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When is "forking" a version-specific canonical question for the latest release acceptable?
My question is best explained with an example:
The Skype panel icon has bothered lots of folks, who have been asking about how to remove it since at least 10.04.
The problem with the accepted/most-u …
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Should I leave a self-QA open?
The question is still "open": the system gives at least 2 days for other answerers before you can mark yours as "accepted".
That said, I think that particular question may be a little too localized o …
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How do we handle questions about unmaintained software?
On-site.
- If unmaintained, hopefully someone familiar with the project/source passes by...
- Or someone else takes the time to do so (hint: bounty ;)
- Not every question has an answer... : …
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Why can't I comment on other questions/answers?
You need a minimum of 50 rep to be able to comment "everywhere".
Please see this section of the FAQ..
If you really, desperately, absolutely need to comment without the minimal rep -- post the comme …
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Tag for Macbook Pros with retina displays?
Maybe the tag is too specific, or just untimely. Perhaps we should wait for a relevant non-hypothetical question before creating the tag, e.g. what problems Ubuntu is having on someone's Macbook that …
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What does the [embedded] tag on AskUbuntu mean?
Agreed: too vague, ambiguous, overbroad, etc. (writing some legalese atm ;)
Tag has been eradicated; and replaced where appropriate; specifically with embedded-system where tablets, Pandaboards, etc. …
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Should I edit a Question once the Answer has been accepted?
Absolutely. A more general answer is better than a narrower one most of the time. If you need to edit the question to correspondingly be a little more generalized, so be it.
Hijacking a question to f …
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Are the criteria for peer-reviewed edits and "2000 rep" edits the same?
To answer your secondary question:
I am just wondering if this triviality bar "moves" as the cost of an edit goes down (i.e., there is no longer need of a reviewer)
Once you get edit privileges, …
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This question mistakenly flagged as a duplicate, correct?
Since it was closed by five independent votes, I doubt it's an obvious "mistake". As one of the close-voters, here's my (izx's) reasoning:
The how-do-I-forbid-update part was addressed extensively i …
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Can we better organize Broadcom questions?
I agree, but not for each chipset. Instead, go for the ones that are supported by a b43 variant, the ones supported by the new brcm in-kernel modules and the ones only supported by proprietary wl. Sho …
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Flagging Dispute: Flag Decline by @jrg on question "internet Connection problem in ubuntu 12...
I believe you jumped the gun here. The revision history (and the timeline) clearly show that the OP misspelled pppconf and revised it to pppoeconf only after that answer pointed out the typo.
As oth …
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How to handle duplicate answers that add nothing?
IMO as long as the timestamps indicate the lower-information answer as a "fastest gun in the west"-type thing and it is not an unattributed copy-paste, it should be left alone to its own democratic fa …
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Why are people downvoting questions with obvious solutions?
Here's my take on the four. Remember that both presentation and content of a question matter; as Nick commented, most of us have a life outside of AU and cannot spend a lot of time trying to pin down …