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The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Should questions be marked as duplicates when versions have changed drastically over many ye...
Most of the answers are applicable for newer versions too. But if the OP never specified which version he is using, in my opinion, it is the fault of OP. Whenever a question is answered, the one who p …
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How can I interact with someone who has commented on my post without adding another comment?...
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu!!!
I have been on the site since 1.5 years which is very less than some big veterans. As a new user, it happens that one don't know how the site actually works. We all make mis …
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Accepted
Many Monicas in Stack Exchange but who were they before?
Wayback Machine to the rescue. Just enter the link of any post made by that user. If you are lucky enough, their post with their previous display name would appear.
In your particular example, Justi …
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Was this improvement necessary or required?
I came across this edit by abu_bua. I just want to know what is the use of this edit or was it even needed or is it just for increasing the numbers?
PS: No personal differences with abu_bua. Just as …
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The website seems to be less active than before
Answering questions are done voluntarily and may require expertise. It may happen that you get an answer eventually if not immediately.
Firing mods and forced relicensing: is Stack Exchange still inte …
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Obviously wrong answer count in review reveals it's an audit at a glance
Audits are usually for identifying and suspend "robot reviewers" who click on "No action needed" or up/down vote for every post they encounter. If you observed the answers count, you're surely not a …
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Why is it allowed for an older question to be marked as a duplicate of a newer question?
I remember a comment made by David Foerster on one of my posts. The comment stated:
Duplicates are marked irrespective of the dates posted. Duplicated are considered on the quality of posts.
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Are we too fast in closing questions as unclear?
I've seen many a times questions are put on hold as unclear within some hours of posting. For example, this question was closed within 3 hours of posting.
Suppose in some country there is a user who …
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Should Ubuntu Software Center links be edited?
Sometimes I encounter answers that suggest installing packages from Ubuntu Software Center written before 2015, for example, this answer. Ubuntu Software Center was discontinued in 2015 and now all li …
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Should we rollback the edits by editors other than original poster which might make answers ...
Recently there was an answer by @kaushik on Error while trying installation using sudo apt-get install which mentioned some commands. An editor with full edit privileges edited the answer and made it …
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2
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Which flag should be raised for answers about Kali Linux?
I came across this answer for this question.
We tried Kali Linux on Crouton with Enlightment desktop, and got the same error. It turns out they changed dbus to use different options syntax, or som …
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Do we support Ubuntu on Termux?
Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environment app. Termux's wiki contains instructions to install Ubuntu on top of their Android app.
I don't think it is a standalone distribution or o …
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2020 Potential Moderator Election: Community Interest Check
I would like to join the existing crew. 🤗
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2020 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
Kulfy's answers
How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?
If we consider Code of Condu …
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Stepping down as moderator
Sorry to see you go. Although I respect your decision but I'll surely miss bothering you in room no. 201 every once in a while. Thank you for all the support you have given as a mod. Peace ☮️.
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