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How do I invite a low rep user into chat?

On the main page go to chat, then site rooms. Scroll to the very bottom and create a room. Once you're in the room, go to info. Then access, and grant explicit write access. Then just invite to ch …
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How do I invite a low rep user into chat?

It comes up in chat sometimes, so I figured I'ld post a question and answer on the thing.
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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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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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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 …
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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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Can I mention SteamOS in Ask Ubuntu?

If it's not listed here, I wouldn't.
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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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Is there a queue of flagged questions?

With sufficient reputation, yes there is:
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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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Is there a way to sort the Questions oldest first?

Yes there is. FEchinger wrote one
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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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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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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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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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