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Changing an answer after a bug has been reported
I would just edit the answer to say something like:
EDIT:
I noticed this problem myself. I reported it as a bug at [where ever you reported it]
While technically questions about bugs are off-topic …
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How do you move an answer to a comment when the author of said answer isn't the OP, but want...
Flags!
We use flags for just about everything on these sites. If you see anything wrong, just flag it and a moderator or experienced user will take a look.
In this case you can just use a basic "Not a …
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Is 14.04 still offtopic?
No.
Bugs are off-topic as always however. Since all the feature freezes have happened we're getting a little more tolerant ;)
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Help! Please help me! The site is completely messed up!
April Fools!
But in all seriousness* you couldn't possibly not want colored comments.. could you?
*Not serious at all
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Do spammer get banned immediatly from SE?
Yes.
Spammers are destroyed on sight. SE has a very powerful spam system in place that helps make sure they don't come back, we just have to kick them the first time ;-)
If you see a spam user still a …
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Forum for Ubuntu Phone
The FAQ states (as on-topic):
Using and administering Ubuntu, including official Ubuntu derivatives.
I would consider the Ubuntu Phone to fall into one of those categories. We already support …
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Referring to new features in the next version of Ubuntu
I believe it would. Just not in an answer, since it doesn't actually answer the question. I think a comment would be more appropriate.
Comments are there for important information that is beside th …
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Has the "First Post" Review section broken?
Nah, this isn't a regular thing. There was a bug in the system earlier that prevented questions from being added to the queue and it's just been fixed; so all the old questions got put in the queue. …
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What advice to give when OP doesn't follow up?
Since Jonas isn't the original asker (OP) he:
Won't get notifications of new answers or comments
Will have trouble adding information to the question because his edits will have to go through re …
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Tag synonyms: convert, conversion, etc. tag consolidation
video-conversion should be removed. Its questions belong under format-conversion.
I personally don't see how file-format can stand on it's own..
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Contact Users seen on AskUbuntu
No, the answer has not changed. The only way to contact users is through information they provide on their profile pages. You can sometimes contact a user in the SE chat, but they must have visited ch …
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is penalty-system not old-fashioned?
But when questions are rated then as "many low-quality questions" only by fact, that questions had been downvoted somehow ... ?
The question ban takes into account a number of factors, which alth …
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Suggestion on merging these two questions
The discussion about GUI answers vs Commandline answers has been discussed several times in Use the GUI as much as possible in answers and Should answers have terminal or GUI instructions? …
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User removed: and points deducted
Those were questions you edited in your pre 2k days, and they have since been deleted (either the question, answer or user). I'm not sure why the rep gets removed, I myself think a good edit is a good …
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If chat were easier to find, will resposted questions reduce?
Chat actually used to be easier to find. It's link was right up there next to your inbox on the old SE top bar. It didn't help at all.
What people need to use more is the search feature.