question
Would creating a Q&A question to cover specific 14.04 sound issues be okay here?
we may want to better define which bug reports merit being a close reason for a question …
7
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Should we downvote questions when the OP didn't put any research effort into them?
Ever since we started this discussion here we can observe a significant increase in down voting. …
12
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Perceived rudeness
The fact that we as a community do not only ask or answer but also edit is not really that hidden.
Every new user is very much encouraged to read our about page. The huge banner at the top of our mai …
5
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Suggestion for changing the vote/accept icons
I believe this is an issue that would affect all StackExchange sites and therefore is a much better fit for the general Meta StackExchange.
Still, I can not support this proposal (only this is the me …
4
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Keeping the Ubuntu One tag running smoothly
The given example of a now nice question on ubuntu-one is also a good example to discuss on how far we should go when it comes to support U1 (or get supported by U1).
In the first place (go through …
12
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Should I keep an eye on spam-like answers about free software? Or why do people spam-promote...
Yes, we should keep an eye on them
Spam is bad for the site, it does not help anybody and it clutters all those good questions and answers we have here.
No, we should not flag and delete them all
Thes …
14
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Accepted
Is it okay to both answer and mark a question as duplicate?
Provided a question is a clear duplicate to an existing question.
What is ok
vote to close as duplicate. This will immediately direct the OP to the solutions posted there.
add an own answer to the pr …
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Answers based on Ubuntu wiki
We need to consider that our answers may now be state of the art but we will have a hard time to keep them update. Linking to Ubuntu resources may help users to find an answer even if solutions and pr …