Unanswered Questions
32 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Do we have a canonical question about custom resolutions with Wayland?
I just saw yet another question about why xrandr isn't working to add a custom resolution after updating the OS, and I think we should have a canonical question about this.
Do we have a comprehensive ...
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I think my question got mistakenly marked as a duplicate, help?
In order to help explain the difference between Ubuntu, its flavors, unofficial remixes, and unofficial derivatives, I created a self answered question called "Ubuntu, Ubuntu Flavors, Ubuntu ...
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Would it be useful to allow Meta duplicates after a certain amount of time?
Regarding the main Ask Ubuntu site, there are two Meta questions here that I found that mention "time" and "duplicates":
Primarily: Would it be useful to allow duplicates after x ...
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Should unclear questions with accepted (or plausible) answers be marked for closing?
When a question is unclear or missing key elements that might lead to an answer — such as versions, logs, and whatnot — it should be flagged for closure. To the best of my knowledge this is for two ...
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Should these VMware questions be re-closed as duplicates?
This is a follow-up to Kulfy's question Can these VMWares be un-merged?
The requested unmerge was done, and questions closed against the former merge target were reopened. Attempts were made to close ...
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Possibly similar question (or even accounts)?
Either it's a coincidence or intentional, I saw two similar questions of LibreOffice right now:
Convert .ods document to .docx document
Converting .ods to .docx file
Apparently, both OPs have also ...
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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?
But the first question is asking what problems might arise from ...
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Remove the impossibility to mark a bountied question as a dupe?
At the occasion of this question, but there are many, many more examples where I notice a question which is bountied, but still a straightforward dupe. We then have to wait seven days to actually mark ...
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About retracted flags and the comment persisting
Case in point: How do I convert my usb installation from legacy boot to uefi?
By mistake I flagged as duplicate but later on noticed it was about Elementary OS. Retracted but the comment persists?
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Add a feature for similarity comparison
It'd be nice if answers which are an exact copy of an existing (possibly upvoted) answer or contain large substring of such an answer and few own text - which should be a comment on the copied answer -...
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Erroneous message pops up in close dialog
I try to vote to close a question, but am greeted with this error message:
So I patiently wait until 3 seconds have passed, try again, and get the same error, over and over again. What is wrong here?
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Why are there a limited amount of close votes for high rep users?
I am a reasonable high rep user and have been around for some time now, and even though both of those are the case I still have a limited amount of close votes I can cast (40), why is this? Surely the ...
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Are you tested with Duplicates in the review queues?
In the review queues I have never once been tested with a question that has been flagged as duplicate. Does SE not test you on those? And if so, why not? Or have I just not had any?
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Why can't you vote on a question once you have retracted your vote?
Once you have voted on a question, and then retracted your vote, you are unable to cast another vote, why is this? Because for instance I could VTC something as unclear, but then when they update it I ...
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Top answers are still sub-optimal on questions about MTP devices
I already noticed that Luis alone marked the following question as a duplicate some time ago: My MTP capable device is not detected? What can I do about that?
Here is my observation on the topic:
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