Unanswered Questions
34 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
6
votes
0
answers
216
views
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 ...
- 5,432
5
votes
0
answers
238
views
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 ...
- 101
2
votes
0
answers
73
views
Should [edits] and [editing] be tag synonyms on meta?
I think the edits and editing should be the same (on Meta). I guess there is a small difference (one being the action and one being the edit itself). But the tags are used interchangeably, so I think ...
- 13.5k
7
votes
0
answers
58
views
Merge [meta:down-votes] and [meta:downvoting]
Here on meta, we have two tags regarding downvotes down-votes and downvoting. Can we merge them into one?
Currently down-votes has 8 questions and downvoting has 63 questions.
In my opinion, though, ...
- 13.5k
9
votes
0
answers
221
views
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 ...
ZannaMod
- 71.6k
3
votes
0
answers
49
views
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 ...
- 1,397
9
votes
0
answers
186
views
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 ...
ZannaMod
- 71.6k
10
votes
0
answers
212
views
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 ...
- 84.9k
8
votes
0
answers
129
views
Can [spam] handle [spam-handling]?
Here on meta, we have separate spam and spam-handling tags. They are not even synonyms. A few questions are even tagged with both of them.
Since only seven questions in total are currently tagged ...
- 119k
1
vote
0
answers
61
views
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?
- 119k
7
votes
0
answers
58
views
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 -...
- 6,399
3
votes
0
answers
17
views
Meta Review section should have link back to main Review section
In the main review section on the main site there is such a link:
But nothing of the sort to link back on the Meta site in the Review section, I think there should be.
CommunityBot
- 1
1
vote
0
answers
47
views
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?
- 68.5k
1
vote
0
answers
41
views
Is there a limit to the amount of questions you can ask on Meta in a specific time period?
On the main site you can ask a maximum of 6 questions in a 24-hour period, and in a 30 day period, you have a maximum of 50 questions, I do not know if there are any other limits for years etc, but I ...
CommunityBot
- 1
0
votes
0
answers
39
views
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:
...
CommunityBot
- 1