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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 people who answer a question actively prevent duplicates?

The following is just my opinion. I've been using Ask Ubuntu for about 3 years, so by now, I kind of know which question is a duplicate. Basically, most of the questions that get duplicated, are asked …
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Protecting old questions to possibly mitigate low effort answers?

In my opinion, this is a very harsh and drastic measure. We can lose more quality feedback than we would be blocking them. It might even cause worse "junk" posts due to new users creating duplicates b …
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Can we reopen this question as a special case?

I agree with this, as the answer to this question is a pretty straightforward "no". Since the Linux kernel will not support it in the near future based on Linus' feedback. And then link it in the main …
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Can windows application be used as an answer in main?

I am referring to this answer. I understand that, in theory, it can work in wine. But there is no claim about it whatsoever that it is 100% functional. I've written my 2 cents as comment on the answe …
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Flag did not get answered

I have flagged this question 6 days ago as duplicate, but my flag is still active to this day. Usually it takes 2 days at max to get it accepted/declined. Please understand I am not complaining about …
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Questions about Installing Ubuntu on phones

I don't see a problem with those questions. Questions about installing Ubuntu Desktop on a Vaio, HP, etc. laptops are fine. So why would phones be off topic? I am not saying every single question sho …
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Question marked as duplicate but no link to original question. What to do?

The link was probably mistakingly removed after an edit to the question. You can find the duplicate in the question's revisions. I've re-added the duplicate manually to the question for future vsitor …
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Overzealous moderators should be kept from placing unrelated "may already have an answer" ba...

If you think a question was wrongfully tagged as duplicate, you can flag it. You can visit the chat room and chat about it, or just post a meta question here. It's not necessarily moderators that mar …
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Do any of the Developers Update the Answers when new capabilities are added to Ubuntu?

Please keep in mind, that even though this site is officially certified by canonical, this is still a Stack Exchange site. Meaning that most people answering here are not actual canonical employees no …
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What to do when you get a comment "for OSX just do this..."?

In my opinion, I don't believe it's a problem at all. Extra information is never a bad idea. There are a lot of answers around Ubuntu that work with different OS'es (whether it's Fedora, or Red Hat, o …
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How can I ask somebody to unlock the askubuntu.com thread for more answers?

I assume this is the question you are referring to: How do I show active dhcp leases That question is not locked, it is just protected. This measure is to stop people from joining the site just to po …
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What is the proper moment to stop closing Ubuntu+1 questions?

I can't see the linked question as I don't have enough rep to see deleted questions, so my answer is more general than being about that specific question. I totally agree with Oli's answer. And I wou …
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Should we make upgrade questions off-topic before an upgrade path is opened?

I completely disagree with making such upgrade questions off-topic. As @muru mentions in the comments and as answered by @vidarlo, a better approach is to use a canonical question (if there isn't alre …
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Use of Anaconda/Alternate python for AI and data analysis

Adding an answer to use Anaconda for setting up multiple python versions is fine. However, I would be against making it a canonical answer. There are multiple ways to install different python versions …
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Let's talk about the Ubuntu Code of Conduct in Ask Ubuntu!

I have mixed feelings about this, but I lean towards keeping the status quo. I feel that our community is already somewhat unwelcoming with all the rules and restrictions. And I don't think we should …
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