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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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Suggestion - Earned hats should remain on profile?
They're gone like Santa Claus is. Move on.
As said on winterba.sh that they are available till 4th of jan
This was clear from the very beginning. Really.
they are kind a reputation goodies t …
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Should a question be separated in different questions according to Ubuntu versions involved?
Should I create separate questions for each Ubuntu version?
Should different answers be posted for each Ubuntu version?
No and No! It's the same question. Questions should not be specific to …
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Remove 'don't add these answers' from community wiki question
Yes, I can't agree more. Why leave out the common obvious ones? They may not be obvious to everyone.
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Do we need a tool to help users providing information on their system?
On the chat, I've had a nice discussion (starting here) on this with Alvar and this made me realize I had to post this on Meta to ask your thoughts on this. … I'd like to keep this discussion within these boundaries (else, it would be going nowhere) before we're already designing and coding it:
Should we even bother creating one? …
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Do we need a tool to help users providing information on their system?
Yes, we should have one. A simple one.
Audience
New and inexperienced users.
Ready for first encounter with Ubuntu.
Ubuntu Desktop use related.
Running any supported Ubuntu release.
Idea / recipe …
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Do we need a new "ubuntu-for-phones" tag?
That being another discussion, see this: Can we please disambiguate or discourage the 'mobile' tag? …
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How should we interpret "Development on Ubuntu" in the FAQ?
Below is my opinion, my interpretation of the FAQ by example. Rather than writing "I think it would be...", "I prefer..." I write it like facts for the readability.
The FAQ means that it has to be Ub …
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How should we interpret "Development on Ubuntu" in the FAQ?
Very simple way of putting it by summarizing Flimm's answer and merging it with my comment:
Development is ontopic, provided...
it's about or related to Ubuntu (to at least some extent)
OR
the use …
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Best practise for finding questions to answer
Several things I do or don't do:
I have some specialized "expertise" in some areas, such as MySQL in Ubuntu (just one random example). Every now and then I do a search on the site when I feel like d …
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Is it selfish or ridiculous to rewrite a question towards your answer?
Let's assume the OP asks something regarding an issue or a plain question without any suggestion towards a solution to how.
E.g. revision 1 of this example question:
Add repositories to synaptic
…
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Is it selfish or ridiculous to rewrite a question towards your answer?
I think this is ridiculous and should be flagged for moderator attention. It's not a fair game anymore, undermines the whole concept of providing several answers and the ability to upvote them. It giv …
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Is it selfish or ridiculous to rewrite a question towards your answer?
As per Jorge Castro's comment:
No need to be upset. Just revert the action by the editor yourself! If it needs improvement, improve it in a generic way.
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Is Ask Ubuntu using reStructuredText?
Are AU and SO using Markdown?
Yes.
Is AskUbuntu using reStructuredText?
No.
stackoverflow.com/page [...] This page is similar to askubuntu.com/page
They're part of the same network of …
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How do we deal with "urgent!" questions?
Edit and comment
Edit the question to remove all the "urgent" stuff and leave this or a similar comment:
Your question seems to be more of a support request requiring immediate attention. This si …
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If a question is written in a non-English language with an English translation provided shou...
I strongly disagree with keeping non-English text in the body after translating. It invites other users to comment/answer in non-English as well. And it's very simple: this is an English-only site an …
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