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Is Jorge Castro a Robot? [closed]

Before reading see the following links I noticed today https://askubuntu.com/users/235/jorge-castro https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=voters&filter=all http://about.me/jorge.castro https://askubuntu …
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45 votes
6 answers
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Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year

With the best wishes from the heart, we wish all Ask Ubuntu members a superb merry Christmas and the best happy new year a geek can find. May you enjoy this special time with the ones you love and rec …
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37 votes
3 answers
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Is it possible to ask a Question you already know and answer it

After reading this question: Ought one to answer one's own question? what happens in the case that you know several questions that will further help the community but you want to make the question ins …
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2013 Community Moderator Election Results

Thanks to everyone that participated and voted!. Congratulations to Roland and Jokerdino! I would also like to personally thank my producer, director, writers, the staff behind the scene, the music ba …
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16 votes
2 answers
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Ubuntu Edge Crowd Funding Ad

How can we add an Ad about the Ubuntu Edge Crowd Funding to Askubuntu. It can help the cause in raising the said amount. Link: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge Something like this (BTW …
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By experience, what characteristics should a moderator have?

I have seen the community 2012 moderator opened and I was thinking that maybe I would run for office.. I mean moderator but like anybody that is scared to jump into something bigger than himself I ask …
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Don't vote to close if it's just a bad question -- fix it, or vote it down

This is my personal opinion, but if it is a bad question, you would first comment on it. It would be a first step to tell the user how he/she can improve the question. Voting it down is just like puni …
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15 votes
3 answers
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Benefits of using Askubuntu versus Ubuntu Forum and what differs between both

A student today asked me when I told him to ask questions in AskUbuntu instead of the Ubuntu forums what did AskUbuntu offer instead of the forums in the Ubuntu site. I thought did would be a good que …
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15 votes
2 answers
255 views

How to handle duplicate Answers

Reading How to handle duplicate answers that add nothing? I want to add, how should duplicate answers be dealt with (if they should be dealt with at all). The use case I want to focus on is: User h …
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Is the Ask Ubuntu community generally more friendly than Stack Overflow - If so, why?

I try to avoid posting or commenting on SO for the same reason. Very negative attitude in many regards. The Askubuntu community here, even with the difference of size, which should not and has not af …
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14 votes
3 answers
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Does destroying the spam account actually protects us?

Today I deleted I don't know how many accounts, but noticed that there was one that kept appearing with the same IP. In all cases I did a clean and brutal destroy of the account (Bloody mess actually, …
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14 votes

What should we do to celebrate 100k questions?

Some ideas... Live session (Hangout style) about Askubuntu, how it came to be and what does it mean to the Ubuntu community. Shirts! Ubuntu/Askubuntu shirts!! Video showing with awesome graphics the …
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Why have those flags been declined?

The problem was do to a malfunctioning pointing device that had a self guidance automatic cursor movement with advanced AI implemented. The mouse knew where to click without user interaction. Or in n …
Luis Alvarado's user avatar
13 votes
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What will happen when all questions are asked?

When that happens I will unleash my 42 special questions that I have in store but only for very special occasions such as this one. Each of this questions will trigger sleeper ubuntu agents in the c …
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12 votes

Is it acceptable for users to only gain reputation through a plethora of tiny edits?

I have accepted all of the edit he has made to improve Ask Ubuntu. This can change when an edit appears that is wrong, but for now, he has contributed a lot to enhancing the way we read many Q/A. For …
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