Unanswered Questions
317 questions with no answers
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Should the bar be higher to create tags...?
This was discussed before but no action was taken. I think this is still needed, since we have 2772 2844 tags (9*4*77 79) and pretty much of them are kind of vague, doesn't define a particular topic, ...
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SPAM attacks again!
Today we found a clever way spammer are trying to prevent falling into the spam protection system... that is recommending software relevant to the question so people in their curiosity search what is ...
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I have registered but can't sign in
I have registered and logged in previously (a couple of days ago). My password no longer works, and the reset code that gets sent to me (I've tried three or four times) does not work. Any ideas?
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Anything new in the "low quality" algorithm?
I just got presented with a 2 years old answer, "flagged as low-quality because of its length and content." (Answered and edited by another user on Apr 14, 2011. No activity since.)
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Meta tag-synonym request: [tags]->[tagging]
While tag is synonymed to tagging, tags is not synonymed yet. Could tags be synonymed to tagging?
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Why can you still vote and accept answers on closed questions?
I was looking at my previous questions and noticed that I have a question Is there a simple GUI-based program available to join/combine mp3 files? that has (rightly) be closed, but I could mark the ...
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Some minor cleanup, with a focus on tags
Something that I've noticed lately is that we have some bad tags springing up (nothing "new" there), as well as some tags that are being abused/cluttered.
Do note that this isn't a witch hunt against ...
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Stack Overflow Worldwide Meetups 2012
We're having a Stack Overflow meetup to get together with fellow programming, web, and other technology enthusiasts. But not all of our programmers and technology enthusiasts live on Stack Overflow, ...
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How do I move a Ask Ubuntu "list question" to the Ubuntu wiki?
I have some questions on Ask Ubuntu that is being closed for being lists (the FAQ doesn't allow it) and I want to move them to the Ubuntu wiki since I think they are good lists and still useful.
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Answer aglomerate, group of possible solutions for a frequent question
Is there a better way to answer the "upgraded and my 'random graphics maker string here' driver stopped working" (or any other derivatives of hardware category as long as its frequent)?
I have seen ...
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We have a launchpad team?
I was looking through the google tubes and found this - it appears that there is a AskUbuntu launchpad.net team.
I just wanted to bring this up - is there anything we want to do with this? Note that ...
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Why does Ask Ubuntu subject users to tracking?
Ask Ubuntu quotes Alphabet's misleading ad blurb about ajax.googleapis.com, as if Ask Ubuntu doesn't know that ajax.googleapis.com is an open door to tracking. ajax.googleapis.com passes user data ...
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Is an Ubuntu installation with another Init system than `systemd` still an "official" Ubuntu flavor?
So I was trying to help a first time poster find out why docker wasn't started on his Ubuntu 18.04 - this is the thread.
In trying to help him, I was asking about the output of systemctl status docker,...
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I accidentally created two accounts; how do I merge them?
By using a further PC with a newly installed 16.04 Ubuntu, I accidentally created a new account - user:1029634 and I need to merge it into my previous account user:165175. I have tried the contact ...