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WAT! Failed review audit but the question is closed
This question is closed as too broad, rightly so despite the upvotes (if you only take into account the last question "Won't a recent Ubuntu version affect my software in any way ?" … you will need more details, so it becomes unclear), has a downvote (not mine) and doesn't have active reopen votes, then why I failed the audit when I voted to leave closed? …
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Why has this question been closed?
I fail to see why this question has been closed as "Not a real question" - it is an interesting question, has upvotes, 4 good relevant answers and is on-topic. … More broadly, I'm a bit concerned that once a question gets the first "close" vote and gets into the review queue (which may or may not be fair for this question as it was a bit vague initially), it is …
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Why is this question closed as off topic? should it be?
I made this question:
Paste option is greyed out in context menu
And I just now realize it was closed as off topic. I read the FAQS. … That is either not off topic or the faqs are not understandable.
Let's say it was. Isn't it a question that people would come to askubuntu for anyways? …
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What is wrong with this question? And why is it closed by mods? Why answers don't make sense?
https://askubuntu.com/questions/291221/error-with-tar-commad-cannot-open-no-such-file-or-directory
Can Someone explain what is wrong with this question, and why any discussion is shut like that by moderators … I am facing this problem, extracting an archive and the tar returns these errors. …
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Why is this question on using Ubuntu with Nvidia drivers off-topic?
I am genuinely hoping to solve the original issue via this question and the AU community, but this cannot happen if the question is deleted.
So what is going on? … And why is this question not appearing on my profile (not even in the list of recently deleted questions)? And why aren't users notified when their question gets closed/deleted? …
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Can we reopen this question as a special case?
This question is about installing Ubuntu on a mac with M1 processor, and it was marked as a duplicate of Will my device work with Ubuntu?. … That's why I suggest we reopen this question until someone finds a solution. …
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Let's reopen this question about setting up a Mint-like menu in Ubuntu
The only explanation I can think of for why it was closed, is that the close-voters may have seen the phrase "Linux Mint" and assumed the question was not about Ubuntu, without reading further. … I believe this question was closed in error and that we should reopen it. …
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Why is "exact" used in "This question is an exact duplicate of: ..."?
Here is an example of why, perhaps, exact may cause confusion:
First, this was posted: Dual-booting Lubuntu with Windows 8
Then, after a few hours, the same person posted this: How to dual-boot Lubuntu … So my question is this: how necessary is it to have "exact" as an apparent requirement for classifying something, question or answer, as a duplicate? …
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Protect EOL questions (or at least this question)
This answer motivated this question (which I found in Late Answers queue). … and clever to a old problem (or that maybe, the question, is not a problem anymore since it changed behavior, I don't know); so, I would like to propose that this question, and why not, others with similar …
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When do we say a problem can't be reproduced?
I don't know whether I have failed to understand the reasons people have given for why that question should be closed, or if it is simply that I vehemently disagree. … Therefore I am putting this question to all of you. What do we mean when we say a problem cannot be reproduced? Is that why this particular question was closed? Should it be reopened? …
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It asks something different, and it needs a different answer, so can we reopen it?
Edit: question reopened. Thanks :)
Can you have too much swap? is closed as a duplicate of I have 16GB RAM. Do I need 32GB swap? … Please can we reopen this question? …
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Should this LightDM / Ayatana Design question be reopened?
I believe I understand why this question was closed--it seemed to be leading to subjective debate. … While answering a question and then voting to close it is appropriate on rare occasion, I think in this case it shows that there's something fundamentally answerable about this question. …
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Can questions closed but not as duplicates have their answers merged?
It is possible for a moderator to merge a question that's closed, but not as a duplicate? … So:
Can moderators merge it with that other question, even though it's not closed as a duplicate of it (or of any question). It is closed, just not as a duplicate. …
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How to check (un)exactly what apt install does
The bad rule that I am referring to is like saying that this question sucks, so let's duplicate link it to a half empty space in the void simply in order to get it closed, instead of reopening it. … I am doing everything I can to improve my understanding of why this type of situation keeps on reoccurring the way it does.
Why not reopen it anyway? …
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