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You may very well be right about this specific user, but if I can just put in my two pennies worth, I think concluding only from the raw number(s) is a bit risky. If you go and check my profile right …

For the general case, accepting an answer is a privilege that is enjoyed only by the OP (original poster) of the question. If OP is a new user and presumably unaware of how accepting works, you may as …

I reckon this happens sometimes while adding a link using the "insert hyperlink" tool (either by clicking the button or pressing Ctrl+L) instead of using Markdown. The input box contains https:// (wh …

If you do not want to close the question as a duplicate, then do not use the duplicate flag. Simply leave a comment with the link to the related question instead, then it would appear under the 'Linke …

There are two tags: dual-monitor (currently 128 questions): For questions about using multiple monitors on a computer system. dualhead (currently 47 questions): Dualhead describes multi m …

I advocate the practice of accepting answers (mainly by new users) for two reasons: It shows that the answer worked for at least OP. It is the only way for a new user to explicitly show that they fo …

I don't see a reason to override Ask Ubuntu (AU)'s policy of supporting only official Ubuntu flavours (OUF) by not closing a question in which OP clearly mentions that they're using a non-OUF distro, …

I feel you have accepted @Oli's answer but missed its point. So here's my attempt to point out what's wrong with your answer(s) posted to that question in particular. A disclaimer first, I was the on …

Downvoting questions is an important moderation task which helps to filter out low quality posts from the site. Case in point: A question which is closed (except when closed as a duplicate) and has n …

I noticed there are many edit suggestions which fix a handful of issues with the post, e.g. some typos & capitalisations, spelling & grammar issues, line breaks etc., but leaves out many more. Many …

I just found out there's a gnome-extensions tag. I think it's just a synonym of the older and well-documented gnome-shell-extension tag. So gnome-extensions should be merged with gnome-shell-extensio …

I never heard anyone referring the "screen that appears when you click the "Show Applications" button" as "dash" in respect of GNOME. Only the side-bar thingy which appears in "Activities" overview …

I'm not really comfortable with the idea of merging top-bar with panel. Here's why: "Top bar" in the context of GNOME 3 means something specific (analogous to menu-bar in Unity), not exactly same as …

I noticed there is a tag called split without any description. The list of 49 questions tagged right now includes all sorts of questions: splitting text files, splitting large archives, splitting scre …

As Thomas Ward puts it We are a bit harsh when it comes to the use of the VLQ flag. We reserve the VLQ flag for totally, completely, unsalvageable crap, not for unclear questions. [...] VLQ has some …