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Asking questions considering development of Ubuntu
I suppose it depends on what you're asking really. If @terdon is correct and it's as simple as a non-canonical maintained Unity question, I would consider it on-topic... that's no different than som …
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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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Is it OK to send a message to a spammer to not advertise?
I know it's policy not to edit spam questions. I would think posting that sort of an answer would just be egging them on and wasting your time. It's probably posted by a script and not a human anywa …
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I have got 'on hold'
It's closed because you have an answer on another site and you crossposted on 3 different sites. We talked about this earlier in chat. That's a no-no. Since there's already an answer or partial ans …
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Baffled by high-rep C vs. C++ axe-grinding. How should I react?
I don't have an axe to grind. I edited your answer because it wasn't accurate, and at the time you wrote it you didn't understand the difference. It crossed my screen for some reason, I honestly don't …
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Can I mention SteamOS in Ask Ubuntu?
If it's not listed here, I wouldn't.
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Found An Orphaned Synonym Tag
I would think it's not magically deleted so that the things that were tagged that way could be indexed in order to put them under new tags if required.
Clarity: I'm guessing, but it would make sens …
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When can tags be changed during edit?
Tag edits and other edits can be performed by anyone with sufficient rep to do so. See this.
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Suggest Tag-Create [tag:legacy-bios]?
I don't think "legacy-bios" is really a necessary tag until the knee-jerk reaction to UEFI is no longer "turn it off".
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Is there a way to sort the Questions oldest first?
Yes there is.
FEchinger wrote one
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Is there a queue of flagged questions?
With sufficient reputation, yes there is:
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Will winter hats disappear after December
Yes it will - "the hats get put back in their boxes on January 4th!"
reference: http://winterba.sh/
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Ubuntu 12.04 install problems - where/how to ask a question
The best resource I've found for information on release schedules and such is this.
Questions about Ubuntu or Ubuntu installation are fine an AskUbuntu main.
Questions about AskUbuntu are for AskUbunt …
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How do i move my question to a different SE?
First, I'm not encouraging moving a question to another stack site.
So if you want it moved and you don't have any answers yet you can just delete it.
If you have answers, you can flag it so the …
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How to address a question to a particular user?
I would tag the user in chat with @username. Be patient - it can take a few hours if that user does not have that chatroom open.
A user is only notified when using @username in a question or answer …