Unanswered Questions
342 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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How do I handle the reviewing and editing of LQ Answers for closed Questions?
I have been spending a bit of time in the past few days in the new "Review" tool after reading the stack feedback document. Im also getting some positive comments from users who receive automated ...
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Clean up (re-allotted question)
I have been given (re-allotted) questions that I have previously commented on. Trying to prod the OP to respond. (not flagged)
While waiting these questions are making a second or third round. I also ...
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Is [date] a tag that needs some fixing?
I've noticed something about the date tag. It has questions regarding the date/time indicator, getting date/revision info from a file/folder metadata, and has been included on questions regarding "...
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Version tags on questions involving upgrades
On questions where the person posting had upgraded their Ubuntu version (for example, from 11.04 to 11.10) prior to / while experiencing an issue, how should the version tags be properly handled? ...
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How to get same OpenID URL at Launchpad and StackExchange?
My usual nicks of don-quixote, quixote and donquixote were already in use at Launchpad when I registered there, so I registered as mdcrawford, my real name.
At all the StackExchange sites - which ...
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How to know if my question is a dupe if the OP used a different title?
This question is dupe to this question. (I was the first user to flag my question as dupe.) Mods decided to mark it a dupe to another question, that's none of my business. Basically reading this ...
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Why was the question about a problem pinging a Windows system from Ubuntu off-topic?
What was causing the problem, presented in the question https://askubuntu.com/q/418957/44293, only came into light when the question was answered. Before that it was unknown and most probably would ...
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Clear unread inbox messages
I could not find the right area to post this, but I could use some help.
I try to answer all my inbox messages, but it is now impossible.
Is there a way to mark them all as read with just a few clicks?...
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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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Why was my grammar edit rolled back?
I fixed an obvious grammar mistake in a post. The author rolled it back to the incorrect version. I thought grammar edits were encouraged since they improve the post even if in a small way. Why would ...
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Is [tag:bash-history] a synonym for [tag:history]?
bash-history
Refers to the history of commands that have been run previously in Bash.
history
The history command can be used to retrieve commands you have previously typed in a shell.
I think ...
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Would it be helpful it I posted a Q/A to server management
I have noticed a general tendency here for new server admins to want to install a desktop on his or her server and then forward part or more often the entire desktop over ssh or VNC server.
I am of ...
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Should bounties expire? How can I promote my bountied question even more?
Why are bounties time bound? Clearly the site doesn't get enough traffic to ensure that in 7 days the appropriate users (who specialize in the domain of the question) would have stopped by Ask Ubuntu ...
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Where should I put CoyoteBot?
Recently I made a fork of WolfBot called CoyoteBot. While I know Kaz asked a similar question here, I want to know what to do about CoyoteBot.
terdon did not like it in the General Room or Ubuntu ...
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Ctrl+click combination doesn't work with the Ask Ubuntu search results in QupZilla
Why the Ctrl+click combination doesn't work over the search results of posts or Q&A links in AskUbuntu? It works for the highlighted links on the right side panel but not for the search results, ...