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Are answers about beta versions of Ubuntu accepted?
In most of the above cases, answers for beta are good and don't violate the rules at all.
In all cases, people that generally want to be helpful should be encouraged not silenced. … EDIT: Addendum - We definitely should NOT have answers that advocate upgrading to alpha-beta to fix an issue. …
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When are "you can do this different thing instead" answers considered good?
the user is after a specific way of doing something, but the goal can be accomplished in another way
It's appears that the question is a bug complaint, but there is a known work-around
Don't do it answers …
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How should we handle plagiarized answers?
I think with all things the site, it comes back to best judgement.
Is it habitual?
Does it get fixed if you point it out?
When I was handling stuff like that I just inserted the link and dro …
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Should I edit a Question once the Answer has been accepted?
Edits can always be reverted. If it's obvious you're doing it with good intentions, I see no problems with it.
I recently edited a question title with an accepted answer. Here's my example.
I edited …
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Should I flag answers which only suggest "install a different OS"?
I think we're going to see a lot more of the "don't use unity" type answers for cheaper/older/lower-end hardware. I don't think it's a bad thing to say really, it's just how it is. …
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I'm probably going to get skewered for this -- You can be rude and still provide a perfectly...
I often get viewed as being curt, abrupt, or a touch to the rude side.
There's no reason to be obnoxious in an answer to a question or in comments though. So, if the answer or comment is just abru …
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Are there some decisive ways of signaling an answer to somebody else's question as definitive?
You can't force low rep users to accept answers. …
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Should really good/detailed "me too" answers have their content merged into the question?
I would put a comment asking the OP if the me too bit applies or be absolutely sure it doesn't change the meaning of the question.
Then I'ld just edit it in.
Edits can be reverted if it turns ou …
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Should bad answers be deleted
@Jorge 's answer is absolutely correct.
If we're talking specifically about this I would examine the comments again. Particularly the ones by @psusi and @Dylan . Sudo is absolutely possible on liv …
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Q&A style within answer
I usually gently encourage one question at a time and try to help anyway. Some questions are really logical to hold in that kind of format like Broadcom Wireless troubleshooting.
Do I think it's a …
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How far an explanation should go / does it legitimate double posts / answers?
While yours wasn't a link only answer, the more checkbox style answers will tend to get votes/accepts. … If you rifle through some of my low-vote answers, I'm sure you'll find the same thing all over the place.
Generally, more in depth/manual like answers get more points. …
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What should I (or we) do about answers that obviously miss the point of the question entirely?
I agree with the flag on that one. It's almost like someone (or something) saw "adobe" as a keyword and posted a flash answer to a pdf question.
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