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I’ve been honored to serve as a moderator here on Ask Ubuntu for almost six years now, but I’m sorry to announce that I will be resigning that position effective immediately. I’ve lost trust with Stac …

Yes, moderators can see your real name and email, although this information isn't something we see on your profile by default, we have to click several buttons to see it. We also have to agree to abid …

You've posted 5 answers. 3 have received 1 downvote. That's not all your answers. It also isn't enough data to bring anything to light. Seeing this the best I can suggest is, for now, ignoring the do …

As to what you should choose. Vandalism would be the correct choice here, per it's description: This edit introduces spam, defaces the post in some way, or is otherwise inappropriate. You c …

Let's go over three of the main scenarios involving duplicate answers (these are the ones I see the most). User A posts an answer "You need to foo the bar". User B comes along and posts an answer …

Short answer: YES! Emails in questions/answers pose at least 2 problems: Spam: Spambots are very good at filtering plain text emails off websites. (This is why most people, when sharing emails …

If user A comes along and answers your question, and you accept it, he gets 15 reputation. If user B then adds an answer and you accept his answer instead, user A will lose 15 reputation and user B wi …

Recently I have noticed, both as a user and a moderator, a good number of questions either being closed as end-of-life or as a development release when they probably don’t need to be. Just a few exa …

The best approach would be to flag it for moderator attention, asking them to migrate it to the site of your choice. Another thing you might consider is starting a bounty on your question to get i …

The correct action to take is to flag it. Click flag and then select "it is a duplicate". Then you can enter the URL of the other post.

It isn't handled. If the user leaves a comment saying Thanks so much! It works! Then you could leave a comment along the lines of If the answer solved your problem, please accept i …

This is where the @ replies come in handy. Users become eligible for an @ reply on a post if they do one of the following things: Vote to close the post. Edit the post. Comment on the post. …