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What to do with kinds of questions which can possibly abused? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Copyright and morality in questions
I saw this question about web extraction tool which will be used for data extractions like email from website. I think giving a helpf …
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Why aren't most questions answered with references to documentation or mention to RTFM?
First, I encourage everybody to have good faith on your fellow AskUbuntian, unless you've seen something really unexplainable.
That said, most questions asked here are from new users who just need a …
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Policy on appropriating answer parts, and timing
I'm afraid, but You can't do anything in these situation. It's all OP author's discretion. I think what happened is, OP asked the question and left the site. Later when he visited again, found two ans …
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How can i change my username?
Go to this link https://askubuntu.com/users/606065/user606065. You'll see Edit profile and Settings Tab there. On Edit profile page, You can change your name. Save button is at the bottom of the page. …
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Delete and repost or complete rewrite?
If you're re-writing an answer, you should do so literally. Deleting old answer and writing a new is not re-write.
Also
It's completely unnecessary to do so.
It creates noise for 20k users.
It coul …
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Should we edit the answer we flag as NAA?
I always thought editing an NAA (Not an answer) may confuse the automated low quality answer detection. Also when I'm flagging an answer as "Not an answer", why would I edit it to improve?
Recently …
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How do we handle comment threads that are outside scope of original question?
In my opinion, this depends on how related the new questions in the comment section are. For example, if someone asked a question like how do they revert back the settings of say gnome-terminal and yo …
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Should I leave a self-QA open?
I asked this question yesterday, but when I was writing the answer, a comment from izx was there, asking more details. Then a completed the answer, and told him that, I actually trying to share a find …
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Ten tips to handle your question in the worst possible way
Here are some more:
Don't use more than 3 words for the title. The less the better.
Don't just copy and paste terminal outputs. Make screenshot of your whole desktop and post them. Since a picture i …
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How often do questions get answered?
To all those newbie of ubuntu, does you get your query solved in most easy step ?
Most easy step is a relative measure. I find installing software from terminal most easy. But, some other users may …
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This question should be re-opened
I think, this question about customizing the themes should be re-opened, because the master questions are not really asking this question.
Master question 1: How can I configure Unity?
This question …
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Answering Duplicate questions
As AskUbuntu has grown in size, the chance of being a question duplicate has also increased. In my view, there are two different cases involved here (at least):
Questions that are generic in nature an …
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2020 Community Moderator Election Results
Congratulations to the new moderators. Hope the community will get benefited from their works.
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Is it appropriate to downvote an answer to a question which I have also answered?
If you think, the proposed answer is not really an answer, i.e It doesn't do anything with the question asked (And you are sure about this), Then it is OK to downvote it. My personal opinion is, It is …
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What should I do when an answer to my question is no longer required?
If there is an answer with upvotes, you cannot delete it. But if there isn't any answer or the answer is very short (which can be considered as poor answer by the system) You can delete it.
For the a …